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RC 1.1 troubles (ignore last post)
by cmbrannon＠cox.net 08 Jan '08

08 Jan '08

Hi all, Sorry for that last post. I accidentally sent it before it was complete! Anyway, I burned the 1.1 RC1 ISO to a blank medium with cdrecord -data dev=/dev/hdc grml_1.1-rc1.iso The MD5 checksum on the ISO is correct, and the recording process finished successfully. I can mount the CD-ROM, and all the requisite files are present. I booted the system, with the command-line grml swspeak But instead of booting the CD, I was presented with my hard-disk installation of grml. It was as though I did not have a bootable disk in the drive. So I found my grml 1.0 medium, and rebooted. That time, I booted into the live CD, as expected. I tried burning the 1.1 RC1 ISO to a second medium, just in case the first was damaged. That didn't work. It seems unusual that the 1.1 RC1 disk won't boot, while the 1.0 CD will boot. I'm running without a monitor, so the boot sequence isn't visible. I should probably ask someone to connect a monitor and read the boot sequence to me, but that's a big hastle. Am I missing something here? Is anyone else booting the 1.1 RC1 live CD with speech? -- Chris

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Re: Hi again - here's some more stuff for you... :-)
by Andy Elvey 07 Jan '08

07 Jan '08

( snip ) > We don't use the resolutions by default since a long time but leave > the decision to the X server because this usually works better than > the other way around. If someone wants to force usage of a special > resolution just provide it on the grml-x commandline or activate the > (by defaut) deactivated Modelines in xorg.conf. > > Thanks for assisting, Michael. Does anyone of you care to send a > short summary back to the mailinglist so that people have the chance > to find the solution for the problem in the archive? > > regards, > -mika- > Sure! Here you go. This isn't actually very short, but it's thorough.... :-) To recap - My problem was that I was getting a "bouncing window" ( which said "Attention: Input not supported" ) going around the screen when I went into X. I have an AOC LCD monitor (model AOC LM925 ). Here's the URL for the manual ( very kindly given to me by Michael Schierl ) - http://www.aocmonitor-anz.com/support/manuals/LM925usermanual8ms.pdf I use Linux Mint 4 as my default distro. My Linux Mint monitor settings are - 1280x1024 H: 64kHz V: 60Hz Analog input My grml settings were - 1024x768 H: 48kHz V: 60 Hz Analog input The above settings correspond to SXGA for Linux Mint, and XGA for grml. I found that out from the table at the end of the monitor documentation. The first thing that got rid of the window was that I went into Linux Mint and got a copy of my xorg.conf file. I copied that onto a USB key. Went back into grml, made a backup copy of the grml xorg.conf, and then (as su) copied my Linux Mint file into /etc/X11/xorg.conf. ( The bouncy window was still around while I did this ). Went out of X to the command-line. Went back into X and the bouncing window had gone. The second thing that worked was that I went back into grml ( this was a new session - I didn't save my xorg.conf settings ). I ran this suggested command to start X - grml-x -mode 1280x1024 -hsync 64 -vsync 60 fluxbox It worked perfectly - No bouncing window appeared. Bye for now - - Andy

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Re: [Grml] 1.1 rc1 - a small problem with "bouncing window"...
by Michael Schierl 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

[adding cc to mailing list again] Andy Elvey wrote: > The window appears just before X starts. You're > correct in that the mouse pointer moves "below" the window. The monitor > is an "AOC LM925" - AOC is the manufacturer. It is a VGA one. Okay. After figuring out that "AOC Monitor Australia/New Zealand" sells different monitors than "AOC Europe", it was easy to get to the manual: http://www.aocmonitor-anz.com/support/manuals/LM925usermanual8ms.pdf Okay. Now boot your Linux that works. Then press the rightmost button on your monitor (MENU) to get into the OSD menu (if this does not work, someone locked the OSD menu. Read page 8 of the manual - OSD Lock function - on how to unlock it). Use Left and Right (the keys left and right from the power button) to move to the "Information" icon (that looks like a "i" in a circle) and press MENU again. It will show screen resolution and horizontal and vertical refresh rate (i.e. three values). Exit from the OSD with the EXIT button (leftmost button). Post them here :) If you want, you can repeat this inside GRML. Page 18 of the manual lists "suggested refresh rates", but it does not list all supported ones. For 1280x1024 it suggests 60Hz or 75Hz. > < rant directed at the bouncy window's designer - not directed at you or > grml... > Drop your rant here: http://www.aocmonitor-anz.com/contact.php :) > Very poorly-thought-out by the bios people or whoever..... </rant> It's not the BIOS. In fact, it is not inside your PC at all. VGA signals are designed for CRT monitors. So, your LCD panel needs a microcontroller chip that converts the signal so that it can be used on the LCD. That microcontroller will display OSD error messages on the screen - they are *not* present in the signal that goes from PC to monitor. Buy a monitor from a different manufacturer next time *g*. (By the way, it sounds a bit silly that the RAMDAC chip on your graphics card converts the image in the frame buffer to analog signals and your LCD panel convert them back to digital. But that is how it works if you use a VGA connector). Michael

