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dupmerge - : Value too large for defined data type
by hansbkk＠gmail.com 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

First of all, heaps of gratitude for the excellent contribution, tremendously helpful tool. I really like the way you keep my mdadm raids in order, compared to some of the mangling I see under other "rescue disks" (actually rw-writing the preferred minor?) What brought me to Grml was the fact that you include the dupmerge tool out of the box, but in running it over a large set of video files (around 5 TB at the moment, ext3 filesystem) I'm getting tons of the above error messages on large files (some are up to 16GB). Having such a tool fail on the largest files kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it 8-) I see you're running v1.70, while Sourceforge lists v1.73 as current (as of 2008!), and I see references on the interwebs to v1.74, so consider this if nothing else a request to update. If it's not difficult it's also be great to be able to check out another one or two similar deduplication tools unless you've already checked them all out and consider dupmerge2 the best? Here's a good overview: http://www.asheesh.org/note/software/duplicate-files.html My vote would be for freedup and rdfind. Thanks for your consideration

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Re: [Grml] consolefont
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

## Originalempfaenger: eixman(a)gmx.de Hello, thanks for your tip. luit -encoding ISO8859-1 openxp will work super. Thanks and regards. Dietmar > eixman(a)gmx.de schrieb am 08.02.11: > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 04:06:00PM +0100, Dietmar Segbert wrote: >> I want to use a older linux-version of openxp (crosspoint Mail and >> news). > Isn't there a recent version?.. >> The editior of openxp can not use utf8. If i do term2iso, the >> program show the menus correct (ae,oe, ue ss). But in the editor >> the german ue, ae oe or ss wil be not displayed correct. >> >> How can iset for the use of openxp the terminal to ibm437 >> (keyboard, screen)? > Maybe the luit program can be of help ... > flori > _______________________________________________ > 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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How to switch from dynamic IP to static IP in grml
by T o n g 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

Hi, I use dynamic IP previously, now I need to use static IP for my ether card, which had been automatically configured by grml: $ cat /etc/networks default 0.0.0.0 loopback 127.0.0.0 link-local 169.254.0.0 $ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:2f:be:4b:ba inet addr:192.168.0.100 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1313320 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1179010 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:697520612 (665.2 MiB) TX bytes:782279263 (746.0 MiB) Interrupt:17 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:803382 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:803382 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:233726809 (222.8 MiB) TX bytes:233726809 (222.8 MiB) How can I switch from dynamic IP to static IP now? $ grep -i network /etc/grml/autoconfig CONFIG_DEBNET='yes' # search for /etc/network/interfaces on partitions and set up network afterwards CONFIG_DISTCC='yes' # activate and setup distcc through bootparam distcc=$NETWORK,$INTERFACE Neither seems to me is the correct switch. Please help. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Pump and dnsmasq
by T o n g 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hi, If I dedicate a box for dnsmasq as both dhcp and dns server, can I use pump as dhcp client on the very box to obtain the fixed IP address configured in dnsmasq? This is kind of chick-egg problem, so I want to make sure before proceeding. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Libvirt and grml
by T o n g 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Hi, Is libvirt supported by grml out of box? " Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox. " Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Mail Problem
by Björn Faath 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Hello I have problems with grml-mutt I have my mail stored data and can easily retrieve mail from the server using POP3. Unfortunately, the folded delivery of mail to any address not. My mail to a TOnline address is ok but not go to Gmail adress, unless I have a gmail mail as coming from "reply" to answer then it goes through?? What am I doing wrong? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Björn Faath !!! Bitte beachten Sie unsere neuen Telefonnummern !!! _ __ __ (_ |_ _| ||_ |__)|_/ | |_|| )| |/\||__| \ | \ Kaiserstraße 34 72793 Pfullingen Tel.: 07121 / 2081195 Mobil: 0176 / 10336765 email: info(a)fuhr-werk.de www.fuhr-werk.de

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consolefont
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 06 Feb '11

