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Getting a shell on serial
by Mike 05 Mai '06

05 Mai '06

I'm trying to use grml as the base for a hardware validation USB key on a machine which has no video at all, and is accessible through a serial console. After yanking the boot.msg splash screen and adding console=ttyS0,11500n8 to the append line, things are promising (moreso than knoppix which had serial support as a module :( ) The issue that I'm having is that even if I use the 'serial' cheatcode (in addition to having added the console bit to the append line), I'm not getting a shell on the serial console. I get as far as: [ ok ]hing for device(s) labeled with GRMLCFG. * Floppy device detected. Trying to access floppy disk. (Disable this via boot option: noautoconfig) [ ok ]devices with label GRMLCFG found. [ ok ]hed execution of main grml startup. (minicom messes up the pretty formatting) And then nothing. This is the point at which I would normally be getting a prompt and be on my merry way. What's the trick to getting it going? (If I boot the same USB key on my desktop, using the same cheatcode and append line, I get no boot progress to screen [all going to imaginary serial], just the grml.org logo in the upper left, and then suddenly the normal shell) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: [Grml] How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 05 Mai '06

05 Mai '06

Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org> writes: > > > To Output text on another TTY and to write it to a logfile :). And > > also customized some startup scripts for changes in progress bar > > like Splash Screen do. If you intrested how my customized grml > > look like I could post a little movie recorded in VMware. > > Of course! Please upload the movie and post the URL! :) > Okay, I will make and upload the movie @ weekend. Must first fix some settings and I've got lot of work to do right now. regards, Flo Unix Specialist

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Re: [Grml] How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 05 Mai '06

05 Mai '06

Hello, >Do you mean this kind of modules? >http://slax.linux-live.org/modules.php >So to get the idea: you want to have a single file which includes a >specific software (let's say CitrixICA Client) and want to add this >to a running grml system, right? Yes thats one part that I miss :), but I dont care if the system state is running or down. It would be nice if the grml main release is also in Package Formats (like slax) the Current release looks like that: 01_kernel.mo (compiled kernel) 02_core.mo (Main System/Config files) 03_xwindow.mo (Xorg 7) 09_slax.mo (Slax Stuff) 11_popcorn.mo (XFCE Window Manager) Lets think about someone that didnt like XFCE remove easily the 11_popcorn.mo package and add 11_kde.mo package. Or if someone code stuff or need dev package to compile something could also temporary add the development_tools.mo package :). I would love such features :). >> Hm, I'm thinking about an ACII version of a bootscreen, maybe >> there's a nice-looking way to do this via ASCII only. Hmmm... :) I allready made such ASCII boot script (token from my slax-customized RAS CD). Im using it with Framebuffer @ size 800x600 cause some PC cannot show higher FB resolutions. The bad thing is that I had to customize: etc/grml/lsb-functions, /lib/lsb/init-functions To Output text on another TTY and to write it to a logfile :). And also customized some startup scripts for changes in progress bar like Splash Screen do. If you intrested how my customized grml look like I could post a little movie recorded in VMware. BTW: A dependecie in /etc/init.d/grml-autoconfig to the pumper debian package would be nice :). I asked myself yesterday why I had to start manual the dhcp client :) to get an IP address :). I found out that uninstall pumper package wasn't smart at all :) regards, Flo Unix Specialist

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Re: [Grml] grub?
by Martin Yazdzik 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

> Thanks for you patience... > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 2 1403 11261565 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sda2 1404 1534 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / > Solaris /dev/sda3 * 1535 5995 35832982+ 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 5996 6930 7510387+ 83 Linux > > > Currently, /boot/grub/ refers back to /dev/sda3. or hd0,2. > /dev/sdsa4 is grml, where I would like grub to look for the /boot file, as > I am going to remove /dev/sda3 as an OS and use it for data. > > Best, > M

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Re: [Grml] grub?
by Martin Yazdzik 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

