Quote Originally Posted by utu View Post
This problem is solved without reboot using MainMenu>Knoppix>Choose/Restart Desktop.
I was going to ask if there was a console command for restarting/choosing the desktop but I managed to get to it; I had difficulty accessing it from the main window opened through clicking the KDE logo in the lower left corner, but managed to do so through the filemanager after hitting on the right combination of shift key+tab, space bar keys, etc. (I'm supposing that KDE's interface is affected in other ways than just the mouse but perhaps my unfamiliarity with KDE is in play.) Anyhow, I changed back to LXDE and all is working perfectly... for now. I'm expecting more trouble once I reboot and will follow up on this. Incidentally, I'm running Knoppix 7.04. Thanks!