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cherrypal
by Josh 25 Dez '09

25 Dez '09

Hi, In the meantime if anyone wants to try the africa install an accessible linux distro and report back on how it works that'll be great. if I get the money over christmas I'll probably buy myself a cherrypal africa to play with. hopefully it will let me wipe the hard drive and install grml, vinux cli or knoppix adriane. I know that ubuntu and vinux gui won't work because they need too much memory but I think adriane and the command line interface or console accessible linux distributions aught to work fine. Josh

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How to use GRML to check whether a hard disk is failing
by Michael Whapples 24 Dez '09

24 Dez '09

Hello, I am wondering whether GRML can help me here. I have agreed to check a computer (tomorrow) for someone as it isn't booting properly (its a windows XP computer). By the sound of it I suspect the hard disk is failing or totally failed or windows has become corrupted to the point it won't boot. So my question is, how (if) can I use GRML to check whether the HD has failed? I know that the BIOS probably will give suitable warnings, but I am visually impaired and so BIOS is inaccessible to me, GRML is good from that angle as I have a way of accessing a computer without relying on what's on it. Thanks for any information. Michael Whapples

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Problem with speakup on grml 2009.10
by Michael Whapples 23 Dez '09

23 Dez '09

Hello, I have just written the grml 2009.10 CD but I notice that for some reason when I try and boot it with options for speakup with software speech output (either the swspeak option or speakup.synth=soft option) it isn't recognised. The strange thing is it seems to be that when I give an option to enable software speech output with other options then grml doesn't seem to recognise the other options either. Here is what I have done to try and check what happens and also to try and confirm it isn't me: * When this first happened I thought may be it was me doing something wrong (as I get no output at the boot screen) so I tried again but still the same result. * I have written it to another CD (at a slower speed as well) incase something has gone wrong with the CD or went wrong while writing it, still things don't work. * When I give the other options on their own they work fine (the other options are either brltty or blind) * I tried running swspeak once the booting finished and this started software speech output. * I rebooted again specifying swspeak and blind at the boot prompt (still nothing, expected from previous attempts) I then checked /proc/cmdline and dmesg to try and find out what it says I gave at the command line, none of the options I gave were there. I am now stuck as to why this is happening. Also I notice (this is on my laptop) the keyboard layout by default is not anything like I have known in the past (I believe US keyboard layout is normally the default but this has things like shift+0 as =, what on the UK keyboard is / as -, the UK keyboard ? is ?, shift+7 gives /, and a number of symbols I don't even recognise appear on other keys). Michael Whapples

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Test of Antivirus engines on GRML
by Michael Schierl 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi, I tested a few antivirus engines in the last weeks and I wanted to summarize what I found out (all engines I tested could be used on a GRML live CD which is very cool) but it seems I cannot create pages in the wiki? So, I just post the stuff here: ===== Running antivirus software on GRML 2009.10 (Hello-Wien) ******************************************************* This is a list of antivirus software that has been tested to work or not work on GRML. Fortunately, all software I tested worked on GRML 2009.10 (which was quite different when I did this test a year ago). But of course that was not GRML's fault. ClamAV ------ Clamav has the advantage it is included in grml. Unfortunately as of writing this, the scan engine is not the latest one available. You can scan anyway, a few of the newest signatures will not work, though. Update command: freshclam scan command: clamscan /mnt/somewhere Avira ----- Avira is free for non-commercial use and a free 30-day trial is available for commercial use. Personal: http://www.free-av.de/en/download/download_servers.php (Direct download: http://dlpe.antivir.com/package/wks_avira/unix/en/pers/antivir_workstation-…) Professional: http://www.avira.com/de/downloads/avira_antivir_professional.html To install: tar xfvz antivir_*.tar.gz cd antivir-* ./install When prompted (except for the license) just accept the default. Dazuko will not work because grml's kernel does not support it, but you can continue anyway. You *have* to say Y (which is default) for installing dazukofs, though (even if you don't have the kernel module), since otherwise even the on-demand scanner will not start. Before updating/scanning, start the avguard daemon: avguard start Update command: avupdate --product=Guard Scan command: avscan /mnt/somewhere F-Prot ------ F-Prot Antivirus for Workstations is available free for non-commercial use as well and as trial for commercial use. Website: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/download_fplinux.html Direct link: http://files.f-prot.com/files/unix-trial/fp-Linux-i686-ws.tar.gz To install: tar xfvz fp-Linux-i686-ws.tar.gz cd f-prot ./install-f-prot.pl (just accept the defaults, it will update signatures automatically when installation is finished) Scan command: fpscan /mnt/somewhere Bitdefender ----------- Bitdefender provides a Debian package (that works on GRML): http://content-down.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/pool/non-free/b/bitdefender-s… AVG --- AVG provides a Debian package (that works on GRML) as well: http://download.avgfree.com/filedir/inst/avg85flx-r290-a2950.i386.deb Avast and Panda --------------- Avast provide download for trial versions for their Linux products only by e-mail. So, if you really want to try them, fill in their web forms and receive link and license file by e-mail. Avast *does* work on GRML, Panda for some reason did not send me a download link at all. Perhaps you have more luck? ;-) ===== Regards, Michael

