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removal of "buffer" command? alternatives?
by Tom {Tomcat} Oehser 28 Dez '11

28 Dez '11

Hi- Up until this release, the 'buffer' command was included. I use this all the time. Things like: nc -l 12345 | buffer -z256k -p75 -m10m -o /dev/sda Gone? :( Is there an alternative? -Tom -- "Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the front rank of some great battle, and we knew that victory for mankind depended upon our bravery, strength, and skill. When we do that the humblest of us will be serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the world." --Theodore Parker The little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She loves it -- and that's all. It is thus that we should love. -- DeGourmont

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Wrong link adress for Grml96 ISO signature file
by Christian Ziemski 25 Dez '11

25 Dez '11

Hi! The link to the signature file for the Grml96 ISO at http://grml.org/download/ is wrong. It is the same as for Grml64: http://download.grml.org/grml64_2011.12.iso.sha1.asc but it need to be http://download.grml.org/grml96_2011.12.iso.sha1.asc The file itself is correctly reachable under the latter address. BTW: Merry Christmas to all Grml users and the complete team! Regards Christian

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Grml 2011.12 trolling^W comments from disappointed user(s)
by Paweł azhag Sadkowski 24 Dez '11

24 Dez '11

Hello, first: congratulations with the new release. However I want to share with you some thoughts about new Grml. Up to Grml 2011.05 you were providing excelent set of tools for everything, I'm not sure if there was a single job one couldn't do with Grml (besides playing with wobbly windows or OOo/LO stuff, but thats not what admins usualy do ;-)). From my point of view Grml was livecd one of the kind. I did lots of advocating, had lots of conversations like "I prefer XYZ", "Look at all that tools in Grml, you can do all stuff you do in XYZ and many more", "Oh, it really looks nice". My personal motto of Grml was "What can't you do?". And then comes 2011.12. Many apps, many tools were removed. Now I can't tell the difference between Grml and SystemRescueCD, PLD Rescue CD, Repair Is Possible and others. Grml for me lost it's identity, just another rescue live cd. I already twice faced question "Why should I use Grml not SystemRescueCD? SRCD has some tools I need, Grml doesn't". Those tools were already (re-)added by mrud (one in rc1, so it's in final release), but the damage has been done -- one user replied "I better stick to distro that already have what I need without asking", other won't use Grml until next release. Another person actually listed $LONG_LONG_LONG_LIST_OF_REMOVED_TOOLS and asked "What can you do with Grml (except grml-debootstrap)?!". I couldn't find the answer. Is there any chance that since next release you will change your priorities back to <=2011.05 state? Or at least can you add -extended verison of Grml, similar to good old -full? Probably I can help with that, if you need some. Kind regards, Paweł azhag Sadkowski

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Grml 2011.12 - Knecht Rootrecht released
by Ulrich Dangel 24 Dez '11

24 Dez '11

Just in time for the holidays we released today, Dec. 23th, Grml 2011.12 - Knecht Rootrecht. The codename is a play on the term 'Knecht Ruprecht' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knecht_ruprecht#Knecht_Ruprecht - http://xkcd.com/838/ For the changes between 2011.12-rc1 and the final release please have a look at out blog - http://blog.grml.org/archives/368-Grml-new-stable-release-2011.12-available… For detailed information about the changes between 2011.05 and 2011.12 have a look at the official release announcement: http://bit.ly/sgpIz5 This release brings a downsizing and cleanup: one flavour, two architectures three options. The new, smaller flavour has a 350MB ISO size target, while still delivering over 1.1GB of open source software relevant for system administrators As a special treat we created grml96, an ISO image containg both grml32 and grml64. This ISO image will also boot on UEFI systems and lets you fix basically all PCs :) Download Grml 2011.12 directly from http://bit.ly/rKYb4K ! Please get in touch with us and share your opinion about Grml and spread the word. Thanks for testing the RC1, happy holidays and enjoy the new Grml 2011.12. Ulrich

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sound appears to be muted
by John G. Heim 20 Dez '11

20 Dez '11

I can't get any sound out of my PC when booted into grml latest release candidate. I scp'ed a sound file (my dog barking) to the machine and used aplay to play it. But I didn't hear anything. Sound works when booted into linux off the hard disk. grml@grml ~ % aplay rufus.wav Playing WAVE 'rufus.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 22050 Hz, Mono I also tried loading the speakup_soft module and running espeak. No error messages appear. Nothing abnormal in the syslog either. That's why I think sound is muted. What I really need is a command for unmuting a sound card. I don't know how to do that at the command line. I guess that's technically a linux question, not a grml question.

