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Fragen nach einer hd Installation
by Andreas Kalex 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Hallo, 1. wie kann ich nach einer grml2hd Installation den Tastenstandard auf das deutsche Layout setzen? Bei den bootoptionen gebe ich es per grml lang=de an aber nach der grml2hd Installation wird bereits beim booten gemeldte dass das us layout benutzt wird. Temporär kann ich es mit grml-lang de ändern. Doch wie dauerhaft? dpkg-reconfigure console-data hat nicht den gewünschten Effekt 1.a Nach der temporären Änderung ist die Änderung nur auf der Konsole aktiv nicht unter X. In der xorg.conf ist dies:"XkbLayout" "de" enthalten. 2. ich möchte die Auflösung unter X auf 1024x768 setzen. Der Aufruf grml-x -mode 1024x768 fluxbox funktioniert nur wenn die Live-CD läuft, nicht von der HD-Installation. Wo kann ich das ändern? 3. Ich will eine feste IP Adresse vergeben aber beim Start wird immer der dhcp benutzt; wenn ich den über die autoconfig nicht starten lasse, wird überhaupt keine IP Adresse gesetzt. Nutze ich dann netcardconfig so stehen die schon mal benutzten Werte bereits als Vorgabe drin. hmm? Gruss Andreas

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Grml-0.5
by Ishwar Rattan 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Two queries: 1. Is there a way to reconfigure ispell for us_english dictionary? 2. Is thre a music CD palyer (need not be gui)? Thanks, -ishwar

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Vshnu (Mix out of shell, perl and mc) maybe for an upcimong release of grml?
by Michael Cracauer 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

In the current Linux-Magazine is a report about Vshnu. Vshnu exist now for several years, but was anknown for me and many others. Have a look: http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/2332/ It´s a nice program, maybe it can be added to grml, as an alternative to zsh and mc. Would really like it. --------------------------------- Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 1GB kostenlosem Speicher

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grml-user map
by Michael Prokop 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

Hoi! I just stumbled upon frappr.com and added a map for grml-users: http://www.frappr.com/grmlusers Join us and add yourself! :) regards, -mika- -- ((lambda (foo) (bar foo)) (baz))

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yaird failure in grml-small-0.1y + grml2hd 0.5.5
by Mark 22 Nov '05

22 Nov '05

I've been testing USB hard drive boot with grml-small-0.1y, and Michael has helped - thanks. It's close to solved, but not quite yet. The last thing I tried was a grml2hd 0.5.5 from http://grml.org/tmp/grml2hd_0.5.5_i386.deb which includes the initrd step. It failed as follows: "There was an error running yaird for creating an initrd: create_initrd: 21: command not found: yaird. Sorry" I begin to think grml-small is the wrong test platform. It lacks too many packages and documentation. (I need docs when all I have is a command prompt.) It gets frustrating to constantly wget and apt-get before I can run a script. I wish to stop using grml-small. The only version of grml-big that I have is 0.5. I can install grml2hd 0.5.5 on that, presumably. Someone send email if you have any better thoughts. I am open to suggestions. Thanks- Mark

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Post HD-install again..
by Ishwar Rattan 21 Nov '05

21 Nov '05

The grml version is 0.5 Release Codename Tokolytika [2005-10-24] What should be the contents of /etc/modules file? I just now added autofs4 es1371 parport usb-storage to see if things will change. Syslog does not write anything to /var/log/messages till I start /etc/init.s/syslog-ng start The entries in /etc/runlevel.conf are 20 0,1,6 - /etc/init.d/cupsys 20 0,1,6 - /etc/init.d/autofs and none for hotplug-light and syslog-ng so far I start them by hand. -ishwar

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Re: [Grml] Post HD-install (fwd)
by Ishwar Rattan 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