06 Feb '11

Hello, i have installed grml on my harddisk. 1. What ist the default consolefont of grml? 2. I want to use a older linux-version of openxp (crosspoint Mail and news). The editior of openxp can not use utf8. If i do term2iso, the program show the menus correct (ae,oe, ue ss). But in the editor the german ue, ae oe or ss wil be not displayed correct. How can iset for the use of openxp the terminal to ibm437 (keyboard, screen)? Thanks for your help. Regards. Dietmar d

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pump to send hostnames when making dhchp requests
by T o n g 05 Feb '11

05 Feb '11

Hi, Some dhcp server *requires* that hostnames be sent. I've found document on how to send hostnames with other dhchp clients except pump. Now, how can I configure pump to send hostnames when making dhchp requests? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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trouble with hard-disk installation
by v.klemt＠online.de 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

Using Grml2HD I installed Grml_2010.12 on two notebooks, Acer TM4233 (Core2Duo T5500, external (USB) HD), and Acer Aspire One (Atom 260, internal HD). Everything worked fine, so I started 'apt-get update' (with Debian Unstable and Grml Testing included in sources list) and 'apt-get upgrade'. Additionally, I installed some packages not included in Grml (eg. tex-live). Overoptimistically, I did not keep track of the records, and when I realized that, using Xorg-core 7.7, I got frozen X-terminals and blocked input fields in Iceweasel (dead keyboard?), I was unable to find the origin of the trouble. There are no error messages, either in syslog or in Xorg.0.log, and the problem seems to be independent of the window manager (fluxbox, openbox) and the terminal program used (xterm, eterm). Do I really have to do a compltely new installation? Thanks in advance, Vilmar Klemt

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Grml User Survey 2011: Help us make Grml better
by Michael Prokop 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi! As a result of our Grml developer meeting (see meeting minutes at http://grml.org/reports/devmeeting_2010/ for details) we created a user survey to get more information about our users and their needs. Please take part in our survey and help us to improve and enhance Grml: http://grml.org/survey2011 And please don't forget to spread the word about it! P.S: Have a look at the old but still interesting results of our last user survey in 2007: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=survey07 regards, -mika-

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disk partition encryption roadmap
by T o n g 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi, I'm thinking to do the disk partition encryptions now. However "Hard drive encryption sounds like an intimating concept, mostly because it is. The thought of taking your precious files, then using a mathematical formula to convert them into random noise before scattering them back across your disk is a hard sell. " [1] 1. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/ how_to_encrypt_your_entire_hard_drive_for_free_using_true_crypt So I need some demystify of the whole disk/partition encryption thing. The official "Disk Encryption HOWTO" from tldp.org [2] is only dated as 2004-11-17, so I would assume it is *way* outdated. In terms of security, I tend to turn to people that I trust for help. Having tldp.org failed on me, I need your help, people from the grml community, instead of some random blogs found on the interent. 2. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/Disk-Encryption-HOWTO/ Linux Encryption HOWTO http://encryptionhowto.sourceforge.net/Encryption-HOWTO.html v0.2.2, 04 October 2000 Here are my questions, - First very noob question, I don't want whole disk encryption, just want to encrypt some selected already partitioned partitions. If someone mount the encrypted partitions, will it shows up as empty or, there are some hints that the partition have been encrypted? - The Ubuntu [3] and CentOS [4] seems to endorse dm-crypt, instead of cryptsetup-luks that grml-crypt uses. So I need a bit of explanation why it is better than others. 3. http://www.humboldt.edu/its/security-encryption-linuxubuntu 4. http://beginlinux.com/blog/2009/04/centos-53-encrypted-block-devices/ - In terms of encryption used, TrueCrypt supports the following encryption algorithms: AES, Serpent, Twofish, AES-Twofish, AES-Twofish- Serpent, Serpent-AES, Serpent-Twofish-AES, Twofish-Serpent; And these hash algorithms: RIPEMD-160, SHA-512 & Whirlpool [5] 5. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1276279 So I need a bit of explanation why the chosen algorithm is better than others. - Is your choice as cross-platform as TrueCrypt? - Since I need to encrypt more than one selected partitions, is there any alternative to typing in passphrase for each one of them when mounting them? - how passphrase are cached? Do I have to repeately typing in passphrase each time I do the mount? I also heard of passphrase-less disk encryptions. Hmm... I don't want to go there so maybe I can skip that. BTW, I just need a mini how-to about disk encryption, it does not need to be in-depth or comprehensive but rather short and to the point, to allow anyone with a minimum of linux disk encryption knowledge to create encrypted memory sticks, USB disks, or partitions in minutes. Thanks a lot. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml-crypt on grml.org please
by T o n g 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Hi mika, I found that the grml-crypt man page is not on the grml.org (yet), as oppose to other grml helpful tools, eg, grml-live, grml2usb/hd, grml- debootstrap, etc. If it's on, then it'll be easier for me to refer people to it, after saying "Linux disk encryption in 4 commands with grml-crypt". :-) thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml custom installation on 1GB USB device ?
by Sven Crouse 19 Jan '11

