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13 Aug '06

Hi: I have an ATI card. I was not able to use Xorg in grml 0.7 except after HD install. Yesterday, I tried the grml 0.8-rc1 and found that I was still not able to use X out of box. I was trying to find an appropriate (fallback) driver for X, I tried: grml-x -module ati grml-x -module radeon grml-x -module vesa None can start X. Is it possible to use X without installing anything, ie. the ATI proprietary driver fglrx? thanks

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bitmap fonts
by T 13 Aug '06

13 Aug '06

Hi I read somewhere that DSL (Dam Small Linux) is removing the bitmap fonts entirely from the system. Since so many high quality TrueType fonts are available, it is a waste of space to still have bitmap fonts. Is this on the todo list of grml as well? thanks

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Removal of xprint
by T 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Hi I noticed that xprint is removed from the 0.8 release. http://grml.org/files/README-0.8-rc1.php Is it superseded by something else? What the suggested alternative to xprint? thanks

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Adjusted packages
by T 11 Aug '06

11 Aug '06

Hi, mika: I have a suggestion, next time you blog what packages get removed/added, could you add the description to the package names as well? So we get a brief idea what are added/deleted, without to look them up. 2nd, of all the followding deleted packages, are there any alternatives, or they are remove for space-saving purpose? hgrep highlight output of grep numlockx enable NumLock in X11 sessions qtparted A parted frontend using QT tripwire file and directory integrity checker thanks

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ATI proprietary driver fglrx and Xvideo support
by T 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Hi, I'm using the fglrx driver for my ATI card. Does it has Xvideo support? When I tried with mplayer -vo xv moviefile I get: ----------------------- It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available. Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv! See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. ----------------------- Please help thanks PS. - I used to use "mplayer -vo xv" in Sarge, the video driver was ati before. - here is my fglrx related packges (I know the latest should be v8.27.10): ii fglrx-control_8.23.7-1 ii fglrx-driver_8.25.18-1 ii fglrx-kernel-2.6.16-grml_8.25.18-1+grml.05

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adduser and RPC Connection
by T 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

hi whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error: rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused I've never see this before, and would like to know why adduser need to do some rpc calls/connections. thanks

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Enjoying 0.8 RC
by Jeff 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

I am enjoying the new release candidate. The wallpaper is a big improvement. :) I haven't found any bugs at this point. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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fun with x
by Martin Yazdzik 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

dear m and friends, just for fun, i tried the rc on an older pc without the need for wireless card. grml-x issue - no screen found now, if I copy the xorg.conf that I always use for that machine, then issue grml-x fluxbox, it is gorgeous, screen, colous, resolution. I am attaching the corresponding files, the ln one and grml one, but the most interesting thing is that get-edid | parse-edid provides the correct information, matching exactly the one in my own file, to wit: Section "Monitor" VendorName "Dell" ModelName "Dell M781p" Identifier "Dell M781p" HorizSync 30-85 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "DPMS" EndSection whilst, in spite of edid being correct, in se et sine alium, the grml generated file remains: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" # ModelName "Old Monitor (no DDC)" Option "DPMS" "true" # HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors # HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0 30.0 - 85.0 30.0 - 85.0 30.0 - 85.0 # VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker. # VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default. VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 50.0 - 160.0 50.0 - 160.0 50.0 - 160.0 # Need more information? # http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl # http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/ EndSection I hope it is my own inability to figure out what is wrong, but whether I use -module vesa or -module radeon, or no options, there is something wrong. Sorry to bother you all, but hope this may be of interest. 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 on a pendrive
by Kevin Jones 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

I and a friend are trying to use the grml harddrive install to put it on a 4gb pendrive. Seem to have problems though, almost seems like scsi errors, I couldn't see the screen and we didn't run grml with voice so i'd have to try again to get error messoges; but basically just treated the pendrive like a harddrive. Has anyone gotten this to work? Kevin 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. Re: fun with x (Nico Golde) > 2. Re: fun with x (Wernfried Haas) > 3. Re: fun with x (Michael Prokop) > 4. Re: fun with x (Michael Prokop) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:25:45 +0200 > From: Nico Golde <nico(a)ngolde.de> > Subject: Re: [Grml] fun with x > To: grml(a)mur.at > Message-ID: <20060804082544.GA26045(a)ngolde.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, > * Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik(a)nyct.net> [2006-08-03 23:08]: > [...] > >>whilst, in spite of edid being correct, in se et sine alium, the grml >>generated file remains: >> >> >> >>Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Monitor0" >># ModelName "Old Monitor (no DDC)" >> Option "DPMS" "true" >># HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors >># HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors >> HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0 >>30.0 - 85.0 >>30.0 - 85.0 >>30.0 - 85.0 >># VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker. >># VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT >>default. > > [...] > I also have this bug with rc1, reported to mika. > regards Nico

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Re: grml bug report: ndiswrapper
by Martin Yazdzik 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

> > I updated the package to the new upstream version 1.21 (old one was > 1.18), as usual it's available in the grml-repos. Can you please try > that? > > wget > http://grml.org/repos/ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.17-grml_1.21-1+grml.06_i386.d >eb dpkg -i ndiswrapper-modules*.deb > > regards, > -mika dear mika and friends, please tell me if I am being a pain in the ass, as I am trying to help, even though I am a non-coder, and do not have money to give you. here is lsmod from the new live cd: Module Size Used by ndiswrapper 145232 0 speedstep_centrino 6768 1 freq_table 4384 1 speedstep_centrino cpufreq_userspace 4128 1 af_packet 16136 0 ntfs 221112 1 video 13444 0 thermal 11016 0 processor 22088 2 speedstep_centrino,thermal fan 4100 0 container 4096 0 button 5776 0 battery 8324 0 ac 4356 0 fuse 29960 0 pcmcia 27836 0 slamr 373572 0 ungrab_winmodem 2816 0 snd_intel8x0 26396 0 snd_intel8x0m 13452 5 snd_ac97_codec 80288 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m snd_ac97_bus 2944 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 32384 0 snd_mixer_oss 14336 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 64132 6 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 17540 1 snd_pcm bcm43xx 397952 0 snd 41220 15 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer yenta_socket 21132 1 rsrc_nonstatic 10624 1 yenta_socket intel_agp 18844 1 bcm5700 129004 0 i2c_i801 8076 0 joydev 8128 0 tsdev 6592 0 soundcore 7776 1 snd tg3 88836 0 ieee80211softmac 21504 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 26440 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac ieee80211_crypt 5376 1 ieee80211 snd_page_alloc 7944 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm i2c_core 16128 1 i2c_i801 evdev 7808 0 agpgart 24164 1 intel_agp pcmcia_core 31128 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic pcspkr 3328 0 rtc 7440 0 unionfs 72736 1 sbp2 18824 0 ohci1394 27440 0 ieee1394 274136 2 sbp2,ohci1394 usb_storage 67648 0 ohci_hcd 16772 0 uhci_hcd 18440 0 ehci_hcd 25608 0 usbcore 96768 6 ndiswrapper,usb_storage,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd firmware_class 8192 2 pcmcia,bcm43xx module info filename: /lib/modules/2.6.17-grml/misc/ndiswrapper.ko author: ndiswrapper team <ndiswrapper-general(a)lists.sourceforge.net> description: NDIS wrapper driver version: 1.21 license: GPL vermagic: 2.6.17-grml SMP preempt mod_unload 586 REGPARM gcc-4.1 depends: usbcore srcversion: A357A4A5A3CF24512732DC2 parm: hangcheck_interval:The interval, in seconds, for checking if driver is hung. (default: 0) (int) parm: debug:debug level (int) parm: proc_gid:The gid of the files created in /proc (default: 0). (int) parm: proc_uid:The uid of the files created in /proc (default: 0). (int) parm: if_name:Network interface name or template (default: wlan%d) (charp) Why do these broadcom modules load? (I know they are part of the kernel now, but is there a possibility of conflict?) ieee80211softmac 21504 1 bcm43xx ieee80211 26440 2 bcm43xx,ieee80211softmac ieee80211_crypt 5376 1 ieee80211 Is there an easy way for a novice to check for irq conflicts? Please accept my apologies for my ignorance. 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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devel 0.8 ndiswrapper
by my 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Is anyone else having an issue with ndiswrapper? I have rechecked on live cd of 0.7: nano /etc/network/interfaces "iface wlan0 inet dhcp" then ndiswrapper -i /path/to/driver modprobe ndiswrapper (green wireless light illuminates in 0.7, not in 0.8) iwconfig wlan0 blah blah ifup wlan0 works fine in 0.7 does nothing at all in 0.8 Is this another udev issue, or am I stupidly missing something new I should know? Or is the module not ready for newbie consumption yet? Thanks, mika, for all your work and that of the team. Regards, martin

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new develrelease: 0.7-6
by T 31 Jul '06

31 Jul '06

Hi just want a quick confirm. The new develrelease 0.7-6 is using xorg 7.0, isn't it? thanks

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Alsa can't find mixer /dev/PCM
by T 29 Jul '06

29 Jul '06

Hi when I started up XMMS with the alsa output plugin. I get: ** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: /dev/PCM How do I (re)create /dev/pcm? thanks

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new kernel to get new ati driver
by my 29 Jul '06

29 Jul '06

Dear M and Friends, One of the few weak spots in grml was the lack of ability to install the latest ati drivers as they came out. How safe is it to apt get the new grml kernel and fglrx driver, to wit, since I must have the ndiswrapper work, will module assistant be able to make sure that the ndiswrapper works with the new kernel, so I have the pleasure of being able to connect to the internet and plage you with ignorant questions? I would still love dearly to be able to install and run a custom kernel, as the boot up time here is still longer than it need be, and I suspect there might be some gains in speed to be had throughout. If I were to wait for grml 8, due out, I presume, soon, will the kernel recompile be straightforward, as in debian, and the modules all work without a hitch? Will there be a way to apt install all the grml patches? I know you need noobs like a case of diptheria, but I appreciate the help. Best, Martin

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Slow access to CD
by T 27 Jul '06

27 Jul '06

Hi My CD accessing speed is extremely slow. For "cdrdao read-cd", which normally takes 5~6min, takes 5 times as long: real 24m54.889s user 0m0.004s sys 0m0.016s For "vcdxrip", which normally takes same as "cdrdao read-cd", 5~6min, literely takes forever: #extract[avseq01.mpg]: 148720/354829 (42%) ^C real 83m17.571s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.012s Everything has been fine in Debian Sarge. What could be wrong? PS. I've turned dma on for my CD: % hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdc: setting using_dma to 1 (on) using_dma = 1 (on) please help thanks

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Re: [Grml] grml or debian?
by Frank 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Hi! >> So which software repository is actually used? I have a stock debian and >> added the GRML repo, to have a look what´s in there. I found 29 packages >> and wondering now, which part of debian you are using. Is this just >> added to make the "pure" debian unstable a bit more convenient and >> userfriendly? >> >>> It's not perfect; nothing is. It's more perfect than stock Debian >>> Sid, and way more up to date than Debian Stable. >>> >>> >> Is it possible to set up grml with "testing"? Thats what i have right >> now, but i dont like the debian installer, and i dont want to download >> all the KDE-libs when choosing "desktop-install" and so on (when doin a >> new install on another machine). You know the hassles of the Installer :-) >> > You can use grml with all debian flavors. > But sid is mostly used. > Its just a "special" sid installation with some extra packages and extra > intelligence. > But this means, that there should be some packages that need to be downgraded, or am i wrong? You put packages from Sid on the CD and modify your sources list to "testing", right? And there are no problems? Really? :-) Debian upgrading is great and I love the APT-System - but downgrading (like e.g. with BSD´s Ports-system) isnt that cool. But ok, you are the ones who know. I think i will give it a try next time I have to set up a Debian machine. Greetings, Frank

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Boot from compact flash
by Markus Kutschan 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi, I would like to boot grml_small from CF (via IDE-CF-adapter). According to the FAQ, this should be a piece of cake. I mkfs'ed the filesystem to ext2, put the iso image on the CF and had a go at it. However, all I get is the complaint "Missing Operating System". How can I fix that? BTW, the partition is marked as bootable. Regards, Markus

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grml or debian?
by johannes swoboda 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Hello! I'm actually using grml with harddisk-installation.I've also installed some debian packages. My question: What are the main goals or the differents between grml and a "normal" debian installation? greeting, johannes

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Mounting scripts
by T 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Hi where are the scripts that grml mounts the file systems in live-cd? and HD installation? It'd be a good learning experiences for me to take a look at them. thanks

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grml 0.8
by T 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Hi Any tentative date for grml 0.8 release? Just asking, no pressure, 'cause I noticed from the wiki pages there are still lots things need to be done. If it'd be long, any tentative date for grml development release that contains xorg 7.0 and new safe kernel? thanks

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lucidasans fonts
by T 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Hi I love to use the lucidasans fonts. But I've just noticed that I don't have lucidasans fonts in grml. Checking with xlsfonts | grep -i lucidasan all I got are w-lucidasans-* fonts. I looked further into it grep lucidasan /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/fonts.alias tells me that those fonts are from 75dpi x-fonts, but I've got the xfonts-75dpi fonts intstalled? ii xfonts-75dpi 75 dpi fonts for X ii xfonts-bolkhov-cp1251-75dpi 75 dpi CP1251 encoded Cyrillic fonts for X (Cyr-RFX collection) why I don't have the lucidasans fonts? please help. thanks

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RE: GRML 0.7 X Window Background Image - Location?
by Jeff 18 Jul '06

18 Jul '06

Where is the background image for X Window in GRML 0.7 located. I would like to change or delete it. Thank you for a wonderful distribution. Jeff _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

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grml_from_hd
by T 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Hi what exactly does the cheat code grml_from_hd does? Recently I used to choose the "grml-nofb" lilo option for my HD installation booting, but just realized that the "grml_from_hd" cheat code is not there (a HD installation/lilo bug?). would there be any negitive effect about it? thanks

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changing IP
by Thomas Springer 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

After installing GRML 2 HD, grml gets it's IP-Adress via IP. I changed this setting via "netcardconfig" to a fixed IP, this change seems to be recorded, the ip is changed immediately. After rebooting the system gets the old DHCP-IP again. How do I change the IP to a permanently fixed IP? thomas

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Strange default xterm setting
by T 17 Jul '06

17 Jul '06

Hi I have the following menu entries in my fluxbox menu: [exec] (Top) {xterm -e top} [exec] (Run) {fbrun} What's strange is that when I choose the "Top" menu entry, the content of top will build up in xterm -- new content shows up below the old one, instead of overwriting them. The same things happens when I tried to "Run" the "xterm -e top" (with the "Run" menu entry) If I launch an xterm, weather via command line or the "Run" menu entry, and issue the top command there, the display is normal -- new content overwriting the old one. I think the reason might be because of the default grml xterm setting, which is resetted by my .profile once the xterm is launched normally. Please comment. thanks

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FYI, grml 0.7 kernel venerable
by T 16 Jul '06

16 Jul '06

Hi You may have known that the kernel that grml 0.7 uses is venerable. Recently an official Debian Server was compromised because of it. The venerable exists in the Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, both of which were released on 2006-07-06. For details, check out http://lists.debian.org/debian-news/debian-news-2006/msg00030.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2006/07/msg00056.html For the fix. please refer to http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/418 HTH tong

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grml and vmware
by T 16 Jul '06

16 Jul '06

Hi Anybody has successfully installed vmware under grml hd installation? I bumped into the following 2 problems: - vmware-install.pl asks for the rc?.d directories: What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? - vmware-config.pl asks for kernel header files The 2nd is the one that stops me. I have linux-kernel-headers-grml installed, but that alone did not work. So I went ahead and installed linux-headers-2.6.16-2 linux-headers-2.6.16-2-686, but I was stopped by the following: The directory of kernel headers (version 2.6.16-2-686) does not match your running kernel (version 2.6.16-grml). Even if the module were to compile successfully, it would not load into the running kernel. It went back to ask me for kernel header files. Please help thanks

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Configuring Xterm logs
by T 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi, I noticed lots of files like Xterm.log.grml.2006.07.09.22.26.11.3824 in my home directory. How can I turn of Xterm logs by default? Is there anyway to turn on/off the logging without using the menu? My Xterm's menu pop-up screen are unreasonably small. It's about 2 lines by 10 columns. The dimension is the same despite the window manager that I'm using (Pekwm/fluxbox). Does it happen to you too?

