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The bootfrom=xxx.iso doesn't work
by Tong Sun 03 May '07

03 May '07

Package: grml Version: 0.9-stable2 Severity: important Hi, I found that the bootfrom=xxx.iso cheatcode does not work as expected. I notice the following grub boot menu, title GRML 0.9 from .ISO on sda2 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot.grml/isolinux/linux26 welcome noeject noprompt ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 nomce bootfrom=/dev/sda2/Grml/grml_0.9.iso initrd /boot.grml/isolinux/minirt26.gz savedefault boot only works as long as my USB key was plugged in. If not, it won't work. Having Looked into the issue, I realized that, grml search for grml image in all patitions first before doing the bootfrom= cheatcode. When my USB key is plugged in, it can continue on, mounting the .iso as root the second time, though it report missing /lib/.../modeprobe.dep beforehand. When my USB key is not plugged in, i.e., the image scan doesn't find anything, grml will panic before doing the bootfrom=xxx.iso. Test environment: grml 0.9 -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /UNIONFS/bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-grml Locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages grml depends on: ii grml-autoconfig 0.6-8 main bootup process of a grml syst ii grml-docs 0.9-5 documentation for grml (grml.org) ii grml-etc 0.9-4 ecetera files for the grml system ii grml-files 0.9-1 some misc files for grml ii grml-hwinfo 0.3-2 collect hardware information ii grml-scripts 0.9.5 some small scripts which should ma ii grml-tips 0.3-14 search for tips and hints via a ke grml recommends no packages. -- no debconf information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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The misbehaving emacs spell check language setting
by Tong Sun 03 May '07

03 May '07

Package: emacs Version: 21.4a+1-2 Severity: important I boot grml with 'lang=us', and I get the following as my locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Yet, when I enable flyspell-mode, I get: Loading flyspell...done (Next local Ispell command will use german-new8 dictionary) [2 times] I.e., the spell check language is german, instead of en_US. Test environment: grml 0.9 -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /UNIONFS/bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-grml Locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages emacs depends on: ii emacs21 21.4a+1-2 The GNU Emacs editor emacs recommends no packages. -- no debconf information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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config.d & scripts.d cheatcodes
by Tong Sun 03 May '07

03 May '07

Hi mika, I'm going to implement the config.d & scripts.d functionality in /cdrom/scripts/grml.sh for now. I'm thinking, to make it easy for you to adopt my code into future grml, please write a skeloton code for me, especially, how you'd like to name variable and functions. I'll implement the details, test them, and sent them back to you. PS. The doc is not clear where exactly should the script be put, is it under /scripts/ or /cdrom/scripts/ on the disk (CD/USB)? Ref: From: Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org> Subject: Re: Re: [grml-bugs] bug#25: Wish lists for enhancing the grml configuration system Newsgroups: gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Date: 2007-04-23 12:28:26 GMT > >> - Boot-Options config.d, i.e., please define a grml configuration > >> directory. On booting all the .tbz files from within the defined > >> directory or from the config.d option, will be restored, in the > >> order by their names. > > You mean like the config bootoption which does: > > | restore configuration using file config.tbz from directory /cdrom/config/ > > (see http://grml.org/config/grml-config.html for more details) but > > not only use *one* config.tbz but *all* the available tbz files from > > the directory? > > So it would become: > > | config.d => restore all tbz. files from directory /cdrom/config.d/ > > That's what you want? > Exactly! restore them in the order of their names. Ok. > >> The save-config generated configuration, the plain bzip2 > >> compressed tar archives is a good thing. But I don't like the fact > >> that all related or unrelated files are all stuffed into this same > >> file. I hope that I can group related files into different .tbz > >> files. It is much more easy to manage than a single file. > > You can name your config.tbz like you want (even when generating it > > with save-config), see the config=config_foobar.tbz stuff at > > http://grml.org/config/grml-config.html > > AFAICS all that has to be done for this feature is the config.d > > stuff, right? > Exactly. Ok. I'll add the above stuff to our TODO list and will work on it post grml 1.0. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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The fromhd cheatcode does not work for NTFS partitions
by Tong Sun 03 May '07

