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Limit tmpfs RAM across mount points
by Mark 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

What is the preferred grml way to limit total tmpfs RAM usage across all mount points. By default tmpfs takes 50% of RAM before swapout. We want a lower threshold of 20% RAM. With fstab syntax it's possible to limit one mount at a time, but is that the best one can do? It would be easier to limit the whole tmpfs subsystem and leave fstab entries "unlimited." Where is the 50% limit set, for example. M

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sarge and kernel 2.6.18-grml on amilopro : LAN , zsh
by Erich Minderlein 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Hallo > > zsh > > apart from not being able to work efficiently on this subject: > uhm, sorry, what does this mean? not zsh but Think of : do something under sarge locally, e.g. currently I find out what the grml-kernel does or does not do with the sarge system, find out that you need a file from internet or lan , reboot with grml livecd, mount your hd, chroot, do your aptitude thing, reboot from harddisk, continue with do something, .. 10 minutes later the same ... as I cant get ethernet-lan with the grml-kernel and sarge system to work > zsh-FAQ 3.21 <http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq03.html#l38>: (I will put in its config) thanks, Erich

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sarge and kernel 2.6.18-grml on amilopro : LAN , zsh
by Erich Minderlein 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Hallo I have taken up again on this subject. LAN My first problem is that I cannot have ethernet connection on the LAN. Anything I install or transfer over net I must do or install in a grml-LiveCD CHRoot environment. there the networking worked. /etc/iftab, ifrename is installed, the wlan driver is very active, but I have no wlan, and the eth0 does not load . Wha cann I take from grml to get sarge working ? zsh apart from not being able to work efficiently on this subject : I changed the default shell for my accounts to zsh, and I want the historylogging enabled, and syntax-hilighting (also for vim), and the intelligent tab completion of grml all best systemwide. Other problems then will come up. Thanks in advance -- Erich Minderlein <erminderlein(a)locoware.de> MARC Mannheim Rail Commerce GmbH

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Debian Etch and grml
by Mark 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Since grml is based on Debian "unstable" I guess Etch will not affect it. Is this true? Or, will many packages will move from "experimental" to "unstable"? My translation of Debian's strata are stable --> ancient and full of bugs, but patched testing --> less ancient, less bugs unstable --> current and basically stable* (grml) experimental --> might be buggy, package version conflicts abound * Oxymorons abound: "Software packages uploaded to unstable are normally stable versions" :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian M

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Re: Re: Debian Etch and grml
by Erich Minderlein 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Hi I would like to point to the Discussion thread which we had in November 2006. I have forcibly new hardware, do development work but for embedded and my internal applications and not for etch. I prefer stable, because I am not in a position (capability and time) to pinpoint to problems and do not want my business performance be interrupted in the public by "but it did work until the upgrade". Think of making a presentation ..... Think of people YOU have to pay. It was pretty tough to switch from SusE 7.3 to debian sarge, which installed and ran relatively flawless on my older hw. (desktop + server, xterminals, project begun in Nov 2004, end in April 2006) Why not OpenSuSE : because I just run away from SuSE , with its constant changes and frequent updates. And now it is embraced by the Dollar freak anaconda and will be choked to death and swallowed. My experience with all multimillion $ US vampyrs: dont get even close! The vacuum cleaners of information and they dont leak anythink out. Why not ubuntu : I want a root password for security. Only single users may do so, If you run the risk of having someone else sitting on your keyboards : dont do it. Grüss Gott -- Erich Minderlein <erminderlein(a)locoware.de> MARC Mannheim Rail Commerce GmbH

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New BIOS
by Mark 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Does anyone boot grml on PCs with non-traditional BIOS? EFI (Intel Macs?), Sun Open Firmware, LinuxBIOS, etc. LinuxBIOS http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/30/199208 Sun released Open Firmware under BSD license. The One Laptop per Child project uses it (with LinuxBIOS too) http://www.mail-archive.com/devel@laptop.org/msg01849.html Linus thinks little of EFI. http://kerneltrap.org/node/6884 If anyone boots grml on any of this stuff, please relate how it works for you, and grml dev comments are welcome regardless. Thanks