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Any mail client in grml allows me to relay mail through ISP
by T 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Hi First of all, let me confess the hidden agenda for me to install grml -- to tap into the unbelievable knowledge base of grml users and admin, because I had been trying to setup my Postfix to relay my mails through my ISP with SASL required many times but all failed. I'm been searching and following the document on the net (eg, the following two), but all attempts failed. how to make postfix to use SMTP auth for sending mail to a smarthost or a transport map relay server. http://www.k2.on.lk/fourm/viewtopic.php?t=30 Gmail on Home Linux Box using Postfix http://souptonuts.sourceforge.net/postfix_tutorial.html The reason that I need the mail relay is because my ISP has blocked my 25 mail port. So it is impossible for me to file bug reports, use my mail to backup my save-config, etc ... Now that nearly 90% of people are suffering from this mail port block, this feature would be requested again and again. please help. thanks a lot

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grml-small and X
by T 08 Jul '06

08 Jul '06

Hi Any likelihood of including X in grml-small? I understand that grml-small is meant for a business card CD-ROM, but the reality is that I never see anyone has that, but most people have pen-drives. Would it be possible for grml-small to go near 100M and include X? thanks

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Reboot vs poweroff
by T 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Hi Where is the behavior defined for, when I press Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot? Currently it does poweroff instead of reboot, at least in the grml2hd environment. I want it to be reboot instead, and pressing the power button does the poweroff. please help. thanks a lot

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Fully automated grml2hd
by T 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Hi Several suggestions regarding the grml2hd: - I noticed that not all questions asked are in the config file. hostname is one of the example. - How about able to configure default language and time zone? - It might be a good idea to allow user to specify their own config files, but partition and mbr are still passed from the command line. So, eg, the config file can be provided from floppy, the same setting (from floppy) can be re-used over and over again. just my 2c thanks

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Internet access in chroot
by T 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Hi How can I access the Internet in the chroot environment under grml? I am able to do it in Sarge, but the same approach won't apply in grml. Please help. thanks

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booting disk
by johannes swoboda 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

hi! How can I make a booting disk if I want an other computer to start grml small who isn't able to boot from cd? thanks, johannes

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Disable framebuffer page up scrolling
by T 05 Jul '06

05 Jul '06

Hi Is there any way to disable framebuffer from scrolling when doing page up/down? Currently, when booted in framebuffer mode, when I do page up/down, the content "smoothly" scrolling up/down one page. I want the traditional zero-wait page up/down way -- without the content scrolling. please help. thanks

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ReadOnly Filesystem after upgrade
by Werner Schuster (murphee) 04 Jul '06

04 Jul '06

Ahoi there, I use the GRML HD installed version on my laptop (X20); I ran an apt-get upgrade yesterday (monday), which seemed to work alright, but when I rebooted the system later on, the root filesystem is only mounted readonly, and systems like the /prov directory aren't hooked up (the runlevel says "2"). Mounting /proc and remounting rw works, but I can't seem to get the system to hold on to those settings (/etc/fstab has / with "default" options etc). I also ran fsck twice, but nothing seems to be wrong. Can't really give any more information, but here the last few lines of dmesg: md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. md: autorun ... md: ... autorun DONE. EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 280k freed kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds device-mapper: dm-multipath version 1.0.4 loaded I wonder if the RAID system (md...) could be causing problems (I didn't set up anything RAID related). Does anyone have an idea what could be wrong? Were there some bad package in yesterdays upgrades? Thanks, murphee

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Installing ATI-drivers
by T 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Hi I need the ATI-drivers to start x (otherwise, grml-x will hang). but as of today, the fglrx-driver in the grml repository has a open bug -- no console after logging out of X, ver 8.25.18-1. Is there any workarounds? thanks

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re: grml boot from iso
by boulhian 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

You can also boot grml_iso from HD without grml_CD. Condition: you must have a linux partition with grub as linux loader on your HD. Here is a way to do so: 1-copy grml_iso to a partition on HD: (hda5 as example). grml tohd=/dev/hda5 2-reboot to your linux box.(my / is on /dev/hda5). 3-create grml directory in /boot of your linux partition : as root mkdir /boot/grml 4-copy the files "linux26" and "minirt26.gz" from grml_CD/boot/isolinux to /boot/grml 5-edit /boot/grub/menu.lst to add entry for grml. here is as example the entry of grml in my /boot/grub/menu.lst # this entry boot grml from iso_image on /dev/hda5 title Grml root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/grml/linux26 fromhd=/dev/hda5 lang=fr vga=797 ramdisk=100000 initrd /boot/grml/minirt26.gz 6-it's all. reboot and pick Grml at grub menu. Thanks Grml team for the great work.

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Trying grml2hd with qemu
by T 03 Jul '06

03 Jul '06

Hi Is it possible to try out grml2hd with qemu? I tried with: qemu -boot d -cdrom grml_0.7.iso -hda grml.img & but after 'grml2hd /dev/hda', it stops at the "making ext3 filesystem on /dev/hda". half hours later no progress. Can somebody investe in it please? thanks tong

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Grml philosophy
by T 02 Jul '06

02 Jul '06

Hi there, I'm always interested in pure Debian based Live-CDs. I was half way building my own read-only root fs, when I noticed grml. I wish I had known it earlier. I have to say grml is exactly the type of Live distro that I've been looking for for a long long time. Browsing through the web site, I know it has got lots of publicity in the German speaking world. But I think it lacks the equivalent publicity in the English speaking world. In summary, such nice distro deserved to have more people to know and use... Ok, here are my questions. I'd like to know the philosophy behind the grml releases. I used to use Debian testing, but recently revert to stable because the vulnerability of Debian testing. So you know I'm always on the cautions side. I know Knopsis, Ubunto does a lot of QA testing before the release. How about grml? Seems to me that grml pick its release packages only based on the cut off date. How about the problems/errors that inherited from the packages of the cut off date? Can't imaging so many tools will have one perfect day to be error free. Do you revert several versions back on those packages that have problems? In short, Debian unstable always has the potential to be unstable. What's the mechanism in place for grml to avoid it? thanks tong

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Robust filesystem for power failures
by 27e3kk302＠sneakemail.com 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

mlist4suntong wrote: > I have reiserfs for my root fs, but still > that can't sustain the frequent power failure > that I'm having. Read this editorial on ReiserFS power failure issues. http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Filesystems/reiserfs.html We use Reiser for nonroot partitions, and like it. We wish it were more liked by kernel devs. But it does have power failure issues, if the article is right. Try ext3. Another help against crashes is to move the admin user to a separate /home partition, so you end up with /home/root, /home/user1, /home/user2, etc. Backup and restore of /home partitions is easy. System partition rescue/recovery/rebuild can be done by grml-live-cd or grml2hd independent of /home partition. Current grml does not permit moving the admin user. It's on the wishlist. M.

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too many running services at boot up
by martin yazdzik 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Dear Friends, I admit that you probably do not consider grml the perfect noobie distro, but, since everything works perfectly with no hassles whatsoever, you are going to find yourselves contending with more and more of us. The only thing I wish to change at all, but cannot quite figure out how to do easily is get rid of all the stuff that laptop users hate on boot-up. Yes, I know I could try manually editing the conf files, but am not sure how. Is there a sage way, since the KDE gui does not work, to get rid of stuff like cron, roxen, and so on that are useless and time consuming for lappy users who reboot tonnes of times per diem? Or can one point KsysV to the correct file? There appear to be at least four files in /etc which might be the ones that need be edited, but I am in over my head. Interestingly, install on a sata/atapi machine with a pcie ati video card was a breeze, up and running in less than half an hour, and much, much nicer than the thousand and one debian workarounds, or some of the genuinely eccentric Kanotix "improvements". Anyway, if there is a way simply to comment out the stuff I do not need, I am happy to do that. Very best wishes, Martin

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Read-only root fs
by T 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Hi there. My 4th post here. My questions are: - 1st, does grml support read-only root fs? If not please put it into todo list. Since it is a Live distro, supporting read-only root fs should be trivial, but I need it badly. I have reiserfs for my root fs, but still that can't sustain the frequent power failure that I'm having. - 2nd, an OT question. Does Debian or grml support some kind of integrity test? My current situation is that after so many damn power failures, my lovely Debian is in an unstable stage, commands that used to work are now failing mystically. Re-install the packages that contain those tools won't help. I'm now forced to do a reinstallation after having my ever-upgrading-and-customizing Debian for so many years... I wish Debian or grml has the integrity testing capability that rpm has, ie. to test whether the libs/executables that reside on the disk are still the same as in the package. This might help for situations like what I'm experiencing, or HD failure, and potential compromised systems... thanks

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Re: [Grml] grub?
by Martin Yazdzik 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

grub> root (hd0,3) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no Error 15: File not found I know I am forgetting something.. sorry. MOn Thursday 04 May 2006 14:08, you wrote: > oh I forgot something :) > > >root (hd0,0) > >setup (hd0) > > on root you have to insert the position of the /boot partition. > > Best regards, > > Tony > > 2006/5/4, Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik(a)nyct.net>: > > Dear Friends, > > > > I have decided, probably against sane better judgement to go to grml as > > my main mission critical OS. > > > > Now, since I have been booting from grub on my other linux partition, I > > wish, obbviously, to boot from the grub files in /boot, as I am going to > > delete the other partition entirely. > > > > I need therefore, to make sure the computer boots from grml before I do > > anything else. > > > > Good old days; grub install /dev/sda > > > > response from grub: > > > > grub> install /dev/sda > > > > Error 12: Invalid device requested > > > > grub> install /dev/hd0 > > > > Error 12: Invalid device requested > > > > grub> > > > > > > > > Have I done something to hurt its feelings? > > > > Best, > > Martin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > -- > Open Source - Open Mind -Try OS-Forge > http://os-forge.net | http://pacms.de > ----------------------------------------------- > Homepage: http://tony-wolf.os-forge.net

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grml2hd
by s. keeling 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

I tried grml2hd, told it to install to /dev/hdc2, expecting it to notice it didn't have enough space, and it did notice. I thought it would then ask me if I had any other partitions I wanted to add. It didn't. It wrote it all to hdc2, ran out of space, and reported the installation was successful. Back to the drawing board. Can I edit /etc/grml2hd/config and stuff mount commands in the PREwhatever function there? Where should they be mounted? Is that config file read and used _anytime_ grml2hd is run or only on automatic runs? I hope to have: / /dev/hdc2 /home /dev/hdc3 /usr /dev/hdc6 /var /dev/hdc5 swap /dev/hda7 swap /dev/hdc1 I've already created the partitions and made filesystems on them. I just need them to be there when the installer goes to write the system. Afterwards, I can reboot the CD, mount / somewhere, tweak fstab, and I should be good to go from the installed grml. Anyone ever tried this? If this is currently not possible, I suppose it falls into the wishlist bucket. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - -

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ValugCamp2006
by Andreas Fierlinger 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

Hallo Leute, Die Linuxwochentour 2006 naehert sich dem naechsten Hoehepunkt - ValugCamp2006. Das Camp findet dieses Jahr zum vierten Mal von Montag 17. bis Sonntag 23. Juli 2006 in Pettenbach im Almtal statt. Wie jedes Jahr gibt es bereits zahlreiche spannende Ideen fuer Workshops und Vortraege - Details findet ihr auf http://camp.linuxwochen.at. Weitere Ideen werden jederzeit gerne entgegengenommen. Das endgueltige Programm wird in Echtzeit vorort nach Lust und Laune gegrillt ;-) Eure Ideen koennt ihr jederzeit online im IRC (irc.freenode.net, #valug) posten, an die Liste liste(a)valug.at senden oder IRL @Pettenbach einbringen. Wir freuen uns darauf viele Camping-FreundInnen zu treffen, um Ideen auszutauschen und gemeinsam zu chillen. lg Andreas Fierlinger p.s.: campwiki : http://valug.at/index.php/ValugCamp2006 gallery : http://www.valug.at/gallery/

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grml boot test report. :-)
by s. keeling 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

Hi. While playing with mozilla-mplayer this morning (still trying to find some way to get FIFA videos playing on my box ... Long story), it locked up the video card hard. Couldn't even get to a text console. Great! Time to test out grml. :-) Hardware is a Compaq Deskpro PIII-733, 0.5 Gb RAM, 10 Gb HD on /dev/hda, 2 Gb HD on /dev/hdc, 52x32x52 CD-RW on /dev/hdd. Video is on-board i810 with 4 Mb RAM. grml's lovely, or what I saw of it is. Nothing I did would go anywhere near a framebuffer console. "grml-info" replies: Could not initialize graphics driver fb: Cannot open /dev/fb0. "fbset 1024x768-70" replies: open /dev/fb0: no such file or directory I tried boot options grml lapic vga=791 vga=normal vga=ask fb1024x768 and no joy. Surely I'll find a simple answer in the FAQ, I know. Other things to note include: - on the F9 boot prompt page: "Notice: you this bootoption with care!" s/you/use/ - dmesg reports: VFS: can't find an ext2 filesystem on /dev/hda which is a little odd as I'm using it to type this. :-) After fiddling with grml a bit, I also tried the new gparted-livecd-0.2.5-1.iso I downloaded recently. It found all my ptns on both disks. So, now I'll head off to grml.org and see what the FAQ has to say, but nice job grml guys! I'm looking forward to my next reboot to play with it some more. Have a marvy weekend! :-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - -

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Re: [Grml] iso_2022
by Michael Prokop 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

(Added grml(a)mur.at to Cc: again so we have it in the archives as well :)) * my <yazdzik(a)nyct.net> [20060621 16:51]: > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 15:37 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > * Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik(a)nyct.net> [20060621 15:08]: > > # grep ja_JP /etc/locale.gen > > ja_JP.EUC-JP EUC-JP > > ja_JP.UTF-8 UTF-8 > > Is this corresponding to what you would like to get? > No, I need the old charset, which, of course, is used by students > in Japan using older machines. Hm, what's the "old charset"? Is it listed in 'dpkg-reconfigure locales'? > > Do you mean X or plain console or both together? :) > X Ok. > > Does "modprobe nls_cp932" help? > That was it, thanks - I win the idiot noob of the year award - > aargh and apologies Credits go to Robert 'bobman' Giebel in #grml ;) > > Does "apt-cache search xfonts-" bring anything useful for you? > > Are the packages chdrv, chdrvfont, xcin useful for you? > (Forgot to install xcin on this box - senility sets in....) Ok :) > > Which erros do you get? > Varies, next time I try one, I'll send you the messages. know > this is not the purpose of the distro, but, nonetheless, you have > made the distro that people like me need to do useful work, so > please be patient with us. np :) > > Do you know the "/usr/include/linux does not link to > > /usr/src/linux/include/linux/" hint from > > http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7 ? > Done that -first thing I do at install! This is the other reason > the distro is so good, the docuementation :) > > Do the packages ttf-junicode, ttf-thryomanes and xfonts-tipa help > > you? > I use thyromanes as the workaround, because the other people who > read the work are most likely to use that - it is the tipa that > does not move from either gui charmap to oo. This may be an oo > issue, as oo has still one or two quirks with fonts. ;) Ok > > > I keep a somewhat accurate collection of the mailing list, but gmane drops > > > things very quickly from their server, so is there a way for us to access the > > > entire set of posts ab initio? > > http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml => > > http://lists.mur.at/pipermail/grml/ > Thanks a million for that. > Mika, as always, you are the best. I'm trying my best. ;) > Greetings from a torrid NYC(I hear Wien is not much cooler) At least in Graz it's not much cooler. ;) regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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hd-install and KDE desktop?
by Ishwar Rattan 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

I have grml-0.7 system installed on my home PC. I tried to apt-get install kde which did installed except for some warnings about libc-2.3.6 etc. When the deskstop is started using startkde, it just hangs and the machine has to be rebooted. Any ideas? -ishwar

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iso_2022
by Martin Yazdzik 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Dear Friends, Is there some reason other than my own stupidity that this charset is not available to me? I am now using grml on my mission critical machines daily, and the only real drawbacks are: 1. not all auto-installers, such as hsfmodem drivers or ati installer work with grml, although they do with debian sid. Naturally, I have done the thing with the tip from the wiki, but we should be able to build kernels, modules, use off the 'net installers same as debian. Funny enough, when one uses, for example, the .deb from the linuxant site, rather than run the script, it installs perfectly, even writing correctly to the runlevel.conf file. So it may have to do with permissions somewhere, or something in the makefiles that is way beyond me. (Yes, I know grml is not for noobs like me, but it is still the easiest and best distro out there - which should alarm us more than it does, I suppose) 2. the kde desktop(which is a big step for me from ICEWM) does not handle all fonts and languages that I am used to in libranet /debian, where eveything seems just to work. SImply put, if if it is a font or charset, I need it, and it needs to work first time everytime. It took an hour to get ipa working in the two or three fonts it works in, and one still cannot copy tipa from the gucharmap or kcharselector into openoffice documents. Can we, as a quick fix, therefore, find a way to make jp iso 2022(or for that matter, all available locales) available to the kde desktop easily? It is not even listed in "dpkg-reconfigure locales." Also, one last request: I keep a somewhat accurate collection of the mailing list, but gmane drops things very quickly from their server, so is there a way for us to access the entire set of posts ab initio? Best, Martin

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Re: Grml Digest, Vol 14, Issue 4
by johannes swoboda 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

> > > * johannes swoboda <johannes.swoboda(a)gmail.com> [20060617 11:44]: > > > ich habe eine hd-grml-installation mit debian testing und den boot > > loader in den mbr installiert. ich habe auch ein windows-xp > > installiert, aber der boot loader zeigt windows in der liste, wo ich > > aussuchen kann welches system hochgefahren wird, NICHT an! > > > wie starte ich windows? > > Lilo? /etc/lilo.conf: ja other=/dev/hda1 > label=Windows > > Assuming that Windows is on hda1 of course. ;) yes regards, > -mika- hm... das habe ich gemacht, aber lilo zeigt windows immer noch nicht an... g johannes

