December 2006 - Grml - lists.mur.at

05 Jan '07

Hi Since more and more people are using pen drives, I think in such case it is desirable to disable updating inode access time for each access to limit the wear and tear. So I hope that the generated /etc/fstab can have noatime for the mount points, at least an option to enable so. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

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Assistance with accessibily backing up my grml installation.
by Keith Hinton 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hi, I need some assistance from anyone who can provide it. I wish to tar, my entire root file system, and make the tar file create on another box via ssh. I am booted into the Live-disk, ATM. Any suggestions? If you have any, let me know. My idea was: to mount the root file system under something like: /mnt/grmlSystem. Then: tar czpf - /mnt/grmlSystem | ssh box@remotebox cat > Grml.tar.gz Would this work? If I have made an syntax error, please correct it, or something. I don ot wish, nor will I use slash exclude, as grml itself won't be running physically on the drive in question. Regards, -Keith website: www.KeithNet.DynDNS.org, proudly supplying a grml.org link!

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GRML and nice values
by Keith Hinton 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

Hi all. I have a strange problem in GRML Linux 0.8 (as I run this on my server machine, and do not wish to upgrade.) One of my problems, is that my software speech will die for no particular reason. I was instructed to set speechd-up therefore with a value of nice -20. I see this resolves my issue, but will that nice value be preserved during an suspend-to-disk? Regards, --Keith. BTW...Is software speech a CPU-intensive process in general? Regards, --Keith

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Are grml packages initially installed by aptitude
by T 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

Hi, I'm just wondering, are grml packages initially installed by aptitude? The reason that I'm asking is that after 'aptitude purge evms', I found the libevms-2.5 is still in the system. Also, after 'aptitude purge shish', the dietlibc dietlibc-dev are still in the system. I've never install those package myself, so I'm wondering how grml packages are initially installed. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

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gnome disaster
by martin yazdzik 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

Dear Friends, Symptoms: login via gdm as root, no issues whatsoever login vi gdm as yazdzik, gnome starts, then stops no issue with fluxbox as yazdzik what logs do I need to send so you can see what is wrong this is a new install as of yesterday I have deleted user and /home, so there is an issue somewhere with something that I cannot grasp did I bork the install somehow? or is gnome currently broken somewhere(unlikely since it works as root...) -m

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AdvanceMAME - AdvanceBOOT - USB Multi-BIOS Boot
by Mark 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/boot-readme.html "It's also able to create disk images which are compatibles with all the three standards USB-FDD, USB-HDD and USB-ZIP at the same time." (Would be nice if USB hard drives made from grml2hd could do that.) http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/readme.html "Automatic creation of perfect video modes with the correct size and clock." "A lot of video boards supported. See the GNU/Linux, DOS and Windows card list." (Found while researching replacements for vesafb.)

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About /mnt/grml
by T 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hi On examining my root volume backup, I noticed for the first time the /mnt/grml directory. It looks almost like the whole root fs to me. Can somebody explain a bit about this directory? Especially, will my root volume backup be twice as big as it should be? Is it OK to omit the directory when backing up, or use it alone for backup, ...? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

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gnome disaster
by martin yazdzik 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Does the enclosed have anything to do with the issue? It seems odd that after a while, such as now, gnome works fine - should I have avoided the xorg upgrade? best, m -m

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security protocol iceweasel question
by Martin Yazdzik 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Dear M and friends, I know I must have done something wrong, but http://www.nais.org/LoginPre.cfm then, trying to go to sssonline gives me the error that iceweasel cannot connect because of a security protocol that is not enabled. It worked in grml 0.8, so I have somehow disabled something it needs, as the same type of error occurs in opera, galeon, et al. Help, please, as there must be something I did in runlevel.conf, or somewhere. Most other secure sites work. This is rather urgent, actually. Best, M

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GRML and hibernation question still needs answering...
by Keith Hinton 26 Dec '06

26 Dec '06

I seem to remember asking on this list what file systems are best for things like suspending a desktop computer multiple times, unplugging the supply after doing so, etc. I still have not had this answered. Thanks. The prior answer I got to this was that the person assumed that I did not know how to configure grub or lilo to resume, and that information is incorrect. I had grub resuming from the correct swap partition. Remember: to re-state my issue: basically I install grml automatically to my hard-drive with an xfs file system. Then, I install grub into the mbr like this: grub root (hd0,1) setup (hd0) Then reboot into my new installation of GRML. After that, I decide to do the following : echo disk >/sys/power/state Computer hibernates. (NoteJ:) At the present time when doing this, the power supply still was receiving power. So, turn back on computer. Grub loads, and quickly resumes from the swap partition. So, after about three minutes, I once again do: echo disk >/sys/power/state Except in this test of xfs, I go and switch off the serge-protector that goes to every single peace of computer-stuff I own, wich is in effect the same thing as yanking out the power supply cable from the back of the PC. So, after about 5 minutes, or less, I restore power to the computers, modem, router, etc. Turn on the Linux grml test box. And...to my shock, the box did nothing. Just sat still, did not beep at me the way it had done previously, etc. And, in fact I had to perform over 8 hard-power-offs and incorrect shut-downs of the machine before it would even reckidnize the presentes of a grml CD-rom, (and yes,) it would not reckidnize the grml CD, or anything. Finally, after minutes of turning on, turning off, turning on, turning off...and so on... I managed to reboot. At that point, I whiped Linux and reinstalled Windows onto my drive from a grml clone with NTFS-Clone, untill I can resolve this issue. I am sending a carbon coppy, in hopes that someone can respond to this, as I do not receive digests from grml(a)mur.at, until the next twenty-four hours. I consider this email of extreme importants, and my trust in xfs is gravely shaken. I need a relyable file system taht does well when suspended multiple times, and things. Thank you all! Regards tot he list, and merry christmas to all, --Keith. Check out my website at: http://www.KeithNet.DynDNS.org I have a link to grml.org there. :) I hope more and more people will be willing to check out grml through my site, or some other means. :)

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