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grml-debootstrap misc questions
by T o n g 01 Okt '08

01 Okt '08

Hi, Several misc questions regarding grml-debootstrap... - Does debootstrap download packages? If yes, where does it place downloaded packages? - Since grml-debootstrap also install packages defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages into the chroot system, is it a good idea to bind mount /var/cache/apt/archives into the chroot system as well, so as to save the downloading and cleaning up? - furthermore, I think over 99% people would have same apt/sources.list and apt/preferences in host and chroot system. If so, would it be a good idea for the same bind-mount option bind mount /etc/apt/sources.list & /etc/apt/preferences into the chroot system as well? - is it a good idea to pre-seed package configurations with dpkg --set-selections thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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bts difficulites
by T o n g 01 Okt '08

01 Okt '08

Hi mika, I tried to submit a bts to grml Bug Tracking System <submit(a)bugs.grml.org> yesterday. I made 3 attemps (across 7 hours), but today when I check, my bts is still not in the system. I cc you @ mika(a)grml.org in my last 2 attemps. Could you check for me what I'm doing wrong please? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Change Speech language according to the lang cheat-code
by Cleverson 01 Okt '08

01 Okt '08

Hello all I don't know if there is time enough to add this feature for the next GRML stable release. Anyways, here is my request: Whenever one chooses a language at the boot prompt by issueing the lang cheat-code, and then issue swspeak too, it would be nice if the ESpeak synthesiser came speaking in that specified language. In my case it would be Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR). I don't have technical skills enough to submit a patch, but I'm almost sure it can be done editing both "/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf" and "/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak.conf" files. Many thanks Cleverson

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new devel release and debconf-get-selections
by T o n g 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hi Mika: Just saw that there are new devel releases available as of yesterday. Congratulations, and thanks for the hard work. One quick question, would it be possible for you to make available the output of debconf-get-selections of grml-medium somewhere on the net please? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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Bugreport zshrc+acpi
by Kai Wilke 27 Sep '08

27 Sep '08

Hallo People, found error in /etc/zsh/zshrc of grml-etc-core-0.3.49. line 948: --- if [ "${PERCENT%%%}" -lt 20 ]] ; then +++ if [ "${PERCENT%%%,}" -lt 20 ]] ; then acpi output: Battery 0: Full, 100%, design capacity 65120 mAh ^ My Host: i386 Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ Vanilla kernel 2.6.25.10-k7 acpi-1.1-2 mfg Kiste -- ####################################################################### Netzworkk grml - Linux Live CD fuer Sysadmins Kai Wilke http://grml.org kiste(a)netzworkk.de http://www.netzworkk.de http://netzworkk.berlios.de

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installing dhcpcd requires removing grml packages
by Peter 25 Sep '08

25 Sep '08

Hi I would like to say: aptitude install dhcpcd but aptitude wants to remove pump which in turn want to remove : grml grml-autoconfig grml-debugtools grml-etc grml-x grml2hd This seems like a lot of change. Is it possible to use dhcpcd without making grml unstable ? Also, I was wondering, according to various threads I read, if dhcpcd is not superior to pump, so why has it not been selected for the distribution ? Thank a lot Peter

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file-rc
by T o n g 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Hi, During my recent (massive) 'aptitude safe-upgrade', my file-rc was automatically removed. Is grml still using file-rc? I want to use back the file-rc. Any precautions I should take? I.e., how do I find out what is the current ??-rc that I'm using? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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[grml2usb] Minimize the number of files in the root directory on the usb drive
by Sebastian Krause 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hello! When I copy grml to a usb pen drive with grml2usb, it puts 30 files and directories into the root directory of that drive. Since I also want to use that drive for other stuff (like portable apps, multimedia files etc.) it's not nice to see my drive cluttered with dozens of files when I access it in some file manager. I've seen some live systems (I guess it was http://sidux.com/) which only need very few files to boot and put almost all of them into some subdirectory so that my directory structure stays pretty clean. It would be nice if grml could achive something similar, or are there any good reasons against this? Sebastian