On Thursday 04 May 2006 14:19, you wrote: Deat tw, partitions: sda1 -windows sda2 - swap sda3 old debian sda4 - grml current grub refers to the /boot on /dev/sda3, which I am going to remove, and I need it to refer to /dev/sda4/boot/brub and so on. Any ideas? Best wishes, M > does grub already work on your system? os is that the first install on > your system, sorry this part I haven't understand. > > 2006/5/4, Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik(a)nyct.net>: > > grub> root (hd0,3) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > > > > grub> setup (hd0) > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > > Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no > > > > > > > > Error 15: File not found > > > > I know I am forgetting something.. > > > > sorry. > > > > MOn Thursday 04 May 2006 14:08, you wrote: > > > oh I forgot something :) > > > > > > >root (hd0,0) > > > >setup (hd0) > > > > > > on root you have to insert the position of the /boot partition. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > 2006/5/4, Martin Yazdzik <yazdzik(a)nyct.net>: > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > > > > > I have decided, probably against sane better judgement to go to grml > > > > as my main mission critical OS. > > > > > > > > Now, since I have been booting from grub on my other linux partition, > > > > I wish, obbviously, to boot from the grub files in /boot, as I am > > > > going to delete the other partition entirely. > > > > > > > > I need therefore, to make sure the computer boots from grml before I > > > > do anything else. > > > > > > > > Good old days; grub install /dev/sda > > > > > > > > response from grub: > > > > > > > > grub> install /dev/sda > > > > > > > > Error 12: Invalid device requested > > > > > > > > grub> install /dev/hd0 > > > > > > > > Error 12: Invalid device requested > > > > > > > > grub> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have I done something to hurt its feelings? > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > > > Open Source - Open Mind -Try OS-Forge > > > http://os-forge.net | http://pacms.de > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > > Homepage: http://tony-wolf.os-forge.net > > -- > Open Source - Open Mind -Try OS-Forge > http://os-forge.net | http://pacms.de > ----------------------------------------------- > Homepage: http://tony-wolf.os-forge.net

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Re:Re: [Grml] How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

>> What exactly are you missing? Or better: what do you want to do? :-) Yes, I want to make packages beside your Distro like CiscoVPN Client, CitrixICA Client and some others. In slax I could make for this Modules .mo files, compressed with SquashFS. If I change something (changed a lot of stuff @ moment :)), I've to to create whole GRML image. So if your image would be splitted it would be better for customizing :). Something Like that maybe: - Kernel - Kernel Source - X-System - Security Tools - Graphic Tools etc ... :) Thats all that I miss in your Distribution. Thanks for the infos about the Splash integration. I made a little Script for an ASCII Splash Screen :). regards, Flo Unix Specialist

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grub?
by Martin Yazdzik 04 Mai '06

04 Mai '06

Dear Friends, I have decided, probably against sane better judgement to go to grml as my main mission critical OS. Now, since I have been booting from grub on my other linux partition, I wish, obbviously, to boot from the grub files in /boot, as I am going to delete the other partition entirely. I need therefore, to make sure the computer boots from grml before I do anything else. Good old days; grub install /dev/sda response from grub: grub> install /dev/sda Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> install /dev/hd0 Error 12: Invalid device requested grub> Have I done something to hurt its feelings? Best, Martin

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Connecting to a wireless network
by Chris Norman 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Hi people, How do I connect to a wireless network with GRML? My wireless card is located on /dev/wifi0. Cheers. Chris Norman

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Boot hangs at "Looking for CD-ROM"
by John Magolske 30 Apr '06

