August 2006 - Grml - lists.mur.at

df: `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied
by T 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Hi Whenever I run df, I get `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied: $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs 4032092 2411436 1415832 64% / /dev/root 4032092 2411436 1415832 64% / df: `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied tmpfs 10240 180 10060 2% /dev tmpfs 386576 0 386576 0% /dev/shm [...] what might be the problem? the cure? I'm using grml 0.7 hd installation. thanks tong PS. I remember seeing boot up message related with /dev/.static/dev, but I can't seem to find them: cd /var/log grep 'dev/\.static' dmesg messages sysl zgrep 'dev/\.static' dmesg.1.gz messages.1.gz syslog.1.gz both grep find nothing.

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grml netcardconfig
by Jan-Pieter Jacobs 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Hi, I found something annoying (dunno if it is intended or not, but it doesn't work for m at least. I've got 2 NIC's and I use this box to forward internet to another one/whole network. I use eth0 as internet connection, eth1 wit� a static IP and dnsmasq as DNS/DHCP server. Now if I configure eth1 with the netcardconfig, networking doesn't work any longer. now I found in the home-router-howto at gentoo that the network and gateway option aren't used, so that solved the problem. Maybe this is intentional, or the script should make a difference between an interface which 'receives' internet or one that forwards it. BTW i've written a little script to enable routing with iptables, if you want it, drop me a note. JP -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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new grml release available: grml 0.8
by Michael Prokop 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Hoi, I'm proud to be able to present a new grml release: grml 0.8 with codename funkenzutzler is available. For more information regarding grml 0.8 take a look at: http://grml.org/files/README-0.8.php Issues regarding the release can be found in the grml-wiki at http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.8 Download: http://grml.org/download/ Thanks to all of you who helped to improve grml! Happy hacking and enjoy grml! regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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network not on when boot up Grml 0.8
by T 03 Sep '06

03 Sep '06

Hi I had the problem before in Grml 0.7, and now in Grml 0.8 -- my network not on when booting up Live CD. /etc/init.d/networking start works only for lo, not eth0. ifconfig -a shows only the 'lo' device. Any one having the same issue? thanks

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Wishlist: automount by names
by T 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

Hi I know grml can (re)generate fstab on boot each time. However, I'd like to access my partitions by their names instead of sda7, sda12, which I have no way to remember. So I have to disable the automatic fstab generation on boot. I hope that grml can utilize the automount, as knopsis does, and use udev to access them by their names, ie disk labels. The bonus is that USB drives will be taken care of as well by this. Would this happen in near future, or I'm out of luck and have to find the way to do it myself. thanks tong

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Re: afio i/o- Error
by Eugen Romas 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

