Februar 2008 - Grml - lists.mur.at

grml and linksys wireless USB adapter
by josh 18 Feb '08

18 Feb '08

Hi, Does the linksys wireless USB adapter work with grml? This USB adapter is for receiving wireless signals put out by a wi--fi router. Also, does Emacspeak and IBM viavoice come with grml? What speech synthesizers come with the standard grml? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com skype: jkenn337 msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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Re: starting grml_medium with linld
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 17 Feb '08

17 Feb '08

Hello Mika, thank your for your answer. If have add the live-medium-path= in the parameter-file for linld, but it did not work. I want to run grml_medium on an asus eeepc. The usb-stick boots to novell dos (c:). In the directory grml are the files linld077.com linld.par linux26 initrd.gz and grml.iso (the grml.squashfs file). I changes into the grml-direcotory cd grml and then i start linld as follows: linld097.com image=linux26 initrd=initrd.gz cl=linld.par The linld.par looks as follows: swspeak grml_dir=grml grml_name=grml.iso apm=power-off lang=de vga=normal quiet nomce blind brltty=vo,usb,text-german.tbl keyboard=de toram=grml.iso scandelay=30 live-media-path=grml boot=LIVE The last mesassege is something as waiting for rootfs but no sound and no braillterminal. Is the brltty package on the grml_mdeium? thanks for your help Regards Dietmar

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starting grml_medium with linld?
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hello, i want to start the grml_medium with linld or loadlin. I have copied the grml.squashfs file the linux26 and the initrd.gz to an usb-stick and on in a direcotory named grml. The usb-stick boots to novel-dos 7.0 and after that i want to start the grml_medium with support for my brailledisplay and softwarespeak (blind brltty=vo,usb,text-german.tbl swspeak). How must i set the options for grml in an parameter-file for loadlin or linld? Thanks for your help. Regards Dietmar

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Re: [Grml] Missing fat32 partition
by Maurice McCarthy 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Many of the things you ask about have been discussed in this mailing list. You can download the whole list archive with wget http://lists.mur.at/pipermail/grml.mbox/grml.mbox Thunderbird or Seamonkey on Windows should be able to import or open this so that you can search it. Good Luck! Moss > Thanks, I'll check all those things out. > At the moment it is even more confusing, as I'm a blind user and I have to > learn, not only linux, but also how to work with speech in linux. > At the moment I haven't goten gnome to run even; the startx command does > nothing, but I guess that is another topic...

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X-server start wothout fluxbox/grml-medium
by Lars Schimmer 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Snapped grml-medium 0.1rc today and installed onto a HD. Fine solution, works fine with all needed stuff and without the unneeded parts. But I want to start the Xserver and just display a picture, I don't want to start fluxbox. If I type "startx" it starts fluxbox, even with a ssh login and /usr/bin/xinit and /usr/bin/X it starts fluxbox. Where do I have to look to disable fluxbox and all parts? And: has anyone a xv replacement for displaying a picture in background on pure X server (with hiding mousepointer)? 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 v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHnf8/mWhuE0qbFyMRAhKoAJ9irQMiycsjA+05n/foOs6XE7mGRQCfdDfz G6cm24UtQGpIwxjSlRA6ByA= =kH4v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [Grml] Missing fat32 partition
by Maurice McCarthy 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Hi Willem, As long as you are managing OK that is fine. I'm an amateur myself and not part of the grml team as such. Just learning as I go along. Mika spends a lot of time answering folk and I like to help when I can - just as Mika and the whole team have helped me. Look for documentation in /usr/share/doc to help you, e.g. with the Midnight Commander mc /usr/share/doc which is considered to be good way for a novice to look around the system. The man pages have lots of good info but are horrendous for a new user. man ntfsprogs # or ... man ntfsclone are quite good however. And please, please have a look at dd, the testdisk program, also /usr/share/doc/ddrescue and its related shell script dd_rhelp (I think) if you are planning to use 2 operating systems. They give you the means to rescue and back-up your system by using the grml installation disk. The X-window program gparted is the equivalent of partition magic in the linux world. (The console program upon which it is based is caleld parted but it will take you longer to learn to use it. gparted also uses the ntfsprogs behind the scenes.) BUT ... the X protocol is clear text and therefore it is discouraged to use X for sysadmin work - it introduces a security vulnerability. I'm at Birmingham Airport Uk just now. On my way to work in the North Sea so I'll not be able to contribute for a couple of weeks. Best Wishes Moss > Hi Maurice > I did not see your messages until I already started creating a new fat32 > disk in windows with partition magic, as you can probably guess, I'm much > more comfortable with windows at the moment. >

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grml-x in rc1
by martin yazdzik 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Dear M and friends, I tried today to play with the rc1 Following issues: 1. in attempting to su to grml to run grml-x, get "cannot find file grml" error 2. if I run grml-x as root, all seems to be well, but then the error "priority is -1 instead of requested -0" then nothing 3. if I change to bash, and run grml-x as grml, all seems to be well, I get the note creating x-authority, then the errno111 no reply from xserver In other words, in grml 0.9, then grml 1.0, x was easy, grml-x -module radeon fluxbox, and x appeared within seconds. In the current release candidate, I am convinced that either I am stupid, or there is a problem with grml-x, or both. Best, Martin

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Missing fat32 partition
by Willem 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I've just installed grml with the help of a friend. I also boot windows on the same pc. I have a fat32 partition that used to show up in my computer in windows before I installed grml. What do I need to do to make the drive show again? Willem.

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grub
by martin yazdzik 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

Dear Mika and friends, So, now that I have foobarred and repaired grub a few times, has anyone here experience with upgrading to grub2? (shoots self in foot) Best, M

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z shell question
by martin yazdzik 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

/home/yazdzik/.zshrc:[:237: too many arguments /home/yazdzik/.zshrc:[:977: too many arguments yazdzik@grml1 ~ % Dear Mika and friends, Since you are all z shell to the core(okay, really bad pun) why do I argue so much? Also, the latest grub update is disastrous, as it eats the menu.lst for breakfast, leaving an unbootable system, but I suspect you know this. What would be cool is a way to get grub back, as the population of devices by udev in lilo is a process best measured in years. Is there a way to do this with the live cd which respects the uuid? Best to all of you, Martin "If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads." -France

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