30 Apr '06

Greetings, I'm trying to boot grml_small_0.2 from CDROM on a Dell inspiron 3200 laptop. The splash screen comes up, the informational screens F1 - F10 are viewable, but the boot process seems to hang at the point of searching for a cdrom: ... * Checking for USB. [ ok ] * Checking for firewire. [ ok ] * Scanning for USB/Firewire devices. [ ok ] * Enabling DMA acceleration for: hda [IBM-DTCA-24090] * Enabling DMA acceleration for: hdc [TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-1702BC] * Looking for CD-ROM in: /dev/hdc At this point the cdrom starts spinning...and the process hangs indefinitely. I also tried the following boot options (individually and together), to no avail: noapic nolapic pci=noacpi nosmp nodma grml_0.7 also hangs at this same point. The md5sums verify as ok. What other things could I try to get this to boot? Thanks for any suggestions, John ---- System info: Dell Inspiron 3200 D266XT, Pentium II Intel MMX 96 Mb of RAM Hard Drive: Generic IDE Disk Type40 Hard Disk controller: Intel 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller CD ROM: Toshiba XM 1702BC Pentium II processor to PCI bridge: Intel 82443BX (without GART support) PCI to ISA bridge (EIO mode): Intel 82371EB Power Management Controller: Intel 82371EB

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How to use Splashscreen grml Scripts
by Keller Florian 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hello, First of all I want thank you for this great Live CD. Best one I know at the moment and I've used Many (slax, knoppix, whoppix, ....). There is only one thing that I miss in german called Modularität *g* like Slax Distro. Your Monitor Detections Script are the best I've ever seen. So now to my Problem: I'm currently remastering grml v0.8 to use it as a VPN Remote Connect Boot CD. I've seen you allready made some script for using Splashscreen while booting. /etc/init.d/splash.sh and /usr/bin/splash_grml.sh And also you using runlevel.conf script instead of rc.d symlinks. But if I integrate the splash.sh Script I didnt see the Framebuffer Loading Screen. So could someone explain me how to install this usefull stuff, would be nice. Best Regards, Florian Keller Unix Specialist

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boot from iso
by Ashish 28 Apr '06

28 Apr '06

Hi, if we have an iso image of grml on hard disk can we boot grml from that iso...???? if yes....how??? -- Thanks, __________________________________ Ashish

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Re: [Grml] boot from iso
by Johannes Beyerlein 27 Apr '06

27 Apr '06

Afaik in grml 0.7 was a hd-installer introduced, another option is not known by me. On Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:53, Ashish wrote: > Hi, > > if we have an iso image of grml on hard disk can we boot > grml from that iso...???? > > if yes....how??? > > -- > > Thanks, > __________________________________ > Ashish > _______________________________________________ > 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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commands
by Ashish 26 Apr '06

26 Apr '06

Hi All, I am new to grml...The distribution is really great...but how can i found what r the utilities present in the distribution except for the packages list which are found on grml.org. The is no proper documentation in English lang...plz help. -- Thanks, __________________________________ grml fan.....

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JFYI: symlinks /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd do not exist
by Michael Prokop 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Hello grml-users, as mentioned on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7 you might have noticed, that the symlinks to /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd don't exist on your grml 0.7 system. To fix this issue just run: # cd /etc/udev/rules.d/ # ln -s ../cd-aliases-generator.rules z75_cd-aliases-generator.rules If you want to mount a CD/DVD in grml live mode just manually mount the corresponding device (/dev/hdc or whatever) to /mnt/cdrom or /mnt/dvd. We are working on an updated version of udev which will fix this issue automatically on your grml-box when upgrading the udev package. regards, -mika-

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more timezone info
by my 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Dear Friends, If any of you get bored with this, you can please feel free to tell me to shut up - but I really love the distro, as things just plain work, and this is positively frustrating. In an attempt to retrace the whole install, I took the following actions while still in grml live- 1. tzconfig to America/New_York date revealed the local time, EDT, to be five hours earlier than UTC, and showed as well UTC as being the value obtained from my hw clock, which is, of course, set to local time. 2. clean reboot, using tzselect with posix value set as "NYC-0", date revealed local time to be CEST and utc to be what my hw clock says. Thinking about this rationally, this can only mean that the live disk reports the hw clock as being UTC and there appears to be no way to tell it that this laptop BIOS is set to local time. On the debian installer, for instance, it asks at install if the hw clock is set to utc. This is an urgent need, as there was some dreadful workaround in kanotix, which was also a pain. Thus, the grml2hd needs one or two more questions, perhaps something like "is the bios clock set to utc?" and something like "location" as many config files set the locations as at. In other words two things have to happen at hd install: 1. location has to be set as where it is, not at 2. we have to be able to tell the install that the BIOS clock settings are either UTC or localtime. Now, I am am off to try to install again, with xorg 7 and fglrx drivers and see if I can get that to work. Thanks again. Best, M "...children and young people feel instinctively the difference between those who genuinely wish them well and those who regard them merely as raw material for some scheme." --Russell