19 Jan '11

Hi grml. My computer has a no-award bios which suffers from problems booting USB-HDD devices. As I can tell I'm limited to a single 1GB partition although iso images installed via dd do boot. Currently I have a usb device which boots kernel with an initramfs ( embedded ) that activates raid ( metadata=1.2 ) and lvm on mirrored sata drives that contain root partition. I would like to replace this initramfs that contains little sysadmin functionality with grml and see a few options of how to realize: 1-grml persistency, but I think my bios constrains will make it difficult to do iso leaving ~300MB enough for home-rw, live-rw, and GRMLCFG ? 2-customizing an existing grml iso image to include a default grub entry that mounts root=/dev/md0 with a fallback to grml ? Other ways or suggestions ? Sven

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EXT3-fs: barriers not enabled
by Sven Crouse 18 Jan '11

18 Jan '11

Hi GRML. I appreciate your system, have been using since 2008. Recently learned about persistency which I plan to use to replace custom initramfs for booting & maintenance of RAID1/LVM2 systems containing root partitions. I just finished migrating Gentoo from single partition to mirrored ( RAID1 ) and LVM2 volumes. In the process, I learned/realized that the Ext3 filesystems contained within raid/volume group are not enabling write barriers despite being told by fstab to do so. This is 2.6.36 kernel with lvm2 version 2.02.73. I thought to try to grml 2010.12 as well, but problem remains. My question: is there any magic "Start" besides mdadm-raid, lvm that should be necessary ? We can otherwise mount partitions without incident. Does somebody have ext3 barriers enabled by default such that I know it should be realized with 2010.12 ? Appreciatively, Sven

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Is nss-ldap missing from grml 2010.04 ?
by jonty 04 Jan '11

04 Jan '11

Hi All, I have been using grml for the last couple of months. I am building a network of about 20 machines, all running grml, and I want them to share a single set of login names and passwords. So I decided to configure OpenLDAP as a service on one machine and configure the other machines to find login+password from this service. I am following the instructions set out at: http://wiki.debian.org/LDAP/NSS http://www.debian-administration.org/article/585/OpenLDAP_installation_on_D… They suggest I use libnss-ldap. But this package seems to be missing from my copy of grml 2010.04. I have also checked the package list for 2010.12 and that does not contain libnss-ldap. This seems a strange omission from grml. It contains slapd to run the service and several clients such as freeradius-ldap, libnet-ldap-perl, postfix-ldap, and smbldap-tools. So why not libnss-ldap? I could install libnss-ldap on each client machine. But then I have to repeat those same steps on 20 machines, which makes it 20 times more likely I will make a mistake somewhere. I tried "apt-get install libnss-ldap" on a test machine. This started updating libc-bin and installing locales, which seemed a good way of breaking the distro. Can anyone suggest a better approach? Should I remaster the CD? Is there some gmrl magic I am missing? Is there a different tool for login+password that is not ldap? Thanks Jonty

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Grml 2010.12 released
by Michael Prokop 31 Dez '10

