März 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 Dez '08

01 Dez '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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Re: [Grml] [grml] config questions
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 27 Mär '08

27 Mär '08

Hello Micka thanks for your help. I have added the modules snd-sb16 and parport-pc in the correct order into /etc/modules and that works. I have spend a lot of time to become dsl to work. pppoeconf has created a file dsl-provider in /ettc/ppp/peers/ and pon dsl-provider start the connection. If i run lynx like: lynx http://www.wdr.de nothing will happen. If i add a line : nameserver 129.13.64.5 to the two existing lines of nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf the above lynx-command works. How can i add a extra dns-server to resolve.conf or must i change something into the dsl-provider file? I want to add the aqmoney-0.6.x paket and openhbci, and the aqmoney- interface, so i have done. apt-cache search banking to look how the correct name of the paket is, but there is only the aqbanking package. Can i download the package from an other server and install aqmoney? Another question to start the grml from usb-stick modified for the eeePC, is: grml starts from usb-stick, if have added a line options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig in the alsa-base and have created a modified initrd-file. also i have created a second partition of 300MB (ext2) on that usb-stick. The label of the second partition is GRMLCONFIG. grml boot from usb-stick and the df command shows, that the stick is /dev/sdb1. So i added the myconfig=/dev/sdb2 to the syslinux.cfg, but grml does not mount the the /dev/sdb2 partition and restore my config.tbz from there. What can i do or must i use an other bootparameter? Thanks for your help. Regards. Dietmar

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netboot for grml-small
by Markus Wigge 26 Mär '08

26 Mär '08

Hi everybody, is there any documentation how to generate a netboot package for grml-small? I'm already able to boot the grml-small kernel via PXE but I don't know how to generate an apropriate initrd. And in my case I'd also like to modify the init script inside the initrd, as I did with the older version, to fetch the squashfs image using http to a ramdisk because I don't want to setup an NFS server for that network. I already got that running with the old grml-small release but I used the normal grml netboot package and hacked in the kernel modules and stuff manually which was too ugly to do it again ;-) thanks, Markus

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config questions.
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 26 Mär '08

26 Mär '08

Hello, to have sound on my pc i must start the sound-module before the paport- modules (parport, parport-pc). In the alsa-base i have added the line options snd-sb16 isapnp=0 irq=7 dma8=1 dma16=5 port=0x2000 If i remove parport-pc, parport and start the sound via modprobe snd-sb16, the sound works. what can i do, that the sound will be loaded before the parport-modules? Also the tulip driver will be loaded automaticly and the dmfe module after the tulip-module. For my onboard networkcard i only use dmfe. I have added a line in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist: blacklist tulip But the tulip-moudle will be loaded. What can i do, that the tulip-module will not be loaded? I have connected a dsl-modem to my ethernetcard. On slackware i start the dsl-connection with adsl-start. I have run pppoeconf, but pppoeconf did not create the /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf file. I also have started netcardconf, but without success. what are the steps to become a connection over the dsl-modem to the internet Thanks for your help. Dietmar

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jwm
by Mag. Dietmar Kirchmayr 25 Mär '08

25 Mär '08

Dear grml-Team! Congratulation to the new release 1.1 !!!, but I am missing jwm in grml-quickconfig! I also know, that jwm is available, because "grml-x jwm" makes it working perfectly. Which files are concerned, when I want to integrate it in grml-quickconfig. Many thanks in advance. Dietmar Kirchmayr _________________________________________________________________ Wann haben Sie das letzte Mal Ihre Freunde oder Familie gesehen? Unlimitierte Videotelefonate mit dem Windows Live Messenger. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

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boot problem with GRML 1.1
by v.klemt＠online.de 24 Mär '08

