October 2008 - Grml - lists.mur.at

grml 1.1, grml64 0.2, grml-medium 0.1 and grml64-medium 0.1 released
by Michael Prokop 01 Dec '08

01 Dec '08

Hi grml fans, I'm proud to be able to announce new stable releases: grml 1.1 with codename Skunk, grml64 0.2 with codename Schwammerlklauber and grml[64]-medium 0.1 with codename Pfuh have been released and are hitting the mirrors. The official release announcements providing all the relevant news are available at: grml 1.1 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-1.1/ grml64 0.2 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-0.2/ grml-medium 0.1 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-medium-0.1/ grml64-medium 0.1 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-medium-0.1/ Issues regarding the releases can be found in the grml-wiki at: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_1.1 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.2 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-medium_0.1 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64-medium_0.1 As usual you can get the ISO(s) via bittorrent, http and/or ftp from the mirrors listed at: http://grml.org/download/ Have fun and enjoy the new release! As usual your feedback is highly appreciated. regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc

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memset was not declared
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

Hello, i have to try compile some programs under grml 1.1. After running make, i become some error messages memset was not declared in this scope. any ideas wht to do? google shows a bug in the gcc, but nothing what to do, to fix that. Regards. Dietmar

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it's still there.
by Doug Smith 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Ok, I tried to start the latest devel iso of grml with swspeak, and it wouldn't start. I also tried to do the same with today's latest daily build. What I am wondering is this: When will this issue be fixed so that I will have back my grml swspeak followed by swspeak at the completion of the bootup process? Is there some other command I could give and get something other than: fatal error setting up software speakup and then: sorry, software synthesizer not available. Did you boot with swspeak boot option? Please fix this as soon as possible, and let me know when I can return to using grml like I did on my 32-bit machine. Thanks most sincerely: Doug Smith

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VM issues
by Kristof Semjen 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hi all, I've recently tried to install grml with parallels (on a macintel), and my attempt was unsuccessful, it might be a problem with parallels, but I was wondering wether anyone reported issues with that configuration? PS : I have installed a fedora on my external HD since then, but I don't like it as much. And grml saved my professional life once, thank you for your nice distro. BTW, I will provide more info if necessary.

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Re: [Grml] No GUI
by renlac10＠gmail.com 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Thank you so much, Frank and Richard, for your attention, and sorry for taking your time. Your considerations about my post are correct. Realising my mess, I tried to track back how I came to grml site thinking it was incognito site, but with no success. I'll stay curious about for a good time, though. Well it was indeed about the incognito live-cd you have pointed out and it simply happened to not boot completely in my machine. As to an hour ago I realise it was for some hardware problem, as the same cd did mounted the gui (kde) finely on my brothers computer (although the browser couldn't find any webpage, even the network having internet connection ok). That seems to be a lone guy work (still in beta condition), but promissing as a very useful tool for those a "little bit" paranoid on computer/internet security. The cd even erases the ram at shutdown to avoid eventual cold boot attack... :-)) So finally I came to this list just for us to have a nice meeting. It was great to see your concern on my problem and I will not forget. Thank you for your directions and maybe will meet again. Open source is showing to me now its richness. Congratulations to you all. Best wishes, renlac

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No GUI
by renlac10＠gmail.com 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Greetings! Sorry if I'm a totally ignorant newby at linux, which I'm getting in exactly because of Incognito, a longing and startling tool. Being clueless about, I thought I was to expect that booting Incognito live-cd would get me directly to the GUI (KDE) which is shown in the screenshots. But the boot stops at a linux prompt, both trying grml 1.1 and grml medium, being the first "livecd root #" and the latter "root@grm ~#". So I would like to ask whether this is actualy expected or is a bug, and what I must do to run kde (or the gui) in order to star using Incognito. Thank you very much, renlac

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Sending in bug reports and patches
by Jean-Rene David 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hello, I sent in a bug report along with a small patch for grml2usb at bugs(a)grml.org a few weeks ago. I was just wondering if it got lost in transit. I didn't receive any kind of acknowledgement and didn't see the bug appear on the BTS. The bug was still in grml2usb last time I checked (sometime last week). I can obviously resend, but I thought I'd check first. -- JR

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An Intro-and-Other Items?
by chime＠hubert-humphrey.com 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

I must have sent to another address for this list, as my message bounced. First, I asked on the speakup list-and-it was suggested I join this list for discussion-and-solutions. First of all, for any who are not on blind-l, blinux, or speakup, a bit of an intro. I got my first PC-and-started on CompuServe in 1994, tried Jaws in late 97, but finally left windows completely here at home in 2006. I have had shell accounts since 1995, but the transition from understanding DOS to understanding unix/linux commands, are a chalenge. Now, we installed GRML on my Laptop, the full nearly 700MB version. We successfully have IBM TT Synth working. Speakup is more or less talking. So here are my issues: #1 When speakup is reading, it is spelling most words, however in screen-review it is fine. #2 The cursor seems to be highlighting a random line, such as 19, instead of the most current text. #3 Where are any power management settings? After an hour or so, I am automaticly logged out of any consoles. #4 Once I rebooted the laptop, now speakup volume is much loer-and-the insert 2 will not alter anything. #5 Can I run Y A S R with TT Synth? Seems like anytime I go in the YASR options pannel, I can never save settings, as speech drops dead. #6 And in the setup screen for e-mail settings to join this list, it mentions you can set filters in receiving messages. Well, in L Y N X I saw no way to do that. Thanks in advance for any-and-all solutions Hart

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When will the speech issue with the 64-bit version be fixed?
by Doug Smith 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi, all. I am writing to ask when the speech issue with the 64-bit version will be fixed. The "speech issue" is this: boot the grml64 disk and enter: grml swspeak The boot process continues in what sounds like a normal manner until: fatal error setting up software speakup I was just writing to let you all know that this is happening and, when I went looking for information to diagnose the problem, there was none. I do not mind working on the fix if you will just tell me what I need to work on. If I can be of any help in fixing this, I will gladly help. Sincerely: Doug Smith

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About /dev/shm
by T o n g 23 Oct '08

23 Oct '08

Hi, I used to have the tmpfs /dev/shm, but lost it due to recent update. However, I found that a fresh debootstrap install has it. So, I'm wondering who is in charge of creating it -- so as to get it back. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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