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timezone chaos
by my 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

lDear Friends, I have a near perfect grml setup - all hardware actually works, without exception on my dell laptop. However, and this is a problem deep enough to render the system useless in the long run, there is no way to get the time to read correctly. I have tried editing the plethora of timezone files, and even /etc/sysconfig/grml until my fingers hurt, but here is the description of the malaise: BIOS clock(hwclock) set to local, as it is in most dual boot machines, for the obvious reason. PC boots, fly by statement is that the system clock is set to localtime, and this is always correct. gdm starts and the time is seen as six hours earlier, i e, if udt is ten, clock reads four. Setting the /etc/sysconfig/grml file as follows created yet more difference, dropping about four hours from the time! Current file: LANG="en_US.iso885915" COUNTRY="us" LANGUAGE="us" CHARSET="iso8859-1" KEYTABLE="us" XKEYBOARD="us" KDEKEYBOARD="us" KDEKEYBOARDS="de,fr" DESKTOP="" TZ="America/New_York" Note the following interesting things: x log: X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Debian 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 20060403233528 David Nusinow <dnusinow(a)debian.org>) Release Date: 21 December 2005 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux deblap1 2.6.16-grml #1 PREEMPT Tue Mar 28 11:47:55 CEST 2006 i686 Build Date: 04 April 2006 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.16-grml (mika@grml) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Debian 4.0.3-1)) #1 PREEMPT Tue Mar 28 11:47:55 CEST 2006 T Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Apr 21 17:30:32 2006 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/truetype, removing from list! AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:41 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:43 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:44 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host AUDIT: Fri Apr 21 17:35:44 2006: 3784 X: client 24 rejected from local host Note please, the time... Now, look at last log and observe, please: Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total TIM = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total FB = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total PCIe = 16384 Apr 21 17:30:45 deblap1 gdm[3779]: gdm_auth_user_add: /home/yazdzik/.Xauthority is writable by group. Apr 21 23:31:39 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no) Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,11/27/2004, 3.100.35.0) loaded Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 209 Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: vendor: '' Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4324:1028:0003.5.conf Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3 Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium. Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: All rights reserved. Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP Apr 21 17:31:48 deblap1 dhclient: Apr 21 23:31:49 deblap1 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17 Apr 21 17:31:49 deblap1 dhclient: Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 Apr 21 17:31:49 deblap1 dhclient: Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 Apr 21 17:31:49 deblap1 dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.1.254 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.1.254 Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 dhclient: bound to 192.168.1.1 -- renewal in 108852 seconds. Apr 21 17:31:53 deblap1 postfix/master[3372]: reload configuration /etc/postfix Apr 21 23:31:58 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: no IPv6 routers present Note that gdm, and then the dhclient, postfix, in other words, the userland stuff are all at five thirty-ish, while the kernel level stuff is all at the correct time. A look at kernlog sustains this. pr 21 23:30:33 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.23.7 [Mar 6 2006] on minor 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free PCIe = 54804480 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max PCIe = 54804480 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max LFB = 104280064 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] free Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] max Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total Inv = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total TIM = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total FB = 0 Apr 21 23:30:35 deblap1 kernel: [fglrx] total PCIe = 16384 Apr 21 23:31:39 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=no) Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: driver bcmwl5 (Broadcom,11/27/2004, 3.100.35.0) loaded Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 209 Apr 21 23:31:40 deblap1 kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 209 Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: vendor: '' Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:7d:28:9b:63 using driver bcmwl5, 14E4:4324:1028:0003.5.conf Apr 21 23:31:41 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK Apr 21 23:31:49 deblap1 kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17 Apr 21 23:31:58 deblap1 kernel: wlan0: no IPv6 routers present There are no references to a bad time... Now, somehow, the laptop is convinced that the localtime that I have in BIOS is the time in Wien, romantic but impractical. I am missing a symlink or something somewhere, and the google stuff is all the old redhat clock stuff. At some point, when installing grml to hdd, I must have missed a step, as I needed to make sure that grml knew that the machine was in the us, the hwclock is set to local time, and my local time is america/newyork. But why does this only affect life after x is started? I am happy to re-install completely, and do everything over again if need be, but there has to be an easier fix, or there has to be a way during the hdd install to make sure that the config files read the bios clock as localtime and we can always adjust from there. I apologise for the length, but this is a thorny issue. Regards to all, Martin "...children and young people feel instinctively the difference between those who genuinely wish them well and those who regard them merely as raw material for some scheme." --Russell

