Referring to time problem I was able to get the following to work; in this order - you get one shot. 1. run dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
to set your timezone. 2. date MMDDHHmmCCYY 3. hwclock --localtime.... After having to change the time everytime I logged in. I eventually tried my original steps, again - and they worked. The first time I tried this I added the step 4. hwclock --systohc, and lost everything. Do not do step 4. If you are dual boot decide which clock is more important. My Windows clock is not correct but if I change it Knoppix will be the loser. I almost never use Windows after learning Knoppix. By the way - I am Knoppix 6.2.1HD install.