31 Dez '10

Hi Grml fans, on behalf of the Grml team I'm proud to announce a new stable release: Grml 2010.12 with codename "Gebrüder Grml", available in flavours grml, grml-medium and grml-small and all of them as 32bit and 64bit version has been released. The official release announcement has all the details: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2010.12/ Issues regarding the new release can be found in the grml-wiki at: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_2010.12 As usual you can get the ISO(s) from: http://grml.org/download/ Enjoy the new release and happy new year! 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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Release Candidate 0 of Grml 2010.12 available
by Michael Prokop 21 Dez '10

21 Dez '10

Hi! We are proud to announce the first release canidate of the upcoming version 2010.12 codename "Gebrüder Grml"! For detailed information about the changes between 2010.04 and 2010.12 have a look at: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2010.12-rc0/ As usual we have different flavours available: the 32bit versions grml, grml-medium and grml-small as well as the 64bit versions grml64, grml64-medium and grml64-small. Known issues can be found at: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=release_candidate Please test the ISOs and all the stuff you usually need and report back - so we can provide stable releases soon. The stable release is scheduled for end of december. Download the ISOs from our newly designed(!) download webpage at http://grml.org/download/prerelease/ Happy hacking and have fun with Grml! regards, -mika- - in the name of the Grml team

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root-FS readonly after grml2hd
by Tobias Walkowiak 15 Dez '10

15 Dez '10

I just installed latest grml64 sid vi grml2hd and after rebooting from disk /-filesystem ist mounted readonly. Tried it with several combinations of filesystem and bootloader but always the same effect. Any ideas? The boot-option in /etc/fstab says error=remount-ro but there are no errors in dmesg with the harddisk. Tobias -- Tobias Walkowiak grml(a)count0.net

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mdadm error during boot
by Grischa 15 Dez '10

15 Dez '10

Hi there, I installed grml to my harddisk and I'm getting a small error during every boot: "mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically Mount failed for selinuxfs on /selinux: no such file or directory" I don't know how to fix this. Any suggestions? How do I deactivate the software RAID? Best, Grischa

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Boot from iso option not working with grub2
by Theodotos Andreou 19 Nov '10

19 Nov '10

Guys I want to have a grml small iso under the /boot/iso partition in Debian 6.0 with Grub2. My config in /boot/grub/grub.cfg is: menuentry 'grml' { insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root=(hd0,msdos1) search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set <uuid> echo 'Loading GRML Small' loopback loop (hd0,0)/iso/grml-small_2010.04.iso echo 'Loading Kernel' linux (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/linux26 boot=live vga=791 noeject noprompt echo 'Loading ramdisk' initrd (loop)/boot/grmlsmall/initrd.gz } When I boot I get: "error: cannot read the Linux header" Any idea what am i doing wrong? Theo

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grml, the No-Frills Linux Rescue CD--USB
by Richard Hartmann 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi joe, in your article [1], you mention current grml not recognizing your keyboard. Can you give us any more information so we can look at the issue? Please keep the list CC'ed in your replies. Thanks, Richard [1] http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/7224/2/

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New Grml developer: Christian Hofstaedtler
by Michael Prokop 12 Okt '10

12 Okt '10

Hi, it's an honor for me to be able to announce a new official Grml developer. Christian Hofstaedtler (AKA ch on IRC) just accepted my offer to join the Grml team as developer. Christian provided not just excellent bugreports but also high quality patches and is known as friendly and helpful user supporter as well. You might also know him from his bugfixes in grml2usb, grml-etc-core, grml-live, grml-terminalserver etc. Actually I can't remember a release where Christian didn't show up as contributor. :) So it was obvious to make Christian an official developer and I'm pleased that Christian joined us. Welcome to the Grml team, Christian! regards, -mika-

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Installing Vmware v71 under grml
by T o n g 12 Okt '10