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Fwd: boot loader zeigt windows nicht an
by johannes swoboda 17 Jun '06

17 Jun '06

hallo liste! ich habe eine hd-grml-installation mit debian testing und den boot loader in den mbr installiert. ich habe auch ein windows-xp installiert, aber der boot loader zeigt windows in der liste, wo ich aussuchen kann welches system hochgefahren wird, NICHT an! wie starte ich windows? g johannes

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Booting an ISO image
by Roberto Murer 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

I am playing with a new laptop, and before touching its partitions I wanted to use the bootfrom cheatcode to boot from the ISO image. I am using a Dell Inspiron 9400, which has a SATA hard disk which comes with Windows on its second partition. I created /grml/boot in C:\ with the contents of isolinux from the cd, and copied grub.iso to C:\ This is from my menu.lst from GRUB residing on a NTFS partition: default=0 timeout=7 title "grml" root (hd0,1) kernel /grml/boot/linux26 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=it apm=power-off vga=791 nomce quiet BOOT_IMAGE=grml bootfrom=/dev/sda2/GRML.ISO initrd /grml/boot/minirt26.gz I can reach my GRUB menu, and kernel and initrd seem to load. Then I reach the place where the script looks for GRML in /dev/hd*, and my image is not found. Of course, I am then left at a minimal prompt. If I boot from the CD I can see the contents of the hard disk. What to do to let the kernel find the ISO? Thanks to everyone Roberto

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aptitude upgrade - lots kept back
by Tom White 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

I used grml2hd to install 2.16.15, and I've upgraded to 2.16.16. Now when I run "aptitude upgrade", I have 259 packages kept back. The following packages have been kept back: acpitool alsa-utils apachetop apcupsd-cgi apt apt-utils artwiz-cursor ... xprint-common xserver-xorg xterm xutils xvfb xvncviewer I haven't modified /etc/apt/preferences. Have I done something else wrong, or is 259 packages kept back reasonable? -- Tom White

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Re: [Grml] suspend2 enabled kernel
by Michael Prokop 29 Mai '06

29 Mai '06

(Added mailinglist to Cc: again) * Steffen Liebergeld <stepardo(a)gmail.com> [20060529 11:42]: > On Sat, 27 May 2006 10:55:27 +0200, Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> said: [support swsuspend2 in future?] > > As kernel 2.6.17 will provide the SMP alternatives system this might > > be even more interesting. *But*: the user-space software suspend > > interface¹ will hit 2.6.17 as well. I'd like to see the things > > "calming down" a little bit before integrating another out-of-tree > > patch. Hopefully swsusp2 features will hit mainline at all in the > > near future. But I'm keeping an eye on it anyway - promised. :) > I know you put lots of work into grml and always try to do *the best > thing*. At the moment it seems reasonable to wait. > But -for this time- one could enable the support for swsuspend (1) in > /etc/hibernate/hibernate.conf, because it is already enabled in the > kernel. I needed too much time to figure that out... Good catch, thanks. The acpi/hibernate/suspend stuff is on our todolist for grml 0.8. regards, -mika-

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Bug in grml-network
by Kai Wilke 27 Mai '06

27 Mai '06

High Mika, habe ja grml-network portiert, siehe Release kwtools-0.4.3-8. Ich lade gerade grml_0.7-3 und kann noch nicht nachschauen. Aber etwas ist mir aufgefallen: Szenario -------------------------------------------------------------- Wenn ich 2 Interfaces mit 2 verschiedenen default routen habe erscheint folgende Fehler Meldung In Zeile 92 Starting nmap 3.93 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-05-27 20:24 CEST Invalid character in host specification. Note in particular that square brackets [] are no longer allowed. They were redundant and can simply be removed. QUITTING! Wenn du die Apostrophe von der Variable ($GW) mit den IP Adressen nimmst gehts. Die Generierung der IP Adressen und der Schnittstellen werden mit Treppchen belegt. Das sieht unschoen im dialog Fenster aus. GW="1. IP 2. IP" Abhilfe schafft in den Zeilen 90-91 print zu benutzen: GW="`print $(route -n | awk '/^0\.0\.0\.0/{print $2}')`" GWDEV="`print $(route -n | awk '/^0\.0\.0\.0/{print $NF}')`" Im BTS habe ich nichts dazu gefunden oder bin zu bloed. Sieht naemlich so aus als wenn dort noch garnichts ist. Soll ich das nu melden? Ich meine das das Schnitzer sind und auch so mal schnell geloest werden koennen. Schoenes WE noch Kiste -- ####################################################################### Netzworkk Kai Wilke kiste(a)netzworkk.de http://www.netzworkk.de http://netzworkk.berlios.de

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Wörterbuch ding stellt keine Umlaute mehr da
by Michael Sucha 27 Mai '06

27 Mai '06

Hallo, mein Wörterbuch ding stellt seit neuestem keine Umlaute mehr dar. google konnte genausowenig Auskunft geben wie die manpage von ding. Hat jemand ein ähnliches Problem und hat dieses gelöst? Gruß Michael -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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suspend2 enabled kernel
by Steffen Liebergeld 27 Mai '06

27 Mai '06

Hi, are there plans to support swsuspend2 in the future? Would be nice;-) -- mit freundlichen Grüssen Steffen Liebergeld

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ATI drivers vs. Mesa
by Werner Schuster (murphee) 26 Mai '06

26 Mai '06

howdy, I tried to get the fglrx-kernel-2.6.16-grml drivers for ATI, but it seems like that creates problems with the install Mesa drivers, ie. I get the following error: Unpacking replacement fglrx-driver ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-driver_8.25.18-1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libGL.so.1.2', which is also in package xlibmesa-gl dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Could I remove the Mesa libs? Removing the Mesa package doesn't work, because that would remove half my system (even amarok depends on it). What about removing the libGL.so.1.2 file, so that the fglrx can install its version; if the driver causes trouble, would this make my system instable? Thanks for any tips, murphee -- Blog @ http://jroller.com/page/murphee Maintainer of EclipseShell @ http://eclipse-shell.sourceforge.net/

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Re: [Grml] PCMCIA Network card not recognized
by John Magolske 26 Mai '06

26 Mai '06

>Seems that your network card is not configured. How do you connect to your >provider's modem? ethernet? >If it's ethernet you need to configure eth0 as well. > >greets Jimmy Thanks, running grml-network "NIC" "Configure your Wired and Wireless Lan" "DHCP broadcast" got the pcmcia ethernet card working. I'd tried this earlier, but I think my problems were related to there being multiple instances of "auto eth0" & "iface eth0 inet manual" in /etc/network/interfaces, possibly from previously running "Set up an internet connection" over & over... Editing the dupes out and running the "NIC" script set things right: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Regards, John

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g++ Problem
by Jan Stöfer 24 Mai '06

24 Mai '06

Hallo Miachael, der Fix hat das Problem gelöst, vielen Dank für den Hinweis. Gruss, Jan

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g++ Problem
by Jan Stöfer 24 Mai '06

24 Mai '06

Hallo, ich benutze seit kurzem grml 0.7 und finde die Distri eigentlich richtig Klasse. Nun wollt ich mal kurz was unter grml mit g++ kompilieren und bekam folgende Fehlermeldung: g++-4.0 -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -O2 -c -o port.o port.cpp In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36, from port.h:11, from port.cpp:5: /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25:26: error: linux/errno.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:153, from /usr/include/limits.h:144, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include/limits.h:122, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include/syslimits.h:7, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include/limits.h:11, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../include/c++/4.0.3/climits:49, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../include/c++/4.0.3/bits/stl_algobase.h:66, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../include/c++/4.0.3/bits/char_traits.h:46, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../include/c++/4.0.3/ios:45, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../include/c++/4.0.3/ostream:44, from /UNIONFS/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../include/c++/4.0.3/iostream:44, from port.h:13, from port.cpp:5: /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: error: linux/limits.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden Im Makefile wird der Compiler mit g++ aufgerufen. Hat jemand eine Ahnung, was das Problem sein könnte ? Grüsse, Jan

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PCMCIA Network card not recognized
by John Magolske 23 Mai '06

23 Mai '06

Hi, I've installed grml-small 0.2 on a laptop with grml2hd, and am trying to get the network card working, a Belkin F5D5020. I've confirmed the card is functional by using it on another system. As per its instructions, I've added the following lines to /etc/pcmcia/config : card "Belkin-5020" version "Belkin" , "F5D5020-PCMCIA-Network-Card" bind "pcnet_cs" Running grml-network gets "no supported network cards found." On Booting up I see: sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 Bind socket to interface: No such device exiting. Failed to bring up eth0. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, John ---- PCMCIA/CardBus/CF-Card Linux Survey: Belkin F5d5020 http://tuxmobil.org/pcmcia_ci10403.html

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Re: installationsworkshop
by Wolfgang Scheicher 22 Mai '06

22 Mai '06

Am Monday, 22. May 2006 18:27 schrieben Sie: > noch eine anmerkung zur distributionswahl: (für nächstes jahr ;)) Ich bin ganz Ohr. :) > dachdem ich ein problem hatte und damit auf der users-de-debian-liste > aufgetaucht bin, wurde ich etwas unfreundlich darauf hingewiesen, > das grml + debian unstable nicht das richtige für mich sein: Leider können einem unfreundliche Ansagen immer und überall passieren. Und wenn jemand behauptet eine Distribution sei für etwas oder jemand nicht das Richtige, was ist dann das Richtige? Ich hab mir die ganzen Wochen vor dem Workshop die Frage welche Distribution ich für den Workshop nehmen soll täglich gestellt. Ich hab alternativ ein aktuelles Redhat/Fedora, Mandriva, SuSE, Original-Debian und Ubuntu angesehen und mit Leuten gesprochen die diese Distributionen benutzen. Glaub mir, ich währe glücklich gewesen wenn dabei irgend eine Distribution sich als besonders gut geeignet herausgestellt hätte. > BTW: Wer unstable nutzt sollte solch einfache Dinge selbst loesen > koennen hmmm. > oder: > > Also ganz ehrlich: Bist du sicher du hast die richtige Distri gewaehlt? > Laut grml.org: Nein. :) > grml includes a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of > texttools and system administrators. Der Inhalt der CD ist darauf zugeschneidert, das ist richtig. Aber in dem Moment wo du eine Festplatteninstallation machst und kde installierst gilt diese Aussage meiner Meinung nach nicht mehr. > Solche Leute wissen was ein init-Skript ist, wie man dort ein exit 0 an > den Anfang stellt und wie man das passende Skript zum Paket mpt findet. > > Ja jeder faengt mal klein an, aber klein anzufangen mit Debian unstable > bedeutet i.A. sich mehr Probleme und Kritik einzuhandeln als notwendig. Gut, aber hier frage ich wieder mal: was sind die Alternativen? Was ist bei den Alternativen besser? Womit fange ich besser "klein an"? Mir sind auch schon oft genug Leute blöd gekommen wenn sie der Meinung waren sie müssten mir jetzt zeigen wie toll sie sind. Solche Leute gibts aber überall. In jeder Distribution, in jedem Fusballverein, in jeder Firma. Vielleicht ist unstable wirklich zu unstable, das wäre zu diskutieren. Mal austesten. Mal vergleichen. Mal schaun was andere meinen. > oder: > > Genau da liegt das Problem, wenn grml wirklich ein System fuer Admins > ist, gehen die Entwickler davon aus dass du bereits einige Kenntnisse > hast Nein, das ist so nicht ganz richtig. Siehe oben. Die "Kentnisse" die erforderlich sind, sind die gleichen wie bei "original" Debian. Oder weniger, weil doch einiges an Konfigurationsarbeit wegfällt. > oder: >> alles außer debian unstable ist für mich zu alt! > > Aussagen wie diese kommen meist von Windows-Umsteigern die nichtmal 2% > der Features der Software die installiert ist benutzen. Fuer das was man > wirklich unbedingt neuer braucht gibts Backports (von professionellen > Leuten bereitgestellt oder selbst gebaut). Versionitis ist eine > Krankheit. Na gut, wenn jemand meint es ist OK einem Anfänger vor Debian Stable zu setzten, wo ( ich hab soeben nachgeschaut ) noch immer kde 3.3.2 drinnen ist ( siehe kde.org: 8 December 2004 - KDE 3.3.2 Released ), während alle seit einem halben Jahr von kde 3.5.x schwärmen und es als Krankheit bezeichnet wenn man das haben will was aktuell ist - dann bin ich hald krank. Wir haben auf der UNI Debian Stable auf den Rechnern. Und ich fluche täglich darüber, weil mir eben deshalb vieles an features fehlt, vieles nicht funktioniert, vieles nicht kompatibel ist. Und wirklich stabiler ist der Desktop da auch nicht (subjektive Meinung). Meine Meinung ist: Im Serverbereich: stable, im Desktopbereich: was aktuelles. > außerdem erwähnte die person, dass auch grml keine wirklich "saubere" > debian-installation bietet: > as ist schon der 1. Fehler, weder Knoppix noch irgendeine andere > aehnliche Live-CD erlauben eine saubere Debian Installation (naja mal > von debootstrap abgesehen). Eine saubere Debian Installation bekommst du > mit den Sarge-CD's (netinst, CD1 oder auch Disketten). Grml bietet eine sehr saubere Debian installation. Das kann man mit dem Sauhaufen den Knoppix installiert nicht vergleichen. http://www.grml.org/faq/#knoppix > das klingt irgendwie logisch... ist aber komplizierter :) > wenn das stimmt wäre eine "echte" debian-installation wahrscheinlich > besser. Hab ich mir auch überlegt. Lass mich meine Gedanken zur Wahl zusammenfassen, dann verstehst vielleicht das Dilemma: Wenn ich Fedora/Mandriva/SuSE im Workshop verwende, dann lernen die Leute nur wie man Windows installiert. Der installer ist so dermassen graphisch und userfreundlich, das man gar nix mehr davon mitbekommt wie es hinter der Kulisse aussieht. Und wenns dann mal wo eckt, dann bist damit als Anfänger noch viel mehr aufgeschmissen. Das war zumindest mein Eindruck den ich aus Gesprächen mit Bekannten gewonnen habe. Aber ich hab es angeboten. Jeder konnte die Distribution seiner Wahl mitbringen. Ausserdem hatte ich im Workshop die CD Images von aktuellem Fedora und Mandriva dabei, Rohlinge und mehrere Brenner zur verfügung. Und unten am Stand gab es noch reichlich Alternativen. Ich hab mich im Endeffekt deshalb für Grml entschieden weil: *) Ich so die Teilnehmer gleich von Anfang an mal zwinge sich mit der Kommandozeile auseinanderzusetzen. *) Die Automatische Vervollständigung und anderen Features der Kommandozeile bei Grml hervorragen vorinstalliert sind. Das ist zwar sicher "especially for users of texttools and system administrators", aber jemand der neu ist auf der Konsole, der profitiert davon extrem. *) Grml auf Debian basiert und ich das Paketmanagement von Debian für das Beste halte. *) Wenn ich eine "echte" Debian installation mache, hab ich andere Probleme. Da muss man sich dann um sehr viel mehr händisch kümmern. *) Ich so ziemlich genau das abgedeckt habe was meiner Meinung nach gut für einen solchen Workshop passt (von meiner stümperhaften Ausführung sehen wir jetzt mal ab ) - Eine Handvoll Befehle an der Konsole eintippen. - Nachinstallieren und Aktualisieren übers Netz - Schrittweise zu einem bunten Desktop erweitern. Vielleicht war meine Entscheidung falsch. Das ist zu diskutieren. Da kann man sicher viel drüber diskutieren. Ich denke aber die Leute haben etwas gelernt, und wenn sie das haben, dann war meine Entscheidung zumindest nicht total falsch :) -- Wolfgang Scheicher "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" (Albert Einstein)

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making zsh beep like bash
by Charles Hallenbeck 20 Mai '06

20 Mai '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I asked the zsh users list about making zsh beep when backspacing on an empty line, and received a suggestion that works great for me. It takes a widget to do that, and a widget can be defined by the following several lines: - ----- backward-delete-char-beep() { if (( CURSOR == 0 )) ; then zle beep ; fi ; zle backward-delete-char } zle -N backward-delete-char-beep bindkey "^?" backward-delete-char-beep - ----- I put these lines in /etc/zsh/zprofile, and they apply to all users. zsh now beeps just like bash when backspacing on an empty command line. Chuck - -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (45% of Full) Get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh and remember, INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEb3qrXnuiIOyDVQURAtAZAKCTR1oRV8tMwzFG7cPugKu9I8ChbACfb7LD r2mdnibaC9DPhF+kY1TftUU= =tsKA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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making zsh beep like bash
by Charles Hallenbeck 20 Mai '06

20 Mai '06

When using the bash shell, backspacing on an empty command line causes a beep. How would one make zsh behave that way? I have setopt beep in my setup files, and the ambiguous completion of filenames beeps as expected, but not the backspacing on an empty command line. I find no information in the man pages on this matter. Any suggestion most welcome. Chuck -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (47% of Full) Get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh and remember, INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!