> > * Eugen Romas <eugen.romas(a)romas.de> [20060830 14:15]: >> > Eugen Romas schrieb: >> >>> > > Von diesem PC will ich eine verschlüsselte Komplettsicherung erstellen. >>> >>> > > Nach dem Booten von *grml 0.8 - Codename Funkenzutzler *finde >>> > > ich alle Raid- Partitionen richtig zugeordnet wieder. Nun habe >>> > > ich die "mapped crypt devices" mit cryptsetup angelegt, genau so >>> > > wie sie normalerweise erstellt werden. Mit mkdir neue >>> > > mountpoints unter /mnt angelegt und alle Partitionen gemountet. >>> > > Lesezugriffe funktionieren einwandfrei. afio bringt aber leider >>> > > i/o- Error bei einigen wenigen Files. >>> >>> > > Das bash- Skript, das ich verwende, funktioniert mit dem >>> > > Originalsystem ohne Schwierigkeiten, Plattenplatz ist also genug >>> > > da. >>> Sorry, with some more testing I got the same errors on my Debian-Sarge-System. >>> > > find $DIRECTORY -mount -depth | afio -ovZ -P gpg -Q --symmetric >>> > > -Q --passphrase-fd=3 -Q --no-verbose -Q--batch -Q --no-options >>> > > -3 3 $ARCHIVNAME 3<$BACKUPCFG >>> >>> > > Die Ausgabe erfolgt auf /mnt/md7. >>> >>> > > Was kann die Ursache sein? >>> >> > the error above dos not appear anymore and I don't know why. >> > Instead I get new errors: >> >> > afio: "/mnt/usr/bin/skype.z": Error zipping file, written damaged copy >> > to archive. >> > afio: "/mnt/usr/lib/openoffice/program/libsw680li.so.z": Error zipping >> > file, written damaged copy to archive. >> > afio: "/mnt/usr/java/jre-1_5_0_08-linux-i586.bin.z": Error zipping file, >> > written damaged copy to archive. >> > > Might this be related to > http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2004-January/021299.html > ? > > With using my own script for zipping and encrypting I got the errors too. > Otherwise it might be related to the unionfs overlay setup. > Which working directory are you using when starting your script and > what's $DIRECTORY standing for? Maybe using $DIRECTORY as the > working directory and '.' instead of $DIRECTORY fixes the problem? > > regards, > -mika- > > It seems to be an other problem, not a special problem of grml! If I vary the zipping level from gpg I get more errors with higher compression and less errors with lower compression. I found out that the md5sum of restored "damaged copies" is the same as of the original files (as Mr. Marcus Williams wrote). My solution is to verify the "damaged copies" against the filesystem. If a file is really damaged, then I do a special backup for it first and then by reducing the compression level. Many thanks for for your help, regards, Eugen

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Xorg, choosing default resolution
by T 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

[reposted from other mlist] Anyone can help me out with the following? Mika, any thoughts or ideas? Is it an xorg problem, or purely X driver related. I'm using fglrx for my ATI BTW. This happens after I upgrade from grml0.7 to grml0.8. thanks a lot Subject: Xorg, choosing default resolution Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:12:35 +0200 Hi My Xorg starts up in 1280x960 mode, which I don't like. I like it to be 1152x864. How can I make my Xorg starts up in 1152x864 mode? Here is my Screen. See, there is no 1280x960 listed in the mode, but yet Xorg starts with it. Section "Screen" Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]" Device "aticonfig-Device[0]" Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]" DefaultDepth 24 # DefaultMode 1152x864 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection The man page says "the first valid mode in this list will be the default display mode for startup". Yet my xorg fails that also. Moreover, The word "DefaultMode" is not recognized by Xorg. So, how could I? thanks tong ps - my xorg: $ apt-cache policy xorg xorg: Installed: 1:7.0.22 Candidate: 1:7.0.22 - the same xorg.conf works fine for xorg6.9 before.

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Dependency on console bitmap fonts
by T 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Hi I'm not used to the new console-terminus font, and would perfer the traditional one. However, I can't remove it: $ apt-get remove --purge console-terminus The following packages will be REMOVED: console-terminus* grml* grml-autoconfig* grml-debugtools* grml-etc* grml-x* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Would it be a better idea to have this extra eye candy to be recommended, as opposed to required? I was able to remove it in grml0.7 and didn't have any problem with that... thanks tong

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grml0.8 grml2hd test report
by T 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Hi I just tried grml2hd from grml0.8 with: grml2hd partion=/dev/sda4 mbr=/dev/sda4 filesystem=ext3 user=tong - grml2hd said partion /dev/sda4 can't be found. Manually choose the sda4 from the provided menu entry works fine. - "user=" parameter didn't work. grml2hd still prompts 'grml' as the default user. The mbr & filesystem parameter seem to be working fine. - Since I don't have network access (due to no eth0), I run grml2hd as-is, ie, without using the latest version. But it failed to create initrd, because it can't find the grml kernel module file, IIRC. - Installing lilo failed subsequently, because it can't find the initrd.

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Still cannot move root user to home partition
by Mark 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Mika, The symlink idea below actaully does not work: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user/161 Tested under 0.8 final. M

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