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I have this one small problem with the Knoppix 7.2 LiveUSB which
I made from a 'standard' 32-bit Knoppix LiveCD.

I alway change from Klaus K's desktop background image to one of my own choosing,
using a right-click and the LXDE desktop pop-up applet to point to a jpg image
I have placed in /mnt-system. These changes are recorded in the persistence file
and work ok in all except in one regard, as follows.

If I've not made any desktop background changes, then I have a working lxpanel
at the bottom of my LiveUSB desktop screen after Knoppix boots up. Once I've
arranged for a different desktop background, the lxpanel does not initially appear,
but will appear with a right-click at the lower-left edge of the desktop and
the lxpanel will henceforth behave correctly. Every boot-up, I have to 'activate'
my missing lxpanel with a right-click in its vicinity.

I would like to know how to either avoid this effect or to overcome it with
some neat snippet of code somewhere. Any help or explanation would be welcome.