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unusual mozilla libc error
by Martin Yazdzik 16 Mai '06

16 Mai '06

yazdzik@grmlap1 ~ % mozilla grep: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory cut: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory sed: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The obvious result is that no plugins work, but why? Any ideas, anyone. Thanks to all, and best wishes, Martin

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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 ‘use_config’: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:214: error: ‘PATH_MAX’ 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 ‘s’ scripts/basic/fixdep.c: In function ‘parse_dep_file’: scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: error: ‘PATH_MAX’ undeclared (first use in this function) scripts/basic/fixdep.c:310: warning: unused variable ‘s’ 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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Re: [Grml] How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 05 Mai '06

05 Mai '06

Hello, >Do you mean this kind of modules? >http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php >So to get the idea: you want to have a single file which includes a >specific software (let's say CitrixICA Client) and want to add this >to a running grml system, right? Yes thats one part that I miss :), but I dont care if the system state is running or down. It would be nice if the grml main release is also in Package Formats (like slax) the Current release looks like that: 01_kernel.mo (compiled kernel) 02_core.mo (Main System/Config files) 03_xwindow.mo (Xorg 7) 09_slax.mo (Slax Stuff) 11_popcorn.mo (XFCE Window Manager) Lets think about someone that didnt like XFCE remove easily the 11_popcorn.mo package and add 11_kde.mo package. Or if someone code stuff or need dev package to compile something could also temporary add the development_tools.mo package :). I would love such features :). >> Hm, I'm thinking about an ACII version of a bootscreen, maybe >> there's a nice-looking way to do this via ASCII only. Hmmm... :) I allready made such ASCII boot script (token from my slax-customized RAS CD). Im using it with Framebuffer @ size 800x600 cause some PC cannot show higher FB resolutions. The bad thing is that I had to customize: etc/grml/lsb-functions, /lib/lsb/init-functions 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. BTW: A dependecie in /etc/init.d/grml-autoconfig to the pumper debian package would be nice :). I asked myself yesterday why I had to start manual the dhcp client :) to get an IP address :). I found out that uninstall pumper package wasn't smart at all :) regards, Flo Unix Specialist

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Re: [Grml] grub?
by Martin Yazdzik 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

> Thanks for you patience... > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 2 1403 11261565 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 1404 1534 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / > Solaris /dev/sda3 * 1535 5995 35832982+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 5996 6930 7510387+ 83 Linux > > > Currently, /boot/grub/ refers back to /dev/sda3. or hd0,2. > /dev/sdsa4 is grml, where I would like grub to look for the /boot file, as > I am going to remove /dev/sda3 as an OS and use it for data. > > Best, > M

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Re: [Grml] grub?
by Martin Yazdzik 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

On Thursday 04 May 2006 14:19, you wrote: Deat tw, partitions: sda1 -windows sda2 - swap sda3 old debian sda4 - grml current grub refers to the /boot on /dev/sda3, which I am going to remove, and I need it to refer to /dev/sda4/boot/brub and so on. Any ideas? Best wishes, M > does grub already work on your system? os is that the first install on > your system, sorry this part I haven't understand. > > 2006/5/4, Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik(a)nyct.net>: > > grub> root (hd0,3) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > > > grub> setup (hd0) > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > > Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no > > > > > > > > Error 15: File not found > > > > I know I am forgetting something.. > > > > sorry. > > > > MOn Thursday 04 May 2006 14:08, you wrote: > > > oh I forgot something :) > > > > > > >root (hd0,0) > > > >setup (hd0) > > > > > > on root you have to insert the position of the /boot partition. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > 2006/5/4, Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik(a)nyct.net>: > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > > > > > I have decided, probably against sane better judgement to go to grml > > > > as my main mission critical OS. > > > > > > > > Now, since I have been booting from grub on my other linux partition, > > > > I wish, obbviously, to boot from the grub files in /boot, as I am > > > > going to delete the other partition entirely. > > > > > > > > I need therefore, to make sure the computer boots from grml before I > > > > do anything else. > > > > > > > > Good old days; grub install /dev/sda > > > > > > > > response from grub: > > > > > > > > grub> install /dev/sda > > > > > > > > Error 12: Invalid device requested > > > > > > > > grub> install /dev/hd0 > > > > > > > > Error 12: Invalid device requested > > > > > > > > grub> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have I done something to hurt its feelings? > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > > > Open Source - Open Mind -Try OS-Forge > > > http://os-forge.net | http://pacms.de > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > Homepage: http://tony-wolf.os-forge.net > > -- > Open Source - Open Mind -Try OS-Forge > http://os-forge.net | http://pacms.de > ----------------------------------------------- > Homepage: http://tony-wolf.os-forge.net

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Re:Re: [Grml] How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

>> What exactly are you missing? Or better: what do you want to do? :-) Yes, I want to make packages beside your Distro like CiscoVPN Client, CitrixICA Client and some others. In slax I could make for this Modules .mo files, compressed with SquashFS. If I change something (changed a lot of stuff @ moment :)), I've to to create whole GRML image. So if your image would be splitted it would be better for customizing :). Something Like that maybe: - Kernel - Kernel Source - X-System - Security Tools - Graphic Tools etc ... :) Thats all that I miss in your Distribution. Thanks for the infos about the Splash integration. I made a little Script for an ASCII Splash Screen :). regards, Flo Unix Specialist

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grub?
by Martin Yazdzik 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

Dear Friends, I have decided, probably against sane better judgement to go to grml as my main mission critical OS. Now, since I have been booting from grub on my other linux partition, I wish, obbviously, to boot from the grub files in /boot, as I am going to delete the other partition entirely. I need therefore, to make sure the computer boots from grml before I do anything else. Good old days; grub install /dev/sda response from grub: grub> install /dev/sda Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> install /dev/hd0 Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> Have I done something to hurt its feelings? Best, Martin

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Connecting to a wireless network
by Chris Norman 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Hi people, How do I connect to a wireless network with GRML? My wireless card is located on /dev/wifi0. Cheers. Chris Norman

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Boot hangs at "Looking for CD-ROM"
by John Magolske 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Greetings, I'm trying to boot grml_small_0.2 from CDROM on a Dell inspiron 3200 laptop. The splash screen comes up, the informational screens F1 - F10 are viewable, but the boot process seems to hang at the point of searching for a cdrom: ... * Checking for USB. [ ok ] * Checking for firewire. [ ok ] * Scanning for USB/Firewire devices. [ ok ] * Enabling DMA acceleration for: hda [IBM-DTCA-24090] * Enabling DMA acceleration for: hdc [TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1702BC] * Looking for CD-ROM in: /dev/hdc At this point the cdrom starts spinning...and the process hangs indefinitely. I also tried the following boot options (individually and together), to no avail: noapic nolapic pci=noacpi nosmp nodma grml_0.7 also hangs at this same point. The md5sums verify as ok. What other things could I try to get this to boot? Thanks for any suggestions, John ---- System info: Dell Inspiron 3200 D266XT, Pentium II Intel MMX 96 Mb of RAM Hard Drive: Generic IDE Disk Type40 Hard Disk controller: Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller CD ROM: Toshiba XM 1702BC Pentium II processor to PCI bridge: Intel 82443BX (without GART support) PCI to ISA bridge (EIO mode): Intel 82371EB Power Management Controller: Intel 82371EB

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How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hello, First of all I want thank you for this great Live CD. Best one I know at the moment and I've used Many (slax, knoppix, whoppix, ....). There is only one thing that I miss in german called Modularität *g* like Slax Distro. Your Monitor Detections Script are the best I've ever seen. So now to my Problem: I'm currently remastering grml v0.8 to use it as a VPN Remote Connect Boot CD. I've seen you allready made some script for using Splashscreen while booting. /etc/init.d/splash.sh and /usr/bin/splash_grml.sh And also you using runlevel.conf script instead of rc.d symlinks. But if I integrate the splash.sh Script I didnt see the Framebuffer Loading Screen. So could someone explain me how to install this usefull stuff, would be nice. Best Regards, Florian Keller Unix Specialist

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boot from iso
by Ashish 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hi, if we have an iso image of grml on hard disk can we boot grml from that iso...???? if yes....how??? -- Thanks, __________________________________ Ashish

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Re: [Grml] boot from iso
by Johannes Beyerlein 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Afaik in grml 0.7 was a hd-installer introduced, another option is not known by me. On Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:53, Ashish wrote: > Hi, > > if we have an iso image of grml on hard disk can we boot > grml from that iso...???? > > if yes....how??? > > -- > > Thanks, > __________________________________ > Ashish > _______________________________________________ > 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/

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commands
by Ashish 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Hi All, I am new to grml...The distribution is really great...but how can i found what r the utilities present in the distribution except for the packages list which are found on grml.org. The is no proper documentation in English lang...plz help. -- Thanks, __________________________________ grml fan.....

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JFYI: symlinks /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd do not exist
by Michael Prokop 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Hello grml-users, as mentioned on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7 you might have noticed, that the symlinks to /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd don't exist on your grml 0.7 system. To fix this issue just run: # cd /etc/udev/rules.d/ # ln -s ../cd-aliases-generator.rules z75_cd-aliases-generator.rules If you want to mount a CD/DVD in grml live mode just manually mount the corresponding device (/dev/hdc or whatever) to /mnt/cdrom or /mnt/dvd. We are working on an updated version of udev which will fix this issue automatically on your grml-box when upgrading the udev package. regards, -mika-

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more timezone info
by my 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Dear Friends, If any of you get bored with this, you can please feel free to tell me to shut up - but I really love the distro, as things just plain work, and this is positively frustrating. In an attempt to retrace the whole install, I took the following actions while still in grml live- 1. tzconfig to America/New_York date revealed the local time, EDT, to be five hours earlier than UTC, and showed as well UTC as being the value obtained from my hw clock, which is, of course, set to local time. 2. clean reboot, using tzselect with posix value set as "NYC-0", date revealed local time to be CEST and utc to be what my hw clock says. Thinking about this rationally, this can only mean that the live disk reports the hw clock as being UTC and there appears to be no way to tell it that this laptop BIOS is set to local time. On the debian installer, for instance, it asks at install if the hw clock is set to utc. This is an urgent need, as there was some dreadful workaround in kanotix, which was also a pain. Thus, the grml2hd needs one or two more questions, perhaps something like "is the bios clock set to utc?" and something like "location" as many config files set the locations as at. In other words two things have to happen at hd install: 1. location has to be set as where it is, not at 2. we have to be able to tell the install that the BIOS clock settings are either UTC or localtime. Now, I am am off to try to install again, with xorg 7 and fglrx drivers and see if I can get that to work. Thanks again. Best, M "...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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timezone chaos
by my 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

lDear Friends, I have a near perfect grml setup - all hardware actually works, without exception on my dell laptop. However, and this is a problem deep enough to render the system useless in the long run, there is no way to get the time to read correctly. I have tried editing the plethora of timezone files, and even /etc/sysconfig/grml until my fingers hurt, but here is the description of the malaise: BIOS clock(hwclock) set to local, as it is in most dual boot machines, for the obvious reason. PC boots, fly by statement is that the system clock is set to localtime, and this is always correct. gdm starts and the time is seen as six hours earlier, i e, if udt is ten, clock reads four. Setting the /etc/sysconfig/grml file as follows created yet more difference, dropping about four hours from the time! Current file: LANG="en_US.iso885915" COUNTRY="us" LANGUAGE="us" CHARSET="iso8859-1" KEYTABLE="us" XKEYBOARD="us" KDEKEYBOARD="us" KDEKEYBOARDS="de,fr" DESKTOP="" TZ="America/New_York" Note the following interesting things: x log: X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Debian 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 20060403233528 David Nusinow <dnusinow(a)debian.org>) Release Date: 21 December 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux deblap1 2.6.16-grml #1 PREEMPT Tue Mar 28 11:47:55 CEST 2006 i686 Build Date: 04 April 2006 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.16-grml (mika@grml) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Debian 4.0.3-1)) #1 PREEMPT Tue Mar 28 11:47:55 CEST 2006 T Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Apr 21 17:30:32 2006 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/truetype, removing from list! AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:41 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:43 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:44 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:44 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host Note please, the time... Now, look at last log and observe, please: Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total TIM = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total FB = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total PCIe = 16384 Apr 21 17:30:45 deblap1 gdm[3779]: gdm_auth_user_add: /home/yazdzik/.Xauthority is writable by group. Apr 21 23:31:39 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no) Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,11/27/2004, 3.100.35.0) loaded Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 209 Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: vendor: '' Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4324:1028:0003.5.conf Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: All rights reserved. Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: Apr 21 23:31:49 deblap1 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17 Apr 21 17:31:49 deblap1 dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 Apr 21 17:31:49 deblap1 dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 Apr 21 17:31:49 deblap1 dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.254 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.254 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.1 -- renewal in 108852 seconds. Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 postfix/master[3372]: reload configuration /etc/postfix Apr 21 23:31:58 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: no IPv6 routers present Note that gdm, and then the dhclient, postfix, in other words, the userland stuff are all at five thirty-ish, while the kernel level stuff is all at the correct time. A look at kernlog sustains this. pr 21 23:30:33 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.23.7 [Mar 6 2006] on minor 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free PCIe = 54804480 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max PCIe = 54804480 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total TIM = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total FB = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total PCIe = 16384 Apr 21 23:31:39 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no) Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,11/27/2004, 3.100.35.0) loaded Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 209 Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: vendor: '' Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4324:1028:0003.5.conf Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK Apr 21 23:31:49 deblap1 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17 Apr 21 23:31:58 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: no IPv6 routers present There are no references to a bad time... Now, somehow, the laptop is convinced that the localtime that I have in BIOS is the time in Wien, romantic but impractical. I am missing a symlink or something somewhere, and the google stuff is all the old redhat clock stuff. At some point, when installing grml to hdd, I must have missed a step, as I needed to make sure that grml knew that the machine was in the us, the hwclock is set to local time, and my local time is america/newyork. But why does this only affect life after x is started? I am happy to re-install completely, and do everything over again if need be, but there has to be an easier fix, or there has to be a way during the hdd install to make sure that the config files read the bios clock as localtime and we can always adjust from there. I apologise for the length, but this is a thorny issue. Regards to all, 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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ppp help quick
by my 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Dear grml friends, Sorry for the urgent need, but I am writing this from my libranet partition as ppp vua slmodem driver does not function for me - there is one place I travel often with only dial-up(! - really - in the USA in 2006) and the command from kppp modem query on either /dev/modem or /dev/sl0 gives the answer for country "austria", thus creating the situation where kppp does not recognise the dial tone. I truly miss Austria, and shall someday return, but in th meantime, this should not happen, and I need to know why this happens, where the conf file is and what I can do to get a dial-up connexion working. I am sorry for the haste, and sorrier for my ignorance, but this should not be an issue, unless the modem driver or alsa modem conf file is reading my wishful thinking as to where I want to be. ;) Best, Martin One dire emergency "...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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JFYI: Debian packages of Xorg 7.0
by Michael Prokop 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Hello grml-users, if you are using a grml2hd installation please notice, that X11R7/Xorg 7.0 is in the Debian unstable pool now. http://gravityboy.livejournal.com/2006/04/11/ There might be issues when upgrading to the new Xorg version. Not only if you are using ATI/Nvidia drivers but also if you are running a plain grml installation. The grml-team strongly recommends to wait a few more days/weeks so problems have settled down. Bug reports to the Xorg package can be found in the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=xserver-xorg Of course you can update your system if it's a testing box and want to test the new Xorg version. Any feedback which might help us on integrating Xorg 7.0 is welcome of course. JFYI && regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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grml 0.7 & grml-x & notebook 1280x800
by ms_news＠gmx.at 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Hallo grmler und innen! Bin neu bei grml und sehr begeistert. Hab nur ein kleines Problem mit x. Wenn ich mit grml-x starte bekomme ich immer einen schwarzen Bildschirm, und auch die shells gehen nicht mehr. probiert hab ich schon: vga=normal nofb geholfen hat leider nichts von beiden. zum notebook: nx8220 / mobile radeon x600 / 1280x800 kann mir jemand helfen, damit ich x'en kann? danke ms_news -- ''' (o o) +-----------------oOOO---(_)------------------------+ | | | Marcel SATTLER | | mailto:marcel.sattler@gmx.at | | | +------------------------------oOO------------------+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo

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grml 0.7 released
by Michael Prokop 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Hoi grml-users and developers, grml 0.7 with codename Bootenschnitzl has been released and is hitting the mirrors. The official release announcement providing all the relevant news is available at http://grml.org/files/README-0.7.php Issues regarding the release can be found in the grml-wiki at http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7 Have fun and enjoy the new release! As usual feedback is welcome. regards, -mika-

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nfs-kernel-server wouldn't upgrade
by Tom White 29 Mär '06

29 Mär '06

I've installed grml to harddisk. I ran 'aptitude upgrade' and the recent nfs-kernel-server upgrade hung while trying to start nfsd. Running /etc/init.d/portmap start and restarting the upgrade fixed the problem. I don't remember turning off portmap in /etc/runlevel.conf, but maybe I or bastille-firewall did. -- -- Tom White

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Bugreport grml 0.6, wlan-ng
by Steffen Liebergeld 21 Mär '06

21 Mär '06

Hi, die module aus dem Paket linux-wlan-ng-2.6.15-grml lassen sich nicht laden. Der betreffende Ausschnitt aus "dmesg | tail" befindet sich im Anhang dieser E-Mail. Der eingesetzte Kernel ist der Standardkernel, mit der Bootoption acpi=off. -- mit freundlichen Grüssen Steffen Liebergeld

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using pendrives
by Kevin Jones 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

Hello again, I am currently running grml from a pendrive but even though the drive is mounted as sda1 and I can change to the folder, I can't see any of the files outside of the grml image. I admit I store extra files in a folder separate from grml. How do I get access to the pendrive as a drive.