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ppp help quick
by my 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Dear grml friends, Sorry for the urgent need, but I am writing this from my libranet partition as ppp vua slmodem driver does not function for me - there is one place I travel often with only dial-up(! - really - in the USA in 2006) and the command from kppp modem query on either /dev/modem or /dev/sl0 gives the answer for country "austria", thus creating the situation where kppp does not recognise the dial tone. I truly miss Austria, and shall someday return, but in th meantime, this should not happen, and I need to know why this happens, where the conf file is and what I can do to get a dial-up connexion working. I am sorry for the haste, and sorrier for my ignorance, but this should not be an issue, unless the modem driver or alsa modem conf file is reading my wishful thinking as to where I want to be. ;) Best, Martin One dire emergency "...children and young people feel instinctively the difference between those who genuinely wish them well and those who regard them merely as raw material for some scheme." --Russell

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JFYI: Debian packages of Xorg 7.0
by Michael Prokop 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Hello grml-users, if you are using a grml2hd installation please notice, that X11R7/Xorg 7.0 is in the Debian unstable pool now. http://gravityboy.livejournal.com/2006/04/11/ There might be issues when upgrading to the new Xorg version. Not only if you are using ATI/Nvidia drivers but also if you are running a plain grml installation. The grml-team strongly recommends to wait a few more days/weeks so problems have settled down. Bug reports to the Xorg package can be found in the Debian BTS: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=xserver-xorg Of course you can update your system if it's a testing box and want to test the new Xorg version. Any feedback which might help us on integrating Xorg 7.0 is welcome of course. JFYI && regards, -mika- -- You like grml? Help us! http://grml.org/donations/ Already on the grml-user-map? http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Grml Solutions http://solutions.grml.org/

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grml 0.7 & grml-x & notebook 1280x800
by ms_news＠gmx.at 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Hallo grmler und innen! Bin neu bei grml und sehr begeistert. Hab nur ein kleines Problem mit x. Wenn ich mit grml-x starte bekomme ich immer einen schwarzen Bildschirm, und auch die shells gehen nicht mehr. probiert hab ich schon: vga=normal nofb geholfen hat leider nichts von beiden. zum notebook: nx8220 / mobile radeon x600 / 1280x800 kann mir jemand helfen, damit ich x'en kann? danke ms_news -- ''' (o o) +-----------------oOOO---(_)------------------------+ | | | Marcel SATTLER | | mailto:marcel.sattler@gmx.at | | | +------------------------------oOO------------------+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo

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grml 0.7 released
by Michael Prokop 10 Apr '06

10 Apr '06

Hoi grml-users and developers, grml 0.7 with codename Bootenschnitzl has been released and is hitting the mirrors. The official release announcement providing all the relevant news is available at http://grml.org/files/README-0.7.php Issues regarding the release can be found in the grml-wiki at http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.7 Have fun and enjoy the new release! As usual feedback is welcome. regards, -mika-

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nfs-kernel-server wouldn't upgrade
by Tom White 29 Mär '06