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Re: [Grml] hibernate under grml
by chaitat 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Teesid, I know you use hibernation under grml. Do you have any idea? -- chaitat -----Original Message----- From: T o n g Sent: 11-21-2009 11:00:56 PM Subject: [Grml] hibernate under grml Hi, Anybody was able to get hibernate to work under grml? I am able to use hibernate-disk to put my laptop into hibernate mode but am not able to resume. This is a vanilla Debian system plus all the nice grml packages. Please help. I can post details what I did on request. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ _______________________________________________ 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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hibernate under grml
by T o n g 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

Hi, Anybody was able to get hibernate to work under grml? I am able to use hibernate-disk to put my laptop into hibernate mode but am not able to resume. This is a vanilla Debian system plus all the nice grml packages. Please help. I can post details what I did on request. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Cannot add grub to new partition for grml.
by single.1＠netzero.com 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

I tried to install grml2hd and all worked fine until I tried to add grub to the /dev/sda16 partition and the grub install failed. Error was that I had to force the grub because it was a BAD idea to load grub that was not at the mbr???? . There is a grub-install with the grml64 live edition but it failed, too. Stephen J. Ingle Single Edition Consulting LLC Managing Member 336-449-9114(W) 336-263-2792(C) ____________________________________________________________ Healthcare Administration Earn your AA or BA in Healthcare Administration, 100% online. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/c?cp=iZrOOPtwOww3I0vZOwdIOAAAJ1…

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Re: [Grml] GRML-Medium in VirtualBox- <linux-headers-generic> obsolete.
by Ulrich Dangel 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

On Tuesday 17 November 2009 20:05:50 Vivek Sharma wrote: Hi, Please reply to the mailing list as other may have the same problem or someone else could answer your questions. > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Ulrich Dangel <schula(a)grml.org> wrote: > > On Saturday 14 November 2009 18:17:21 Vivek Sharma wrote: > > > I have installed grml-medium 2009.10 in VirtualBox on windows7. I am > > > not able to share-folder on host machine, a step before i am not able > > > to install Guest-Addition on my guest-os, i click devices>install guest > > > addition, nothing shows up. Some post said i need to install some > > > kernel-patch in grml. anyone any idea. > > > > The Virtualbox guest-additions are already available in grml. Just run as > > root: > > aptitude update > > aptitude install virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.31-grml (or grml64 if > > you > > use grml64) > > i have done this, do i have install the script after this, when you mount > the guestAddition.iso and run the script. If yes, where will that script be > stored. What script? You do not need the guestAddition.iso as everything needed is already included in debian/grml. > If no thanks. but its still not working. It should have worked. Please install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils and run: /etc/init.d/virtualbox-ose-guest-utils start or load the vbox kernel modules manually. regards, Ulrich

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Re: [Grml] GRML-Medium in VirtualBox- <linux-headers-generic> obsolete.
by Ulrich Dangel 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

On Saturday 14 November 2009 18:17:21 Vivek Sharma wrote: > I have installed grml-medium 2009.10 in VirtualBox on windows7. I am not > able to share-folder on host machine, a step before i am not able to > install Guest-Addition on my guest-os, i click devices>install guest > addition, nothing shows up. Some post said i need to install some > kernel-patch in grml. anyone any idea. The Virtualbox guest-additions are already available in grml. Just run as root: aptitude update aptitude install virtualbox-ose-guest-modules-2.6.31-grml (or grml64 if you use grml64) > how do i resolve this, is there something else i have to install, than > linux-headers-generic like linux-headers or linux-headers-2.6.31-grml It should be enough to just install the provided guest-modules. You can also build the guest modules yourself (not recommend), just install virtualbox-ose-guest-source and kernel headers for your current kernel. Then you can use module-assistent to build the virtualbox guest-additions for your current kernel. regards, Ulrich

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Re: [Grml] GRML-Medium in VirtualBox- <linux-headers-generic> obsolete.
by Maurice McCarthy 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hi The guest additions and modules need to be installed on Windows 7. grml does not know that it is inside virtual box. The virtual box site does not list a separate download for this so I think your question is better addressed to forums.virtualbox.org Good Luck Maurice -- Best Wishes -- Best Wishes

