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Installing GRML-Medium in VirtualBox on Windows 7rc
by Vivek Sharma 12 Okt '09

12 Okt '09

Hi grml fraternity, I have used linux for almost 10 years, only used as a production system (distro-enthu), so not much of kernel stuff. A med-skilled developer with 4-5 yrs of exp in network programming. I have installed win7, with virtualbox in it. i need a linux, which is smallest in size, lightest in running, provided it provides best development tools for network programming and monitoring. I used grml couple of year ago at Politecnico Di Torino, for network security class (recommended by a prof), didnt use it after that, but i guess it serves a very good purpose of network development and network monitoring. Installing in Virtual Box. i am not able to install the grml-medium to my harddisk in virtualbox. when i enter grml2hd, after couple of disclaimers it says, no parition found. Has anyone installed grml to hdd in virtualbox. how do i go about it. any help and pointers. regards Vivek Sharma

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by Scott Ford 12 Okt '09

12 Okt '09

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update-initramfs kernel upgrade
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 12 Okt '09

12 Okt '09

Hello, i want to upgrade my kernel from 2.6.23 to 2.6.31. So i upgrade my grml on my external usb-harddisk as follows: 1. strat grml 2. edit /etc/apt/sources-list and set the germl and debian to unstable 3. aptitude dist-upgrade 4. install the kernel 2.6.31-grml wth this modules as described in an earlier mail from mika 5. update-initramfs -c -t -k 2.6.31-grml 6 starting from dos with linld097 image=vml2631 initrd=i2631.gz "cl=root=/ dev/sda5 speakup.(or _)synth=apollo blind nodhpc vga=normal" But the system will not start. If i unpack the initrd-file, i did not found the speakup-modules. What must i do to become speakup to work with my apollo-synthesizer? Regards Dietmar

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My DHCP client isn't started automatically anymore
by Hermann 12 Okt '09

12 Okt '09

Hi, since a safe-upgrade on 08.10.09, dhclient3 does not start automatically anymore. I use a router )Fritzbox), which is connected via USB to my machine. The hardware gets detected properly, and I have activated DHCP on the Fritzbox. The internal IP has not changed. Reconfiguring the network via grml-config results in turning on the client, but specifying the startup of dhclient at boot, fails. Although I answer this question with "yes", the client doesn't start with the boot procedure. The config script exits with code 1 shown at the prompt, but there are no error messages on the screen. The only thing that works is to include the networking script into the startup procedure by: update-rc.d networking defaults This was not necessary before. The client's binary has the date of 05.10.09, although the problems came up yesterday. I include the contents of my /etc/network/interfaces here: auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet dhcp Any hints? Hermann

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Boot loaders
by Michael Whapples 07 Okt '09

07 Okt '09

Hello, In the past I have always used lilo for my boot loader, partly due to lilo being the first boot loader I learnt and so never really gave much time to learn grub and partly due to having knowledge on how to get the boot loader screen of lilo to beep when it appears (information on the GRML wiki about accessibility). Last night I came across one of the problems with lilo and I believe grub might be able to solve this. The problem was that the GRML kernel I am running (2.6.31-grml) was updated by apt in an upgrade. I forgot to run lilo before rebooting and so my system became impossible to boot from the HD. At some point in the past my BIOS settings had been lost and so my CD drive is now on a lower priority than the HD for booting (not being able to see, I can't use the BIOS by myself to correct the BIOS boot order, so I had no way to correct the problem). I believe grub allows the user to enter a command at the boot screen and so boot any device (not quite sure where I have seen this but I think it may even have been here). My questions: 1. Am I right about grub being able to accept commands at the boot screen allowing booting of anything (even if it isn't in the menu list)? 2. Is it possible to get the grub boot screen to beep like the lilo one as described in the accessibility information on the GRML wiki? 3. Have you got any extra reasons you would suggest changing to grub from lilo or is there a different boot manager you would suggest? Michael Whapples

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grml for powerpc
by Chaitat Piriyastit 06 Okt '09

06 Okt '09

Hi, Is there an available version for PowerPC yet? I have just bought a used PowerBook G4 and I am willing to use GRML. -- Chaitat Piriyasatit ... waking up to pee and see whats up online

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rxvt on grml_2009.05
by Chaitat Piriyastit 03 Okt '09

03 Okt '09

Hi pals, I have just installed grml_2009.05 on vmware on macosx. Yeah, it's awesome as always. Thanks so much, the grml team. You just make me addicted to grml already. I have one problem (or it may not be a problem) with rxvt. I grml-x wmii. I then "alt+p => rxvt". I get a weird rxvt (for me). It opens up an rxvt with some tab/menu on the top most of rxvt window. It runs in as if it is in a floating window although my wmii should make it in a tiled way. I can't even make it active on rxvt window which simply means I can't use it. Is there anything wrong? Thanks, -- Chaitat Piriyasatit ... waking up to pee and see whats up online

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GoogleEarth stürzt ab
by Ch. Hanisch 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

Hallo, obwohl grml dafür nicht gemacht ist, frage ich mich doch, warum die GoogleEarth-Installation out of the box in /opt nach dem Startbildschirm sich verabschiedet. ... Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". Google Earth has caught signal 11. We apologize for the inconvenience, but Google Earth has crashed. This is a bug in the program, and should never happen under normal circumstances. A bug report and debugging data have been written to this text file: ~/.googleearth/crashlogs/crashlog-4ac25fc2.txt Please include this file if you submit a bug report will to Google. Bei der Installation war folgende Meldung aufgefallen: Loci-Setup: Verdächtiger Größenwert für Option option Wie kann man dem abhelfen? Gruß Ch. Hanisch

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3. upgrade from 2.6.23 to 2.6.28
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Hello Mika, i have spend a lot of time, but it will not work for me to upgrade from 2.6.23-grml to 2.6.28-grml. So another question. I want to use my installed grml on a asus eepc 1005ha-m. I have search via google and found some hints to use kernels greater 2.6.30. which of the daily builds will use such an kernel and can i upgrade the distro via changing the settings in /etc/apt/source-list and a aptitude dist-upgrade ???? Regards Dietmar

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upgrade from kernel 2.6.23 to 2.6.28
by didi.segbert＠arcor.de 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hello Mika, thanks for your answer. I have done a update-iniramfs -c -t -k 2.6.28-grml After that i started the kernel with this initrd from dos (i allways start from dos with linld097.com. The kernel loads and stand than in the initramfs. I did not hear any output from my apollo synthesizer (boot-option speakup_synth=apollo). I have unpacked the initrd.img-2.6.28-grml and looked for the speakup- modules, but he modules are not in the initrd.img-2.6.28-grml. On the system the modules are in /lib/modules/2.6.28-grml/extra/speakup/ How can i add this modules? Unpacking with gzip -dc initrd.img-2.6.28-grml | cpio -i copy the extra folder into the 2.6.28-grml directory and then find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 >initrd.img-2.6.28-grml will produce a new initrd, but speakup will not work and the system will not boot. How can i do a depmode for the not running kernel 2.6.28-grml? thanks for your help. Regards Dietmar

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