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grml time
by Erich Minderlein 31 Okt '06

31 Okt '06

Hello liste Since the weekend time transition CEST to CET my notebook is 2 hours ahead of local time. How to adjust the time that : hwclock runs GMT local clock shows CEST or CET as needed ? This has been asked when installing, but I did not find any advise how to correct the settings This is surely a FAQ Item best regards Erich Minderlein

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Remastering grml
by Juergen Fiedler 30 Okt '06

30 Okt '06

I think I got the basics of remastering grml down OK: I copy the contents of the squashfs to a writable folder, chroot into it, do whatever I have to do, leave, recompress the image copy it back and rebuild the ISO image. Works well enough. But: The resulting ISO image turns out much bigger than I anticipated. For example, I added a package that takes up about 1.5M on disk, but it increased the size of the ISO by about 14M. I mad sure to call 'apt-get clean' before leaving the chroot and to verify that /var/tmp and /root were empty and yet, there is space wasted that I can't account for. Can anyone give me any pointers as to what I can do to make sure that I don't add unnecessary ballast to my remastered ISO? Thanks, -juergen

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BadRam/BadMem Kernelpatch
by devzero＠web.de 30 Okt '06

30 Okt '06

Hello ! Since grml seems to become more and more THE live-cd for admins, and maybe often being used for recovery purpose to save data from more or less "dead" boxes - did anybody think of taking a look at the BadRam Kernelpatch ? http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html --------------------------------------- Description: BadRAM: Linux kernel support for broken RAM modules Summary: This page proposes an approach to support RAMs with defective addresses, This may open interesting business perspectives, where those RAMs can be sold under a white label for less money rather than discarded of without any profit. Objective of the project My objective is to patch the Linux kernel in such a way that it can handle defective RAM modules. With defective RAM, I mean RAM which has some bits wrong at some (known) addresses. Normally, such RAM is considered useless and thrown away; the larger RAMs get, the higher the chances of failing addresses. With ever growing RAM sizes, it would therefore be pleasant to have an alternative to discarding of defective RAM chips. --------------------------------------- Unfortunately, I don`t have personal experience with this patch (yet), but maybe there are people on this list who know that patch already !? It exists for quite some time and a version for recent 2.6.18 kernel is available. Also, there exists a spin-off project "BadMem" at http://badmem.sourceforge.net/ something useful for GRML ? comments ? regards Roland ______________________________________________________________________ XXL-Speicher, PC-Virenschutz, Spartarife & mehr: Nur im WEB.DE Club! Jetzt gratis testen! http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021130

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Re: [Grml] BadRam/BadMem Kernelpatch
by devzero＠web.de 30 Okt '06

30 Okt '06

> I'm not a real friend of out-of-tree code, especially if it replaces > *existing* code from mainline. *If* such a patch is really desirable > it should be sent to LKML and walk through the review cycle. Any > single patch differing from mainline makes debugging problems > harder, so I'm quite conservative in accepting patches to main > grml-kernel. ok - quite ok to be conservative - i can understand this. on the other hand with kernel patches it`s often sort of a chicken-egg problem. no mainline inclusion without testing, no testing without mainline inclusion....... yes, but grml is not for testing kernel patches ;) i came across the following posting and contacted the author: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-506388.html think we just should wait for some time...... regards roland ps: anyway - not sure if the BadRam patch changes relevant code-paths if there isn`t "badram=" specified on the commandline. > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> > Gesendet: 29.10.06 23:31:18 > An: grml(a)mur.at > Betreff: Re: [Grml] BadRam/BadMem Kernelpatch > * devzero(a)web.de <devzero(a)web.de> [20061029 15:12]: > > > Since grml seems to become more and more THE live-cd for admins, > > and maybe often being used for recovery purpose to save data from > > more or less "dead" boxes - did anybody think of taking a look at > > the BadRam Kernelpatch ? > > http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/index.html > > Yes, I'm aware of that patch. > > [...] > > Unfortunately, I don`t have personal experience with this patch > > (yet), but maybe there are people on this list who know that patch > > already !? > > > It exists for quite some time and a version for recent 2.6.18 > > kernel is available. > > > Also, there exists a spin-off project "BadMem" at http://badmem.sourceforge.net/ > > I'm not a real friend of out-of-tree code, especially if it replaces > *existing* code from mainline. *If* such a patch is really desirable > it should be sent to LKML and walk through the review cycle. Any > single patch differing from mainline makes debugging problems > harder, so I'm quite conservative in accepting patches to main > grml-kernel. > > thx && 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 > > <hr> > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________________________________ Viren-Scan für Ihren PC! Jetzt für jeden. Sofort, online und kostenlos. Gleich testen! http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/freescan/?mc=022222