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for loop zsh parse error 100% cpu
by Matthias Merk 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

hi im using grml-etc-core on a bit outdated debian box. and when executing the following cpu goes to 100% and i have to kill -9 zsh. for i in 1 2 3; do zsh: parse error i think it came up when i upgraded grml-etc-core to unstable. which version is in stable? $ cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 \n \l $ apt-cache policy grml-etc-core zsh grml-etc-core: Installed: 0.3.56 Candidate: 0.3.56 Version Table: *** 0.3.56 0 500 http://deb.grml.org grml-testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status zsh: Installed: 4.2.5-7 Candidate: 4.2.5-7 Version Table: 4.3.2-13bpo1 0 200 http://www.backports.org sarge-backports/main Packages *** 4.2.5-7 0 500 http://ftp.at.debian.org sarge/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Re: [Grml] ?: GRML 1.1 and Evolution -- Bug
by Michael Prokop 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

[Cc-ing mailinglist] * Peter Eberl <peb(a)eberl.com> [20080911 01:18]: > Am Donnerstag, den 11.09.2008, 01:10 +0200 schrieb Michael Prokop: > > * Peter Eberl <eberl(a)arques.de> [20080911 01:04]: > > > I tried then nearly every combination I could think of (loading the > > > stuff from testing, unstable, experimental etc. etc.) but nevertheless > > > always got the same result: No evolution :-( > > Package libnss3-1d is on your box, right? > nope -- > aptitude install libnss3-ld > Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched "libnss3-ld" [...] libnss3-1d, not libnss3-ld :) ^ that's "one", not a "l" 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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?: GRML 1.1 and Evolution -- Bug
by Peter Eberl 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Hi folks, has anyone a good and easy solution to get Evolution to work on GRML 1.1? currently when you try to start, you get the error evolution: error while loading shared libraries: libnssutil3.so.1d: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory I tried then nearly every combination I could think of (loading the stuff from testing, unstable, experimental etc. etc.) but nevertheless always got the same result: No evolution :-( any help appreciated regards peb

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grml-debootstrap into a plain directory
by T o n g 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

Hi, Is it ok to use a plain directory as the '--target' parameter for grml-debootstrap? Seems so to me according to the grml-debootstrap(8) and the debootstrap/config file. But this is what I get: * Running grml-debootstrap on a directory, nothing to mount. * Running grml-debootstrap on a directory, nothing to mount. * Error: /lfs/cache12/systems/distros/test-sys not mounted, can not con [ !! ] Ps, I'm using the lastest grml-debootstrap released today: $ apt-cache policy grml-debootstrap grml-debootstrap: Installed: 0.20 Candidate: 0.20 Version table: *** 0.20 0 683 http://deb.grml.org grml-testing/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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grml and grml64 on one CD?
by Thorsten Strusch 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

Hi! I have several i386 and amd64 debian servers. So I have to use grml-medium and grml64-medium CDs. It would be great, if I can have just one CD/DVD with both versions on it. How can I achieve this? Is grml-live able to produce such an multiarch CD? Or if I could change /live to /live64 for grml64, I could use syslinux to select the version to boot... thanks for your help Thorsten

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Grml at FrOSCon 2008
by Michael Prokop 18 Aug '08

18 Aug '08

Hi, just to inform you: several grml developers will be at FrOSCon 2008 [http://froscon.org/]. FrOSCon is a two day conference on Free Software and Open Source, taking place for the third time on August, 23rd/24th 2008 at the Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin near the cities of Bonn and Cologne in Germany. There will be a grml booth and a grml developer room where we will discuss about current issues regarding our next release(s) as well as general grml related topics. Feel free to join us, I would love to see you there! Hope to see you, 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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CF card not detected in PCMCIA adapter
by John Magolske 17 Aug '08