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more praise and encourgement and suggestions
by Kevin Jones 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

I'm in a computer forensics class and they're using the helix cd. However, it's heavily gui oriented, so not the best choice for screen reader users. I think forensics can be added to the description of grml as being for text tools and network administrators. I found another forensic specific linux cd called "the penguin sleuthkit" put together by Ernest Baca Ernest has a list of 38 tools he felt were esential for a linux cd to be acceptable for forensic use. Grml has 34 out of 38 of these tools; very nice. the entire list of tools can be found at http://luge.cc.emory.edu/psl.html The list of 4 tools not currently in grml is 4. glimpse - Command line data indexing and searching tool. Need external storage to run properly - www.webglimpse.net 8. fenris - Multipurpose tracer - razor.bindview.com/tools/fenris/ 20. TCPtraceroute - Command line traceroute TCP packages - michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/ 37. dig - Command line tool for querying domain name servers - read man page (man dig) Have these tools been considered as additions? I'm still increasingly impressed the longer I've been playing with grml, and have been telling my friends. One question I have is does grml have many sighted users considering that it doesn't have much of a gui interface? Kevin

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Request for contribution: SW-RAID
by Michael Prokop 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Hoi! We are working on improving software (SW) RAID support within grml and would appreciate your help and opion about it. Please contribute! As you maybe know, partitions of type 0xfd (Linux raid autodetect) are scanned and automatically assembled into RAID arrays by the kernel. We noticed a strange behaviour on automatic assembling (nothing serious but a little bit confusing) and try to figure out what's the reason for it. First of all some questions to the ones of you using SW-RAID: * If you boot grml on a box using SW-RAID: do you expect to get a running SW-RAID setup (using the /dev/md? devices) or do you prefer to set it up and start on your own (so neither grml nor kernel touches it)? * Say you have /dev/hda1 and /dev/hdb1 as part of SW-RAID /dev/md0. Do you expect to get entries for /dev/hda1, /dev/hdb1 and /dev/md0 in your /etc/fstab? Which entries do you expect to get? Next step: If you have a SW-RAID setup and can boot grml on the box please try to contribute via running the following steps and save output of all commands in a file. Send the file via mail to me. This would help us in debugging a lot! ############################################################################# Boot grml and check, whether the SW-RAID is running [via 'cat /proc/mdstat']. If yes (SW-RAID is running automatically after booting grml): # cat /proc/mdstat # mdadm --detail /dev/md? # fdisk -l /dev/md? /dev/hd? /dev/sd? # run this for all your raid-devices and harddisk partitions # cat /etc/fstab If no (SW-RAID is not running automatically after booting grml): # cat /etc/fstab # mdrun # rebuildfstab -r -u grml -g grml # cat /etc/fstab Is the SW-RAID running now? If yes please start again at the beginning. ############################################################################# And finally: please join the #grml channel on irc.freenode.org if you have any feedback regarding SW-RAID so we can talk to you. If you want to reply via mail please send it either to me or to grml(a)mur.at (as suggested via Reply-To:). thx && 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 Digest, Vol 10, Issue 14
by Kevin Jones 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Hello and thank you to the grml team. With the help of a friend here I have grml running nicely on a pendrive, I was even fortunate enough to have a laptop that had 1 of 3 supported wireless cards, just have to tpe dhclient and speechd-up after bootup How much like a normal linux install is grml now that I have it running on a pendrive. Have any users tried installing extra packages? Maybe we could consider a larger image specifically for pendrive users with more programs installed. Have a question though, How can I change the keyboard to Dvorak. Keep up the good work maybe after I learn linux I might have more constructive things to say. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: grml-bounces(a)mur.at [mailto:grml-bounces@mur.at] On Behalf Of grml-request(a)mur.at Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 5:00 AM To: grml(a)mur.at Subject: Grml Digest, Vol 10, Issue 14 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. new on grlm; questions about version 0.6 (william windels) 2. Re: new on grlm; questions about version 0.6 (Michael Prokop) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:38:20 +0100 From: "william windels" <william.windels(a)telenet.be> Subject: [Grml] new on grlm; questions about version 0.6 To: <grml(a)mur.at> Message-ID: <051701c6359c$cdf9ac60$0264a8c0@LifebookS7010> Hello, I am new on the grml distribution but I work already 2 years with linux. I am completely blind and I use brltty as screenreader. 1: at the moment I have running the grml distribution 0.6 with mutt 1.5.11 , sendmail, procmail and postfix as mta. Before , I was working with exim (version 3) as mta on a other distribution. Is it not possible to configure mutt to work alone for the following things: - send and receive mail (without external mta) - sort the mail in different mailboxes conform the filters? - each user with his own <;muttrc-file? For example, you can do this with outlook express on ms windows: to send and receive mail, you need only your login with pasword from your provider to receive your mail and the smtp-server from the provider. You can also create filters to sort the incomming mails. But, I love linux much more than windows :) There are also such programs on the x-windows-system I think but I am completely blind and I can not work with x-windows because of that. I can only work with console-programs. 2: perhaps it should be a good idea to add some new function(s) to the user-configuration: - a way to create new users for root: - a way to update the security packages available - perhaps a way to (re)compile the kernel on a user-friendly based system? 3: mounting devices automatically from fstab: As Michael prokop said already , I can not change mountpoints of found devices during hd_install. This is explained with the following lines: # Warning! Please do *not* change any lines below #because they are auto-generated by rebuildfstab! How can I simply change mount-points of found devices so that they are automatically mounted in the new mountpoints after next reboot? If I do rebuildfstab after changing the mountpoints , I receive no message but the devices are not launched automatically. 4: text-packages: Is it not possible to add a configuration-option to the hd_install so that only text-related packages are installed? Perhaps, the packages could be stored in 2 compressed parts on the cd: one for the consolestuff and one for the x-windows system. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:07:35 +0100 From: Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> Subject: Re: [Grml] new on grlm; questions about version 0.6 To: grml(a)mur.at Message-ID: <2006-02-19T22-47-38(a)devnull.michael-prokop.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii * william windels <william.windels(a)telenet.be> [20060219 22:45]: > I am new on the grml distribution but I work already 2 years with linux. > I am completely blind and I use brltty as screenreader. > 1: at the moment I have running the grml distribution 0.6 with mutt 1.5.11 , > sendmail, procmail and postfix as mta. > Before , I was working with exim (version 3) as mta on a other distribution. > Is it not possible to configure mutt to work alone for the following things: > - send and receive mail (without external mta) > - sort the mail in different mailboxes conform the filters? > - each user with his own <;muttrc-file? > For example, you can do this with outlook express on ms windows: to send and > receive mail, you need only your login with pasword from your provider to > receive your mail and the smtp-server from the provider. > You can also create filters to sort the incomming mails. > But, I love linux much more than windows :) First of all take a look at grml-mutt or grml-muttng to configure some basics of mutt or mutt-ng. (Backup your ~/.muttrc first to make sure you don't overwrite anything.) To send mail take a look at msmtp, a sample configuration file is shipped with grml: ~/.msmtprc Filter your mail using procmail. Take a look at http://michael-prokop.at/computer/config/.procmailrc http://michael-prokop.at/computer/config/.procmail/sort-rc to get an idea how to use it. > 2: perhaps it should be a good idea to add some new function(s) to the > user-configuration: > - a way to create new users Just run 'adduser mynewuser'. > for root: > - a way to update the security packages available Take a look at debsecan. It requires some scripting work to get only security related packages in Debian unstable, that's difficult by design. > - perhaps a way to (re)compile the kernel on a user-friendly based system? Don't compile the kernel on your own unless you have a *really* good reason to do that. That's the work of the distributor, not really an end-user task with kernel 2.6. Anyway, getting kernel sources and using 'make menuconfig' *is* user-friendly. :) Also take a look at make-kpkg. > 3: mounting devices automatically from fstab: > As Michael prokop said already , I can not change mountpoints of found > devices during hd_install. > This is explained with the following lines: > # Warning! Please do *not* change any lines below > #because they are auto-generated by rebuildfstab! > How can I simply change mount-points of found devices > so that they are automatically mounted in the new mountpoints after next > reboot? > If I do rebuildfstab after changing the mountpoints , I receive no message > but the devices are not launched automatically. As the manpage of rebuildfstab says: rebuildfstab uses the tool scanpartition to scan for devices located in /dev and adds entries for devices / partitions which are not available in /etc/fstab yet. It does not mount any partitions automatically. If you want to use /dev/hda2 as your home partition, take the entry for /dev/hda2 from /etc/fstab and move it to the top of the /etc/fstab. *Everything* below the "warning-line" will be deleted by next run of rebuildfstab. If you don't want the rebuildfstab feature set CONFIG_FSTAB='no' in /etc/grml/autoconfig. Example how to use /dev/hda2 with filesystem ext3 as /home would be: /dev/hda2 /home ext3 defaults 0 0 > 4: text-packages: > Is it not possible to add a configuration-option to the hd_install so that > only text-related packages are installed? No chance, as the installation is nothing else than copying the whole system to the disk and do some other adjustments. > Perhaps, the packages could be stored in 2 compressed parts on the cd: one > for the consolestuff and one for the x-windows system. Sorry, that's not an option for me. Just run 'apt-get remove xserver-xorg' to remove the X-window system on your installation. Catching the other x-related stuff should be possible via using the magic of debtags. regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/ End of Grml Digest, Vol 10, Issue 14 ************************************

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new on grlm; questions about version 0.6
by william windels 19 Feb '06

19 Feb '06

Hello, I am new on the grml distribution but I work already 2 years with linux. I am completely blind and I use brltty as screenreader. 1: at the moment I have running the grml distribution 0.6 with mutt 1.5.11 , sendmail, procmail and postfix as mta. Before , I was working with exim (version 3) as mta on a other distribution. Is it not possible to configure mutt to work alone for the following things: - send and receive mail (without external mta) - sort the mail in different mailboxes conform the filters? - each user with his own <;muttrc-file? For example, you can do this with outlook express on ms windows: to send and receive mail, you need only your login with pasword from your provider to receive your mail and the smtp-server from the provider. You can also create filters to sort the incomming mails. But, I love linux much more than windows :) There are also such programs on the x-windows-system I think but I am completely blind and I can not work with x-windows because of that. I can only work with console-programs. 2: perhaps it should be a good idea to add some new function(s) to the user-configuration: - a way to create new users for root: - a way to update the security packages available - perhaps a way to (re)compile the kernel on a user-friendly based system? 3: mounting devices automatically from fstab: As Michael prokop said already , I can not change mountpoints of found devices during hd_install. This is explained with the following lines: # Warning! Please do *not* change any lines below #because they are auto-generated by rebuildfstab! How can I simply change mount-points of found devices so that they are automatically mounted in the new mountpoints after next reboot? If I do rebuildfstab after changing the mountpoints , I receive no message but the devices are not launched automatically. 4: text-packages: Is it not possible to add a configuration-option to the hd_install so that only text-related packages are installed? Perhaps, the packages could be stored in 2 compressed parts on the cd: one for the consolestuff and one for the x-windows system.

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grml-0.6 kernel recompile qustion
by Ishwar Rattan 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Finally took the plunge to compile SMP kernel. downloaded the vanilla linux-2.6.25 sources from ftp.kernel.org downloaded the all-in-one-patch from grml.org applied the patches (no failures seen) compiled the kernel with the commandi (in source directory): fakeroot make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg -append-to-version="-smp" kernel-image modules-image compiles with quite few warnings (too many to list) and creates .deb file installed the .deb file with dpkg -i (system does boot with -smp kernel..) I have a question on entries in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml-smp some directory entries that exist in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml (drivers, extra, net etc.) are not created in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml-smp (only kernel directory is cerated) Is it normal? Is the -smp kernel using some modules from /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml or did I make the kernel/modules wrong? -ishwar

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JFYI: grml2hd - problems with debconf on upgrades
by Michael Prokop 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Hoi! JFYI: If you are using a harddisk installation of grml and update your box(es) you'll notice problems with debconf, e.g.: | dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): | subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 The problem has been forwarded to upstream: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351031 We are not yet sure what's the exact problem (have to investigate on it). To solve the problem please run: # ln -sf /bin/bash /bin/sh regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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Re: [Grml] print is too small
by Michael Prokop 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

* Scott Berry <electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com> [20060210 16:12]: > Hold on got the wrong impression. Sorry! What I need to know is how to make > the screen letters larger so that Dad can see them better. I apologize again. When using the X window system: xterm -name blind or just press ctrl-key and right mouse on running xterm. On plain console: Disable framebuffer so you get 80x25 instead of 1024x768-resolution using the kernel option 'vga=normal' (add it to lilo.conf on hd installations or boot live-cd using 'nofb' or 'grml vga=normal'). regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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print is too small
by Scott Berry 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

My father was helping me set up Grml and he told me that the print was too small. How is this enlarged? I haven't messed with this because since I use speech 3/4 of the time I don't need the screen. Can some one enlighten me here please? -- Scott Berry electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com Check out my lazy web doodle at: http://www.myfreedombox.com/users/electronicman1961/ Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info

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grml-x glitches
by Mark 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

I tested the FAQ advice about grml-x and nvidia. The simple command was grml-x -nostart -module nvidia gdm If I run as root, I get a strong warning message that grml-x does not support root. (P.S. Why not?) If I run as a non-root user, I get error messages about the user lacking privileges to run certain binaries. Mark

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Grub and grml?
by Ishwar Rattan 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Any one using grub with grml-0.6? If so, what is the grub entry for booting grml? -ishwar

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grml-0.6+SMP?
by Ishwar Rattan 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Grml-0.6 does not detect the second processor by default. How difficult it is to build SMP kernel? Just take the available source and recompile with SMP option or moduls also have to be rebuilt? -ishwar

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"speakwith" script
by Charles Hallenbeck 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi people, I think I just sent a private message which ought to have gone to the list. I have been using a script called "speakwith" which takes as an argument a synth name as defined by speakup, including none, sftsyn, and all the HW synth names. It assumes speech-dispatcher has already been run, but that could easily be modified if anyone wants to do that. I place it in /usr/local/sbin so that it must be run as root. It works great for me, and might be useful as an add-on to grml. The script is available from: http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh/speakwith It is pretty well documented. Oh yes, I should mention that at the end of the script it invokes "speakupconf load" to restore synth settings Thant have been saved with that utility, available in the speakup source directory somewhere. Enjoy. And Mika, thanks for a great product. It has saved my ass a couple of times here (or "neck" if you prefer) Regards, Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (35% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh

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nVidia video hardware autodetection bug
by Mark 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

OK, I followed the advice and just tried it on a spare user machine. apt-get install nvidia-kernel-2.6.15-grml That much worked but was not the whole story. Hardware autodetection of the nVidia card seems to be a problem. My current impression is that GRML does not detect it or set it up properly. At boot time, grml-x creates /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Now as a test, I ran nvidia-xconfig by hand, which creates its own /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Then I rebooted. That didn't work. When I rebooted, X would not start properly. So I fell back to the old xorg.conf. Even though nVidia drivers are installed, GRML 0.6-1 hardware autodetection fails to use them. Hence it could be considered a bug or missing feature in the hardware autodetection. Hardware autodetection is the reason I use GRML, and it has the best I have seen, don't get me wrong. There may well be something I am doing wrong, please forgive me if I seem obtuse or dumb, I just report what I see in terms that I understand. Thanks, Mark

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speech script for grml
by Scott Berry 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi Mica and list, Got the speech working well. Now I have one question. I have a script for making Speakup talk. I get as far as speech dispatcher and then it peeters out. How do I tell Zsh to sleep or wait a few seconds before envoking the rest of the command. Also is there any special syntax I must use to echo the synth-name to /proc/speakup/synth_name in this script? This will also hold my prefered speech settings also. I did do a chmod 777 to this file which is located in /usr/bin/sws. Thanks for the help. -- Scott Berry electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com Check out my lazy web doodle at: http://www.myfreedombox.com/users/electronicman1961/ Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info

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still having problems with software speech on Grml
by Scott Berry 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hello lists, I am still having problems with Speakup on Grml. I did the following: "echo sftsyn > /proc/speakup/synthname" and then I did: "speechd-up" this did not start the synth talking. I have 128Mb of memory on the Toshiba laptop with a 512Mb swap partition. Any ideas as to why this won't work? Is it a memory issue? -- Scott Berry electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com Check out my lazy web doodle at: http://www.myfreedombox.com/users/electronicman1961/ Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info