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mixing of distributions grml - unstable - testing - sarge for notebook
by Erich Minderlein 29 Okt '06

29 Okt '06

Hallo Liste For the user applications I would like to use as much as possible stable applications, also for a low update rate. (gnome desktop, gdm, evolution...) For the hardware I am forced to use up to date kernel drivers X server etc . I did not succeed up to now to resolve these dependencies. So I cannot use the notebook. Do I need dbus ? it is broken when installing gnome desktop environment. I definitely need udev, but it is also broken. other dependencies may show up when continuing So I cannot use the notebook up to now for user work. how to proceed. best regards -- Erich Minderlein <erminderlein(a)locoware.de> MARC Mannheim Rail Commerce GmbH

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config id used in grml-rebuildfstab
by T 29 Okt '06

29 Okt '06

Hi Currently, grml-rebuildfstab executes '"rebuildfstab -v -r -u $fstabuser -g $fstabuser'" where $fstabuser is the user with the UID 1000. Is this UID 1000, GID 1000 configurable somewhere? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

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Re: config id used in grml-rebuildfstab
by Erich Minderlein 27 Okt '06

27 Okt '06

Hallo When I install a regular debian sarge I am induced to enter a non root user to receive certain mails etc. This user has then uid 1000 gid 1000. Since converting old PCs to debian sarge now I own 3 (three) installations where this is my identity and I use it for my regular work. For a new notebook, which does not work with sarge, I choose to use grml, and have not yet come to the point of installing my user account. I have this for purposes like NIS and nfs and I use it for nfs. this habit should be taken into account An user like grml-rebuildfstab who is doing system work should not have an uid gid in the normal user range, but in the range 1-999 my 2cts worth of brain damage best regards -- Erich Minderlein <erminderlein(a)locoware.de> MARC Mannheim Rail Commerce GmbH

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Failure mode testing (network)
by Mark 27 Okt '06

27 Okt '06

It can be annoying to run grml without a network. When you unplug ethernet and boot grml, various 'strange' things happen. Name resolution and network time fail. That is normal, but the problem is retry/timeout settings. After a couple of minutes the daemon error messages should stop. Some reappear for long periods of time. Suggestion: test grml in this 'failure' mode and adjust the retry/timeout factors. Sometimes, even when you have a working network, the name resolution system is down, giving a similar result.

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grml von Boot-CD starten
by Thomas Mötzing 22 Okt '06

22 Okt '06

Hallo zusammen, ich versuch seit einigen Tagen mein erstes grml zum Laufen zu bekommen und scheitere am Boot-Vorgang. Ich habe das iso-Image von grml 0.8 und auch das Image von grml_small 0.2 heruntergeladen und beide auf je eine CD gebrannt ( alles unter WXP - Asche auf mein Haupt ). Die CD scheint im ersten Moment zu funktionieren, aber die beiden Zeilen vor dem boot-Prompt und die Meldung nach dem Druck auf die ENTER-Taste können mich nicht erfreuen... Unknown keyword in config file Unknown keyword in config file boot: Could not find kernel image: grml Die MD5 Checksummen der beiden Images sind OK. Gibt es eine Möglichkeit, die gebrannte CD in ähnlicher Art und Weise zu überprüfen? Beide CD's lassen sich vollständig und ohne Fehlermeldung lesen. Dass ich das alles unter Windows mache, und ein Image mit Nero brenne, sollte doch kein Problem sein?! Zumindest war es das bei Knoppix oder Debian bis jezt nicht. Weiß vielleicht jemand von Euch Rat, denn ich gehe davon aus, dass ich irgendetas falsch mache. bis dann Thomas ...und schönes Wochenende...