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Recommended source.list and apt (pinning) setting for HD install?
by "Robert Zöhrer | pronet.at" 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Before 'grml2hd-utils' could fetch packets (e.g. for multimedia stuff) I had to modify my default? source.list by activating ---------- # MPEG, divx...: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main --------- in this case. Because I'm still using default (at installation time) settings for source.list and apt-pinning (preferences) Question: Is there a recommended way of setting up (and maintain) packet assortment on a grml-HD-installation? I'm searching for a solution to permanently void packet chaos (maybe) caused by incompatible packet / repository dependencies when using (complex) pinning as it is at grml. -- regards Robert

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Backup job default enabled
by "Robert Zöhrer | pronet.at" 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hi, yesterday I noticed a sytem freeze of my grml HD installation on my Thinkpad. After a little time of puzzling I detected a full (100%) root partition :/ I thougt: Who the f*** has filled up the (before) remaining 2 GB of space? -> It was a default enabled? backup job (backup-manager?) who backed up /home /etc and some other stuff in /backup :( In principle (automatic) backups is a good cause and this default enabled backup job is well meaning but as we see in this example it could be problematic. Backing up on same physical disk doesn't make lots of sense anyway. Conclusio: I won't enable such probably space/resource consuming automatic tasks per default. p.s.: I certainly have a (central) backup solution via server ;) -- Regards Robert

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/etc/fstab and noatime
by T 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hi Since more and more people are using pen drives, I think in such case it is desirable to disable updating inode access time for each access to limit the wear and tear. So I hope that the generated /etc/fstab can have noatime for the mount points, at least an option to enable so. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

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Assistance with accessibily backing up my grml installation.
by Keith Hinton 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hi, I need some assistance from anyone who can provide it. I wish to tar, my entire root file system, and make the tar file create on another box via ssh. I am booted into the Live-disk, ATM. Any suggestions? If you have any, let me know. My idea was: to mount the root file system under something like: /mnt/grmlSystem. Then: tar czpf - /mnt/grmlSystem | ssh box@remotebox cat > Grml.tar.gz Would this work? If I have made an syntax error, please correct it, or something. I don ot wish, nor will I use slash exclude, as grml itself won't be running physically on the drive in question. Regards, -Keith website: www.KeithNet.DynDNS.org, proudly supplying a grml.org link!

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Dear Mika
by Keith Hinton 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Hi all, Apparently my so called failior to hibernate and resume from XFS turned out to be the fact that my Computer was trying to boot off my USB flash drive. LOL Regards, --Keith.

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Md arrays error
by harry meyers 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hi, I always get a boot message like this: ,---- | Assembling MD arrays failed (no arrays found) `---- I don't know how to deal with it. I was trying to figure out what it can be, so I came over mdassemble and raid. Maybe anyone can help me to get rid of it - or give me a hint where I can further information on it. harry

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GRML and nice values
by Keith Hinton 29 Dez '06

29 Dez '06

Hi all. I have a strange problem in GRML Linux 0.8 (as I run this on my server machine, and do not wish to upgrade.) One of my problems, is that my software speech will die for no particular reason. I was instructed to set speechd-up therefore with a value of nice -20. I see this resolves my issue, but will that nice value be preserved during an suspend-to-disk? Regards, --Keith. BTW...Is software speech a CPU-intensive process in general? Regards, --Keith

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Are grml packages initially installed by aptitude
by T 29 Dez '06

29 Dez '06

Hi, I'm just wondering, are grml packages initially installed by aptitude? The reason that I'm asking is that after 'aptitude purge evms', I found the libevms-2.5 is still in the system. Also, after 'aptitude purge shish', the dietlibc dietlibc-dev are still in the system. I've never install those package myself, so I'm wondering how grml packages are initially installed. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

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gnome disaster
by martin yazdzik 29 Dez '06

29 Dez '06

Dear Friends, Symptoms: login via gdm as root, no issues whatsoever login vi gdm as yazdzik, gnome starts, then stops no issue with fluxbox as yazdzik what logs do I need to send so you can see what is wrong this is a new install as of yesterday I have deleted user and /home, so there is an issue somewhere with something that I cannot grasp did I bork the install somehow? or is gnome currently broken somewhere(unlikely since it works as root...) -m

