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How to setup Xorg keyboard layout ?
by Frédéric Boiteux 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hello, I'm trying to use the GRML iso image (with grml-rescueboot package) on computers with a special keyboard layout, a french-targeted dvorak-like layout called Â«Â bÃ©poÂ Â». I found how to setup the console layout, giving Â«Â keyboard=dvorak-fr-bepoÂ Â» in CUSTOM_BOOTOPTIONS variable of /etc/default/grml-rescueboot, but didn't found how to setup the Xorg layout : it's a flavor/variant of Â«Â frÂ Â» Xorg layout (though it very different from classical french Azerty) ; I can setup in a shell with : setxkbmap fr bepo and following grml's FAQ, I tried Â«Â xkeyboard=bepoÂ Â», Â«Â xkeyboard=fr(bepo) Â» without luck. Could you tell me what syntax can we use in xkeyboard definition, or how to setup my BÃ©po keyboard layout (if possible) ? Thanks, Fred.

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Problem with grml autoconfig
by Bojan Sukalo 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

Hello everyone! Maybe this is not the right way to ask general user question (wrong mail list or something) so I'm sorry if made any problems. I have an urgent situation to make ad-hoc openvpn server from usb stick. Using grml for some time as a live cd and recovery tool I think this can be done with grml. So I have openvpn folder with all the necesary stuff, I formatted usb stick in following way: 1. 3GB FAT32 wiht grml on it (grml2usb --bootoptions="nodhcp") Â Â Â Â /dev/sdb1 2 1GB ext3 with GRMLCFG label with scripts dir and inside it grml.sh script Â /dev/sdb5 grml.sh script is chmod 755, so executable and readable by everyone. basicaly the content of script is: #!/bin/bash ip link set dev eth0 up ip addr add dev eth0 192.168.1.253/24 ip route add default via 192.168.1.254 #now I wont to copy the folder to rw fs in order to write status files and logs so cp -r /mnt/grmlcfg/openvpn /root/Â cd /root/openvpn openvpn --config /root/openvpn/server.conf & echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward #and to start ssh server to access the box /etc/init.d/ssh start The debug output says that GRMLCFG is detected and mounted to /mnt/grmlcfg as ro When booting finished, nothing has happened, as the script had not been run. Can anybody shed some light on this please? Thank You.

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Date for Grml Developer Meeting in October
by Ulrich Dangel 27 Jul '11

27 Jul '11

Hi everyone, as you may already know there are currenntly four Grml developers in Banja Luka at DebConf11. Due to that rare occasion we synced our schedules and came up with a date for our next Grml developer meeting: Wednesday 12.10.11 to Friday 14.10.11 We don't have a location yet as the location depends on the participants. If you want to join the Grml Developer meeting feel free to reply to this mail (or send an email to contact(a)grml.org) If you really want to join the Grml Developer meeting but you don't have time between 12.10 and 14.10 please contact me privately via email or IRC. Ulrich P.S: Please have a look at http://feedback.grml.org/ and share your thoughts about Grml. -- twitter: @mr_ud | identica: @mru IRCNet: mru | freenode: mrud

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Missing mcrypt/mdecrypt
by Stefan Weiss 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi. I just tried to create an encrypted disk image, like this - dd if=/dev/sda bs=1M | gzip | mcrypt > /mnt/backup/blah.img.gz.nc - but it seems mcrypt and mdecrypt are not included in the (full-size) Grml ISO. Any chance of adding those to the next release? I'm not set on using mcrypt; if there's a better way to do this, I'd be interested in that, too. I never store unencrypted data on portable devices (ever since I almost lost one), not even automated backups. But more generally, mcrypt/mdecrypt might come in handy in recovery situations, so it might make sense to include them anyway. Same goes for TrueCrypt, come to think of it. -- stefan

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Syslinux timeout and grml2usb
by Lupe Christoph 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