24 Mär '08

Hallo, While my Pentium II worked fine with the older versions of GRML including 1.0 (Meilenschwein), with the new Skunk I get disturbing messages that leave me helpless: ------------------------------------------------------------------- grml.org ACPI: Unable to load the System Description Tables Loading, please wait... Welcome to GRML grml.org - Linux for sysadmins and texttool users. * Finishes early booting sequence. [ ok ] * Searching for GRML file, this might take a few seconds... FATAL: Error inserting fan (/lib/modules/2.6.23-grml/kernel/drivers/\ acpi/fan.ko): No such device WARNING: Error inserting processor (/lib/modules/2.6.23-grml/kernel/\ drivers/acpi/processor.ko): No such device FATAL: Error inserting thermal (/lib/modules/2.6.23-grml/kernel/\ drivers/acpi/thermal.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown \ parameter (see dmesg) cp: unable to open `/root/var/log/': No such file or directory mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file \ or directory mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init. No init found. Try passing init= bootarg. BusyBox v1.3.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5) Built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands /bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off (initramfs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Using 'grml acpi=off' doesn't change anything. With HWINFO I extract the folloing hardware information: Board: AX6LC BIOS: Award Software International, v. 4.51 PG, Date 08/10/98 CPU: Intel Pentium II (Deschutes) 300 MHz, 512 KB Cache Memory Size: 192 MB I would be happy if anybody could give me a hint at a solution. Best regards, Vilmar

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strating grml with linld
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 22 Mär '08

22 Mär '08

Hello, after spending a lot of time i am happy to start grml, that is installed on a harddisk via grml2hd, with linld from dos. typing the following at the dos-promt will start grml: linld07 image=linux26 initrd=initrd.img "cl=root=/dev/hdc6 speakup_synth=apollo speakup_ser=0 blind lang=de" The above commandline starts grml with speakup and brltty. Regards. Dietmar

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searching for grml
by martin yazdzik 18 Mär '08

18 Mär '08

Dear M and friends, A bit more on the Dell Latitude D930 grml install grml 1.1 just drops to "can't access tty job control off" mint linux, which works perfectly except for the sound issue, well-known, lists the dvd driver as the first scsi drive and the hdd as the second, contrary to all other laptops I have used grml 1.0 shows more, as when seeking the cdrom after intial sequence, it keeps tyring to find hdc, so this leads me to believe there is a sata/pata issue not in either kernel, but somewhere in the installer. this is very new equipment, santa rosa chip, so I have little hope, but if mint works, why should not grml ? Is the ICHM 8 sata controller no supported for some reason? Best, M Duse

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grml 1.1 with french settings ?
by giggz 16 Mär '08

16 Mär '08

Hi, I just download the grml 1.1 iso and install it on my pen drive with your special script! all is ok. I can boot on my computer. But I'm french and the qwertz or qwerty keyboards are a little bit hard for us. How can I set my keyboard to fr. the lang and other language settings is it's possible...Can I boot with special language parameters in order to have directly a system with azerty keyboard ? Thanks! Regards, Guillaume

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booting from sdhc-card
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 13 Mär '08

13 Mär '08

Hello, i have installed the grml 1.1 with the help of the grml2hd -i script on a 4 GB schc-card. If have deleted the fat32 partition on the sdhc-card with fdisk and created a linux partition, set the boot flag. After that i run the grml2hd script. But the the eeepc did not boot from this card. If have pressed the eSC-key and changed to the card-reader line, but nothing happens. In the menu.lst the default is set to (hd1,0). In the device.map are the (fd0), (hd0), (hd1) and (hd2) defined. I am not familiar with grub and will be happy, for becoming some tips. Regards Dietmar

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sound on eeepc works
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 13 Mär '08

13 Mär '08

Hello, thanks for your tips. If i a remove the snd-hda-intel module and load it as follows modprobe snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig the sound on the eeepc works, and if i do echo sftsyn >/proc/speakup/synth_name and swspeak the softwarespeak will work. Regards. Dietmar

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grml-live getestet
by Henning Sprang 12 Mär '08