It is looks like that I missed the reply to this post.. Thanks, -ishwar ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:13:23 -0500 (EST) From: Ishwar Rattan <ishwar(a)pali.cps.cmich.edu> To: Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> Cc: grml(a)mur.at Subject: Re: [Grml] Post HD-install On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Michael Prokop wrote: > * Ishwar Rattan <ishwar(a)pali.cps.cmich.edu> [20051119 14:50]: > > > Last night I did a grml2hd install at my home box. It is an > > old Dron based PC with ensoniq-1370 sound card. > > > It comes out that the install different from live-cd. > > The usb storage hotplug does not work any more, it > > was operational in live-cd usage (the usb stick was > > detected at /dev/sda1 and mounted automatically). > > > So, how do I get the functionality back? > > What does "usb storage hotplug does not work any more" mean exactly? > Mounting of usb-stick does not work anymore? The usb-modules aren't > loaded? Which version of grml did you install? Does running 'Restart > hotplug-light' as user root solve the problem? > > JFYI: USB sticks are available through /dev/external1 -> /mnt/external1 > I might have a buggy HD-install. Should I reinstall? I think that usb-modules are not loaded even after starting hotplug-light. It comes out that usb-storage module is not loaded at system boot. Modprobe usb-storage, followed by hotplug-light start works fine. Also, I am confused about entries in /etc/runlevel.conf, the third column has '-' in most of the entries. How is the runlevel (3rd col entry) determined for a service? For services: autofs, cupsys, hotplug-light, syslog-ng as in update-rc.d cupsys defaults 20 does not specify the runlevel of cupsys... My guess for runlevels would be: autofs/3, cupsys/3, hotplug-light/3, syslog-ng/2?? For stopping these services I would guess runlevel 6. Is there a rule of thumb for this decision? Regards, -ishwar

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Post HD-install
by Ishwar Rattan 20 Nov '05

20 Nov '05

Last night I did a grml2hd install at my home box. It is an old Dron based PC with ensoniq-1370 sound card. It comes out that the install different from live-cd. The usb storage hotplug does not work any more, it was operational in live-cd usage (the usb stick was detected at /dev/sda1 and mounted automatically). So, how do I get the functionality back? -ishwar

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Mobile GRML
by Mark 18 Nov '05

18 Nov '05

Hi, GRML is very nice work, my new favorite distro. I'm not a heavy sysadmin; but GRML almost matches some needs here. Since you ask for feedback and wishes...mine relates to grml2hd and the user scenario. The grml-small release is great for USB flash sticks. Thank you for providing that. Consider another scenario with grml-big. Think of a "mobile Linux desktop" on this type of device, http://mobilemag.com/content/100/334/C3401/ http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=WD+passport&srt=t&his=0&paging=1 These drives have lots of room for less money than flash, without lifespan problems. They sell around US$120 and get cheaper all the time. They allow a mobile user to carry his entire desktop and data between home, work, school, friends, hotel. Let other people carry laptops around, you can boot them too. GRML doesn't load down heavy stuff in advance, which I like. After GRML installs, I can add GNOME or KDE per user requests. So, I ran grml2hd to a drive and rebooted...but got a kernel panic. No SCSI, I guess. Next I followed verbatim FAQ instructions, to test the FAQ. Nothing worked. grml2hd makes the same assumption of all installers: if the OS is going to hard disk, it can ditch drivers and keep only the running system. For example even yaird boasts of doing "a better job of deciding which modules are needed for your system, so it produces smaller images." Culling is evil for the mobile scenario. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but... Ideally a mobile user boots like the CD-ROM (same ramdisk-based autodetection?), but without compressed CD images, ISOLINUX, or loopback tricks. The mobile user just needs Debian with full hardware auto-detection and all hardware modules. I would prefer h/w autodetection even on IDE drives inside tower PC cases. That way I can swap boards, memory, ethernet, etc. without breaking configs. I can drop the IDE drive into a USB enclosure for instant mobility. A few other other ideas: - the status line at bottom of screen shows date/time *twice* (?!?) - show IP on the status line (w/ flag for DHCP or static) - grml2hd could offer multi-partition features, e.g. a separate boot partition - grml2hd could set up secure partitions -- http://mareichelt.de/pub/texts.cryptoloop.php -- optional choice for all top-levels /home /var and such, except /boot - grml2hd's X question for the mobile scenario is puzzling; yes the user needs X, but not for a specific PC - grml-big won't fit on CD-RW media or older (650 MB) CD-R; would be nice to fit on CD-RW, could trim a little to fit Thanks...GRML is super and I like it. Mark

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Again..
by Ishwar Rattan 16 Nov '05

16 Nov '05

Thanks for the ~/.Xresources hint for font size. Also printer works with old (as in not new) deskjet driver in CUPS. So far, everything works great. -ishwar

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