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nVidia in a boot anywhere system
by Mark 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

GRML 0.6-1 and GNOME 2.12 on a portable USB drive. It must boot "any" PC. About installing nVidia. Is it dangerous for this user scenario? Will such a system ONLY boot machines that have nVidia cards, or "any" PC? List exact steps to get nVidia support. GRML repository has nVidia stuff but kernel replacement has me worried. Better safe than sorry...so I ask questions. Thanks for the advice. Mark

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grml and forensics
by Kevin Jones 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Hello, I'm in a college computer forensics class. The students are all using the nopix helix live cd and most of the tools are gui. Was wondering what grml had for forensics, or what some users have done in that area. I'm hoping grml on a pendrive so i can install additional packages is a good solution. Pendrive problems, I bought the sandisc minicruiser and found they have a hidden partition with their launchpad program so you cant boot into grml from the drive. Have any users had this problem? Also, how can I make the grml live cd boot up talking with software speech without entering the bootup options? With nopix becomming so popular among computer professionals, it's great to see grml providing similar capabilities to blind users. Kevin

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Improved favicon
by Christian W. Zuckschwerdt 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Hi, a big thanks to the grml team. I just love it! A little of my love for grml is at http://darkride.net/grml/ Since the current favicon.ico doesn't scale that nicely I created a 16x16 one. Please have a look and copy one if you like it. I don't claim any copright, you can even omit credits. cu, Christian

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sk98lin or sky2
by Harald Dunkel 23 Jan '06

23 Jan '06

Hi folks, Would it be possible to either include either Marvell's current sk98lin driver, or the sky2 driver? This would be helpfull to support the Yukon2 NIC. The sk98lin in 2.6.15 is way too old to support modern hardware. Many thanx Harri

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new grml releases available: grml 0.6 and grml-small 0.2
by Michael Prokop 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

Hoi! I'm proud to be able to present new grml releases: grml 0.6 with codename Winterschlapfn and grml-small 0.2 with codename Corry are available. For more information regarding grml 0.6 take a look at: http://grml.org/files/README-0.6.txt For more information regarding grml-small 0.2 take a look at: http://grml.org/files/README-0.2-small.txt Download: http://grml.org/download/ Thanks to all of you who helped to improve grml! Happy hacking and enjoy grml! regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers grml-solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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Re: [Grml] grml 0.6 pre
by Michael Prokop 22 Jan '06

22 Jan '06

* chw(a)macmail.com <chw(a)macmail.com> [20060122 00:15]: > grml 0.6 pre : grml usb2 nofb - the same as before Please boot with: nofb usb2 and *not* with: grml usb2 nofb > grml 0.5 ; grml usb2 fbset -i -it works same as only grml usb2. Please boot with: grml usb2 and run 'fbset -i' in console *afterwards* then (when booting finished). > For my grml2hd can i install grml 0.5 and with a apt-get > dist-upgrade i get grml 0.6 -but also vesafb-tng is replaced by > normal vesafb ??? If you don't upgrade the kernel, you won't lose vesafb-tng. Upgrading to grml 0.6 (see http://grml.supersized.org/archives/136-update-to-grml-0.6.html for more details) won't touch your kernel and upgrading the kernel isn't necessary basically. Only if you run 'apt-get install linux-image-2.6.15-grml' you will get the current kernel from grml 0.6 including vesafb-tng. regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers grml-solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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Re: [Grml] grml 0.6 pre
by Michael Prokop 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

* chw(a)macmail.com <chw(a)macmail.com> [20060121 22:33]: > hallo - sorry i mean the framebuffer-mode on the console -after > boot i see: you passed an undefined mode number - press return to > see........i try all available video modes and try the scan- but i > cannot reach the "ideal" mode which autodetected in grml 0.5. Interesting. We decided to switch from vesafb-tng back to "normal" vesafb, as vesafb-tng caused too many problems for our taste. Does booting via 'nofb' (just enter this at the bootprompt) work for you? What does 'fbset -i' say on grml 0.5? > hwinfo --netcard show me my mistake -driver status :orinoco_cs is > not active -driver activation cmd :modprobe orinoco_cs - i always > think your kernel-configuration do the hole work for me. Ah, exactly what I expected. :) Some orinoco/pcmcia-based WLAN cards aren't loaded by default, yes. We will extend udev (which does the autoloading basically) as soon as we have enough feedback about grml 0.6. > -thanks for your great work You are welcome. :) regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers grml-solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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grml 0.6 pre
by chw＠macmail.com 21 Jan '06

21 Jan '06

hallo grml 0.6 pre works great -also grml2hd , but on a Fujitsu P1510 (1024x600)the right console-front-resolution is in opposition to grml 0.5 not auto-dedected, my linksys wcf12 (prism3) -cf wlan card -in both versions i can´t get it to work. mfgchw --- MacMail - the Webmail service especially for Mac users worldwide http://www.macmail.com

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(no subject)
by Scott Berry 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Hello guys and gals, Got a good one for ya. I am trying to get Grml coming up with braille. The line I type in is this "grml brltty=fs,usb:,nabcc" and the only thing I recieve is the fact that the Braille display is a 20 c cell display. It is the Fs Pacmate display I am wanting to use. As you can tell it is Usb. Any help would be greatfully appreciated. Also this is going on a Toshiba laptop. -- Scott Berry electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com Check out my lazy web doodle at: http://www.myfreedombox.com/users/electronicman1961/ Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info

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having trouble getting GRML small working on a note book
by Scott Berry 30 Dez '05

30 Dez '05

Hello there, I am trying to get grml small to work on a note book using the grml blind command. However, as soon as the cd boots up I get an error beep from the note book. The notebook is a Toshiba don't remember the model right off hand. If you need more questions answered let me know. -- Scott Berry electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com Check out my lazy web doodle at: http://www.myfreedombox.com/users/electronicman1961/ Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info

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DVD writing software?
by Ishwar Rattan 23 Dez '05

23 Dez '05

Is there a DVD writing software included in the distribution grml-0.5? -ishwar

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Virus scanner
by Mark 20 Dez '05

20 Dez '05

Does GRML 0.5 or 0.5-3 (beta) include any sort of virus scanner for Windows boxes? If not, do you know whether Knoppix does? Mark

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Terminalserver
by Steffen Liebergeld 19 Dez '05

19 Dez '05

Hi, gibt es neue Dokumentation, wie ich den grml-terminalserver in Debian installieren kann? Auf der Webseite ist -gegen die Änkündigung von Michael- noch nichts neues zu finden. -- mit freundlichen Grüssen Steffen Liebergeld

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grml 0.5 and WPA
by Oliver Vecernik 19 Dez '05

19 Dez '05

Hi again, I'm still trying to connect an Acer TM636 to a local WLAN. I've got an integrated ORiNOCO Mini PCI Card (802.11b), but when I start grml-network to configure eth1 WPA is not offered as choice. Then I read that WG511T should work flawlessly. After rebooting I tried to configure ath0 (again with grml-network). The only information I've got is the SSID and the WPA passphrase. But unfortunately dhclient get's no response. :-( Both cards are fully working under another commercial operating system originally installed on this machine. I'd prefer to use the built in ORiNOCO, but at least the Netgear card should be working. Has anybody got some pointers? -- Oliver

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grml cdrom script to import Debian network configuration
by Marc Haber 17 Dez '05

17 Dez '05

Hi, today, I have written a /cdrom/scripts script which imports the network configuration from an installed Debian system. That way, it becomes possible to have _one_ grml medium around which could then in turn be used as a rescue system for _all_ Debian systems at the place for remote rescue, as long as the root filesystem is still reachable. The script searches all found hard disk partitions and LVM devices for a mounteable filesystem containing a file /etc/network/interfaces and then proceeds to copy /etc/network from that filesystem into the grml system before restarting the network devices. That way, the grml system comes up with a network configuration that is likely to work. The script doesn't integrate nicely into grml, it is written in bash, not in zsh, and doesn't use the fancy colorful output of the normal grml init procedure. Maybe one of the grml makers can adapt it to integrate more nicely and then publish it as an example on the grml wiki. One issue that I find especiall annoying is the fact that grml starts a pump process which is still around when our script runs, and will take down the freshly configured interface after timing out. pump -k will also wait for that timeout, and thus impose a delay in system boot. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835

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why pump?
by Marc Haber 17 Dez '05

17 Dez '05

Hi, why is pump still being used as dhcp client in grml? I find dhcp3-client generally more flexible, more verbose in its debug output, and easier to configure. Is this only like "we have always used pump", or are these space issues? Any hints will be appreciated. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835

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Acer TravelMate 636LCi
by Oliver Vecernik 16 Dez '05

16 Dez '05

Hi, I recently discovered grml and I tried to boot it on my laptop. The screen remains black after booting so I tried fb1400x1050, but this resoltution is not supported. I tried with fb1280x1024 and it works, but the font is not displayed well (of course). X works out of the box (`grml-x wmi'), but I'd prefer a clear console display. Is it possible to use the native solution of 1400x1050 (NVIDIA GeForce2 Go)? -- Oliver

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documentation on kwfirewall..
by Ishwar Rattan 06 Dez '05

06 Dez '05

Is there any documentation available on kwfirewall started at ppp connection set up time? -ishwar

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Chainboot Cheatcode
by Mark 04 Dez '05

04 Dez '05

Older PCs do not have BIOS support for USB boot. Some offer USB boot, but it just doesn't work. Some machines only have USB support by means of PCI or ISA cards, and these cannot be booted. All these machines will boot GRML off CD. So, the idea is this - offer a cheatcode to transfer control to a USB/Firewire/SCSI drive. This is not the same thing as using a /home directory on the drive, it means complete Linux system transfer. Mark

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grml 0.5 won't boot (Samsung X20)
by Christian Schneider 03 Dez '05

03 Dez '05

Hi, since 0.5 i can't boot GRML on my holy Samsung X20 (GRML 0.4 works fine). I've try all kinds of bootoptions (services=samsung_x20, failsafe, noacpi, nolacpi, nofirewire, ..) but after | Accessing ghrml CD-ROM at: /dev/hdb [ OK ] it hangs up. It only happens on my Laptop; the same CD boot (and works) without any problems on my other workstation. Any hints? TIA Chris -- // ('< " Millitary Intelligence. ` _ ' Christian 'strcat' Schneider <o) ,',) Two words combined that - (_) - <strcat(a)gmx.net> >o) (|) ''<< can't make sence." ' ` Key-ID: 47E322CE (() +-"-"----""---------MegadetH----------M _\|/_ -<http://www.keyserver.net/>-+

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apt behavior..
by Ishwar Rattan 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I have hd-install of grml-0.5 at home that connects to school over a dial-up. It takes too long to do apt-get update every time time I have to search/install a package. I trimmed down my /etc/apt/sources.list to one repository: # Unstable deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free When I try to search or install without doing an 'apt-get update' first it complains with the following messages: W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.us.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Why would it complain about source package lists when thay are not specified in sources.list? I was under the impression that apt is supposed to remember the result of last update operation.. Any ideas? -ishwar

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module load at boot time..
by Ishwar Rattan 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I am missing something obvious. I want module kqemu to be loaded at system (re)boot, so, I placed it in /etc/modules but it does not get loaded. Any ideas how to achieve this goal? -ishwar

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Ubuntu = poor boot-time example
by Mark 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Something scared me on GRML's to-do list. http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=todo Todo for grml 0.6 Ubuntu's FasterBoot The reason I am "scared" is that GRML is light years beyond Ubuntu in live booting (w/hardware detection). Ubuntu should be learning from GRML, not vice-versa. Ubuntu took 7 times longer to boot my workstation than Knoppix (let alone GRML). Others report similar results, http://www.osnews.com/permalink.php?news_id=11998&comment_id=36650 Ubuntu developers admit their live boot stuff is a huge mess, unmaintainable, and will be scrapped. That's what their "FasterBoot" initiative is partly about. But GRML is already there! I like very much GRML's pure-Debianized-Knoppix approach, which is so much faster and better than Ubuntu's modified-Morphix-Gnoppix junk. GRML gives all benefits of Knoppix without drawbacks in terms of Debian standards. Mark

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kwrsync_backup fertig
by Kai Wilke 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hallo Leute, kwrsync_backup ist fertig. Es ist in der naechsten Release von kwtools (0.4.2) dabei. Eine Vorabversion findet ihr unter: ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/netzworkk/scripts/kwtools/upload/0.4/ Ist im Paket kwtools-net und die Doku in kwtools-doc. Lest auch die Manpage (man 5 kwrsync_backup.cf) kwrsync_backup erstellt einen Snapshot von Rechnern, auch remote, und rotiert die Backup Verzeichnisse. Doku findet ihr unter: http://netzworkk.berlios.de/doku/kwtools/net/kwrsync_backup.html Berlios hat aber gerade wieder ein Webserver Problem. Was geht nicht: Das Backup Verzeichnis darf nicht in einem, mit losetup, verschluesselten Device liegen. In der Vorabversion sind die Scripts kwparted und film2film noch im devel Zustand. mfg Kiste -- ####################################################################### Netzworkk Kai Wilke kiste(a)netzworkk.de http://www.netzworkk.de http://netzworkk.berlios.de

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Upgrade scenarios and GRML versions
by Mark 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

A new theme now, user upgrades. This note is not about grml2hd, just how to keep my users current over time. Suppose that, for my users, I execute grml2hd to install GRML; and then, on top of GRML, Debian desktop packages (mostly GNOME, maybe Ubuntu if it will work). This is my current plan. The question I have is what problems/issues you foresee in terms of upgrading users over time where GRML is the underlying Debian system. I need to avoid full system re-installs (grml2hd all over again). I believe this job is easy. I just thought I would ask. Experience teaches me that others often think of things that I do not foresee. The main items I want to keep upgraded are (1) kernel and (2) GRML h/w autodetection. These are the critical ones. Both affect driver/hardware support. Mark (p.s. I signed up as a beta tester and would be willing to use beta versions as necessary - since I only have 0.5 right now assume that as baseline)

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USB boot success: grml-big-0.5 + grml2hd-0.5.5
by Mark 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Good news: grml2hd 0.5.5 worked on my test user's USB hard drive. The USB drive booted a system from power up to GRML user login prompt with full hardware autodetection. Here are some observations. In general I'm very happy, I just want to offer some thoughts on room for improvement in grml2hd. GRML is beautiful, don't get me wrong. * The yaird install dialog box mentions SCSI, but not USB or Firewire. It should mention all three explicitly. I know they are all SCSI to Linux, but please help the user. It's an easy string change. * The installer undoes its own work. It spends lots of time copying, as it must, but some of what it copies it later deletes - services like apache, mysql. Note that I kept all the default selections. * I got lots of error and warning messages during this stage - can't stop process, can't delete file, permission denied, things like that; several pages of it; very worrisome and confusing. * A better way (?) is to copy only what the user wants, rather than asking what to delete after it has all been copied over. Show the menu before the copy, not after. Should save lots of time and errors. * The chroot jail question is weird and I didn't know how to answer it. There was another question about MySQL that probably shouldn't be there. If the user doesn't want MySQL, just get rid of everything associated. * The video came out bad. Video for booting from CD-ROM was fine, my font and video scale just what I would expect (without any cheatcodes, just default CD boot). However the USB boot produced an ugly (larger) font size and/or video scale that was also painfully mashed to the left (leftmost character columns not even visible). This was on the same monitor. I don't understand why the difference. CD-ROM video defaults would have been fine for the USB install. We're not talking X here, just text GRML. I did create the X config at the install dialog prompt, but the ugliness lies in the basic GRML screen, not X per se. * I used ReiserFS 3.x and it worked fine, though there seemed to be some miscellany error messages at boot time about accessing this or that (can't remember what). * Just before install, I did a full apt-upgrade on the CD-ROM boot system. It seems there are lots of patches since grml-big-0.5. I mention this only so you know what I actually intalled to the hard drive. * The USB bootup process flashed the screen a few times more than the CD-ROM boot. This flashing must have to do with initrd and all that. It was a little bothersome, that's all. If you can minimize the flashing and jumping, it would be nice. Just keep scrolling the boot text, don't flash around so much. * Some of our older PCs don't have USB boot support in BIOS. They need "helper boot floppies." It would be nice if the installer could create one as an optional step. I'm eagerly awaiting grml-big 0.6. I will hold off configuring my user systems until 0.6 is released. How close is it? Last I heard a few more days... Thanks for this excellent distro and USB support. Regards, Mark