17 Aug '08

I have a CF card plugged into a SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter inserted into the PCMCIA slot of an X40 ThinkPad running grml 1.1 (installed to hard disk). The CF card shows up fine when used in conjunction with a USB cardreader or an ide-CF adapter. But with the PCMCIA adapter it doesn't seem to be detected; the CF card does not show up under /dev/disk/by-id. Booting the machine with the CF-card/PCMCIA-adapter inserted causes the boot process to hang at "Waiting for /dev to be populated..." Booting first then inserting the CF-card/PCMCIA-adapter I see: % dmesg ... pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 cs: memory probe 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff: excluding 0xf0000000-0xf7ffffff cs: memory probe 0xd0200000-0xdfffffff: excluding 0xd0200000-0xd11fffff 0xd1a00000-0xd21fffff 0xd2a00000-0xd31fffff 0xd3a00000-0xd81fffff 0xd8a00000-0xd91fffff 0xd9a00000-0xda1fffff 0xdaa00000-0xdb1fffff 0xdba00000-0xdc1fffff 0xdca00000-0xdd1fffff 0xdda00000-0xde1fffff 0xdea00000-0xdf1fffff 0xdfa00000-0xe01fffff pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 scsi0 : pata_pcmcia ata1: PATA max PIO0 cmd 0x00013100 ctl 0x0001310e bmdma 0x00000000 irq 3 ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4) ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4) ata1.00: limiting speed to UDMA7:PIO5 ata1.00: qc timeout (cmd 0x91) ata1.00: failed to IDENTIFY (INIT_DEV_PARAMS failed, err_mask=0x4) ata1: EH pending after completion, repeating EH (cnt=4) % pccardctl -v ls Socket 0 Bridge: [yenta_cardbus] (bus ID: 0000:02:00.0) Configuration: state: on ready: unknown Voltage: 3.3V Vcc: 3.3V Vpp: 0.0V Socket 0 Device 0: [pata_pcmcia] (bus ID: 0.0) Configuration: state: on Product Name: SanDisk SDP 5/3 0.6 Identification: manf_id: 0x0045 card_id: 0x0401 function: 4 (fixed disk) prod_id(1): "SanDisk" (0x7a954bd9) prod_id(2): "SDP" (0x91844b1c) prod_id(3): "5/3 0.6" (0xaac4295b) prod_id(4): --- (---) Searching the net I found: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/116613 Thanks for any help or suggestions, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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Envy Code R monospace TrueType font
by Mark 15 Aug '08

15 Aug '08

http://damieng.com/blog/tag/envy-code-r "Free to use but redistribution prohibited." So, you have to download it yourself, or grml must try to get special permission (which would be very nice).

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How to set a different mail program for crontab
by Peter 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi Is there a way to make cron use a different mail programm, say nail instead of the default mail program. I found various env vars (MAIL, MAILPATH) related to email but none to specify the mail program itself. Thanks for help Peter

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grml and grml64 on one CD?
by Mark 13 Aug '08

13 Aug '08

A combined 32/64 grml CD would be nice, like http://www.finnix.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/finnix_dev_boot_menu1… This distro is equivalent to grml-small or grml-medium. I use it for PowerPC admin (32 and 64). Grml CD has previously included two versions of Python, for example. Size-wise, two kernels is not a big deal.

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Wireless Configuration Problem
by Tom White 12 Aug '08

12 Aug '08

I recently switched from wired to wireless networking on my 2.6.23-grml hard disk system. I configured wireless while the wired networking card was still in my laptop and connected. I'm sure I had wireless working because I set the cable modem on my ethernet port offline. Now I've removed my wired networking equipment and GRML doesn't configure wireless networking. After a "modprobe bcm43xx" and "ifup eth1" the syslog records: Microcode bcm43xx_microcode4.fw not available or load failed That file is still in /lib/firmware, and its date predates the removal of my wired networking hardware. "grml-network" doesn't see eth1, but "iwconfig" does. I'm guessing that GRML loaded additional code at boot when it found a wired ethernet connection. -- -- Tom White