Hi! I'm building a fileserver from an hp ProLiant MicroServer and GRML, with quite a bit of customization on GRMLCFG. While I sweated quite a bit over the best way to add the additional package I required (e.g. bacula-sd), this is not the subject ;-) When I copy a GRML64 ISO to an USB stick, isolinux will do a 30 second timeout. The syslinux with GRML64 will not do a timeout, while one with a 32 bit GRML will. So I suppose usb2linux does something wrong for a 64 bit GRML. In case it matters, this is run on a 64 bit Ubuntu Natty. While I would prefer to use a 64 bit Linux in case I upgrade the memory of the MicroServer to the maximum of 8 GB, I can live with a 32 Bit kernel for now, with just 1GB memory. Lupe Christoph -- | It is a well-known fact in any organisation that, if you want a job | | done, you should give it to someone who is already very busy. | | Terry Pratchett, "Unseen Academicals" |

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graphic login on tty7
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Hello, i have installed grml on my netbook. I use grml with speakut an brltty. Now i have installed the gnome-desktop with orca. Normally i want to use the textconsoles tty1 to tty6 and start gnome- desktop with startx. So my question: How must i modify grml, so that i have six textconoles an ont tty7 a graphical login (gdm3), so that ic can change with ctrl+alt+f(x) between the consoles? Tanks for your help. Regards. Dietmar

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Boot grml without CD ends with "No init found"
by Fog_Watch 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hello I have a Proliant DL380G3 that I would like to boot without a CD. The instructions (http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=tips&s=tohd#boot_grml_without_cd) seem clear enough, but alas I'm not successful yet. From the grml cdrom grub screen I can "grml noeject fromhd=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3" and boot successfully. From the grub screen on /dev/cciss/c0d0 I'm not so successful. Soon after displaying the "GRML" ASCII art I get the nasty error: "No init found. Try passing init= bootarg." and a busybox prompt, not a grml prompt. Maybe the initrd borked? Any help with achieving a grml prompt would be appreciated. Regards Fog_Watch. grml201012 grub.conf: title GRML root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/grml/linux26 noeject fromhd=/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 initrd /boot/grml/initrd.gz

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Starting GRML with BRLTTY
by simon.eigeldinger＠vol.at 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Hi all, I just downloaded a recent copy of GRML and i found out that i wasn't able to start GRML with BRLTTY using the following command: grml brltty=ht,,de lang=at fb=false Is there something wrong? Greetings, Simon

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booting iso directly
by Mark Smith 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Hi, I am using ubcd with syslinux from my usb stick to boot the grml iso from it. This config looks like this: grml.iso (700MB) is copied to my usb stick at /mnt/usbstick/ubcd/custom/grml.iso syslinux .ini file is edited to reflect the iso location I reboot from the ubcd usb stick, and select grml.iso to boot. grml.iso is loaded into memory. Then, the grml boot-screen appears. After just selecting the standard boot, I get an error about a kernel module not being found. I am assuming the issue is that the .iso is simply "lost" but I never understood that while INT 13h call thing or whatever it is called. So I am dropped into an "initramfs"-shell. I have tried the following to get around this: Mounting the grml.iso into /live/image, then exiting: mkdir /mnt mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt mount /mnt/ubcd/custom/grml.iso /live/image -o loop exit However, this didn't work, I get more errors. On a side note, this approach does work for example with the arch linux netinstall.iso, so I am sure it will work with grml, but I guess my issue is I don't know exactly if /live/image is the correct location? Any help greatly appreciated!

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No Comment !!!
by Francesco 30 Mai '11

30 Mai '11

http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2011.05/ mi sembra ci sia poco da commentare..... new release..... -- Francesco Let's Drop The Knees Not The Bombs (Allen O'Bannon & Mike Clelland) keyID 90675501 Key fingerprint = F747 9D1E E3C4 5572 0042 09F0 A852 529E 9067 5501 http://www.wikicosi.it/

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