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headers and modules melange
by my 13 Mai '06

13 Mai '06

Need to recompile to test ati driver. I know this is somehow my fault, but do not know how or why: HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:153, from /usr/include/limits.h:144, from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.4/include/limits.h:122, from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.4/include/syslimits.h:7, from /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.4/include/limits.h:11, from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:113: /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: error: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function â€˜use_configâ€™: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: error: â€˜PATH_MAXâ€™ undeclared (first use in this function) scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: error: for each function it appears in.) scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: warning: unused variable â€˜sâ€™ scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function â€˜parse_dep_fileâ€™: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: error: â€˜PATH_MAXâ€™ undeclared (first use in this function) scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: warning: unused variable â€˜sâ€™ make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2 The build log for the driver module describes a mismatch: [Message] Kernel Module : Trying to install a precompiled kernel module. [Message] Kernel Module : Precompiled kernel module version mismatched. [Error] Kernel Module : No kernel module build environment - please consult readme. What I would like is to have a complete build environment where I can simply modules. Module assistant tells me the the kernel headers for the target kernel versions cannot be found. (yes I have both kernel headers from grml and mod ass installed its own.... none of them work What is the easiest way to make sure that building modules from non grml sources will work every time? Best, Martin "...children and young people feel instinctively the difference between those who genuinely wish them well and those who regard them merely as raw material for some scheme." --Russell

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grml in practice - present it
by Michael Prokop 10 Mai '06

10 Mai '06

Hello grml-users, next week on 20th of may linuxday graz/austria will take place (www.linuxtage.at). I will hold a lecture about grml and a grml booth will be there too. All core developers and some other team members will be there! I'll present grml in practice at the grml booth. For example I'll present grml-Robocup (http://www.robocup.tugraz.at/). Robocup-grml is used as a live-cd for developers and as platform for the roboters kicking with AI. Another project I'll present is Trused Live Linux. It's a special flavour of grml including support for TPM (Trusted Platform Model) we are currently working on. Are you using grml at your working place? Do you have a customized version of grml in a productive environment? Please let me know! I'd be happy to be able to announce and present it at the grml booth. Just send me a mail with relevant information. Where are you using grml? What are you doing with it? Send me screenshots, movies,... whatever you would like me to present at the grml booth! thx && regards, -mika-

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VMWare Resolution Suggestion.. (1280x1024)
by Keller Florian 10 Mai '06

10 Mai '06

Hello, If you want to use Resolution with 1280x1024 in VMWare you have to patch this file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.vmware You have to change Hz to this: HorizSync 33.0 - 74.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 And also add 1280x1024 in each Modelines it show now like that: Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" Maybe it would be a idea to integrate this settings to main grml build. This settings are tested under VMWare 5.5 regards, Flo UNIX Specialist

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grub-install fails
by HXC 09 Mai '06

09 Mai '06

I get the following error when I try to issue a "grub-install /dev/hda": //dev/root: Not found or not a block device. /Grml resides on hda3 and is formatted with xfs. How can I proceed to install grub? Thanks in advance for you help!

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My Grml improvement suggestions
by HXC 09 Mai '06

09 Mai '06

Here are my idea to improve grml even more! 1 Base it on testing (etch) Forget about unstable. There are enough distro's out there that are based on debian unstable. I found them all extremely volatile. You never knew what happens next after a dist-upgrade. Debian Etch on the other is up to date and without much problems. Another benefit from switching to Etch would that the developers have more time on their hand to focus on grml instead of fixing the errors in the unstable branch. And grml would also stand out more in the excessive amount of debian distro's available. So I say remove all unstable repositories! ;-) Users who really want could add them themselves but _i think that debian etch shoul be default. _2 Add an option to install grub instead of lilo with grml2hd. 3 Less windowmanagers please Grml comes with a whole array of windowmanager most of which are in my opion not good enough. I think it will provide more clarity if the amount of windowmanger would be largely decreased. You seem focused on fluxbox and I would choose to make that one the default. Thanks to the debian apt-get system the other windowsmanagers are just an apt-get install away. You could make an oversight in the grml wiki of the available windowmanagers and their pro and cons. I hope this information is helpfull in making grml a better product. Good luck!