03 May '07

Package: grml Version: 0.9-stable2 Severity: important Hi, I found that the fromhd cheatcode does not work for NTFS partitions. Of the following grub boot menu, title GRML 0.9 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot.grml/isolinux/linux26 welcome noeject noprompt ramdisk_size=1000 00 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791\ nomce fromhd=/dev/sda2 initrd /boot.grml/isolinux/minirt26.gz savedefault boot the fromhd=/dev/sda2 won't work -- can't find grml image, while the fromhd=/dev/sda8 works fine. Both /dev/sda2 & /dev/sda8 have identical /GRML root directory. The only difference is that my sda2 is NTFS and sda8 is FAT. Test environment: grml 0.9. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /UNIONFS/bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-grml Locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages grml depends on: ii grml-autoconfig 0.6-8 main bootup process of a grml syst ii grml-docs 0.9-5 documentation for grml (grml.org) ii grml-etc 0.9-4 ecetera files for the grml system ii grml-files 0.9-1 some misc files for grml ii grml-hwinfo 0.3-2 collect hardware information ii grml-scripts 0.9.5 some small scripts which should ma ii grml-tips 0.3-14 search for tips and hints via a ke grml recommends no packages. -- no debconf information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Boot grml iso using grml-small
by Tong Sun 02 May '07

02 May '07

Re: The bootfrom=xxx.iso doesn't work --- Tong wrote: > I found that the bootfrom=xxx.iso cheatcode does not work as expected. > > I notice the following grub boot menu, > > title GRML 0.9 from .ISO on sda2 > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot.grml/isolinux/linux26 welcome noeject noprompt > ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 nomce > bootfrom=/dev/sda2/Grml/grml_0.9.iso > initrd /boot.grml/isolinux/minirt26.gz > savedefault > boot > > only works as long as my USB key was plugged in. If not, it won't work. Using the equvalient syslinux.cfg entry, I was able to boot grml iso from HD using grml-small from USB, but there is a problem, > Having Looked into the issue, I realized that, > > grml search for grml image in all patitions first before doing the bootfrom= > cheatcode. When my USB key is plugged in, it can continue on, mounting the > .iso > as root the second time, though it report missing /lib/.../modeprobe.dep > beforehand. The problem may related to this (unable to load modules). Thy symptom is that the ifconfig -a only shows lo device, not eth0. If I specified 'ifup eth0', the respond was no such device or similar. Duplicated the result each time when tested. Booting grml-small or grml directly won't have such problem. eth0 works fine. Test environment: grml 0.9/grml-small 0.3 tong __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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NTOP not working -- segfault
by Peter Eberl 01 May '07

01 May '07

OK, just want to let you know: the current grml setting (0.9) + related libraries draw a bogus ntop version. when you try to run it, you receive a segfault :-( OK, that was my approach for a fast and easy network monitoring ..... anyone an idea on how I can fix pretty fast this "bogus" ntop version and get back a working one? regards peb

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[OT] Setup grml sshd
by Tong Sun 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi, I'm trying to setup grml to accept my remote ssh login. No problem with that, but I'm facing a configuration problem: How to allow the sshd to verify ssh1 signature before verifying ssh2's, just like what sourceforge.net is doing? I've done the following changes to /etc/ssh/sshd_config: $ diff1 /etc/ssh/sshd_config~ /etc/ssh/sshd_config @@ -8,3 +8,3 @@ Port 22 -Protocol 2,1 +Protocol 1,2 #ListenAddress 0.0.0.0 but that didn't work [1]. Please help. thanks a lot. Tong [1] Correct log to ssh into sourceforge.net: debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct [...] debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/dsl/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Server accepts key: pkalg ssh-rsa blen 149 My own sshd server: debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct [...] debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/dsl/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Boot grml-small 0.3 from usb-stick
by Tong Sun 01 May '07

01 May '07

> > Missing parameter in syslinux.cfg. > > > after hitting enter after boot: > > > I got: > > > Could not find kernel image: grml > > Looks like syslinux.cfg contains keywords which your syslinux > version does not like. Yes, that was exactly the reason. The syslinux that I used was too old for grml. Problem solved after using the right version. > > * Get the grml iso (and verifed the md5sum) > > * Mount the iso loopback (e.g. mount -o loop > [...] > > JFYI: grml2usb automates all those steps for you. ;) Hmm, would grml2usb still works running from USB? it was meant to run from CD originally I believe, just checking. thanks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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