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grml 1.1 works!
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, I found a linux distribution that works! it's an older one with software speech. it's grml 1.1. and it works good. So, vibuntu may not work on this machine, but oralux and grml 1.1 work fine. ok, so now I have a question. can someone tell me, keeping in mind that I have never used linux before in my whole entire life, I am a complete newby to grml and commandline linux. But if I am going to be a network administrator I will need to learn some kind of Linux distribution, what matters is that it has a Linux kernel which of course, grml has it because it's Linux... so, can someone give me an introduction to it? my wife's machine has a virus in it called c:\windows\system32\drmclienp.dll . pay attention to spelling. so I want to delete this file and therefore get rid of the virus. but windows will not let me access the file. so how do I do this using grml linux 1.1? Also, will voxin work with grml linux? And also, can someone tell me how to partition my hard drive and install grml Linux1.1 alongside Windows xp? grml1.1 uses ESpeak for speech. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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www.linux.com is great for grml stuff
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, Well I am now sold! from now on I will use grml and oralux as my operating systems. oralux is outdated but makes a great audio desktop. grml well? as the article says, "it just works!" oh and I learned that I can also install gnome with orca on grml if I want a desktop. and I imagine IBM tts as well. If I could somehow get to that documentation set up my wireless in grml1.1 and use voxin with it that would be great! Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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reading documentation in grml?
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, Where is the documentation at in the grml1.1 cd? I can't find it when I browse the cd using windows xp. and I certainly can't get to it using grml live-cd itself because I know nearly nothing about grml commands. so I currently don't know how to read the documentation in it. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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some linux distributions?
by Josh 01 Jan '09

01 Jan '09

Hi, Does anyone know why oralux and grml1.1 work, but grml 2008.11 and ubuntu 8.10 do not work on my computer? Why do some Linux distributions work, but others do not? or is there no definite answer to this? Also, how frequently or how susceptible is Linux to getting viruses and rootkits and trogens and worms? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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documentation in braille?
by Josh 31 Dez '08

31 Dez '08

Hi, Is there any linux books that I could get in braille? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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word processor with spellcheck and spreadsheet?
by Josh 31 Dez '08

31 Dez '08

hi, Is there a good wordProcessor and spreadsheet in grml 1.1? I still am wondering why grml2008.1 won't work. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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voxin on grml 1.1?
by Josh 31 Dez '08

31 Dez '08

Hi, Once I can get this grml linux installed to the hard drive, can I? 1. remove the x-windows graphical environments because I don't need them. 2. remove all applications I don't need. 3. install voxin for use with speakup or brltty. 4. set up my wireless USB adapter so I can have internet access in grml command-line? 5. if I want x-windows gui, can I install gnome desktop with orca and use that? ubuntu doesn't want to work on here, so maybe gnome then will work with grml1.1? 6. once I got it all customized, including having automatic speech at startup, could I use some grml text-based software could to make my own custom linux live-cd/install cd? oh and I read that for text-mode 64mb of ram is recommended so this grml would work great on legacy machines, also. and doubleTalk hardware speech only costs $200 or so. so that's not bad either. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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grml 1.0?
by Josh 31 Dez '08

31 Dez '08

Hi, Does grml1.0 have accessibility for blind people? can I still use grml swspeak and then swspeak to get software speech going? I do not at this time have a DoubleTalk hardware serial-rs232 synthesizer so i need software speech. also does IBM-tts work with grml? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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grml 1.1?
by Josh 31 Dez '08

31 Dez '08

Hi, Would grml1.1 maybe work on my older computer? also would IBM tts work with speakup in grml? Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com

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awesome problem
by Chaitat Piriyastit 31 Dez '08

31 Dez '08

Hi friends, I am using GRML 1.1 Linux that comes with AWESOME 2.2-rc1 (Digital Love). It is awesome except that I am having a small problem. Whenever I change the focus to another window, I have to press "enter" before I can actually do anything with that window. But sometimes, I don't have to. Do you have any idea? I have also tried the latest version and the problem still exists. I think it is a bug in the version of awesome that has been integrated with grml. References: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?s=6ef00bfd0d576a73cea9035289465429&p… Thanks, Chaitat Chaitat Piriyasatit ... waking up to pee and see whats up online