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Fragen nach einer hd Installation
by Andreas Kalex 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Hallo, 1. wie kann ich nach einer grml2hd Installation den Tastenstandard auf das deutsche Layout setzen? Bei den bootoptionen gebe ich es per grml lang=de an aber nach der grml2hd Installation wird bereits beim booten gemeldte dass das us layout benutzt wird. Temporär kann ich es mit grml-lang de ändern. Doch wie dauerhaft? dpkg-reconfigure console-data hat nicht den gewünschten Effekt 1.a Nach der temporären Änderung ist die Änderung nur auf der Konsole aktiv nicht unter X. In der xorg.conf ist dies:"XkbLayout" "de" enthalten. 2. ich möchte die Auflösung unter X auf 1024x768 setzen. Der Aufruf grml-x -mode 1024x768 fluxbox funktioniert nur wenn die Live-CD läuft, nicht von der HD-Installation. Wo kann ich das ändern? 3. Ich will eine feste IP Adresse vergeben aber beim Start wird immer der dhcp benutzt; wenn ich den über die autoconfig nicht starten lasse, wird überhaupt keine IP Adresse gesetzt. Nutze ich dann netcardconfig so stehen die schon mal benutzten Werte bereits als Vorgabe drin. hmm? Gruss Andreas

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Grml-0.5
by Ishwar Rattan 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Two queries: 1. Is there a way to reconfigure ispell for us_english dictionary? 2. Is thre a music CD palyer (need not be gui)? Thanks, -ishwar

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Vshnu (Mix out of shell, perl and mc) maybe for an upcimong release of grml?
by Michael Cracauer 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

In the current Linux-Magazine is a report about Vshnu. Vshnu exist now for several years, but was anknown for me and many others. Have a look: http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2332/ It´s a nice program, maybe it can be added to grml, as an alternative to zsh and mc. Would really like it. --------------------------------- Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB kostenlosem Speicher

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grml-user map
by Michael Prokop 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hoi! I just stumbled upon frappr.com and added a map for grml-users: http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Join us and add yourself! :) regards, -mika- -- ((lambda (foo) (bar foo)) (baz))

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yaird failure in grml-small-0.1y + grml2hd 0.5.5
by Mark 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

I've been testing USB hard drive boot with grml-small-0.1y, and Michael has helped - thanks. It's close to solved, but not quite yet. The last thing I tried was a grml2hd 0.5.5 from http://grml.org/tmp/grml2hd_0.5.5_i386.deb which includes the initrd step. It failed as follows: "There was an error running yaird for creating an initrd: create_initrd: 21: command not found: yaird. Sorry" I begin to think grml-small is the wrong test platform. It lacks too many packages and documentation. (I need docs when all I have is a command prompt.) It gets frustrating to constantly wget and apt-get before I can run a script. I wish to stop using grml-small. The only version of grml-big that I have is 0.5. I can install grml2hd 0.5.5 on that, presumably. Someone send email if you have any better thoughts. I am open to suggestions. Thanks- Mark

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Post HD-install again..
by Ishwar Rattan 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

The grml version is 0.5 Release Codename Tokolytika [2005-10-24] What should be the contents of /etc/modules file? I just now added autofs4 es1371 parport usb-storage to see if things will change. Syslog does not write anything to /var/log/messages till I start /etc/init.s/syslog-ng start The entries in /etc/runlevel.conf are 20 0,1,6 - /etc/init.d/cupsys 20 0,1,6 - /etc/init.d/autofs and none for hotplug-light and syslog-ng so far I start them by hand. -ishwar

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Re: [Grml] Post HD-install (fwd)
by Ishwar Rattan 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

It is looks like that I missed the reply to this post.. Thanks, -ishwar ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:13:23 -0500 (EST) From: Ishwar Rattan <ishwar(a)pali.cps.cmich.edu> To: Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> Cc: grml(a)mur.at Subject: Re: [Grml] Post HD-install On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Michael Prokop wrote: > * Ishwar Rattan <ishwar(a)pali.cps.cmich.edu> [20051119 14:50]: > > > Last night I did a grml2hd install at my home box. It is an > > old Dron based PC with ensoniq-1370 sound card. > > > It comes out that the install different from live-cd. > > The usb storage hotplug does not work any more, it > > was operational in live-cd usage (the usb stick was > > detected at /dev/sda1 and mounted automatically). > > > So, how do I get the functionality back? > > What does "usb storage hotplug does not work any more" mean exactly? > Mounting of usb-stick does not work anymore? The usb-modules aren't > loaded? Which version of grml did you install? Does running 'Restart > hotplug-light' as user root solve the problem? > > JFYI: USB sticks are available through /dev/external1 -> /mnt/external1 > I might have a buggy HD-install. Should I reinstall? I think that usb-modules are not loaded even after starting hotplug-light. It comes out that usb-storage module is not loaded at system boot. Modprobe usb-storage, followed by hotplug-light start works fine. Also, I am confused about entries in /etc/runlevel.conf, the third column has '-' in most of the entries. How is the runlevel (3rd col entry) determined for a service? For services: autofs, cupsys, hotplug-light, syslog-ng as in update-rc.d cupsys defaults 20 does not specify the runlevel of cupsys... My guess for runlevels would be: autofs/3, cupsys/3, hotplug-light/3, syslog-ng/2?? For stopping these services I would guess runlevel 6. Is there a rule of thumb for this decision? Regards, -ishwar

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Post HD-install
by Ishwar Rattan 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

Last night I did a grml2hd install at my home box. It is an old Dron based PC with ensoniq-1370 sound card. It comes out that the install different from live-cd. The usb storage hotplug does not work any more, it was operational in live-cd usage (the usb stick was detected at /dev/sda1 and mounted automatically). So, how do I get the functionality back? -ishwar

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Mobile GRML
by Mark 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi, GRML is very nice work, my new favorite distro. I'm not a heavy sysadmin; but GRML almost matches some needs here. Since you ask for feedback and wishes...mine relates to grml2hd and the user scenario. The grml-small release is great for USB flash sticks. Thank you for providing that. Consider another scenario with grml-big. Think of a "mobile Linux desktop" on this type of device, http://mobilemag.com/content/100/334/C3401/ http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=WD+passport&srt=t&his=0&paging=1 These drives have lots of room for less money than flash, without lifespan problems. They sell around US$120 and get cheaper all the time. They allow a mobile user to carry his entire desktop and data between home, work, school, friends, hotel. Let other people carry laptops around, you can boot them too. GRML doesn't load down heavy stuff in advance, which I like. After GRML installs, I can add GNOME or KDE per user requests. So, I ran grml2hd to a drive and rebooted...but got a kernel panic. No SCSI, I guess. Next I followed verbatim FAQ instructions, to test the FAQ. Nothing worked. grml2hd makes the same assumption of all installers: if the OS is going to hard disk, it can ditch drivers and keep only the running system. For example even yaird boasts of doing "a better job of deciding which modules are needed for your system, so it produces smaller images." Culling is evil for the mobile scenario. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but... Ideally a mobile user boots like the CD-ROM (same ramdisk-based autodetection?), but without compressed CD images, ISOLINUX, or loopback tricks. The mobile user just needs Debian with full hardware auto-detection and all hardware modules. I would prefer h/w autodetection even on IDE drives inside tower PC cases. That way I can swap boards, memory, ethernet, etc. without breaking configs. I can drop the IDE drive into a USB enclosure for instant mobility. A few other other ideas: - the status line at bottom of screen shows date/time *twice* (?!?) - show IP on the status line (w/ flag for DHCP or static) - grml2hd could offer multi-partition features, e.g. a separate boot partition - grml2hd could set up secure partitions -- http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.cryptoloop.php -- optional choice for all top-levels /home /var and such, except /boot - grml2hd's X question for the mobile scenario is puzzling; yes the user needs X, but not for a specific PC - grml-big won't fit on CD-RW media or older (650 MB) CD-R; would be nice to fit on CD-RW, could trim a little to fit Thanks...GRML is super and I like it. Mark

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Again..
by Ishwar Rattan 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Thanks for the ~/.Xresources hint for font size. Also printer works with old (as in not new) deskjet driver in CUPS. So far, everything works great. -ishwar

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grml 0.5 released
by Michael Prokop 15 Nov '05

15 Nov '05

Hoi grml-users, -tester and developers, grml 0.5 with codename Tokolytika has been released! Tokolytika is release with a lot of new features! A german release announcement is available in my personal weblog: http://www.michael-prokop.at/blog/?p=432 The official release announcement providing all the relevant news is available at: http://grml.org/files/README-0.5.txt Issues regarding the release can be found in the grml-wiki at: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.5 Thanks to all of you who helped to improve grml! Special thanks go to Mark Riedesel for providing the rocking wallpaper! Have fun and enjoy the new release! Feedback is welcome of course. 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] wishlist for grml 0.6
by Michael Prokop 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

* Jürgen 'Stormchild' Oesterle <stormchild(a)online.ie> [20051107 19:15]: > Am Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:23:50 +0100 Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> schrieb: [...] > > Warum ich w3m mit Introseite für grml(-large) [bei grml-small landet > > man sowieso direkt in der zsh] aktiviert habe: User sollen nicht > > ohne Dokumentation dastehen. Vor allem grml-Neulinge sollen einen > > Einstiegspunkt haben. Und wichtige Neuigkeiten zur Release bekomme > > ich auch schön unter. (/etc/motd wäre natürlich für die Doku an sich > > auch ausreichend, aber es gibt da weder das nette Konsolenbild vom > > grml-Logo noch kann man direkt auf die Doku via Links zugreifen und > > mehr als 1 Seite passt auch schlecht rauf. ;-)) > > Wer für die Problematik aber einen anderen Ansatz hat (gerne auch > > via /etc/motd oder ähnlichem): bitte melden. :) > Wie wärs mit w3m auf Konsole 2 und ein motd auf Konsole 1 daß man > mit ALT-F2 eine schicke Hilfe bekommt? > Oder die F1-Taste mit der Hilfe belegen. Oder so..... http://grml.org/tmp/fastboot.png Wie gefällt dir das als erster Entwurf? :) Ist bei der nächsten grml-Develrelease dann natürlich schon dabei. mfg, (-: Michael -- 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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wishlist for grml 0.6
by Michael Prokop 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hoi grml-users! As the traffic on this mailinglist is quite low I'd like to ask you for some feedback. What do you especially like at grml 'tokolytika' 0.5? Anything you don't like at grml 0.5? What features are you missing? What do you expect from grml 0.6? Do you have any special wishes? Thanks for your feedback! regards, -mika-

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Re: [Grml] wishlist for grml 0.6
by Michael Prokop 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

[Anmerkung: ich hab die Mailingliste wieder ins Cc gepackt] * Jürgen 'Stormchild' Oesterle <stormchild(a)online.ie> [20051107 19:15]: > Am Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:23:50 +0100 Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> schrieb: > > > wünche: > > > - Konsole 1 zum gleich loslegen, ansonsten bin ich wunschlos glücklich > > Könntest du mit einem Bootparameter wie "fast" leben? Also "grml > > fast" beim Booten eintippen und w3m auf TTY1 wird nicht gestartet, > > sondern es wird gleich GNU screen mit zsh geladen. > das bringt nicht viel "grml fast" ist mehr tipperei wie "qy" beim > w3m zu tippen. Daweil kannst aber gemütlich Kaffee schlürfen und dann wirklich sofort loslegen. ;) Und mit ein wenig Arbeit (siehe http://grml.org/config/ -> bootparams anpassen) könntest du das ja auch als default bekommen. Aber... > > Warum ich w3m mit Introseite für grml(-large) [bei grml-small landet > > man sowieso direkt in der zsh] aktiviert habe: User sollen nicht > > ohne Dokumentation dastehen. Vor allem grml-Neulinge sollen einen > > Einstiegspunkt haben. Und wichtige Neuigkeiten zur Release bekomme > > ich auch schön unter. (/etc/motd wäre natürlich für die Doku an sich > > auch ausreichend, aber es gibt da weder das nette Konsolenbild vom > > grml-Logo noch kann man direkt auf die Doku via Links zugreifen und > > mehr als 1 Seite passt auch schlecht rauf. ;-)) > > Wer für die Problematik aber einen anderen Ansatz hat (gerne auch > > via /etc/motd oder ähnlichem): bitte melden. :) > Wie wärs mit w3m auf Konsole 2 und ein motd auf Konsole 1 daß man > mit ALT-F2 eine schicke Hilfe bekommt? > Oder die F1-Taste mit der Hilfe belegen. Oder so..... ... das mit F1 find ich gar keine so blöde Idee. Bin schon beim Implementieren :) Wenn es bei der nächsten Develrelease bei den Testern gut ankommt, soll von meiner Seite her nichts dagegen sprechen. mfg, (-: Michael -- fortune: cpu time/usefulness ratio too high -- core dumped.

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grml auf usb-stick, Fehler beim Booten
by rwv＠linuxpaten.org 25 Okt '05

25 Okt '05

Hi Leute, Erstmal ein allgemeines Hallo in die Runde ;-) Und dann zu einem Problem: Ich habe grml_small_0.1 gemäss der Anleitung im Wiki auf einen USB-Stick installiert, hat auch alles soweit geklappt er bootet. Nach der Laufwerkserkennung bleibt er allerdings mit einer Fehlermeldung stehen bzw. bringt dann den busybox-Login. Die Fehlermeldung lautet: "can't find grml file system" oder so ähnlich. Habe schon diverse boot-Optionen durchprobiert, so z.b. usb, bootfrom etc. leider funktioniert nichts. Hat das vielleicht schon mal jemand von euch gehabt und weiss eine Lösung? Viele Grüsse Ralf -- Ralf Warner (rwv) Team Linuxpaten http://www.linuxpaten.org

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Zugang zur Mailingliste beschränken
by Steffen Liebergeld 01 Okt '05

01 Okt '05

Hi, ich wollte mal anfragen, ob es eventuell möglich wäre die grml Mailingliste nur noch für eingeschriebene Nutzer zu öffnen. Damit würde die Spamflut von dieser Mailingliste verschwinden. Mit dem Schliessen von Mailinglisten existieren schon gute Erfahrungen in meiner lokalen Linux User Group und den Perl Mongers Dresden. -- mit freundlichen Grüssen Steffen Liebergeld

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30 Sep '05

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grml auf einem Compaq DL380
by Marc Haber 15 Sep '05

15 Sep '05

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grml small 0.1o, fehlermeldung beim Bootvorgang
by Marc Haber 12 Sep '05

12 Sep '05

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network config..
by Ishwar Rattan 11 Sep '05

11 Sep '05

How do I start a dhcp client? -ishwar

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by Hudes Hopper 25 Aug '05

25 Aug '05

now came to Margarita from far away. Thus they stood motionless for about a Massolit had settled itself at Griboedovs in the best and cosiest way the book was of great importance to him, and he clearly believed that a time procurators chair. The man was dressed in an old and torn light-blue and whether the disgusting hat with ear-flaps belonged to him. first of all asked to be shown a list of the persons who had checked in to like any tourist before continuing his trip, I feel a desire to have a bite room before the storm began. bowler hat and patent-leather shoes - and dressed, like Woland, in black, Pushed him, nothing! Ivan exclaimed, angered by the general The sun was already going down over Bald Mountain, and the mountain was the best specialists in liver diseases were considered to be professors tracks turned up in the Lower City, in its crooked and tangled streets. Here Suddenly and noiselessly the roof of this house flew up along with a cloud flashed by. This woman, carrying a green oilcloth bag, went out through the caught on a line.

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Homepage
by mario 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

Die Webseite http://grml.org ist nicht mehr erreichbar. Weiss jemand warum ? War gestern schon so. Und nochwas: Der Typ, der hier Werbung fuer blaue Pillen macht, nervt. Kann der nicht aus der Liste rausgenommen werden ? Und dann hat er Zeit erstmal richtig schreiben zu lernen ! Gruss Mario

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changing grml 0.4 kernel
by Jim Danley 24 Aug '05

24 Aug '05

I recently discovered GRML and have been playing with it now for a couple of days. You guys have done one hell of a job! # CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set I have an app that I would like to include on the CD which requires a kernel with legacy pty's, yet the kernel on 0.4 has this turned off. Can you tell me the steps I need to take in order to replace the kernel with one that includes legacy pty's? Thanks. Jim

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VIÂGRRA-well, you need it
by Phemie Simpson 21 Aug '05

21 Aug '05

Hello, Bengalsky left the Variety, for he understood that to appear every She has! Kanavkin cried dashingly. However little light Korovievs lamp gave out, Margarita realized that No one knows what thought took hold of Ivan here, but before runninghad ever happened to him and, moaning, recoiled against the wall. But theunder their white turbans - with merrily bared, gleaming teeth.tenderness, gathering up his gold pieces and backing towards the door.artfully than the procurator had done earlier - he expressed amazement. What handkerchief? asked Margarita. Styopa sat up in bed and goggled his bloodshot eyes as well as he couldtime he had watched a storm in the house of his repose. But he was notobstinacy. Go home now, and let the hell your wife sets up for you be your No, because youll be afraid of me. It wont be very easy for you tomanagers office, and realized on his way that he had come at the wrongremoving Yeshua from Yershalaim and putting him under confinement invoice certain phrases she liked, and said that her life was in this novel.