12 Mär '08

Hi, Habe endlich grml-live getestet. Erstmal nur in der default config. Dabei fallen mir folgende Dinge auf. (hoffentlich ist Deutsch auf der Liste erlaubt, ich hatte mdiese Notizen halt schon in Deutsch gemacht... wohl eh hauptsächlich für Mika interessant?!) * Beim Testen, offline im Zug(ich habe aber einen lokalen mirror, der war nur noch nicht eingestellt), bekomme ich das - obwohl ich eigentlich ein nfsroot habe und dachte, das würde genommen bei dirinstall wenn es da ist: Calling task_dirinstall Installing into directory /hier/produktion/run/grml-live/grml_chroot Calling task_extrbase Unpacking Debian base archive No base.tgz found. Calling debootstrap. Creating base system using debootstrap version 0.3.3.2etch1 Calling debootstrap etch --arch i386 --exclude=dhcp-client,info /hier/produktion/run/grml-live/grml_chroot http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian I: Retrieving Release E: Failed getting release file http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release Exit code task_extrbase: 801 Eigentlich könnte man hier aufhören - stattdessen läuft alles durch, und ich muss den Fehler tief in logs und output suchen. (ich weiß, FAI's error reporting ist nicht das Beste - aber ich dachte, daran wäre gerade im Rahmen von * Warum kann man das DEBOOTSTRAP sowohl in der make-fai-nsfroot setzen, als auch in grml-live.cfg? Besser nur eine Stelle - vielleicht in der grml-live config Datei darauf verweisen! * Ich finde die umgebaute Struktur des Configspace ein bisschen wunderlich: ** Ich denke, fai "main config" und configspace sollten nebeneinander sein, nicht verschachtelt. ** Dann sollte die location des FAI Configspace, den man benutzen will, konfigurierbar sein - dass ich, wenn ich möchte, auch einfach meinen ganz normalen, bestehenden configspace nutzen kann(eventuell dabei die für das Funktionieren des Live-Systems nötigen Klassen von GRML-LIVE in meinen importieren) ** wieso sind die Files nicht mehr im configspace, sondern eine Ebene höher und ohne klassen?! vielleicht einfacher an einigen wenigen stellen, wenn man es nur als build-system für GRML nutzt, aber für alle bestehenden FAI user, die aus ihrem configspace eine live-cd bauen wollen, ist es nur verwirred. * ich hätte gerne sowas wie grml-live clean, um bei Tests sicher zu gehen, dass ich von einer sauberen Basis ausgehen kann, und nicht ein vielleicht kaputtes oder unsauberes chroot genutzt wird. Und ja, ich kjann es von Hand löschen, ist aber mehr Arbeit als --clean-chroot / -C oder so. * es werden gpg netzwerkaufrufe gemacht während der installation - damit ist das bauen von cd's abhängig von einer internetanbindung - will ich eigentlich nicht... * Vielleicht ein generelles Problem: wenn ich die live CD in virtualbox laufen lasse, startet x nicht, weil irgendwelche vbox-module nicht gefunden werden. scheinbar fehlen mir pakete, aber grml versucht "schlau" zu sein, und die vbox xorg config zu starten... In der Hoffnung, dass die Infos helfen - ich werde noch weiter testen, und mal berichten, was passiert, wenn man seinen eigenen Configspace nach /etc/grml/fai/config kopiert :) Grüße, Henning -- Henning Sprang http://www.sprang.de | http://lazyb0y.blogspot.com/

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Re: [Grml] sound on eeePC swspeak
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 10 Mär '08

10 Mär '08

Hello Nico, alsconf works, it makes all the test, and nothing means, that i have no sound. I will look, of the snd_hda driver is loaded and then post agien. Regards Dietmar Is there a german mailinglist for grml?

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Problems with CCISS/HP Smart Array E200
by t.richter＠gmx.li 10 Mär '08

10 Mär '08

Hello All! I have a small Problem with the cciss SCSI Support on GRML. I have read all the Docs i could find but without success. My Plan is to use GRML-Mini as a Rescue System on a seperate Partition. If i start from the CD everything is fine. The Partitions under /dev/cciss/c0d0pX are found. But i cant figure out what module provides the cciss Support. If i start GRML from HDD the Kernel is booting but can't find the Iso. I tried the Kernelparameter scsi=probe. But no Module is found. Do you have any Idea which Module brings the CCISS Support on the CD? TIA for any Help! Best Regards Thomas Richter -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger

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Re: [Grml] sound on eepc swspeak
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 10 Mär '08

10 Mär '08

Hello, thanks for your answers. amixer or alsamixer shows an error error defaul load: invalid argument If i look in /proc/asound/ossmixer, the settings for volume ... are set to 0. if i do alsaconf, nothing will happen. Regards Dietmar