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grml normal won't boot up
by Josh 31 Dez '08

31 Dez '08

Hi, I have a dell dimension8200 with nvidia video card, sound blaster live sound card 80gb hard drive, and 512mb of ram. grml won't boot when I put the cd in. it acts like it wants to, but then it just hangs. it will boot on my wife's computer though. I am blind, so I would like to have software speech if possible. software speech in grml works fine on my wife's computer. Josh email: jkenn337(a)gmail.com msn: kenn6498ku(a)hotmail.com skype: jkenn337

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OT: Camera in EEE-PC and Grml
by david.feest＠arcor.de 13 Dez '08

13 Dez '08

Hi, I know this is a bit OT, but this list has helped me before solving a problem concerning grml on an Asus EEE PC. Is there an easy way to get the camera working under grml? Maybe a module that needs to be loaded? Any help is appreciated! Greetings, David

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Using grml? Let us know!
by Michael Prokop 12 Dez '08

12 Dez '08

Hi, I'll hold a talk about grml¹ at the Open Source Data Center Conference² on 29/30 April 2009 in Nürnberg/Germany. I'd like to show the attendees how grml is used in Real World Environments and need your contribution! You are using grml in your company for system recovery, presenting demos of your application, automated system installation,...? Please let me know! This is *your* chance to present your company or product in my talk. :) If it's necessary you can also submit your stories anonymously or request that I'll withhold your identity while presenting your setup. Feel free to forward this mail to anyone who might have interesting stories for me, I'd love to hear from you. ¹ http://www.netways.de/english/osdc/y2009/programm/v/grml/ ² http://www.netways.de/english/osdc/y2009/ regards, -mika-

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Remastering grml64
by Jan Bakuwel 11 Dez '08

11 Dez '08

Hi, In the past I have succesfully used grml-small as the basis for a customised rescue CD. I had to add some packages, which was relatively easy to do as I could copy the contents of the squashfs filing system, chroot into it, add packages to my hearts desire and recreate the squashfs file. Now I am trying to do the same with grml64-small, which proves to be quite a challenge. I am no longer able to mount the file with the root filing system... squashfs doesn't recognise it even though the name suggests its a squashfs filing system in a file (live/grml64-small.squashfs). I do not necessarily need the latest version of grml... I am quite happy with the older version. However I do need a 64bit kernel so I am able to get grub installed from within a 64bit userland (one of the reasons for making the rescue CD). My problem would likely be solved if I would know how to access the root filing system in live/grml64-small.squashfs, make changes (adding packages, setting passwords etc) and recreate the file. Does anyone know? kind regards, Jan - Ubuntu Hardy amd64 squashfs-tools 1:3.3-1ubuntu2. -- ---- "It is an illusion to think that we are free to apply our increasing knowledge in any way we choose. In reality we are struggling to d1eal with the consequences of it." -- John Gray ----

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problem with GRMLCFG (label of a disk), config files in grml's home directory and rsync
by Chaitat Piriyastit 06 Dez '08

06 Dez '08

Hi friends, I am using grml 1.1 in Parallel Desktop under MacOSX. Everything looks good except that I have a small problem. Here are the steps to produce: * ALT+F4 * grml $ grml-x fvwm * In fvwm: I started FireFox, Dillo, and etc * exit fvwm * ALT+F1 * # save-config -all * # mount /dev/hda /mnt/GRMLCFG * # mv config.tbz /mnt/GRMLCFG * # reboot After rebooted, it shows me this error: -- rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.dillo": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: recv_generator: mkdir "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/chrome" failed: Permission denied (13) *** Skipping everything below this failed directory *** rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.dillo/.bm.txt.G7cQgH" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/.appreg.ikKPRG" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/.profiles.ini.cGVwDN" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.bookmarks.html.o19FpU" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.components.ini.CVFr30" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.defaults.ini.k7SGH7" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.mimeTypes.rdf.OZdbme" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: mkstemp "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default/.search.rdf.WG4D3k" failed: Permission denied (13) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.dillo": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox": Operation not permitted (1) rsync: failed to set times on "/home/grml/.mozilla/firefox/vitkv6oh.default": Operation not permitted (1) rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] -- These directories are the directories created by grml user before the reboot time. It seems to me that whatever config files inside grml's home directory has been modified, after save-config and placed it in GRMLCFG disk, then rebooted, these error will come. Any idea? Thanks, Chaitat Piriyasatit ... waking up to pee and see whats up online

