November 2008 - Grml - lists.mur.at

problem with GRMLCFG (label of a disk), config files in grml's home directory and rsync
by Chaitat Piriyastit 06 Dec '08

06 Dec '08

Hi friends, I am using grml 1.1 in Parallel Desktop under MacOSX. Everything looks good except that I have a small problem. Here are the steps to produce: * ALT+F4 * grml $ grml-x fvwm * In fvwm: I started FireFox, Dillo, and etc * exit fvwm * ALT+F1 * # save-config -all * # mount /dev/hda /mnt/GRMLCFG * # mv config.tbz /mnt/GRMLCFG * # reboot After rebooted, it shows me this error: -- rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.dillo": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/chrome" failed: Permission denied (13) *** Skipping everything below this failed directory *** rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.dillo/.bm.txt.G7cQgH" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/.appreg.ikKPRG" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/.profiles.ini.cGVwDN" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.bookmarks.html.o19FpU" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.components.ini.CVFr30" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.defaults.ini.k7SGH7" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.mimeTypes.rdf.OZdbme" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.search.rdf.WG4D3k" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.dillo": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default": Operation not permitted (1) rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] -- These directories are the directories created by grml user before the reboot time. It seems to me that whatever config files inside grml's home directory has been modified, after save-config and placed it in GRMLCFG disk, then rebooted, these error will come. Any idea? Thanks, Chaitat Piriyasatit ... waking up to pee and see whats up online

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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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Netboot package for grml64 2008_11
by Jason White 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Hello, Is there a netboot package for grml64 2008_11? If not, is there a script to create one? I may need to use PXE to boot a machine that requires a recent kernel (2.6.26 should be fine) for driver support. I've used GRML a number of times and it has always solved my problems (e.g., booting issues after making a mistake with a kernel upgrade). Also, thanks are due to the grml developers for including BRLTTY in the distribution, enabling it to work with my braille display hardware immediately on boot.

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To Michael Gebetsroither
by T o n g 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Hi Michael, I sent you some patches for grml-chroot the other day, on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:48 PM, to michael.geb(a)gmx.at, but I haven't get any respond yet. Nor did I see any related update in git. I'm wondering if you have received them, and your feedback for the patches. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml release candidate 2 of version 2008.11
by Michael Prokop 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi, just a short note: release candidate 2 of grml version 2008.11 is available via http://debian.netcologne.de/www.grml.org/devel/ Main changes from rc1 to rc2: * Updated Debian packages by 2008-11-20 * Implemented isofrom and tohd bootoptions. http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blob_plain;f=templates/GRML/grml-che… * Disabled NOPERSISTENT='Yes' in live-initramfs configuration * Removed CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK from kernel, fixes issue568 http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue568 * Major update of grml-debootstrap (version 0.23) http://ml.grml.org/pipermail/grml-testing-changes/2008-November/000316.html * Some minor updates and fixes in grml related scripts and configurations. * Updated documentation. The stable release is expected to be released on this weekend (end of november, so really soon!). So please grab rc2 and give it a try so we can catch the train and publish the stable release as planned. :) regards, -mika-

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First contact with grml_small 2008.11
by Peter 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hi Thanks a lot for the new release. I just installed grml_small and it works fine. I had to tweak things and I do not know if this was due to my ignorance, if it was a feature or a bug, so I just report it: I did the harddisk install (grml_small) and I _unselected_ dhcp. I noticed on startup that pump was working, and in fact , the dhcp option was activated ( = yes ) in the autoconfig file. I also noticed that networking was not in the onlevel column (2,3,4,5) in runlevel.conf, I am not sure if this is necessary, but after the install, networking did not come up on rebooting. I also was wondering , why resolv.conf was symlinked to some other file. As far as I understood, if dhcp is not used,than resolv.conf is required and should not be overridden on startup. Finally I was wondering , if utf8 should not be the default even in grml_small (echo $LANG returns "C"). Again, please forgive if these are newbie questions and thanks for you help Peter

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slightly OT: cron not working
by Lars Schimmer 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Sorry for slightly OT, but I need some help after I did not found a error. On my debian amd64 system the crond doesn't work any more. For all entries in the crontab, it writes "permission denied" into syslog. And I do not know why - any hint is appreciated. # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file. # This file also has a username field, that none of the other crontabs do. # SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin # # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 28 5 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly 22 * * * * root echo echo >>/tmp/test2.txt ls -l /etc/ |grep cron - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 395 2008-03-10 02:14 anacrontab drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.daily drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.hourly drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.monthly - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653 2008-11-24 17:20 crontab drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.weekly - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93 2008-10-27 15:15 cvs-cron.conf cat /var/log/syslog Nov 24 17:22:01 tetris CRON[14541]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:22:01 tetris CRON[14540]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:22:01 tetris CRON[14542]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:25:01 tetris CRON[15176]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:25:01 tetris CRON[15175]: Permission denied ps aux f |grep cron root 15472 0.0 0.0 5856 764 pts/9 S+ 17:27 0:00 | | \_ grep cron root 13780 0.0 0.0 20528 1056 ? Ss 17:14 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron -L 2 MfG, Lars Schimmer - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------- TU Graz, Institut für ComputerGraphik & WissensVisualisierung Tel: +43 316 873-5405 E-Mail: l.schimmer(a)cgv.tugraz.at Fax: +43 316 873-5402 PGP-Key-ID: 0x4A9B1723 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkrsZ4ACgkQmWhuE0qbFyPBcwCglvQAoUpakvJZ24gO/mozXI0a eWkAnjGtIFq321FMeay4P/0vEyvNKESA =qAp4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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How grml cd image is created
by T o n g 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hi, Quick question, how the grml cd image is created (from a directory)? A side question, is there any way to search the grml source code (in git or ...)? http://git.grml.org/?p=grml- live.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=genisoimage this only searches the commit comments. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Re: [Grml] How grml cd image is created]
by Michael Gebetsroither 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Michael Prokop wrote: > Besides the possibilities mentioned in > http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=search_help - no, not really. > > But as soon as you cloned the sources to your local disk you can > enjoy the use of 'git grep ...' anyway. :) to get/update all grml repositories on your local hd i've written a handy script which is in our package grml-git-tools # this will clone all git repos to your current directory over git:// git-mirror -b 'git://git.grml.org' git.grml.org later on you can just run the script again. it will clone all new repository and update (git fetch) all already available repositories. michael

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GRML-and-Spelling Issues with Speakup?
by Hart Larry 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

Well, I am considering upgrading, but I wonder if an issue with Speakup is fixed in GRML, where when reading, I mostly hear words spelled instead of pronounced. When searching an archive of Speakup, there are mentions of pre-empting a colonel. Thanks in advance for any tips in fixing this Hart

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