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[grml] grml 1.1 shutdown will fail
by Michael Wittke 10 Mär '08

10 Mär '08

Hello, batch your pardon for asking for your help. I have just downloaded the grml 1.1 iso und burned a live cd for playing a little bit with your nice tool. The cd starts and everything works fine. There also is no fault, when I start the cd with the grml testcd boot option. My PC has an ASUS Mainbord with an Intel Pentium III Processor. When I shutdown the PC (with shutdown -h now) the PC will hang when the cd is ejected and I have to disconnect the power to be able to restart the PC. I have no idea what went wrong. On the monitor are the following error massages: end-request: I/O error,dev hdc, sector 114876 hdc: tray open (there are a lot of this massages with different sector numbers) SQUASHFS error: Unable to read fragment cache block [2918b2b] SQUASHFS errror: Unable to read page block 2918b2b, seize 5811 /etc/init.d/halt: line 65: /sbin/halt: cannot execute binery file INIT: no more process left in this runlevel. Any suggestions how to solve the problem?

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swspeak, sound shutdown on eeePC
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 10 Mär '08

10 Mär '08

Hello, after spending a lot of time i was able to boot grml 1.1 rC6 from a usb- stick. The swspeak starts also as brltty, but i do not hear anything. I also did not hear anything playing a mp3-file with mplayer. How can i set up the volume or unmute the soundcard, so that i can hear anything. If i shutdown the eepc with the command shutdown -h now, the PC did not shutdown properly. To turn the eeePC off, i must press the button for POWER. Regards Dietmar

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sata question
by martin yazdzik 10 Mär '08

10 Mär '08

Dear M and friends, Just a noob question, for no reason other than neugier. Why does debian installer, lenny, recognise both the sata and atapi cd thing, giving the correct response to cat /proc/scsi/scsi, whereas grml requires bootparameters ide1=noprobe and ide0=noprobe to get sata hdd and atapi(sata) sdr0 recognised? Best, M Wo du nicht lieben kannst, da gehe vorüber.... Duse

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sound
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 09 Mär '08

09 Mär '08

Hello, the sound on my eepc did not work. The soundtest means, that it works, but the alasamixer shows an error. I us grml 1.1 RC6. Is grml 1.1 RC6 the same as grml 1.1 vom 24.02.2008? I hope you can help me, because i want to use the swspeak optin of grml. Thnkas for your help Regards. Dietmar

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grml @ Google Summer of Code 2008
by Michael Prokop 09 Mär '08

09 Mär '08

Hi, grml wants to take part in the Google Summer of Code 2008 and therefor we are collecting ideas for our proposal. If you have a great idea for a project please consider putting it to the gsoc08 page of the grml-wiki: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=gsoc08 Your contribution is highly welcome. PS: If you don't want to put your idea(s) into the grml-wiki please feel free to send private mail to me. 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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Liberation fonts
by T o n g 09 Mär '08

09 Mär '08

quick question, is the liberation fonts in grml? As the liberation fonts provided by red hat being much better quality than msttcorefonts and is provided in an open license, will the liberation fonts in grml? So that grml-small can just supply this one set of core ttf fonts (plus your favorites of course). They are at debian-multimedia.org as ttf-liberation. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Wlan with rt61 and wpa
by Andreas Gruber 08 Mär '08