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Short hint: booting via PXE WITHOUT NFS
by Markus Wigge 05 Dez '08

05 Dez '08

Hi everybody, just a quick hint for those who like to boot a grml-small via PXE but don't want to setup a NFS server for it. With the old release I patched the initrd to achieve this, but since 2008.11 this works out of the box: Setup your pxelinux.cfg like this: ---------------------------------------- LABEL grml-small-2008.11 MENU LABEL grml-small 2008.11 (HTTP) kernel grml/2008.11/small-linux26 append initrd=grml/2008.11/small-minirt26.gz boot=live \ fetch=http://archive.example.org/grml-2008.11/grml-small.squashfs \ nodhcp noeject vga=791 lang=de have fun, Markus

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installing on a usb stick
by Sean Kennedy 04 Dez '08

04 Dez '08

I have an 8 GB usb stick on which I would like to install grml. Does anyone have recommendations regarding the use of grml2hd vs. grml2usb? Using Ubuntu's usb-creator, I got a system that would boot on my desktop, but not on my x61 thinkpad ... Thanks.

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grml 1.1, grml64 0.2, grml-medium 0.1 and grml64-medium 0.1 released
by Michael Prokop 01 Dez '08

01 Dez '08

Hi grml fans, I'm proud to be able to announce new stable releases: grml 1.1 with codename Skunk, grml64 0.2 with codename Schwammerlklauber and grml[64]-medium 0.1 with codename Pfuh have been released and are hitting the mirrors. The official release announcements providing all the relevant news are available at: grml 1.1 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-1.1/ grml64 0.2 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-0.2/ grml-medium 0.1 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-medium-0.1/ grml64-medium 0.1 => http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-medium-0.1/ Issues regarding the releases can be found in the grml-wiki at: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_1.1 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.2 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-medium_0.1 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64-medium_0.1 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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Netboot package for grml64 2008_11
by Jason White 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

Hello, Is there a netboot package for grml64 2008_11? If not, is there a script to create one? I may need to use PXE to boot a machine that requires a recent kernel (2.6.26 should be fine) for driver support. I've used GRML a number of times and it has always solved my problems (e.g., booting issues after making a mistake with a kernel upgrade). Also, thanks are due to the grml developers for including BRLTTY in the distribution, enabling it to work with my braille display hardware immediately on boot.

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To Michael Gebetsroither
by T o n g 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

Hi Michael, I sent you some patches for grml-chroot the other day, on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:48 PM, to michael.geb(a)gmx.at, but I haven't get any respond yet. Nor did I see any related update in git. I'm wondering if you have received them, and your feedback for the patches. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml release candidate 2 of version 2008.11
by Michael Prokop 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hi, just a short note: release candidate 2 of grml version 2008.11 is available via http://debian.netcologne.de/www.grml.org/devel/ Main changes from rc1 to rc2: * Updated Debian packages by 2008-11-20 * Implemented isofrom and tohd bootoptions. http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=blob_plain;f=templates/GRML/grml-che… * Disabled NOPERSISTENT='Yes' in live-initramfs configuration * Removed CONFIG_SECURITY_SMACK from kernel, fixes issue568 http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue568 * Major update of grml-debootstrap (version 0.23) http://ml.grml.org/pipermail/grml-testing-changes/2008-November/000316.html * Some minor updates and fixes in grml related scripts and configurations. * Updated documentation. The stable release is expected to be released on this weekend (end of november, so really soon!). So please grab rc2 and give it a try so we can catch the train and publish the stable release as planned. :) regards, -mika-

