March 2009 - Grml - lists.mur.at

the linux cookbook
by Josh 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi, wow I did not know I could read the linux cookbook online until I did a google search for it and found it online. But here's a problem I need to overcome, and if anyone has already overcome this being blind, can you share how you did it? Ok, so for me to practically use this cookbook, I will need to: *be able to somehow read the book and then go to my computer and follow the directions. so I would need two computers? one to read the book on, and another to have grml Linux on. or *have a braille copy of the Linux cookbook so I therefore only need one computer and can read the braille copy to refer back to. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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Next stable release
by T o n g 09 Apr '09

09 Apr '09

Hi, > "The next stable release is expected for march 2009." (http://grml.org/ roadmap/) Will it be out soon? Any pending issues or show-stoppers? thanks. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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IP address
by Josh Lawrence 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hello everyone! Problem: I need to be able to assign a static address to my network card. Last night I encountered a problem with network settings in grml. Initially, I thought that I had to edit /etc/networking/interfaces to set my network properties, but that did not work. After doing some research on Google, I found a post from someone asking a similar question, and he was told too look at grml-tips udev, so I looked at that. I see that I am supposed to create a udev rule in /etc/udev/network.rules, but it doesn't tell me how to go about setting static, dhcp, etc. Where am I going wrong? Thank you, Josh -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

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Regarding the use of Pump over DHCPCD
by Keith Hinton 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hi all, I wanted to ask why grml uses pump and not DHCPCD (latest bleading edge version of course) In my experience when testing grml (compared to Gentoo) or Arch Linux (both of wich use DHCPCD) GRML connected with horribal slowness to my wireless network when broadcasting for an available IP-address.. It would sleep for 60 seconds took over 5 seconds before it connected. I compared this by running DHCPCD on Arch Linux, Gentoo, etc, that use the DHCPCD program. I found no comparason. DHCPCD whins over pump. Regards, --Keith

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How well dos grml work on laptops now?
by Keith Hinton 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Mika, your wiki page on laptops hasn't been updated for a while. Could you address anything like: How to turn off the built-in LCD display etc? I'm currently hosting GRML on Windows because so many Linux accessibility solutions don't work. I'm also testing it that way because I can bridge GRML to my net card on Windows, and evn though it's wireless, my router sees an etherneted PC. I gave up using GRML natively due to a large amount of technical applicaitons, that are not accessible. Has nothing to do against GRML Regards, --Keith

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sounds problem
by Chaitat Piriyastit 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hi, I am running grml 2008.11 on my harddisk (installed with grml2hd). Everything works perfectly except that I am having problem with sound. I can watch video with mplayer but I don't hear the sound. I also can't hear the sound when openning mp3 with mplayer. The same thing as Flash plugin for Firefox. Please advise me. Thanks, -- Chaitat Piriyasatit ... waking up to pee and see whats up online

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madwifi for grml-small
by Josh Lawrence 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hello everyone, Last night I installed grml-small on my laptop to give it a spin (had been using the larger version of grml). I needed to install madwifi drivers, but none were available. uname -r tells me that I'm running 2.6.26, but the madwifi modules available are of 2.6.23 and earlier. module-assistant was not able to build the modules b/c the source was not available in the repos. Can you give me any tips as to how to get this working? It's not a major issue at all, I can always go back to the larger version, but it still would be nice to know where I'm going wrong. Thanks all! Josh -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

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Re: [Grml] GRML for VMware player
by Keith Hinton 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

The version of Grml should just ork fine (but you'll need to have a vm made first for it) perhaps a better question might be, "Is there a GRML Virtual Machine?" In wich case, The grml team is not responsible for finding one of ryou. Those are Vmware appliances normally. Regards, --Keith On 3/22/09, grml-request(a)mur.at <grml-request(a)mur.at> wrote: > Send Grml mailing list submissions to > grml(a)mur.at > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > grml-request(a)mur.at > > You can reach the person managing the list at > grml-owner(a)mur.at > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Grml digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. grml for vmware player (Josh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:17:24 -0600 > From: "Josh" <jkenn337(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Grml] grml for vmware player > To: "grml" <grml(a)mur.at> > Message-ID: <57126BAE413347498D71D843A77AACAE@YOURGHQGU4MTYI> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > hi, > > Is there a version of grml1.1 and grml2008.11 for vmware player so I can run > it and windows at the same time? > > Josh >

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grml for vmware player
by Josh 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

hi, Is there a version of grml1.1 and grml2008.11 for vmware player so I can run it and windows at the same time? Josh

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How to obtain grml kernels, and other grml components
by Keith Hinton 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

Depending upon what components I want in the plain Debian system, how to I obtain these? I.e. If I want Grml's owrking kernel, what should I do to obtain that? And is it the Linux-source or Linux-image that I'd be looking for? Or would grml krenl just install, all symlinks taken care of, etc. What I love about grml's kernel, is I don't have to bother compiling it as all my favorite options like hibernate are already there, etc. And the hardware detection is super great. Otherwise, the question then would be: If I wanted screen, etc, that ships with grml, what suggestions would you folks suggest? I haven't used grml in so many years that now I find it hard to figure out what to do, plus the repos now use Git.:). Regards, --Keith

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