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AdvanceMAME - AdvanceBOOT - USB Multi-BIOS Boot
by Mark 28 Dez '06

28 Dez '06

http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/boot-readme.html "It's also able to create disk images which are compatibles with all the three standards USB-FDD, USB-HDD and USB-ZIP at the same time." (Would be nice if USB hard drives made from grml2hd could do that.) http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/readme.html "Automatic creation of perfect video modes with the correct size and clock." "A lot of video boards supported. See the GNU/Linux, DOS and Windows card list." (Found while researching replacements for vesafb.)

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About /mnt/grml
by T 27 Dez '06

27 Dez '06

Hi On examining my root volume backup, I noticed for the first time the /mnt/grml directory. It looks almost like the whole root fs to me. Can somebody explain a bit about this directory? Especially, will my root volume backup be twice as big as it should be? Is it OK to omit the directory when backing up, or use it alone for backup, ...? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

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gnome disaster
by martin yazdzik 27 Dez '06

27 Dez '06

Does the enclosed have anything to do with the issue? It seems odd that after a while, such as now, gnome works fine - should I have avoided the xorg upgrade? best, m -m

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security protocol iceweasel question
by Martin Yazdzik 27 Dez '06

27 Dez '06

Dear M and friends, I know I must have done something wrong, but http://www.nais.org/LoginPre.cfm then, trying to go to sssonline gives me the error that iceweasel cannot connect because of a security protocol that is not enabled. It worked in grml 0.8, so I have somehow disabled something it needs, as the same type of error occurs in opera, galeon, et al. Help, please, as there must be something I did in runlevel.conf, or somewhere. Most other secure sites work. This is rather urgent, actually. Best, M

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GRML and hibernation question still needs answering...
by Keith Hinton 26 Dez '06

26 Dez '06

I seem to remember asking on this list what file systems are best for things like suspending a desktop computer multiple times, unplugging the supply after doing so, etc. I still have not had this answered. Thanks. The prior answer I got to this was that the person assumed that I did not know how to configure grub or lilo to resume, and that information is incorrect. I had grub resuming from the correct swap partition. Remember: to re-state my issue: basically I install grml automatically to my hard-drive with an xfs file system. Then, I install grub into the mbr like this: grub root (hd0,1) setup (hd0) Then reboot into my new installation of GRML. After that, I decide to do the following : echo disk >/sys/power/state Computer hibernates. (NoteJ:) At the present time when doing this, the power supply still was receiving power. So, turn back on computer. Grub loads, and quickly resumes from the swap partition. So, after about three minutes, I once again do: echo disk >/sys/power/state Except in this test of xfs, I go and switch off the serge-protector that goes to every single peace of computer-stuff I own, wich is in effect the same thing as yanking out the power supply cable from the back of the PC. So, after about 5 minutes, or less, I restore power to the computers, modem, router, etc. Turn on the Linux grml test box. And...to my shock, the box did nothing. Just sat still, did not beep at me the way it had done previously, etc. And, in fact I had to perform over 8 hard-power-offs and incorrect shut-downs of the machine before it would even reckidnize the presentes of a grml CD-rom, (and yes,) it would not reckidnize the grml CD, or anything. Finally, after minutes of turning on, turning off, turning on, turning off...and so on... I managed to reboot. At that point, I whiped Linux and reinstalled Windows onto my drive from a grml clone with NTFS-Clone, untill I can resolve this issue. I am sending a carbon coppy, in hopes that someone can respond to this, as I do not receive digests from grml(a)mur.at, until the next twenty-four hours. I consider this email of extreme importants, and my trust in xfs is gravely shaken. I need a relyable file system taht does well when suspended multiple times, and things. Thank you all! Regards tot he list, and merry christmas to all, --Keith. Check out my website at: http://www.KeithNet.DynDNS.org I have a link to grml.org there. :) I hope more and more people will be willing to check out grml through my site, or some other means. :)