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First contact with grml_small 2008.11
by Peter 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Hi Thanks a lot for the new release. I just installed grml_small and it works fine. I had to tweak things and I do not know if this was due to my ignorance, if it was a feature or a bug, so I just report it: I did the harddisk install (grml_small) and I _unselected_ dhcp. I noticed on startup that pump was working, and in fact , the dhcp option was activated ( = yes ) in the autoconfig file. I also noticed that networking was not in the onlevel column (2,3,4,5) in runlevel.conf, I am not sure if this is necessary, but after the install, networking did not come up on rebooting. I also was wondering , why resolv.conf was symlinked to some other file. As far as I understood, if dhcp is not used,than resolv.conf is required and should not be overridden on startup. Finally I was wondering , if utf8 should not be the default even in grml_small (echo $LANG returns "C"). Again, please forgive if these are newbie questions and thanks for you help Peter

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slightly OT: cron not working
by Lars Schimmer 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Sorry for slightly OT, but I need some help after I did not found a error. On my debian amd64 system the crond doesn't work any more. For all entries in the crontab, it writes "permission denied" into syslog. And I do not know why - any hint is appreciated. # /etc/crontab: system-wide crontab # Unlike any other crontab you don't have to run the `crontab' # command to install the new version when you edit this file. # This file also has a username field, that none of the other crontabs do. # SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin # # m h dom mon dow user command 17 * * * * root run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly 28 5 * * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily 47 6 * * 7 root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly 52 6 1 * * root test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly 22 * * * * root echo echo >>/tmp/test2.txt ls -l /etc/ |grep cron - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 395 2008-03-10 02:14 anacrontab drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.d drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.daily drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.hourly drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.monthly - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 653 2008-11-24 17:20 crontab drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-11-24 17:14 cron.weekly - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93 2008-10-27 15:15 cvs-cron.conf cat /var/log/syslog Nov 24 17:22:01 tetris CRON[14541]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:22:01 tetris CRON[14540]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:22:01 tetris CRON[14542]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:25:01 tetris CRON[15176]: Permission denied Nov 24 17:25:01 tetris CRON[15175]: Permission denied ps aux f |grep cron root 15472 0.0 0.0 5856 764 pts/9 S+ 17:27 0:00 | | \_ grep cron root 13780 0.0 0.0 20528 1056 ? Ss 17:14 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron -L 2 MfG, Lars Schimmer - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------- TU Graz, Institut für ComputerGraphik & WissensVisualisierung Tel: +43 316 873-5405 E-Mail: l.schimmer(a)cgv.tugraz.at Fax: +43 316 873-5402 PGP-Key-ID: 0x4A9B1723 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkrsZ4ACgkQmWhuE0qbFyPBcwCglvQAoUpakvJZ24gO/mozXI0a eWkAnjGtIFq321FMeay4P/0vEyvNKESA =qAp4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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How grml cd image is created
by T o n g 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

Hi, Quick question, how the grml cd image is created (from a directory)? A side question, is there any way to search the grml source code (in git or ...)? http://git.grml.org/?p=grml- live.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=genisoimage this only searches the commit comments. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Re: [Grml] How grml cd image is created]
by Michael Gebetsroither 16 Nov '08

16 Nov '08

Michael Prokop wrote: > Besides the possibilities mentioned in > http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-live.git;a=search_help - no, not really. > > But as soon as you cloned the sources to your local disk you can > enjoy the use of 'git grep ...' anyway. :) to get/update all grml repositories on your local hd i've written a handy script which is in our package grml-git-tools # this will clone all git repos to your current directory over git:// git-mirror -b 'git://git.grml.org' git.grml.org later on you can just run the script again. it will clone all new repository and update (git fetch) all already available repositories. michael

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