12 Okt '10

Hi, I'm having difficulties installing Vmware v71 under grml -- I always get gcc and kernel headers must be installed Even though I got everything installed, I think. Please take a look at the last several line of the strace output: 26621 open("/usr/include/linux/version.h", O_RDONLY|O_NOCTTY) = 0 26621 fstat(0, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=97, ...}) = 0 26621 read(0, "#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE 13264"..., 97) = 97 26621 close(0) = 0 26621 write(1, "# 1 \"<stdin>\"\n# 1 \"<built-in>\"\n#"..., 146) = 146 26614 <... read resumed> "# 1 \"<stdin>\"\n# 1 \"<built-in>\"\n#"..., 4096) = 146 26621 close(1 <unfinished ...> 26614 close(8 <unfinished ...> 26621 <... close resumed> ) = 0 26614 <... close resumed> ) = 0 26621 munmap(0x7fcffdd98000, 4096 <unfinished ...> 26614 wait4(26618, <unfinished ...> 26621 <... munmap resumed> ) = 0 26621 exit_group(0) = ? 26620 <... wait4 resumed> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 26621 26620 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/collect2", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=117968, ...}) = 0 26620 access("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/collect2", X_OK) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/bin/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/../lib/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../lib/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=65536, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/lib/../lib/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/../lib/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=65536, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/../lib/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/lib/.", 0x7fff24471c60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 26620 stat("/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.5/../../../.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=65536, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/lib/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=65536, ...}) = 0 26620 stat("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 26620 exit_group(0) = ? 26618 <... wait4 resumed> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 26620 26618 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 26618 exit_group(0) = ? 26614 <... wait4 resumed> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0, NULL) = 26618 26614 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 26614 munmap(0x7f6f5d143000, 4096) = 0 26614 write(2, "gcc and kernel headers must be i"..., 41) = 41 I don't know what vmware is trying to do. Seems that it successfully open the version.h file, them moved on probing the directories. This is where I lost. What the code is trying to do? I googled, and seems that VmWare-Workstation 7 has been at least successfully installed on openSUSE 11.2 [1] & openSuSe 11.3 [2]. [1] http://u-random.blogspot.com/2010/01/vmware-workstation-7.html [2] http://communities.vmware.com/message/1576675#1576675 Please help me have vmware installed under grml. The last 84K of trace log is posted in http://paste.grml.org/85/ $ uname -a Linux coral 2.6.35-grml64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 3 22:06:00 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux Thanks a lot. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Personal grml-Recovery-CD (grml remastered)
by Werner P. Schulz 05 Okt '10

05 Okt '10

As an alternative to http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=remastering I have done remaster of grml-medium_2010.04.iso using hd-installation in VirtualBox. All steps to create a personal CD within 30 minutes you can find in several scripts as described on http://www.wp-schulz.de/rettung.html Perhaps it may be usefull for some of you. Greetings Werner P. Schulz

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squashfs-lzma-tools and squashfs-lzma-tools4
by T o n g 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

Hi mika, I saw you updated docs/grml-live.txt on Wed, 1 Sep 2010, recommending to use squashfs-lzma-tools4 v4.0-1 for grml-live build: ,----- | squashfs-lzma-tools4 4.0-1 is available via the Grml | repositories. It provides the mksquashfs-lzma4 and | unsquashfs-lzma4 binaries. The package does NOT conflict with | neither Debian's squashfs-tools package nor Grml's | squashfs-lzma-tools package . . . `----- However, I found that the squashfs-lzma-tools4 is actually one version older than my current squashfs-lzma-tools: $ apt-cache policy squashfs-lzma-tools4 squashfs-lzma-tools4: Installed: (none) Candidate: 4.0-1 Version table: 4.0-1 0 683 http://deb.grml.org grml-testing/main Packages $ apt-cache policy squashfs-lzma-tools squashfs-lzma-tools: Installed: 4.0-2 Candidate: 4.0-2 Version table: *** 4.0-2 0 683 http://deb.grml.org grml-testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status So, is this squashfs-lzma-tools4 really necessary? Will my squashfs-lzma- tools v4.0-2 be ok with the new grml-live build? Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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