29 Mär '06

I've installed grml to harddisk. I ran 'aptitude upgrade' and the recent nfs-kernel-server upgrade hung while trying to start nfsd. Running /etc/init.d/portmap start and restarting the upgrade fixed the problem. I don't remember turning off portmap in /etc/runlevel.conf, but maybe I or bastille-firewall did. -- -- Tom White

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Bugreport grml 0.6, wlan-ng
by Steffen Liebergeld 21 Mär '06

21 Mär '06

Hi, die module aus dem Paket linux-wlan-ng-2.6.15-grml lassen sich nicht laden. Der betreffende Ausschnitt aus "dmesg | tail" befindet sich im Anhang dieser E-Mail. Der eingesetzte Kernel ist der Standardkernel, mit der Bootoption acpi=off. -- mit freundlichen Grüssen Steffen Liebergeld

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using pendrives
by Kevin Jones 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

Hello again, I am currently running grml from a pendrive but even though the drive is mounted as sda1 and I can change to the folder, I can't see any of the files outside of the grml image. I admit I store extra files in a folder separate from grml. How do I get access to the pendrive as a drive.

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more praise and encourgement and suggestions
by Kevin Jones 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

I'm in a computer forensics class and they're using the helix cd. However, it's heavily gui oriented, so not the best choice for screen reader users. I think forensics can be added to the description of grml as being for text tools and network administrators. I found another forensic specific linux cd called "the penguin sleuthkit" put together by Ernest Baca Ernest has a list of 38 tools he felt were esential for a linux cd to be acceptable for forensic use. Grml has 34 out of 38 of these tools; very nice. the entire list of tools can be found at http://luge.cc.emory.edu/psl.html The list of 4 tools not currently in grml is 4. glimpse - Command line data indexing and searching tool. Need external storage to run properly - www.webglimpse.net 8. fenris - Multipurpose tracer - razor.bindview.com/tools/fenris/ 20. TCPtraceroute - Command line traceroute TCP packages - michael.toren.net/code/tcptraceroute/ 37. dig - Command line tool for querying domain name servers - read man page (man dig) Have these tools been considered as additions? I'm still increasingly impressed the longer I've been playing with grml, and have been telling my friends. One question I have is does grml have many sighted users considering that it doesn't have much of a gui interface? Kevin

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Request for contribution: SW-RAID
by Michael Prokop 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Hoi! We are working on improving software (SW) RAID support within grml and would appreciate your help and opion about it. Please contribute! As you maybe know, partitions of type 0xfd (Linux raid autodetect) are scanned and automatically assembled into RAID arrays by the kernel. We noticed a strange behaviour on automatic assembling (nothing serious but a little bit confusing) and try to figure out what's the reason for it. First of all some questions to the ones of you using SW-RAID: * If you boot grml on a box using SW-RAID: do you expect to get a running SW-RAID setup (using the /dev/md? devices) or do you prefer to set it up and start on your own (so neither grml nor kernel touches it)? * Say you have /dev/hda1 and /dev/hdb1 as part of SW-RAID /dev/md0. Do you expect to get entries for /dev/hda1, /dev/hdb1 and /dev/md0 in your /etc/fstab? Which entries do you expect to get? Next step: If you have a SW-RAID setup and can boot grml on the box please try to contribute via running the following steps and save output of all commands in a file. Send the file via mail to me. This would help us in debugging a lot! ############################################################################# Boot grml and check, whether the SW-RAID is running [via 'cat /proc/mdstat']. If yes (SW-RAID is running automatically after booting grml): # cat /proc/mdstat # mdadm --detail /dev/md? # fdisk -l /dev/md? /dev/hd? /dev/sd? # run this for all your raid-devices and harddisk partitions # cat /etc/fstab If no (SW-RAID is not running automatically after booting grml): # cat /etc/fstab # mdrun # rebuildfstab -r -u grml -g grml # cat /etc/fstab Is the SW-RAID running now? If yes please start again at the beginning. ############################################################################# And finally: please join the #grml channel on irc.freenode.org if you have any feedback regarding SW-RAID so we can talk to you. If you want to reply via mail please send it either to me or to grml(a)mur.at (as suggested via Reply-To:). 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

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