08 Mär '08

Michael Prokop schrieb: > * Andreas Gruber <gruber_andreas(a)gmx.de> [20080226 12:45]: > > >> AFAIK, the RT2500 (and others of the RT2X-series) -Wlan-driver is >> supportet since gml0.9 or earlier by a grml-package. Can You tell >> me, if there's an package for the RT61-driver of Ralink in >> grml1.1. At the moment, my notebook uses Debian etch with a >> PCMCIA-Wlan-card with RT61 - it works, but it was a little bit >> difficult to manage it. I would be great, to install grml on these >> notebook. >> > > rt2x00-modules-2.6.23-grml isn't included within grml 1.1 because we > had too many conflicts with rt2400-modules-2.6.23-grml and > rt2500-modules-2.6.23-grml. I'd like to investigate on that in the > next few days/weeks with people having the appropriate hardware > (please let me know if you are such a person :)). > > I've uploaded rt2x00-modules-2.6.23-grml for you to grml-testing > pool which provides the module: > > /lib/modules/2.6.23-grml/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/rt61pci.ko > > So just grab > http://deb.grml.org/pool/main/r/rt2x00/rt2x00-modules-2.6.23-grml_2.0.12%2b… > > and give it a try. Please let me know whether it works for you. > > >> ...and not to forget: >> grml1.1 - great work - congratulations to the team around Mika! >> > > Thanks :) > > regards, > -mika- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Grml mailing list - Grml(a)mur.at > http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml > join #grml on irc.freenode.org > grml-devel-blog: http://grml.supersized.org/ Hi Mika & friends! I've asked a few days ago for rt61-wlan-driver-support in grml. Now I've tried the package provided - and the module seems to work! I'm afraid, still I couldn't manage to get my wlan to work. I have to use WPA-PSK. This is, what I've done: - wget your deb - dpkg -i the deb - modprobe rt61pci - rename the /etc/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT in wlancfg-myssid (with my ssid) - setting dot11ExcludeUnencrypted to false in the wlan-cfg-myssid because of not using wep - setting SSID_wlan0="myssid" in /etc/wlan/wlan.conf - typing ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant ctrl_interface_group=0 eapol_version=1 ap_scan=1 fast_reauth=1 network={ ssid="myssid" scan_ssid=1 proto=WPA key_mgmt=WPA-PSK pairwise=TKIP group=TKIP psk="mypassword"} (with my phrase) in my /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf - adding auto wlan0 iface wlan0 inet dhcp (dhcp is running in my network) wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf to my /etc/network/interfaces. Now, iwconfig wlan0 shows my essid and an encryption-key, but I'm not able to ping. Strange is, that after typing wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -d, the iwconfig wlan0 command shows Encryption key:off. Perhaps, here tht problem is to find...? Do you, Mika, or someone else have an idea, why it still doesn't work? Thanks for all the help you gave and give! Andi -- Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Andreas Gruber Isaak-Loewi-Straße 21 90763 Fürth -- Business-Contacts: https://www.xing.com/hp/Andreas_Gruber17/

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cupsys error
by Sean Kennedy 05 Mär '08

05 Mär '08

Hi Mika, I see you've already opened a bug for this on Debian (Debian Bug report logs - #459362): http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459362 Did you come across any workaround? Thanks

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Re: [Grml] starting grml with loadlin/linld/grub4dos
by Maurice McCarthy 04 Mär '08

04 Mär '08

For the usb stick try this: dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda this should ensure a bootable mbr. Regards Moss

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starting grml with loadlin/linld/grub4dos
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 04 Mär '08

04 Mär '08

Hello, last weekend i have installed grml 1.1 with help from my brother onto a partition of my normal pc, onto a sd-card (4 GB) for my eePc and onto an usb-stick (2 GB) a) On my normal pc i started the live-cd and start speakup, brltty, change the /etc/grml2hd/config. After that i start grml2hd -i for the installation. I use /dev/hdc6 for mbr and root-partition. The vmlinuz and the initrd.img and the menu.lst i copied onto my dos- partition. I want to start the grml with linld. So i create a linld.par with the following options: speakup_synth=apollo speakup_ser=0 lang=de vga=nrmal blind brltty=vo,usb,text.de.tbl root=/dev/hdc6 ro I start linld image=linux26 initrd=initrd.img from the directory, where the files are in. But i don't have any success. any ideas. b) To install grml onto a 4 GB sd-card on my eeePC, we start grml from an external usb-dvd-drive, change the config file and start grml2hd -i. The sd-Card is /dev/sda1, I have insert a new empty card and i do not change the partitiontyp or so. The installation was successfull, but the eeepc did not boot from the sd-card. We changed the boot-device so, that at first is removable medium, then the external devd/cd and then the hd. My normal card-reader for my pc did not read the 4 GB cards, only the eePc will read such cards. Any help will be great. c) With the grml2usb i have created a bootable usb-stick. But the stick did not boot. I have looke with fdisk -l /dev/sda for the boot flag is set. The boot flag (*) is set correct. Thanks and regards Dietmar

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