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kernel panic and slow start up
by Sean Kennedy 09 Mai '06

09 Mai '06

I've installed grml on a usb hard drive, and had success (except for it spending a lot - 10 minutes at least - of time "Loading kernel 2.6.16" if I remember the message properly). But after I did: apt-get update apt-get upgrade (which had some problems so I did apt-get -f install) I get a kernel panic during start up, it tells me to set the proper root when I start, or something like that. I suppose the first thing is how to resolve the kernel panic (I'm pretty sure that without doing a dist-upgrade my kernel shouldn't have been touched). If I can get that resolved, I'd like to know why my computer can boot faster from the CD than from the hard drive (it is a USB2 connection).

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Wireless help
by Chris Norman 09 Mai '06

09 Mai '06

Hi people, I'm stuck here doing bloody computing coursework, and I need Linux. I know GRML recognises my wireless card, but I need to connect to the wireless with it. It's an open unincripted network, is there a quick and easy to connect? Cheers, Chris Norman

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RAS Movie & CiscoVPN Problem
by Florian Keller 08 Mai '06

08 Mai '06

Hello, First of all you can watch the customized grml CD with ASCII Bootloader here: http://www.florian-keller.ch/grmlcustomized.avi To play this you will need mplayer with VMware Codec, or if you running windows you can download from VMware the right codec. Now to my Problem. I've compiled the Cisco VPN Client (4.7.00 (0640)) to my grml CD. I've network connectivity no firewall running or iptables activ but I cannot establish a VPN Session. Im using nothing special standard RJ45 Network with activ DHCP Server @ Router. All works well Internet works..., but I'm getting the follow message if I try to establish a VPN Connection: Initializing the VPN connection. Contacting the gateway at 194.x.x.x Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the Client Reason: Failed to establish a VPN connection I don't understand why Im getting this message. Once after lot of try & error I could establish the VPN Session but didn't know why :). I thought, it could be a problem with the ifplugd but if I uninstall this daemon it also don't work :(. On google I found lot of guys that have same problem but that was on wireless connection, Im not using this kind of connection. Hope someone got a good idea or a way to find out what the problem could be. Strange is also if I look at netstat -ta I see the connection that should be established is not the Server its the grml localhost :( // From syslog: May 7 19:54:15 RASCDv121-1348526093 net.agent[5689]: Cannot raise interface cipsec0: interface lo did not appear! Also strange ist this message: tcp 1 0 grml:29746 grml:41439 CLOSE_WAIT tcp 17 0 grml:29746 grml:48560 CLOSE_WAIT Thanks, regards, Florian Keller

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Getting a shell on serial
by Mike 05 Mai '06

05 Mai '06

I'm trying to use grml as the base for a hardware validation USB key on a machine which has no video at all, and is accessible through a serial console. After yanking the boot.msg splash screen and adding console=ttyS0,11500n8 to the append line, things are promising (moreso than knoppix which had serial support as a module :( ) The issue that I'm having is that even if I use the 'serial' cheatcode (in addition to having added the console bit to the append line), I'm not getting a shell on the serial console. I get as far as: [ ok ]hing for device(s) labeled with GRMLCFG. * Floppy device detected. Trying to access floppy disk. (Disable this via boot option: noautoconfig) [ ok ]devices with label GRMLCFG found. [ ok ]hed execution of main grml startup. (minicom messes up the pretty formatting) And then nothing. This is the point at which I would normally be getting a prompt and be on my merry way. What's the trick to getting it going? (If I boot the same USB key on my desktop, using the same cheatcode and append line, I get no boot progress to screen [all going to imaginary serial], just the grml.org logo in the upper left, and then suddenly the normal shell) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: [Grml] How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 05 Mai '06

05 Mai '06

Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org> writes: > > > To Output text on another TTY and to write it to a logfile :). And > > also customized some startup scripts for changes in progress bar > > like Splash Screen do. If you intrested how my customized grml > > look like I could post a little movie recorded in VMware. > > Of course! Please upload the movie and post the URL! :) > Okay, I will make and upload the movie @ weekend. Must first fix some settings and I've got lot of work to do right now. regards, Flo Unix Specialist

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