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1.1 rc1 - a small problem with "bouncing window"...
by Andy Elvey 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Hi all - I'm a first-timer here - just tried grml for the first time, and very impressed! Well done to the devs! :-) ( A bit of background - I'm an intermediate (pushing "advanced")-level user - my PC's been Linux-only for about 4 years or so now. ) I only have one small problem. When I'm running the live-CD, I get an annoying window with a blue border bouncing around the screen - the message in it says "Attention: Input not supported". I can run apps fine, the display is perfectly normal except for that window. Arrgh.... I should say that I have an "AOC" brand LCD screen and it runs fine (except for that window). Absolutely everything works perfectly except for that one small thing, so has anyone come across that before (and have a way of getting rid of it?). Maybe a boot-option or something..... ? Very many thanks in advance, and again - well done to the devs for a great distro! Bye for now - - Andy

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1.1 RC 1 won't boot, but 1.0 will
by cmbrannon＠cox.net 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Hi all, I just downloaded the ISO of 1.1 RC1. I burned it to a blank medium using cdrecord -data dev=/dev/hdc grml_1.1-rc1.iso

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problem installing packages.
by Doug Smith 31 Dez '07

31 Dez '07

Ok, I have a little problem with installing packages on here. I don't know why packages won't install, but the install process just hangs after the packages are downloaded. I wanted, for example, to install gcj on here, but the packages were downloaded, and the process just hung indefinitely. What's the problem and how can I fix it. I like the new release candidate. I have never had this good service from speakup, but you eliminated almost all that stupid spelling. It does jump into it occasionally, but it is not nearly as much as it has been before. The rest of the diestro looks great. All my command line favs are here and in their latest versions. This is good. I just need to know what to do about that failure to install packages. Thank you. -- I use grml (http://grml.org/)

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grml release candidates: grml 1.1-rc1, grml64 0.2-rc1, grml[64]-medium 0.1-rc1
by Michael Prokop 28 Dez '07

28 Dez '07

Hi! I'm proud to be able to present new grml release candidates. New features? For sure! Including a new grml flavour known as grml-medium. grml 1.1-rc1 - Codename Skunk: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-1.1-rc1/ grml64 0.2-rc1 - Codename Schwammerlklauber: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-0.2-rc1/ grml-medium 0.1-rc1 and grml64-medium 0.1-rc1 - Codename Pfuh: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-medium-0.1-rc1/ http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml64-medium-0.1-rc1/ Please consider using bittorrent for downloading the ISOs: http://grml.deb.at/devel/grml_1.1-rc1.iso.torrent http://grml.deb.at/devel/grml64_0.2-rc1.iso.torrent http://grml.deb.at/devel/grml-medium_0.1-rc1.iso.torrent http://grml.deb.at/devel/grml64-medium_0.1-rc1.iso.torrent If you can't use bittorrent then check out the devel/ directory of the HTTP/FTP mirrors listed at: http://grml.org/download/ Known issues can be found at: http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=release_candidate Please report any bug you notice so we can provide stable releases soon! http://grml.org/bugs/ Enjoy grml! regards, -mika- -- http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog #grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc

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Text based bootsplash -- switch to after install?
by John Magolske 20 Dez '07

20 Dez '07

I just installed grml 1.0 to a hard drive, but forgot to invoke the "splash" boot option before running grml2hd. Is there a way to switch to the text based bootsplash after installation? Thanks, John -- John Magolske http://B79.net/contact

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Grml-live-remaster (boot problem - busybox)
by vadim.blajkun＠ubs.com 17 Dez '07

17 Dez '07

Hi All. I am quite new to the remastering the GRML live CD. I am trying to remaster the CD based on the grml-small linux 2.6.20 kernel following the procedure described in the "Remastering GRML" HOWTO http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=remastering. Everything went Ok until I have tried to boot from the resulting ISO - it thrown me to the busybox. I have noticed that executing mksqushfs results in the GRML file which is about 0.5 MB smaller than the original GRML file, even though there were absolutely no changes to the original. If I do not run mksquashfs, bit simply recreate ISO using mkisofs, the resulting ISO image works fine. I looks that the problem is somewhere in mksquashfs. I use mksquashfs distributed with squashfs3.3.tgz via http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63835 Could anyone help? Thanks. -- Vadim

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Installing GRML with Speech
by Jerry Matheny 07 Dez '07

07 Dez '07

Hello, I am a blind computer user, and am trying to install GRML on my laptop computer. My setup is as follows: I'm using the speakup_synth=ltlk boot parameter to start my external synthesizer, however I wish to also use a 2 gb swap partition that I have created just in case. How can I run grml2hd to do this? Also, how do I go about installing TTSynth to have software speech via Speakup afterwards? I have the deb image needed for TTSynth. I just need the library it needs to install. And also, what steps are needed to get Gnome and Orca running? Sorry to ask so many questions, but this is the best Linux distro that has detected all my hardware, and seems to work the best with the sound card, which is a must when you are a blind laptop Linux user. So any help I could get would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jerry

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