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GRML-Medium in VirtualBox- <linux-headers-generic> obsolete.
by Vivek Sharma 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi all, I have installed grml-medium 2009.10 in VirtualBox on windows7. I am not able to share-folder on host machine, a step before i am not able to install Guest-Addition on my guest-os, i click devices>install guest addition, nothing shows up. Some post said i need to install some kernel-patch in grml. anyone any idea. I try sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic it says package is obsolete or is referred to by some other package. how do i resolve this, is there something else i have to install, than linux-headers-generic like linux-headers or linux-headers-2.6.31-grml thanks Vivek S

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Upgrade auf grml 2009.10
by Ch. Hanisch 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hallo, nach einem D-U mit folgenden Eintragungen in /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free bin ich immer noch auf der Version 2009.5 Wird ein Upgrade auf 2009.10 empfohlen und wie geht das? Gruß Ch. Hanisch

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grml-rebuildfstab behavior changed
by T o n g 04 Nov '09

04 Nov '09

Hi, My current grml-rebuildfstab build entries in fstab using labels, like this: LABEL=TOOLS /mnt/TOOLS ... but I noticed that grml-rebuildfstab from grml64-medium_2009.10-rc1 behaves different. It buils fstab entries like, /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 Is this the intended behavior? How can I get the label-fstab-entries back? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Grml 2009.10 released
by Michael Prokop 31 Okt '09

31 Okt '09

Hi grml fans, on behalf of the grml team, I'm proud to be able to announce a new stable release: Grml 2009.10 with codename Hello-Wien, available in flavours grml, grml-medium and grml-small and all of them as 32bit and 64bit version has been released. The official release announcements providing all the relevant news are available at: grml => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2009.10/ grml64 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-2009.10/ grml-medium => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-medium-2009.10/ grml64-medium => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-medium-2009.10/ grml-small => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-small-2009.10/ grml64-small => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-small-2009.10/ Issues regarding the releases can be found in the grml-wiki at: grml => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_2009.10 grml64 => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_2009.10 grml-medium => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-medium_2009.10 grml64-medium => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64-medium_2009.10 grml-small => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-small_2009.10 grml64-small => http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64-small_2009.10 If you're interested in the main changes between rc1 of 2009.10 and the stable release: http://grml.supersized.org/archives/334-Changes-between-grml-2009.10-rc1-an… As usual you can get the ISO(s) via bittorrent, http and/or ftp from the mirrors listed at: http://grml.org/download/ Have fun and enjoy the new release! As usual your feedback is highly appreciated. 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 1 of grml 2009.10 available - Netboot-Package
by Ralf Moll 30 Okt '09

30 Okt '09

Hi Mika and Team, thanks for the hard work. I'm downloading right now. I also wanted to test the PXE Part, but on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=terminalserver#grml_netboot_packages The Netboot-Files are missing, so I tried manually http://grml.org/terminalserver/grml_netboot_package_grml_2009.10.tar.bz2 but got 404. Do I have to extract the needed files manually? cu, Ralf

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the linux cookbook
by Josh 28 Okt '09

28 Okt '09

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

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OT: does anybody have experience with grub 2
by Aleksandar Lazic 28 Okt '09

28 Okt '09

Hi, Sometimes we have ~4T storage and I want to boot from this GPT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table The new grub should be able to handle this but I haven't seen a distribution which use it ;-( Maybe there is another bootloader for linux which is able to boot from such a disc? Many thanks for help ;-) Cheers Aleks

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Release Candidate 1 of grml 2009.10 available
by Michael Prokop 27 Okt '09

27 Okt '09

Hi! We have new release candidates: the first release candidate of version 2009.10 codename "Hello-Wien" is available! Take a look at the release announcement for details about all the cool new features: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2009.10/ 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. Please test the ISOs and all the stuff you usually need so we can provide rocking stable releases soon. The stable release is scheduled for 31st of october. Download the ISOs from the 'devel' directory of the mirrors listed at http://grml.org/download/ Happy hacking and have fun with grml! regards, -mika-

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grml2usb from Grml 2009.10
by T o n g 27 Okt '09

