yeah I have had a similar experience. what sources.list are you using? I think it helps to trim it as much as possible and install only packages with as few dependencies as possible. For example - it survives getting evolution, but doesn't survive getting other gnome type packages - I have forgotten the one that broke my other knoppix. The other main knoppix user in the office has had a similar experience. We still have a copy of the version that had evolution included - it has been removed from recent builds.
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