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Boot window size?
by Ishwar Rattan 26 Dez '06

26 Dez '06

I use grml-0.3-small under qemu emulator and I find the window size too large fit on visible display. Is there a way to make it little smaller like: 800x600 or so? -ishwar

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Re: Grml Digest, Vol 20, Issue 23 hibernation responss
by Keith Hinton 24 Dez '06

24 Dez '06

Jake, I did have grub resume. It managed to resume once, without shutting off all power to the machine (and that means also yanking power from the supply. Upon restoring power, that's when my issue happened. Is that more clear? :) Regards, --Keith. ----- Original Message ----- From: <grml-request(a)mur.at> To: <grml(a)mur.at> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 4:00 AM Subject: Grml Digest, Vol 20, Issue 23 > Send Grml mailing list submissions to > grml(a)mur.at > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > grml-request(a)mur.at > > You can reach the person managing the list at > grml-owner(a)mur.at > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Grml digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. What is the best-file system for grml, and suspend/resuming? > (Keith Hinton) > 2. Re: What is the best-file system for grml, and > suspend/resuming? (Jan-Pieter Jacobs) > 3. Install screen capture (Mark) > 4. Re: Install screen capture (roland) > 5. Re: Install screen capture (Jan-Pieter Jacobs) > 6. Re: Install screen capture (Michael Prokop) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:55:04 -0700 > From: "Keith Hinton" <keithint38(a)CommSpeed.net> > Subject: [Grml] What is the best-file system for grml, and > suspend/resuming? > To: <grml(a)mur.at> > Message-ID: <000601c726b3$17f2d460$6501a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I attempted to install grml automatically with an XFS file system. > Then, I installed grub, like this. > grub > root (hd0,1) > setup (hd0) > Then, > rebooted. > Then, I did: > echo disk >/sys/power/state > The box hibernated. > Then after about 3 minutes (note that I did not as yet try cutting all > power) I turned it back on, and it resumed. > So then, I performed a second test. > I hibernated it again. But this time, (I shut off the power) (and it > should have, retained the information and resumed anyways) but, it didn't. > In fact, the machine did not eaven boot up. Took me thousands of > hard-forceful shut-downs and more, before I could get the computer working > properly again. > Note:This all occured under an XFS file sytem. > So, I've decided not to use that one. > Mikap: > What file system do you use yourself, and, what file systems have you > tested? > I want someone (if this has never been done) to test this out by > hibernating a system with all the file systems GRML supports, and in every > test shut off all power for about 5 minutes, turn on all power, turn on > the computer, and see if it resumes. > Any tests, or assistance with this would be greatful! > Regards, > > Keith >

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Install screen capture
by Mark 24 Dez '06

24 Dez '06

What do people recommend for screen shot capture during grml2hd installataion? Mark

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What is the best-file system for grml, and suspend/resuming?
by Keith Hinton 23 Dez '06

23 Dez '06

I attempted to install grml automatically with an XFS file system. Then, I installed grub, like this. grub root (hd0,1) setup (hd0) Then, rebooted. Then, I did: echo disk >/sys/power/state The box hibernated. Then after about 3 minutes (note that I did not as yet try cutting all power) I turned it back on, and it resumed. So then, I performed a second test. I hibernated it again. But this time, (I shut off the power) (and it should have, retained the information and resumed anyways) but, it didn't. In fact, the machine did not eaven boot up. Took me thousands of hard-forceful shut-downs and more, before I could get the computer working properly again. Note:This all occured under an XFS file sytem. So, I've decided not to use that one. Mikap: What file system do you use yourself, and, what file systems have you tested? I want someone (if this has never been done) to test this out by hibernating a system with all the file systems GRML supports, and in every test shut off all power for about 5 minutes, turn on all power, turn on the computer, and see if it resumes. Any tests, or assistance with this would be greatful! Regards, Keith

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GRML2hd automatiic install and initrd
by Keith Hinton 23 Dez '06

23 Dez '06

Does GRML2hd create an initrd file for the kernel if an automatic installation is used? Thanks. Regards-Keith

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