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JFYI: launching hg.grml.org
by Michael Prokop 21 Okt '06

21 Okt '06

Hoi, mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects: http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi The grml-team started using mercurial as main revision control system. We are providing our repositories online: http://hg.grml.org/ This should simplify access to our sources as well as the process of submitting patches against specific packages/files. Documentation regarding our setup and how to work with mercurial can be found online as well: http://grml.org/mercurial/ Notice: not all packages are in the revision control system yet but we are working on that. BTW: we are shipping mercurial on our live-cd since grml 0.5. Starting with the upcoming release you will get a zsh setup providing completion system for mercurial out-of-the-box. Expect to get a rocking system - for use with mercurial. :) JFYI && regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers The Grml Planet http://planet.grml.org/ Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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Remastering GRML with kernel
by roland 19 Okt '06

19 Okt '06

Hello ! I´d like to integrate VMWare Server onto a GRML-CD. The Remastering-Howto at http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=remastering is quite nice - but it doesn`t menation what to bear in mind, if i want to rebuild the grml kernel, too !? When installing vmware server, kernel-source is needed. this doesn`t come with grml, afaik. so - i need to setup a kernel build environment inside my "grml-copied-to-disk", install kernel-source, apply patches install vmware server and build vmware specific kernel modules with "vmware-config.pl". is anybody out there who already did this and likes to share his experience ? any tips would be highly welcome! regards roland

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grml und sarge "zerschossen, amputiert, transplantiert und geflickt", Console scrollt jetzt nicht mehr
by Erich Minderlein 18 Okt '06

18 Okt '06

Hallo Mailingliste grml ich habe hier ein relativ neues Notebook Fujitsu Siemens amilopro V2030, das mit nicht installiertem Knoppix 4.01 (auf DVD) kam. Knoppix hat aber keine gute HDD Systemstabilität. Aber mit debian sarge ist das Geraet nicht zum vollständigen Leben (kernel!) zu erwecken ist. Aus bekannten Gruenden benütze ich jetzt grml 0.8, das mir bei meiner server-reinstallation von grossen Nutzen war. Auf dem server habe ich debian sarge. (mit nur 2 unstable anwendungen) Dort werden auch die grossen Projekt kompiliert. Jetzt brauche ich noch einige sachen von sarge z.B. gcc 3.3.5 auf dem Notebook. Bei dem Versuch, das zu verknüpfen habe ich einiges zersch..... (Überschrift) und auch nach der Rückgängigmachung diverser Massnahmen und der versuchten Wiederherstellung scrollt der Bildschirm nicht mehr, wenn er einmal voll ist. Erst mit z.B. ALT-F2; ALT-F1 sehe ich dann erst die aktualisierte Konsole. Der Bildschirminhalt waechst sozusagen über den unteren Bildschirmrand, statt nach oben wegzugehen. Bin RATLOS, ist nicht gut arbeiten wenn ich nichts mehr sehe. mfG Erich

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ndiswrapper in grml-small?
by Celejar 16 Okt '06

16 Okt '06

Hi, grml-small contains 'ndiswrapper.sh', which promptly fails because it can't find '/usr/sbin/ndiswrapper'. Is ndiswrapper in grml-small? Celejar -- ssuds.sourceforge.net - Home of Ssuds and Ssudg, a Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator

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sylog-ng daemon not starting at boot-time ?
by "Robert Zöhrer | pronet.at" 14 Okt '06

14 Okt '06

Hi, could it be syslog-g is not starting at boot-time? I'm wondering because my last syslog entry is from 23. Sep and --------- root@rob-pad /etc # grep "syslog" runlevel.conf 90 0,1,6 - /etc/init.d/syslog-ng --------- looks like it's not starting anymore via runlevel system. Is there a problem with my config or could it be some update issue? TIA -- Regards, Dipl.-Ing. Robert ZÖHRER Mail: robert.zoehrer(a)pronet.at GPG Key ID: 0x218139D9 Mobil: +43 699 177 66 380 ______________________________________________ PRONET IT & Security Services Krenngasse 27 | A-8010 Graz | Austria | Europe Tel: +43 316 817218-0 | Fax: +43 316 817218-99 http://www.pronet.at PROfessionell & PROduktiv

