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grub
by martin yazdzik 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

Dear Mika and friends, So, now that I have foobarred and repaired grub a few times, has anyone here experience with upgrading to grub2? (shoots self in foot) Best, M

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z shell question
by martin yazdzik 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

/home/yazdzik/.zshrc:[:237: too many arguments /home/yazdzik/.zshrc:[:977: too many arguments yazdzik@grml1 ~ % Dear Mika and friends, Since you are all z shell to the core(okay, really bad pun) why do I argue so much? Also, the latest grub update is disastrous, as it eats the menu.lst for breakfast, leaving an unbootable system, but I suspect you know this. What would be cool is a way to get grub back, as the population of devices by udev in lilo is a process best measured in years. Is there a way to do this with the live cd which respects the uuid? Best to all of you, Martin "If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads." -France

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Error : C preprocessor "lib/cpp" fails sanity check when compiling Bacula 2.2.8 on grml 1.1 rc
by Peter 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hi Does anybody knows what that means ? I made sure that I have build-essentials, linux-headers , gcc-4.2 , but all this has already been on the dist. I found many, many posts concerning this error on Google, but I just can not figure out what it means in my context Thanks for your help Peter

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add-on to my last post - Error : C preprocessor "lib/cpp" fails sanity check when compiling Bacula 2.2.8 on grml 1.1 rc
by Peter 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Sorry, I forgot to add, that the bacula package I am talking about is the direct download from bacula.org (current release 2.2.8) ---------------------------------------- Hi Does anybody knows what that means ? I made sure that I have build-essentials, linux-headers , gcc-4.2 , but all this has already been on the dist. I found many, many posts concerning this error on Google, but I just can not figure out what it means in my context Thanks for your help Peter

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GRML netboot packages for 0.1 x64
by Laurent CARON 31 Jan '08

31 Jan '08

Hi, Do anyone know if the netboot packages are availables for x64 grml ? I'd like to be able to boot it from the net as I'm currently doing for x32 ones . Thanks Laurent

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Problem installing Gnome and Orca on GRML
by Jerry Matheny 30 Jan '08

30 Jan '08

I've tried apt-get update && apt-get install gnome-orca on the latest grml 1.1, and it comes to packages with bug reports and saying it needs to install those versions, and I try that and it eventually dies. I forget the error, but anyone have any ideas if there's a different way to go about this? Thanks in advance, Jerry

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grml 1.1 does not recognize vmware disks anymore
by Peter 30 Jan '08

30 Jan '08

Hi I was just trying to install the new 1.1 release grml 1.1 rc iso inside VMware workstation 6. I have already done this successfully with grml 1.0. However, when I do : # fisk /dev/sda I get : Error: Unable to open /dev/sda : Unrecognized disk label This did not happen in grml 1.0 where I was able to create a partition with fdisk on /dev/sda Any ideas ? Thanks Peter

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Problem with swspeak in GRML 1.1rc1
by Jerry Matheny 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

I did a grml2hd with the new GRML 1.1rc1 version and it doesn't work, and to top it off the sound is all crackily very bad to the point where I can't even understand what the speech is saying. But it's acting like something pertaining to speakup isn't being loaded properly, and something gets messed with sound in the grml2hd script. Not sure what the deal is, any help would be very much appreciated. And the Speakup spelling everything is kinda annoying too. lol, but I understand that's a Kernel issue. Thanks in advance, Jerry

