February 2007 - Grml - lists.mur.at

Re: [Grml] Grub on USB Stick
by Patrick 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi Mika On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 21:18 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: > * Patrick <patritsch(a)gmx.ch> [20070223 17:15]: > > > I'm trying to boot from my USB-Stick. I have an CF-USB adapter 512MB and > > a 4GB Stick. Both have the same problem. After an grml2usb my > > Genode-System won't boot. So I mad it with Grub. > > What does "won't boot" mean? Your box(es) can't boot using > isolinux/syslinux but grub works? Exectly. Syslinux doesn't work. And grub is doing the job.. My laptop have also problems with syslinux... but that's an other story. > Try dropping the 'root (hd0,0)' line and the root=/dev/sda1 > kernel-option of the 'Grml minitrd' section in your menu.lst, AFAICS > your system tries to boot from /dev/sda1 currently. :) Sorry, I don't understand that. Should I remove the 'root (hd0,0)' section and the 'root=/dev/sda1' ?? How should this look like?? Sorry, everything that I emagine, couldn't work. Thanx Pat

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grml2hd / 0.9-3
by Tube 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

hi mikap, i miss the option to select the swap partition when installing grml to harddisk. when there is a preformatted swap partition then the auto-fstab-mechanism will surely detect that but when there is not, you have to mkswap manually afterwards. that is a little bit uncomfortable. cheers tube

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virtual x windows server, possible or not?
by Doug Smith 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

This is a really strange question, but I feel that it must be answered, either in the positive or negative in order that I might know if I will be able to continue to compute for the forseeable future. What is the possibility of building a kind of x windows server that is really not a window system at all? What I mean is this: For the past 21 years, as of August 18, 2006, I have used computers, and have done so successfully. I have done it all with text-only systems, on which I have been able to run any program that I have wanted to run. Now, we have a problem, and I mean a big one. It is called the graphical user interface. I do not mean to put anyone down, or show disrespect, for the ways in which other people choose to use computers. What I need is a way to make the programs written for the graphical user interface work on the console so that I will not have to make that change in the future to an interface which I really do not like. Is it possible to take those programs and make them work as I want them to, without losing anymore of their functionality, than the graphical part? For example, a javascript-enabled browser such as mozilla or firefox should be able to render its output as text, while still able to perform all of its functionality with the exception of that which directly involves images. Is this possible? What if I want to use an office application, or some kind of video-intensive program, but I only need the messages and other text stuff they put out? What I am asking is this: Since the x-windows libraries, support applications, and other components are on grml, is it possible to use these to make a kind of virtual x server that will render things on the console so that I can continue to use speakup? Speakup is the best speech interface I have used in all the time I have been using computers, and I like it. If there are any takers on the list, that is, sighted people who want to work with me so that we can get this project going, please feel free to contact me. Most sincerely: -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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problem with swspeak on amd 64 X 2 dual core.
by Doug Smith 24 Feb '07

24 Feb '07

Ok, here we go again. I have a question to ask you before my wife buys me a new system. She told me that she would get me a new AMD 64 X 2 dual core, and that I can get it in any configuration I want. Of course, I want the media center edition with the radio/tv tuner card, the a/v in and out, and the big drive and boat-loads of memory, but I need to ask you about this: Ok, when I go into any store, this has happened two times in the last couple or three weeks. When I put the disk into the drive on one of the display models and start it back up, right there, in front of everyone in the store, and I am supposed to know what to do with a computer, the swspeak fails. Here's what happens, to the best of my understanding. First of all, my wife along with the store employee are watching to see if the thing will work. Neither of them knows jack swish about a talking computer. Well, everything, as far as the hardware is detected, and it tells me to just run swspeak when the boot sequence is finished, though I never hear this. Well, I just run swspeak when everything is finished. I get a message about having "failed to write 128 samples." Does this have to do with the kind of on-board sound hardware on the machine, or not?:"Should I have this disabled in the bios when I buy the machine, and just put my soundblaster live ls in it or what? Should I run a sound configuration program in GRML to detect this new sound hardware? I just want to know. I hope that there is nothing totally fatal in the system that makes GRML not boot on one of these machines. I really like GRML and plan to use it. Should I not get a system like this, or is there sopme simple fix? Thank you very much. -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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Grub on USB Stick
by Patrick 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi Together I'm trying to boot from my USB-Stick. I have an CF-USB adapter 512MB and a 4GB Stick. Both have the same problem. After an grml2usb my Genode-System won't boot. So I mad it with Grub. My /boot/grub/menue.lst: title Grml minirt root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinu root=/dev/sda1 ro acpi=off ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us usb apm=power-off vga=791 nomce BOOT_IMAGE=grml initrd /boot/minirt.img boot I had to make an initrd.img and I made it like wirtten in the wiki: #update-initramfs -u -t -k $(uname -r) I got: Could not stat the resume device file.... /scripts/init-bottom |no such file or directory /root/sys |no such file or directory /proc |no such file or directory so I tried it again with the original minirt26.gz. after a #gzip -d minirt26.gz and renamed as minirt26.img i can boot with grub but I got now only: Could not stat the resume device file.... /scripts/local-bottom |done Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom... mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev faild: No such file or directory