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Re: [Grml] ssh server with grml_2011.12-rc1
by John Heim 18 Dez '11

18 Dez '11

From: "Ulrich Dangel" <mru(a)grml.org> To: <grml(a)ml.grml.org> > > It seems that this is the correct commandline. I just tested it and it > works for me. Is there maybe a firewall in between? Otherwise can you > test if there is a sshd running on the machine with pidof sshd? You can > also try to access the ssh daemon from the machine itself with: > > ssh grml(a)grml.local > > which should ask for the password of the host. > I got it to work. Part of the problem was that I forgot abut having to press tab before typing in the cheat code. But another thing I was doing wrong is being too quick to try to log in. The ssh daemon doesn't start until about 5 seconds after the tone. Even after I was entering the cheat code correctly, I ran both an ssh command and an nmap before the daemon started. I actually verified this... I can type 'ssh hostname', listen to it say "connection refused", and run nmap all in the time between the tone and when the daemon starts. Welll, I'm currently testing on an old Dell 280. So that might be part of the problem too.

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boot option "lang"
by Philippe Delavalade 17 Dez '11

17 Dez '11

Hi. With the grml64_2011.12-rc1, I entered lang=fr-iso at boot propt. But the kbd_mode command told me that I was in utf8. I verified in /proc/cmdline that my option was correct and it was the case. Beside this, I continue to think that a beep at the moment of the boot prompt and the possibility to have a boot option invoking brltty is the more accessible for blind people. Sorry to insist on thiis point. Regards -- Ph. Delavalade

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serial console with grml_2011.12-rc1
by John Heim 16 Dez '11

16 Dez '11

I can't get a serial console with grml_2011.12-rc1. I think (can't be sure because I'm blind) I am typing this: grml serial console=ttyS0,19200n8 If I boot my machine into linux off the hard drive, I get my serial console. So I know there is nothing wrong with my null modem cable or my terminal emulator. But with grml, I do not get a prompt of any type. From the terminal side, it looks like there's no getty on the other side.

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Grml 2011.12 Release Candidate 1 available
by Christian Hofstaedtler 15 Dez '11

15 Dez '11

Grml Users! We are proud to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming version 2011.12, code-named "Knecht Rootrecht"! For detailed information about the changes between 2011.05 and 2011.12 have a look at the official release announcement: http://bit.ly/vMHbqR This release brings a downsizing and cleanup: one flavour, two architectures. The new, smaller flavour has a 350MB ISO size target, while still delivering over 1.1GB of open source software relevant for system administrators! Give it a try: download grml 2011.12-rc from http://bit.ly/sESUaa now! Please test the ISOs and everything you usually use and report back, so we can complete the stable release soon. If no major problems come up, the next iteration will be the stable release, which is scheduled for end of December. Thank you for your attention, -ch on behalf of the Grml Team. -- Grml Live Linux

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Re: [Grml] Accessibility in the grml 2011.12
by Philippe Delavalade 13 Dez '11

13 Dez '11

Le mardi 13 décembre à 18:31, John G. Heim a écrit : > From: "Philippe Delavalade" <philippe.delavalade(a)sfr.fr> > To: <grml(a)ml.grml.org> > >So, accessibility is disabled :-( That's what I feared and the 4 tones are > >of no interest... > > Well, I wouldn't go that far. When you hear the tones, press q, and > type in the command to load the accessibility tool of your choice. > For example, if you have a doubletalk, you'd type "modprobe > speakup_ltlk". Maybe, but my interest is for braille with brltty ; earlier, there was a boot option invoking brltty ; it was not easy to deal with because it was not easy to know when it was time to enter the option and keyboard was an qwerty one. Nevertheless, I could customize with grml2iso and a help from this list. Now, I have to wait for the tones, press 'q' and invoke brltty ; but I'm stil in qwerty :-( I can say I want french with the lang boot option but it's not so easy to know when I have to enter the boot option. I feel the best way should be to have a beep when it's time to enter boot options ; then it should be possible to enter the option brltty=,,, the blind option and the lang. I was pleased with the previous release (2011.05) customized ; I fear customizing the next release will be more difficult. Maybe I'm wrong and I hope so. > > It occurs to me that it is kind of inaccurate to say that the > accessibility tools have been removed. The speakup modules are now > part of a regular kernel. They haven't been removed. So you should > be able to load them at the boot prompt via the normal process for > loading kernel modules. I have never actually tried this myself and > I haven't had time to try the latest grml release yet either. But > I'll do that ASAP and report back. If you want to try it yourself, > here is a link to documentation on the kernel.org web site on how to > load kernel modules: > > http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt > I'll have a look to it but for me, braille is much more important than speech. > Assuming that works, grml is more accessible than ever. At the very > least, you should be able to load the speakup modules after boot. As I know, speakup don't speak french :-( Thanks ; I'm going to try another time. -- Ph. Delavalade

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