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a couple of questions, please.
by Doug Smith 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Ok, I have a few questions here I want answers for. I have been using the new release candidate for GRML and I really like it. I just have a couple of problems I wish to know if anyone else has had with this version, and I would like to know something about the apt-get install grml process. First of all, has anyone had this problem with the installation of packages? I ask the system to add on some packages, primarily some languages I want to use in programming. This is what happens. The first time, right after you install the system to the hard disc from a cd you get this: wajig installrs bwbasic There is only one package to go and get, and everything works exactly like it should. Fine and well, but not really the problem. Now, when you go to install even more, you get this: wajig installrs gobjc This time, we need lots of c libraries and the search is on. The process of acquiring the deb files is perfect, but, after the programs says that it has fetched so many bytes of archives in so many seconds, and asks if you want to continue, the thing just stops. You tell it you do with the y and there is just a blank line at the bottom of the screen. No matter how many times you hit the return key after entering the y, you are just hung there, blocked forever in a failed function call until you control-c your way out and have to manually call dpkg to install the files you know you have. Now, there is no way that I can see to fix this. I have done everything from reinstalls of dpkg, debconf, apt, wajig and apt itself. This does nothing for the problem. I have even had the system reconfigure everything it has in order to make sure that all the programs know that everything is there. Now, I have another problem. What is wrong with cdtool? Each time I try to play a cd, I get this: cdplay: can't play no disc This is not true, as I have just inserted a professionally produced cd into the drive before doing this. Why will cdplay not play? Why will wajig installrs package-name not actually install the recommended and suggested packages? Now, I need to know about the wajig installrs grml or apt-get install grml, whichever you wish to call it. If you do this, for instance from the 1.0 nstable version, why do you not get the new kernel, the new speakup, the new configuration files and more that the new version has in it? It seems that then entire thing would be upgraded and you would just need to reboot in order to get it all. What actually happens here? I am sorry to just keep writing in with problems. As I stated some time ago, I intend to stay with grml. It is a very good distro, and, thanks for the speech. If anyone could tell me how to fix these problems, and about the upgrade process, I would be glad to learn more. I can also read the upgrading page on the wiki. Thanks. Doug Smith. -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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Re: Grml Digest, Vol 33, Issue 7
by Kevin Jones 23 Jan '08

23 Jan '08

Hello, Has anyone experimented with grml in colinux? I would think that would be a great idea like grml2hd but in colinux colinux.org grml-request(a)mur.at wrote: > Send Grml mailing list submissions to > grml(a)mur.at > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > grml-request(a)mur.at > > You can reach the person managing the list at > grml-owner(a)mur.at > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Grml digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: RC 1.1 troubles (ignore last post) (C.M. Brannon) > 2. Re: RC 1.1 troubles (ignore last post) (Michael Prokop) > 3. Re: Hi again - here's some more stuff for you... :-) (Andy Elvey) > 4. Re: RC 1.1 troubles (ignore last post) (C.M. Brannon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:27:26 -0600 > From: cmbrannon(a)cox.net (C.M. Brannon) > Subject: Re: [Grml] RC 1.1 troubles (ignore last post) > To: grml(a)mur.at > Message-ID: <87ir25nzyp.fsf(a)cox.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> writes: > >> Are you sure the ISO on your CD is *really* OK? Any chance to test >> it on another system to check whether it basically works at all? > > Well, all of the MD5 digests were verified. I even did > md5sum -c /mnt/cdrom/grml/md5sums > and all files were OK. > I tried it on another machine, and it wouldn't boot. So it seems that > my disk must be defective, even though the contents of the filesystem > are OK according to md5sum. I can think of several culprits. For > one, I use cheap generic CD-R media. I'll try this process again, > with some higher-quality disks. > > Have a great day, > -- Chris > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:47:25 +0100 > From: Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> > Subject: Re: [Grml] RC 1.1 troubles (ignore last post) > To: grml(a)mur.at > Message-ID: <2008-01-07T21-39-48(a)devnull.michael-prokop.at> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > * C.M. Brannon <cmbrannon(a)cox.net> [20080107 21:31]: >> Michael Prokop <mika(a)grml.org> writes: > >>> Are you sure the ISO on your CD is *really* OK? Any chance to test >>> it on another system to check whether it basically works at all? > >> Well, all of the MD5 digests were verified. I even did >> md5sum -c /mnt/cdrom/grml/md5sums >> and all files were OK. >> I tried it on another machine, and it wouldn't boot. So it seems that >> my disk must be defective, even though the contents of the filesystem >> are OK according to md5sum. I can think of several culprits. For >> one, I use cheap generic CD-R media. I'll try this process again, >> with some higher-quality disks. > > Use readcd (something like "readcd -c2scan dev=/dev/cdrom") for > checking the CD. md5sums sadly just aren't enough. :(( > > I strongly recommend the use of USB pens instead of CD-Rs if > possible, otherwise fall back to higher quality CDs which are known > to work fine with your CD burner. That's what we as grml developers > do as well. :) > > regards, > -mika-

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