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Re: [Grml] grml and grml64 on one CD?
by Thorsten Strusch 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hello Albretch, Am Freitag, den 08.08.2008, 17:06 -0400 schrieb Albretch Mueller: I think CD use something called "sessions" as partitions. There is a > book "Live Linux CDs" by Chris Negus > ~ > http://www.amazon.com/dp/0132432749/ > ~ > comes with a DVD with the "sessions" containing a number of Linux > live CD versions > ~ > I think you should double check this because this is what I remember > off the top of my head > thanks for this link - sounds very interesting! But I think it should be easier to change /live on CD creation time. Therefore I installed grml-live on my debian/lenny notebook. But so far I have not found a config snippet where /live is defined... tia Thorsten On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Thorsten Strusch <thorsten(a)ksan.de> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I have several i386 and amd64 debian servers. So I have to > > use grml-medium and grml64-medium CDs. > > It would be great, if I can have just one CD/DVD with both > > versions on it. > > > > How can I achieve this? Is grml-live able to produce such > > an multiarch CD? > > > > Or if I could change /live to /live64 for grml64, I could > > use syslinux to select the version to boot... > > > > thanks for your help > > Thorsten

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grml on Asus eee-pc 700 -- Alsa problem
by david.feest＠arcor.de 11 Aug '08

11 Aug '08

Hello listmembers, I bought an eee-pc 700 and installed grml, since although I'm by no means a system admnistrator it provides me with exactly the software I need in everyday life! The installation went fine and I set up a nice lightweight system using wmii as a windowmanage -- grml sems to be the ideal solution for a rather slow mini computer! One problem remains: I can't get the sound started. While there seems to be no problem configuring Alsa with alsaconfig, alsamixer gives me: alsamixer: function snd_mixer_load failed: Invalid argument and amixer says: amixer: Mixer default load error: Invalid argument Now, I've googled the problem and read that this can happen due to incompatible versions of the kernel and alsa. But that's impossible in this case, since on other computers, grml works out of the box . The sound card is: 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) Does anyone in the list have a clue? And is there anybody else using rml on an eee-pc? Thanks in advance, David

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softwarespeech startin
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Hello, if i start the grml 1.1 on my eeepc with the option swspeak (i have modified alsa-base "options snd-hda-intel model=3stack-dig"), the softwarespeech does not work. If i log in as rott and start the speechd-up manually, the softwarespeech will work. In which start script will be speech-dispatcher and speechd-up be started? Regards. Dietmar

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Swiftweasel
by Mark 02 Aug '08

02 Aug '08

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiftweasel http://swiftweasel.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php5?title=About http://swiftweasel.tuxfamily.org/wiki/index.php5?title=Apt A faster Iceweasel.

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A scheme to manage several ZSH config file collections?
by Richard Hartmann 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hi all, some of you might be aware of grml, a live boot CD which uses ZSH as its default shell. I suggested integrating several different zshrc files along with whatever other files they need and offer the user a selection of said configuration files. Now, we are wondering if there is a clean and maintainable way to do this. I have had a few ideas in this direction and would like to discuss those here. New suggestions are more than welcome as well, of course. Ideally, the same versions should be usable on the machines of whoever maintains those files, so that changes can be merged back and forth easily, which will allow more people to participate. 1) Make ZSH load the RC files from different paths (/etc/zsh/config1 ..) Pro: Almost drop-in, minimal work necessary Cleanly seperated Different ttys might run with different RC files Con: Needs modification to fpath etc Shells can not be allowed to start prior to rc file selection 2) Use symlinks Pro: Fast to set up Con: All shells are forced to use the same RC files Shells can not be allowed to start prior to rc file selection Ugly & hackish 3) Use $ZSHRC_PREFIX or some similar variable Pro: Drop-in solution once you change your RC files for the first time Cleanly seperated Different ttys might run with different RC files Con: Shells can not be allowed to start prior to rc file selection Needs a way for ZSH to be started with a variable set before it is invoked Are there any other options? Pros or Cons I overlooked? Anything else? The main thing I worry about is to make the shells wait for their RC files in a robust & fail-safe way? Personally, I lean towards solution 3, but I am not hell-bent onto using it. Thanks, Richard PS: Yes, in a second step, this system could be expanded for VIM etc, as well.

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daily-grml base.tgz file
by T o n g 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Hi, I know there is two version of base.tgz files from http://daily.grml.org/. I downloaded http://daily.grml.org/base.tgz, not the 64b version, but its hostname contains "amd64.grml.org". Is it just the etc/hostname file alone, or there are more problems to the base.tgz file? PS. How do I know if my AMD is running in 32b or 64b mode? Thanks. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/

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