27 Okt '09

Hi, As always, the first thing I test on Grml 2009.10 is its frugal installation, using grml2usb. I found it still not applicable to me because I need to frugally install grml to a self-boot ext2/3 partition. grml2usb --grub fails because grub2 installation to PBR is still broken. http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/3293/screenshotgrub2pbrnok.png Using syslinux bootloader failed for me as well because syslinux refuses to work with ext2/3 partitions. http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/1411/screenshotsyslnok.png I guess that the new "dd-able ISO" feature does not apply to me as well since it requires FAT partitions as well, I believe. I guess the only option left for me is to install grub-legacy within the live system now. No complain. I guess not everyone is fond of grub as myself, and even fewer believe that "every OS on the disk trying to take over the MBR" is a bad idea... Well, grml2usb has improved a lot. The --grub is new comparing to the last version I tried. Good work. Thanks. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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GRML's udev and Debian's udev
by Michael Whapples 27 Okt '09

27 Okt '09

Hello, I have been intending to ask this for sometime but never quite got round to it. On my GRML HD installation when I have been upgrading packages I keep getting a conflict involving udev. It seems to be that libgudev (probably is something to do with the gnome packages I have installed) depends on libudev0 >= 146 but GRML provides libudev0 0.141-1grml.04. This raises a few questions: * Would it be safe for me to upgrade to the Debian version of udev, I have held off as udev is quite core to the system and I don't want to really mess up my system. * Why does there seem to be a difference in the Debian package numbering and the GRML numbering (GRML seems to be providing 0.XXX where as Debian seems to have XXX, surely the versions don't differ as much as this suggests). * Would it be possible for GRML to provide a suitable updated udev package to match the Debian one? Thank you Michael Whapples

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alien /usr volume and grml
by T o n g 26 Okt '09

26 Okt '09

Hi, I remember long time ago there will be problem having /usr volume in a separated partition -- back to RedHat 6.0 days, when the system would not boot. I guess there won't be any problem any more nowadays, but just want to be sure, and know what factors should be considered when making the move. E.g., the last 2 parameters in /etc/fstab (dump & proc) should be 0 0, correct? How about if I make /usr a symlink to a folder on another volume? E.g., will normal package installation/removal be ok with a symlinked /usr? Thanks for the comments. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Easiest way to install Debian with grml-debootstrap
by Keith Hinton 22 Okt '09

22 Okt '09

Hi. I've heard a lot about grml-debootstrap, GRML's debian installation script. I am assuming this does not install sid (but stable) Hear is what I was wondering. 1. What is the easiest way to get a debian installation going with it, (as I am no Debian exbert) and will be using the Speakup support in GRML) 2. Is it difficult to get the isntallation done? 3. How can I get a grml-kernel (because it includes speakup) downloaded into the new Debian isntallation, as the stock kernel will not talk out of the box. I could do the manual work of installing via git with linux.speakup.org, but would rather not. Thanks again, all! My final question: What happened to grml? development seems to be not happening, nothing was released in september, and now October is coming to a close. I would like an explination from the leader of grml as to why this has been happening. The roadmap still shows whatever it was...so.. Thanks again. Happy CD developing. Regards, --Keith

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grml2hd on daily sid and squee
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 22 Okt '09

22 Okt '09

Hello, i want to install the daily build of grml sques install onto a partition of my asus eeepc 1005ha-m, so i downloaded the daily build of 4. october and put it onto a usb-stick. I start grml from the stick an start brltty and swspeak. I have edited the /etc/grml2hd/config for my needs and run grml2hd GRML2HD_NONINTERACTIVE=1 and/or GRML2HD_NONINTERACTIVE=1 grml2hd but that produces some errors in line 114 115 and some other lines unexpected .. Sorry, that i can not write teh whole errormessages here. What is the correct command for grml2hd to install noninteractive with edited config-file in /etc/grml2hd? Or is there an another error? I have also tested the daily sid, but with the same errors. Regards and thanks for yor help. Dietmar

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grml 2009.05 on cisco asa
by joe 13 Okt '09

13 Okt '09

Attatching the minicom output. It gets to a point where it "Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1412k" and it stops. Any ideas? At the top of the minicom output are my grub boot loader setup.

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Installing GRML-Medium in VirtualBox on Windows 7rc
by Vivek Sharma 12 Okt '09

12 Okt '09

Hi grml fraternity, I have used linux for almost 10 years, only used as a production system (distro-enthu), so not much of kernel stuff. A med-skilled developer with 4-5 yrs of exp in network programming. I have installed win7, with virtualbox in it. i need a linux, which is smallest in size, lightest in running, provided it provides best development tools for network programming and monitoring. I used grml couple of year ago at Politecnico Di Torino, for network security class (recommended by a prof), didnt use it after that, but i guess it serves a very good purpose of network development and network monitoring. Installing in Virtual Box. i am not able to install the grml-medium to my harddisk in virtualbox. when i enter grml2hd, after couple of disclaimers it says, no parition found. Has anyone installed grml to hdd in virtualbox. how do i go about it. any help and pointers. regards Vivek Sharma

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