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totem, mplayer and security
by Martin Yazdzik 14 Okt '06

14 Okt '06

Synptom: xine media player, gnome cdplayer , vlc all play music cds, totem and mplayer do not, but always did in debian and libranet hint: at first root could play the cd on totem, then next time "** (totem:4639): WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session bus: Did not recei ve a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply , the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. " I would like to disable any part of any security system which prohibits any thing I do from accessing anything. I am well aware that I am choosing convenience over safety. I know grml is not for noobs but sysadmins, and I use the brilliant installer to make a multimedia general purpose laptop, so I am merely begging for a solution. Everything I have googled points to selinux as the culprit. How do I rid myself of any selinux, hardened, secure, anything and get what I need, which is every programme can access whatever it needs to play whatever media I want, irrespective of what a rational sysadmin in a business setting would ever want? Thanks, M

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Re: Locale settings for US
by Michael Prokop 14 Okt '06

14 Okt '06

(Cc:-ing grml-mailinglist) * Mark <27e3kk302(a)sneakemail.com> [20060929 11:02]: > > > Current /etc/default/locale values (the rest undefined): > > > # File generated by grml-setlang > > > LANGUAGE=us > > > LANG=en_US.iso885915 > > > LC_ALL=en_US.iso885915 > > > LC_MESSAGES=en_US.iso885915 > > > COUNTRY=US > > > CHARSET=iso8859-1 > > Ok, and what's inside /etc/sysconfig/keyboard? > This: > # File generated by grml-setkeyboard ... > KEYTABLE="us" > XKEYBOARD="us" > KDEKEYBOARD="us" > KDEKEYBOARDS="us" Ok. > > If X is running: does 'xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap' do what you expect to > > get? > No change. The environment files look ok. How does environment look like in X then? (Just run 'env'.) Does running 'startx 2>~/.xsession-errors' show anything relevant in ~/.xsession-errors? Which grml-version are you using? Output of 'dpkg --list grml-scripts grml-autoconfig grml-etc grml-etc-core' would be interesting as well. > Maybe something like "GTKKEYBOARD" as it's not KDE but XFCE desktop. No. (I don't know of such an environment variable and never set one at grml.) 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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Normal user not permitted for pci scan
by T 13 Okt '06

13 Okt '06

Hi, when I tried to use the xvidix driver for mplayer, I get "Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted" error for normal user, but root is ok. How can I fix it? PS. my groups: groups=4(adm),5(tty),6(disk),8(mail),9(news),10(uucp),20(dialout),21(fax),22(voice),24(cdrom),25(floppy),26(tape),27(sudo),29(audio),30(dip),33(www-data),60(games),100(users),110(scanner),118(plugdev),120(camera),135(fuse),143(nvram),65534(nogroup) PPS. Working log: $ gmplayer -dr -vo xvidix "$mfilm" No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v option for details)! [mga] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [mach64] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [rage128] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [SiS] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [mga] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [savage_vid] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [pm3] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [unichrome] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [radeon] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [nvidia_vid] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [cyberblade] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [VO_SUB_VIDIX] Couldn't find working VIDIX driver. Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device. Adding the -v option didn't get me much details: [mga] probe [mga] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted vidixlib: PROBING: /usr/lib/mplayer/vidix/mach64_vid.so [mach64] Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted [...] $ ls -l /usr/lib/mplayer/vidix/mach64_vid.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14360 08-02 11:44 /usr/lib/mplayer/vidix/mach64_vid.so Here is the result when the above command is ran with root: No vidix driver name provided, probing available ones (-v option for details)! [radeon] Found chip: RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] [radeon] ATI FireGl driver detected libdha: DHA kernelhelper failed: No such file or directory libdha: DHA kernelhelper failed: No such file or directory [radeon] Video memory = 128Mb [radeon] Set write-combining type of video memory [radeon] Saved overlay colorkey settings [VO_SUB_VIDIX] Description: BES driver for Radeon cards. [VO_SUB_VIDIX] Author: Nick Kurshev. thanks

