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new on grlm; questions about version 0.6
by william windels 19 Feb '06

19 Feb '06

Hello, I am new on the grml distribution but I work already 2 years with linux. I am completely blind and I use brltty as screenreader. 1: at the moment I have running the grml distribution 0.6 with mutt 1.5.11 , sendmail, procmail and postfix as mta. Before , I was working with exim (version 3) as mta on a other distribution. Is it not possible to configure mutt to work alone for the following things: - send and receive mail (without external mta) - sort the mail in different mailboxes conform the filters? - each user with his own <;muttrc-file? For example, you can do this with outlook express on ms windows: to send and receive mail, you need only your login with pasword from your provider to receive your mail and the smtp-server from the provider. You can also create filters to sort the incomming mails. But, I love linux much more than windows :) There are also such programs on the x-windows-system I think but I am completely blind and I can not work with x-windows because of that. I can only work with console-programs. 2: perhaps it should be a good idea to add some new function(s) to the user-configuration: - a way to create new users for root: - a way to update the security packages available - perhaps a way to (re)compile the kernel on a user-friendly based system? 3: mounting devices automatically from fstab: As Michael prokop said already , I can not change mountpoints of found devices during hd_install. This is explained with the following lines: # Warning! Please do *not* change any lines below #because they are auto-generated by rebuildfstab! How can I simply change mount-points of found devices so that they are automatically mounted in the new mountpoints after next reboot? If I do rebuildfstab after changing the mountpoints , I receive no message but the devices are not launched automatically. 4: text-packages: Is it not possible to add a configuration-option to the hd_install so that only text-related packages are installed? Perhaps, the packages could be stored in 2 compressed parts on the cd: one for the consolestuff and one for the x-windows system.

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grml-0.6 kernel recompile qustion
by Ishwar Rattan 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Finally took the plunge to compile SMP kernel. downloaded the vanilla linux-2.6.25 sources from ftp.kernel.org downloaded the all-in-one-patch from grml.org applied the patches (no failures seen) compiled the kernel with the commandi (in source directory): fakeroot make-kpkg clean fakeroot make-kpkg -append-to-version="-smp" kernel-image modules-image compiles with quite few warnings (too many to list) and creates .deb file installed the .deb file with dpkg -i (system does boot with -smp kernel..) I have a question on entries in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml-smp some directory entries that exist in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml (drivers, extra, net etc.) are not created in /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml-smp (only kernel directory is cerated) Is it normal? Is the -smp kernel using some modules from /lib/modules/2.6.15-grml or did I make the kernel/modules wrong? -ishwar

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JFYI: grml2hd - problems with debconf on upgrades
by Michael Prokop 14 Feb '06

14 Feb '06

Hoi! JFYI: If you are using a harddisk installation of grml and update your box(es) you'll notice problems with debconf, e.g.: | dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure): | subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 The problem has been forwarded to upstream: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=351031 We are not yet sure what's the exact problem (have to investigate on it). To solve the problem please run: # ln -sf /bin/bash /bin/sh 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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Re: [Grml] print is too small
by Michael Prokop 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

* Scott Berry <electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com> [20060210 16:12]: > Hold on got the wrong impression. Sorry! What I need to know is how to make > the screen letters larger so that Dad can see them better. I apologize again. When using the X window system: xterm -name blind or just press ctrl-key and right mouse on running xterm. On plain console: Disable framebuffer so you get 80x25 instead of 1024x768-resolution using the kernel option 'vga=normal' (add it to lilo.conf on hd installations or boot live-cd using 'nofb' or 'grml vga=normal'). 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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print is too small
by Scott Berry 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

My father was helping me set up Grml and he told me that the print was too small. How is this enlarged? I haven't messed with this because since I use speech 3/4 of the time I don't need the screen. Can some one enlighten me here please? -- Scott Berry electronicman1961(a)myfreedombox.com Check out my lazy web doodle at: http://www.myfreedombox.com/users/electronicman1961/ Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. www.freedombox.info

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grml-x glitches
by Mark 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

I tested the FAQ advice about grml-x and nvidia. The simple command was grml-x -nostart -module nvidia gdm If I run as root, I get a strong warning message that grml-x does not support root. (P.S. Why not?) If I run as a non-root user, I get error messages about the user lacking privileges to run certain binaries. Mark

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Grub and grml?
by Ishwar Rattan 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Any one using grub with grml-0.6? If so, what is the grub entry for booting grml? -ishwar

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grml-0.6+SMP?
by Ishwar Rattan 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Grml-0.6 does not detect the second processor by default. How difficult it is to build SMP kernel? Just take the available source and recompile with SMP option or moduls also have to be rebuilt? -ishwar

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"speakwith" script
by Charles Hallenbeck 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Hi people, I think I just sent a private message which ought to have gone to the list. I have been using a script called "speakwith" which takes as an argument a synth name as defined by speakup, including none, sftsyn, and all the HW synth names. It assumes speech-dispatcher has already been run, but that could easily be modified if anyone wants to do that. I place it in /usr/local/sbin so that it must be run as root. It works great for me, and might be useful as an add-on to grml. The script is available from: http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh/speakwith It is pretty well documented. Oh yes, I should mention that at the end of the script it invokes "speakupconf load" to restore synth settings Thant have been saved with that utility, available in the speakup source directory somewhere. Enjoy. And Mika, thanks for a great product. It has saved my ass a couple of times here (or "neck" if you prefer) Regards, Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (35% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh

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nVidia video hardware autodetection bug
by Mark 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

OK, I followed the advice and just tried it on a spare user machine. apt-get install nvidia-kernel-2.6.15-grml That much worked but was not the whole story. Hardware autodetection of the nVidia card seems to be a problem. My current impression is that GRML does not detect it or set it up properly. At boot time, grml-x creates /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Now as a test, I ran nvidia-xconfig by hand, which creates its own /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Then I rebooted. That didn't work. When I rebooted, X would not start properly. So I fell back to the old xorg.conf. Even though nVidia drivers are installed, GRML 0.6-1 hardware autodetection fails to use them. Hence it could be considered a bug or missing feature in the hardware autodetection. Hardware autodetection is the reason I use GRML, and it has the best I have seen, don't get me wrong. There may well be something I am doing wrong, please forgive me if I seem obtuse or dumb, I just report what I see in terms that I understand. Thanks, Mark

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