December 2008 - Grml - lists.mur.at

voxin on grml 1.1?
by Josh 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi, Once I can get this grml linux installed to the hard drive, can I? 1. remove the x-windows graphical environments because I don't need them. 2. remove all applications I don't need. 3. install voxin for use with speakup or brltty. 4. set up my wireless USB adapter so I can have internet access in grml command-line? 5. if I want x-windows gui, can I install gnome desktop with orca and use that? ubuntu doesn't want to work on here, so maybe gnome then will work with grml1.1? 6. once I got it all customized, including having automatic speech at startup, could I use some grml text-based software could to make my own custom linux live-cd/install cd? oh and I read that for text-mode 64mb of ram is recommended so this grml would work great on legacy machines, also. and doubleTalk hardware speech only costs $200 or so. so that's not bad either. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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grml 1.0?
by Josh 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi, Does grml1.0 have accessibility for blind people? can I still use grml swspeak and then swspeak to get software speech going? I do not at this time have a DoubleTalk hardware serial-rs232 synthesizer so i need software speech. also does IBM-tts work with grml? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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grml 1.1?
by Josh 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi, Would grml1.1 maybe work on my older computer? also would IBM tts work with speakup in grml? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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awesome problem
by Chaitat Piriyastit 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi friends, I am using GRML 1.1 Linux that comes with AWESOME 2.2-rc1 (Digital Love). It is awesome except that I am having a small problem. Whenever I change the focus to another window, I have to press "enter" before I can actually do anything with that window. But sometimes, I don't have to. Do you have any idea? I have also tried the latest version and the problem still exists. I think it is a bug in the version of awesome that has been integrated with grml. References: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=6ef00bfd0d576a73cea9035289465429&p… Thanks, Chaitat Chaitat Piriyasatit ... waking up to pee and see whats up online

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grml normal won't boot up
by Josh 31 Dec '08

31 Dec '08

Hi, I have a dell dimension8200 with nvidia video card, sound blaster live sound card 80gb hard drive, and 512mb of ram. grml won't boot when I put the cd in. it acts like it wants to, but then it just hangs. it will boot on my wife's computer though. I am blind, so I would like to have software speech if possible. software speech in grml works fine on my wife's computer. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com skype: jkenn337

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OT: Camera in EEE-PC and Grml
by david.feest＠arcor.de 13 Dec '08

13 Dec '08

Hi, I know this is a bit OT, but this list has helped me before solving a problem concerning grml on an Asus EEE PC. Is there an easy way to get the camera working under grml? Maybe a module that needs to be loaded? Any help is appreciated! Greetings, David

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Using grml? Let us know!
by Michael Prokop 12 Dec '08

12 Dec '08

Hi, I'll hold a talk about grmlÂ¹ at the Open Source Data Center ConferenceÂ² on 29/30 April 2009 in NÃ¼rnberg/Germany. I'd like to show the attendees how grml is used in Real World Environments and need your contribution! You are using grml in your company for system recovery, presenting demos of your application, automated system installation,...? Please let me know! This is *your* chance to present your company or product in my talk. :) If it's necessary you can also submit your stories anonymously or request that I'll withhold your identity while presenting your setup. Feel free to forward this mail to anyone who might have interesting stories for me, I'd love to hear from you. Â¹ http://www.netways.de/english/osdc/y2009/programm/v/grml/ Â² http://www.netways.de/english/osdc/y2009/ regards, -mika-

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Remastering grml64
by Jan Bakuwel 11 Dec '08

11 Dec '08

Hi, In the past I have succesfully used grml-small as the basis for a customised rescue CD. I had to add some packages, which was relatively easy to do as I could copy the contents of the squashfs filing system, chroot into it, add packages to my hearts desire and recreate the squashfs file. Now I am trying to do the same with grml64-small, which proves to be quite a challenge. I am no longer able to mount the file with the root filing system... squashfs doesn't recognise it even though the name suggests its a squashfs filing system in a file (live/grml64-small.squashfs). I do not necessarily need the latest version of grml... I am quite happy with the older version. However I do need a 64bit kernel so I am able to get grub installed from within a 64bit userland (one of the reasons for making the rescue CD). My problem would likely be solved if I would know how to access the root filing system in live/grml64-small.squashfs, make changes (adding packages, setting passwords etc) and recreate the file. Does anyone know? kind regards, Jan - Ubuntu Hardy amd64 squashfs-tools 1:3.3-1ubuntu2. -- ---- "It is an illusion to think that we are free to apply our increasing knowledge in any way we choose. In reality we are struggling to d1eal with the consequences of it." -- John Gray ----

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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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Short hint: booting via PXE WITHOUT NFS
by Markus Wigge 05 Dec '08

05 Dec '08

Hi everybody, just a quick hint for those who like to boot a grml-small via PXE but don't want to setup a NFS server for it. With the old release I patched the initrd to achieve this, but since 2008.11 this works out of the box: Setup your pxelinux.cfg like this: ---------------------------------------- LABEL grml-small-2008.11 MENU LABEL grml-small 2008.11 (HTTP) kernel grml/2008.11/small-linux26 append initrd=grml/2008.11/small-minirt26.gz boot=live \ fetch=http://archive.example.org/grml-2008.11/grml-small.squashfs \ nodhcp noeject vga=791 lang=de have fun, Markus

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