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Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024)
by T 08 Okt '06

08 Okt '06

hi I'm sure most of you have seen it before, but any of you know how to fix it? Ie, the following error when playing movies with mplayer: Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Inappropriate ioctl for device Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scripts. Problem of following "echo" command is, I just did, and still get the error. $ cat /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq 1024 Any comment? thanks

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Any package replace /etc/apt/sources.list?
by T 07 Okt '06

07 Okt '06

Hi Does any package replace the file /etc/apt/sources.list? I just realized the my /etc/apt/sources.list is not what I put it there any more. Does that relates to my recent update? thanks

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fonts.dir missing after aptitude upgrade
by Tom White 07 Okt '06

07 Okt '06

"grml-x fluxbox" quit starting X on my grml hd system a couple of "aptitude upgrade"s ago; X can't find the "fixed" font. Looking through my font directories I found that most of my "fonts.dir" files were now only "0". I tried "mkfontdir" but got another 2 byte "fonts.dir". Most of the font directories contain "font.alias" files rather than font files; I assume "mkfontdir" can't find the fonts listed in "font.alias" What should I do to correct my "fonts.dir" files? -- Tom White

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df: `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied
by T 07 Okt '06

07 Okt '06

Hi Whenever I run df, I get `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied: $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs 4032092 2411436 1415832 64% / /dev/root 4032092 2411436 1415832 64% / df: `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied tmpfs 10240 180 10060 2% /dev tmpfs 386576 0 386576 0% /dev/shm [...] what might be the problem? the cure? I'm using grml 0.7 hd installation. thanks tong PS. I remember seeing boot up message related with /dev/.static/dev, but I can't seem to find them: cd /var/log grep 'dev/\.static' dmesg messages sysl zgrep 'dev/\.static' dmesg.1.gz messages.1.gz syslog.1.gz both grep find nothing.

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grml netcardconfig
by Jan-Pieter Jacobs 05 Okt '06

05 Okt '06

Hi, I found something annoying (dunno if it is intended or not, but it doesn't work for m at least. I've got 2 NIC's and I use this box to forward internet to another one/whole network. I use eth0 as internet connection, eth1 wit� a static IP and dnsmasq as DNS/DHCP server. Now if I configure eth1 with the netcardconfig, networking doesn't work any longer. now I found in the home-router-howto at gentoo that the network and gateway option aren't used, so that solved the problem. Maybe this is intentional, or the script should make a difference between an interface which 'receives' internet or one that forwards it. BTW i've written a little script to enable routing with iptables, if you want it, drop me a note. JP -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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Debian multimedia mirrors testing
by Mark 04 Okt '06

04 Okt '06

Is anyone having good luck with these mirrors? They seem broken. Let me know if one is working for you and I will try it here. http://www.debian-multimedia.org/mirrors-testing.html

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Text based Email: what do I need?
by Branko Vukelic 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

Hi, all! I've recently started using grml for rescue purposes. First of all, I would like to thank the team for developing such a magnificent distro. Bravo! Now for the question. I used to be a Windows user, and a MS-DOS user before that. About an year ago I switched to Linux. I decided to give my Email routine a bit of a twist by using grml for Email and backing up the msgs to my USB stick. However, I am completely lost in the vast array of software involved and need a quick tour of what old-school text-based mail is about and what I need to know in order to make a quick (and dirty) setup. What I want to do is: 1. set up POP access (using SSL) to my Gmail.com account, 2. filter mailing list messages and etc. into different folders, 3. send mail using Gmail.com's SMTP server, 4. locating and backing up messages to USB stick. I've googled about quite extensively, but it's just too much info for an absolute CLI mail beginner. Thanks, B

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Locale settings for US
by Mark 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Grml locale stuff is developing, but here's a question. We have a strange behavior on the numeric keypad. In grml tty it gives a period (US style). In X sessions it gives a comma (European style). What should we set to fix this? Current /etc/default/locale values (the rest undefined): # File generated by grml-setlang LANGUAGE=us LANG=en_US.iso885915 LC_ALL=en_US.iso885915 LC_MESSAGES=en_US.iso885915 COUNTRY=US CHARSET=iso8859-1

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