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Pondering a mid-size grml...
by Juergen Fiedler 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Wouldn't it be nice to have a grml that would fit on an 8cm CD? I'm playing around with adding things to grml_small (being that stipping the big one down seems rather intimidating), but having an official release in the 200M size range would be even nicer. I'm envisioning something that still has the man pages and some basic X tools. The big hurdle for me right now are actually the man pages, being that reinstalling everything just to get the accompanying man pages is a pretty big project - but then again, remastering a Live CD is pretty much supposed to be big. Is there any chance of there being an official release somewhere between grml_small and grml (regular)? Even just a version of small without stuff being stripped post install would be a mightily cool thing. Thanks for a cool distribution :) --j

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Why does the speech system like to spell instead of read words?
by Doug Smith 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

Hello, once more, and probably for the last time for a while. I know I am really bothering people on here, so I will leave it alone after this one. I have to use the speech on here so I have to make sure that it is really working well. It is except for one minor thing. How do I keep the speech system from jumkping into this strange mode where it likes to spell everything letter by letter, and, rather slowly, at that, rather than just read the words. Is there a way to correct this? I will get it done. Thank you. -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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remastering a live cd, Can someone explain it to me?
by Doug Smith 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

I knownow this is a real strange one. I am, however, feeling more and more comfortable on this list, and I thought it might be possible to understand something that I have wondered about for a couple of years. What I want to know is how do you actually make a live cd? What I mean is this, and I will explain what I mean in more detail. Ok, starting from a running grml system on your development machine, all the programs are on there, the bugs are out, to the best of your knowledge, and you are ready to make a new release. What is done to get from that to the iso file system with its large compressed file system, and the other files that are with it. I know how to make an iso-9660 file system, at least, well enough to make a cd, but how do you make the thing bootable? How does the technology work that is used to compress the software and documentation down? How does the thing know which parts of this large file to use when accessing programs? Why I wonder this is, I like to add in a few packages that I use. I would like to have my own disk with config files, new packages and more so that I can just set up on any machine and rock and roll. If you don't have the time to explain this to me in full detail, do you know of a good reference where I can just read about it and get all the detæils? I really appreciate this, because the person who tried to explain this to me before, didn't put on a lievl where I could understand it. I am sorry to come on here with such strange questions, but I hope there is a simply-understood answer for this one. Thank you. -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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txt2tags
by Mark 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

http://txt2tags.sourceforge.net/docs.html definitely a text tool..related, http://txt2tags.wordpress.com/2007/02/03/wixi-a-desktop-wiki-powered-by-txt…

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vim, grml 0.9 on hd - strange characters after using backspace
by Frank Eisenblaetter 12 Feb '07

12 Feb '07

I have a strange problem with vim. When I use backspace to delete some characters while I am in instering mode, there appear blanks or other characters which I definitely not typed. example: [a], [backspace], [a] results in the folowing character å Maybe it has something to do with unicode. I use unicode_start in /etc/zsh/zlogin. Regards, Frank

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