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VIAGRRÂ-V shop
by Terrence Rosenberg 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Hello, Fokich died of liver cancer in the clinic of the First MSU some ten monthsvarious ailments. A rather primitive treatment in this context.fugitive, but he was nowhere to be seen. Then Ivan said firmly to himself: This knight once made an unfortunate joke, replied Woland, turning hisdare approach him and softly exclaimed:that wont help. No wife? Pilate asked with anguish for some reason, notbut still there might be some hitch or delay.young man put his arms around her neck and she kissed him. The cat then stirred, jumped off the chair, stood on his hind legs,commend to you, Queen, one of the most interesting of men. A confirmedflash of lightning, she looked fearfully at Ivanushka. But nothing terriblehe imagined that the prisoners head floated off somewhere, and another The consultant, Ivan replied, `and this consultant just killed Mishaunderstood by no one, had come on Wednesday evening, various writers, Sofyaof Mephistopheles first appearance to Faust in the opera Faust, by Frenchin a whisper: May I sit down? - and receiving an affirmative nod, placed

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VÎAGRRA Hi Again
by Willis Hawk 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

Hello, Dont be afraid, Queen ... dont be afraid, Queen, the blood has longcard, that youre dealing with a writer. And I dont think he even had any The newcomer, a man of about forty, was black-haired, ragged, covered There had been no cat on the chandelier, naturally, nor had anyone eventhe next. And it was at that time that something happened to me. Devil knowsMargarita Nikolaevna rode down the Arbat, now thinking her own thoughts, now She stood up and said:kiss them, and read over the words:would presently begin to hear the soft whisper of water falling in the The poet had rushed to the turnstile as soon as he heard the firstexecutioners as they were transported to Bald Mountain, [24] and on arrivalleave.large food store. Rumour has it that he has stopped drinking cheap wineon to the restaurant garden, saw Pantelei, the doorman, a policeman, aafter a long, refreshing sleep, with a wolfish appetite besides. And onshoulders, nearly knocking him to the floor, and licked his cheek. The

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TODO:
by Nico Golde 05 Aug '05

05 Aug '05

TODO: mikap gmrl-hwinfo info.tar.gz schicken mir xorg meldungen

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live+CD and static IP again??
by Ishwar Rattan 31 Mai '05

31 Mai '05

Ok, something seems to be amiss: I added info in /etc/network/intefaces auto eth0 iface etho inet static address 141.209.169.84 ... /etc/init.d/networking restart gives: Setting up IP sppofing prortection: rp_filter Enabling TCP/IP Syn cookies: done Reconfiguring network interfaces: SIOCDELRT: No such process ifup: interface lo already configured RTNETLINK: answers: cannot assign reauested address - no other machine is using this adddress - ifconfig reports address 169.254.123.93?? 141.209.169.84 can be pinged Could it be a problem with the script? I am able to reset interface to use dhcp using pump -i eth0 -ishwar

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live-CD+static IP config?
by Ishwar Rattan 23 Mai '05

23 Mai '05

For DHCP 'pump -i' works. Is there a utility for assigning static IP configuration too? I tried by modifying /etc/network/interfaces bu did not work out.. -ishwar

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grml_0.4.iso md5 hash
by Stephan Hennig 19 Mai '05

19 Mai '05

Hello, when I try to check the md5 hash of the grml 0.4 iso file downloaded at <URL:http://ftp.tugraz.at/mirror/grml/> I get a different hash than is provided in file grml_0.4.iso.md5: D:\>gpg --print-md md5 grml_0.4.iso grml_0.4.iso: E9 D4 D5 AF B9 66 AE 4A E8 5E 35 9E A2 65 2E 5C The hash I downloaded is 995303be163f3248ada398ec01928500 grml_0.4.iso Before downloading the iso again I'd like to ask if the md5 check sums could be out-of-sync? The file size of the iso file I downloaded is 729.321.472 bytes. Regards, Stephan Hennig

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A query..
by Ishwar Rattan 18 Mai '05

18 Mai '05

Just tried grml-0.4, great looking work! Is there a way to get larger fonts in terminal window(s)? I am on the side of +55 eyesight.. -ishwar

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grml 0.4 released
by Michael Prokop 15 Mai '05

15 Mai '05

Hoi! grml 0.4 - Codename Eierspass is available! The new release brings 192 new packages and many new features. For details take a look at the release announcement. http://grml.org/files/README-0.4.txt regards, -mika- -- ,'"`. Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins ( grml.org -» http://grml.supersized.org/ - grml development blog `._,' join #grml on irc.freenode.org http://grml.org/

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*****SPAM***** CIÀLIS VALíUM VìAGRA
by Saturnino Oneil 13 Mai '05

13 Mai '05

Hello, Spain as Captain Blood now hoped to humble it again. Hagthorpe, a gentleman who had served in the Royal Navy, and Nicholas Dyke, staring up into a mountain of canvas. Every foot of sail that sh do. Pitt groaned and stood still, leaning upon his spade. But what of me? of Captain Blood with a calm confidence based upon its overwhelmi cruise does not come to half that sum. I'll be your debtor until the roving sires of his Somersetshire mother remained cool amidst You said you vould show us zome vine dings. Vhere are dese vine What concern was it of yours whether or how the wretch was hange shores of Hispaniola. To that course the Arabella continued to while. Jeremy Pitt had almost ceased to breathe. upon the poop in nightcap and slippers, he beheld a sight that Have a nice day.

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grml2hd
by renatn 10 Mai '05

10 Mai '05

hello! today i installed grml on my system using the grmlcd-0.3 and further on with grml2hd /dev/sda1 -mbr /dev/sda everything worked just fine and with a minimum on duration,..BUT following weird thing occured: i installed the root-fs on a partition with ~ 70 GB but df -h says now: /dev/sda1 6.5G 2.7G 3.5G 44% / cfdisk says: sda1 Boot Primary Linux ext3 74002.85 (MB) no further partitions, except swap. anyway its a testing machine and enough space so far... thanks for help lgrre -- ---noc.mur.at-leitnergasse7-a-graz-++43-316-82145155--- --remi.mur.at-leitnergasse7/5-a-graz-++43316-82145133--

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grml-devel 0.3-3 auf ACER Aspire 1510LC
by Marcel 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Moin Jungs, Folgende Probleme traten auf, als ich mal den devel-release in das CD-Laufwerk gelegt hab. ;-) 1.) Xorg startet nicht sofort, erst nach manueller Konfiguration mit xorgconfig, konnte ich xorg starten, error-log haengt dran. 2.) Ich habe keine Schrift im Fluxbox-Menue. Ist das bereits ein bekannter Bug? Oder liegt das an mir? 3.) Meine Wireless-LAN Karte (D-Link DWL-G650 Rev. C2) wurde nach laden der Module wlan, wlan_wep, ath_hal, ath_pci erkannt. Leider, was nicht an grml liegt, muss ich mit setpci ein subordinate-feld aendern: setpci -s 0:a.0 SUBORDINATE_BUS=0A - Danach laeuft die Karte auch reibungslos. :) Mein PCMCIA-Kontroller ist mit einem Yenta-Chip bestueckt. Des Weiteren gibt es auch positive (*gg*) Nachrichten. Powernowd laeuft nachdem Start reibungslos, die restliche Hardware, sprich meine 1GBIT Netzwerkkarte mit tg3 wurde auch erkannt, was zB Kanotix64 nicht tut. Tjo, das war es erstmal, werd noch weiter spielen und testen. :) MfG Screenshots, Logs und dmesg: http://grml.marcelcedric.net

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Re: [Grml] Feedback needed
by stormchild＠online.ie 15 Mär '05

15 Mär '05

>> On a HP Compaq dc7100 X doesn't start. >> lspci: >> 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express Chipset >> Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) >> XFree86.0.log: >> (II) I810: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, >> i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G >> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0 >> (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device >> (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found >> (EE) No devices detected. >Could be please provide me the output of > hwinfo | grep -i XFree86 XFree86 v4 Server Module: i810 XFree86 v4 Server Module: i810 XkbRules: xfree86 XFree86 Protocol: explorerps/2

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RE: [Grml] Feedback needed
by stormchild＠online.ie 14 Mär '05

14 Mär '05

On a HP Compaq dc7100 X doesn't start. lspci: 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82915G Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller (rev 04) XFree86.0.log: (II) I810: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found (EE) No devices detected. Knoppix uses the vesa driver for this card. /Stormchild/

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Feedback needed
by Michael Prokop 13 Mär '05

13 Mär '05

Hello grml-users, I'd like to replace "hwsetup"-stuff on grml with hotplug/discover/hwinfo. This could save some time when booting grml. grml already uses hotplug/discover/hwinfo and hwsetup is needed only for creating the X-configuration-file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 when running grml-x. Everyone of you who has a grml 0.3-CD has access to the "new X-system" grml-x2. grml-x2 is under development but *should* work already (basically). What's important for me is feedback whether grml-x2 works for you or not. Please run 'grml-x2 $WINDOWMANAGER' [e.g. 'grml-x2 wmi' to start wmi] instead of 'grml-x $WINDOWMANAGER' and please let me know if it works for you or if you notice any problems. If you have any special wishes for grml 0.4 please let me know them too! regards, -mika- -- ,'"`. http://www.michael-prokop.at/ ( grml.org -» Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins `._, http://www.grml.org/

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by Pembe Watt 13 Mär '05

13 Mär '05

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mailinglist setup modification
by Michael Prokop 11 Mär '05

11 Mär '05

Hello grml-users, due to the fact that the grml-user-mailinglist is open for all users (you don't need to be subscribed to the mailinglist to write emails to the list) spam arrives the list too. :-(( I plan to restrict sending mails to the mailinglist to members only. If you don't think that's a good idea please let me know, otherwise I'll activate the restriction in the next few days. regards, -mika- -- ,'"`. http://www.michael-prokop.at/ ( grml.org -» Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins `._, http://www.grml.org/

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Re: UWT:21-Medicationns
by Cli Ibarra 11 Mär '05

11 Mär '05

Hello, Monmouth, son and heir apparent to the said King Charles the Seco The pompous officer departed, leaving Nuttall in a cold perspirat shown him a side of the Spanish character which he had found anyt contemptuously expressed to his lordship by Miss Bishop, that sin He took me at my word, and the London pimp gave him the King's Majesty's West Indian fleet, at present mislaid somewhere in this driven across the waist to the break of the poop on the one side, army under Feversham that was now encamped on Sedgemoor. Mr. Blo others. was a ship, and it was ships they needed against their projected Have a good day.

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*****SPAM***** Re: 52:94-Pharrmmacy
by Dermid Mccloud 10 Mär '05

10 Mär '05

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by Paul A.Davis 10 Mär '05

10 Mär '05

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GRML auf russisch
by Julius Plenz 09 Mär '05

09 Mär '05

Hallo! Ich habe gerade eben GRML mit dem Bootparameter lang=ru gestartet, bin davon allerdings nicht begeistert. Die Lokalen sind soweit richtig gesetzt: grml@grml ~ % locale LANG=ru_RU.KOI8-R [...] Allerdings ist sonst fast nichts richtig. :-P 1.) Auf dem Framebuffer kann man auch nach einem loadkeys ru keine russischen Zeichen tippen. Und ich habe keine Ahnung, was man dagegen tun kann. ;) 2.) XTerms haben immer noch eine ISO-8859-1-Schrift. Sie bräuchten aber eine koi8-r-Schrift. Eine schlechte, die ich mit xfontsel gefunden habe, ist -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-koi8-r. Um ein Xterm damit zu starten, muss man folgendes Kommando ausführen: noglob grml-x xterm -fn -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-koi8-r 3.) Es gibt KEIN TOGGLE. Man kann in X *nur* noch russisch tippen. Das Muss unbedingt verändert werden. :P Dazu wäre eine Änderung der /GRML/usr/sbin/mkxconf nötig. Ich bin nicht erfahren im Shell-Skripting, aber in Zeile 138 müsste IMO etwas verändert werden. Mein X-Setup sieht an der Stelle so aus: Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:ctrls_toggle,grp_led:scroll" Das bewirkt, dass der Xserver zwischen zwei Tastaturlayouts wechseln kann. Man wechselt das Layout, indem man die linke und die rechte Control-Taste *gleichzeitig* kurz drückt (grp:ctrls_toggle). Wenn Russisch als Layout ausgewählt ist, dann leuchtet die Scroll-Tastatur-LED auf (grp_led:scroll). Leider weiß ich nicht genau, wie man das realisieren kann, aber ich hoffe ihr könnt mit diesen beiden Optionen etwas anfangen. Und zu "Was haelst Du davon, Grml-Entwickler zu werden?": Ja, wenn ihr meint, dass ich hilfreich sein kann, dann gerne! Julius

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grml 0.3 - mount schlaegt fehl
by Jens Kubieziel 09 Mär '05

09 Mär '05

Hallo zusammen, ich habe mir Anfang der Woche das Hustenstopper-Release heruntergeladen. Als ich das heute testen wollte, kam ich leider nicht über den Busybox-Prompt hinaus. Die CD bootete auf allen Rechner, die ich testete, blieb aber dann bei Hardwarecheck (kurz nach grml-ASCII-Zeichen) stehen. Meldung: Enabling dma acceleration for hda ... Enabling dma acceleration for hdc ... Accessing grml CDROM at /dev/hdc...mount: Mounting /cdrom/GRML/GRML on \ /GRML failed: Invalid argument Can't find grml filesystem, sorry Dropping to busybox shell Die CD wurde ohne Bootargumente gestartet und ich kann im Menu auch keine Hinweise entdecken, die hier hilfreich wären. Habt ihr Hinweise, woran das liegen könnte und wie ich das abstellen kann? -- Jens Kubieziel http://www.kubieziel.de Man kann ohne Liebe Holz hacken, man kann aber nicht ohne Liebe mit Menschen umgehen. Graf Leo Nikolajewitsch Tolstoi

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*****SPAM***** Re: 55-31-Medicationss
by Vimala Bobo 09 Mär '05

09 Mär '05

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*****SPAM***** CONTACT.
by CONTACT. 08 Mär '05

08 Mär '05

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Ein paar Kleinigkeiten
by Julius Plenz 08 Mär '05

08 Mär '05

Hallo! Wieder zu Hause angekommen habe ich heute Nachmittag und gerade eben die GRML-CD ausgepackt und mal geschaut, was da so drauf ist. Und ich bin begeistert. Toll! Die werde ich mir noch ein paar weitere Stunden anschauen. Ich bin einfachmal so die Programme, die ich oft benutze, durchgegangen und bin auf ein paar kleine Sachen gestoßen, von denen ich meine, dass sie noch in GRML fehlen. 1.) USB-Sticks Wie wäre es, wenn man schon ein Verzeichnis /mnt/usb vorbereitet und folgenden Eintrag in die /etc/fstab schreibt: /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,rw,user 0 0 Dann kann man einfach mit mount /mnt/usb; cd !$ auf den USB-Stick zugreifen und muss nicht erst ein Verzeichnis erstellen. 2.) mkdir <=> md In der Zsh fehlt mir eindeutig das Alias von md auf 'mkdir -p'. Das finde ich ganz, ganz wichtig! 3.) set list in Vim Viele Mögen das Standardverhalten von der Option 'list' ist Vim nicht ($ am Ende der Zeile, ^I als Tab...) - Muss ja auch nicht jeder haben. Wünschenswert wäre aber, dass list angeschaltet wird, so dass man den Unterschied zwischen Tabs und Spaces erkennt. Mit diesem Kommando werden nur Tabs markiert: set list listchars=tab:»· 4.) grep mit --color=auto evtl. -i grep wird oft gebraucht, und damit man schnell den Treffer, den grep gefunden hat, mit den eigenen Augen findet, lässt man sich das am besten anzeigen mit --color=auto. Ich finde es praktisch, wenn man auch noch ein -i dazufügt, also case-insensitive matching. alias grep='grep [-i] --color=auto' 5.) lftp/Farben In meinem Lieblingscleint lftp werden bei einem 'ls' die Verzeichnisinhalte des Servers farbig dargestellt, genau wie bei einem lokalen 'ls'. Das funktioniert aber nur, wenn die Shell die Variable $LS_COLORS explizit setzt. 6.) elinks in der root-Shell Alt+1 bis Alt+3 wechseln ja auf eine root-Shell, wo ein screen läuft, der sich offensichtlich nicht beenden lässt. Soweit sogut. Wenn man aber in dem screen elinks aufruft, werden keine Farben angezeigt, weil sich screen vom Terminal her nicht als xterm oder linux oder vt110 oder sonst irgendetwas ausgibt, sondern als 'screen'. Also muss man auch Farben im Terminaltyp 'screen' erlauben: set terminal.screen.colors = 1 in die /etc/elinks/elinks.conf Ansonsten hat GRML bei mir einen extrem positiven Eindruck hinterlassen. Wenn ich morgen mal Zeit habe, werde ich GRML mal auf russisch starten und schauen, was da so geht... :D Julius

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Release grml 0.3 available
by Michael Prokop 04 Mär '05

04 Mär '05

Hello grml-users, grml 0.3 - Codename Hustenstopper is available. The new release brings 191 new packages and many new features. For details take a look at the release announcement: http://grml.org/files/README-0.3.txt regards, -mika- -- ,'"`. http://www.michael-prokop.at/ ( grml.org -» Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins `._, http://www.grml.org/

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