February 2010 - Grml - lists.mur.at

trying to replace console-tools with kbd
by John Magolske 19 Feb '10

19 Feb '10

To set the font in my framebuffer console, I'd like to use kbd, as the consolechars command that comes with console-tools seems to only work with 8-pixel wide fonts [1]. I find `consolechars -f` is unable to load a majority of the fonts in /usr/share/consolefonts. A while back on an earlier grml (don't recall exactly which version), I replaced console-tools with kbd and was then able to load any font in /usr/share/consolefonts using the setfont command. Now (grml2008.11 installed to hd) when I try to install kbd, aptitude wants to remove grml, grml-autoconfig & grml2hd [2]. I don't need grml2hd, but removal of grml is problematic, as this in turn tries to remove lots of other things as well. Is there a recommended way to replace console-tools with kbd? TIA for any help, John * [1] --- In these two cases the fonts loaded fine: /usr/share/consolefonts % consolechars -f koi8-14.psf.gz /usr/share/consolefonts % consolechars -f Lat7-Terminus16.psf.gz But in this case, got an error: /usr/share/consolefonts % consolechars -f Lat7-Terminus24x12.psf.gz Cannot (yet) load a non-seekable RAW file read_simple_font(): Invalid argument Tried uncompressing the font file & loading that: /usr/share/consolefonts % consolechars -f Lat7-Terminus24x12_gunzipped.psf read_simple_font(): Bad font file format [2] --- 34507 ~ % sudo aptitude install kbd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages are BROKEN: grml-autoconfig kbd-compat The following NEW packages will be installed: kbd The following packages will be REMOVED: console-tools{a} 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 1432 not upgraded. Need to get 423kB of archives. After unpacking 610kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: grml-autoconfig: Depends: console-tools but it is not installable kbd-compat: Depends: console-tools (>= 1:0.2.3dbs-65.1) but it is not installable Conflicts: kbd but 1.15-1 is to be installed. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: grml grml-autoconfig grml2hd kbd-compat Score is 322 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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grml-debootstrap problems
by Michael Whapples 16 Feb '10

16 Feb '10

Hello, I am trying to install debian using grml-debootstrap but I get an error about it not finding MAKEDEV. I retried but adding the makedev package to /etc/debootstrap/packages but it still fails with the error. Infact it seems like the packages in /etc/debootstrap/packages are not being installed (eg. what is left in the mount point doesn't contain zsh either or commands related to other packages I try and add). This is just using the standard grml 2009.10 CD. It has just occurred to me, I never do anything to update packages on the CD first, was there a problem with the grml-debootstrap on the 2009.10 CD? Michael Whapples

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Announce: Grml developer mailinglist
by Michael Prokop 13 Feb '10

13 Feb '10

Hi, I just wanted to inform you that we have a new mailinglist - the Grml developer mailinglist: http://ml.grml.org/mailman/listinfo/grml-devel We will discuss issues related to development of Grml on this mailinglist. Anyone is allowed to subscribe to the mailinglist. Sending mails to the list is limited to members of the mailinglist to avoid Spam (though we've a moderation queue for non-members so mails shouldn't get lost in any case). So please feel free to join the discussions, patch reviews and coordination of development on the mailinglist. If you have any patches or need feedback from Grml developers feel free to mail them directly to the developer mailinglist. PS: The Grml *user* mailinglist isn't affected by this change itself. We just want to give contributors the possibility to discuss issues with us on a central place, though without annoying users that aren't interested in development. Happy hacking! 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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Boot managers and grml-debootstrap
by Michael Whapples 10 Feb '10

10 Feb '10

Hello, If I were to use grml-debootstrap to install a debian system what are my options for boot managers? I normally prefer to install the boot manager in the partition but I believe grub2 doesn't support this. So is there a way for me to install grub-legacy or lilo when using grml-debootstrap or is there a way to get grub2 to install to the partition? Michael Whapples

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GRML64-bit Accessibility and Cheatcode questions
by Keith Hinton 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

Hi all, I was curious if GRML64 is accessible to users with blind disabilities by default, as in the 32-bit world of GRML. Secondly, I had a question: While the newer splash menu works niecly for a person with sight, that new menu servs little use for me. How do I go back to the standard boot prompt without the fancey menu before typing "grml swspeak" (without quotes) at the boot of the CD? I am just curious what I can do. If you have suggestions/other considerations, please contact me ASAP. Thanks all for your great work. Please keep up the great work on GRML. Regards, --Keith

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jmicron network card driver installation fails
by Grischa 04 Feb '10

04 Feb '10

hi there, I'm running grml with a 2.6.26 kernel on an asus eee box b202 which has unfortunately a JMicron network card. I want to install the driver (ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmc2xx/) manually because the driver is not included. As mentioned in the readme .txt I did: apt-get install linux-source-$(uname -r) apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) apt-get install build-essential After 'make install' I got the following error: make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.26-grml/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [all] Error 2 Any suggestions? By the way I'm trying this on a virtual machine because with the same grml image (because the asus eee box has no internet connection :) ) Thanks a lot in advance! Best, Grischa

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