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grml 1.0, grml64 0.1 and grml-small 0.4 released
by Michael Prokop 19 Mai '07

19 Mai '07

Hi grml users and developers, grml 1.0 with codename Meilenschwein, grml64 0.1 with codename LiveShell and grml-small 0.4 with codename Springinkerl have been released and are hitting the mirrors. The official release announcements providing all the relevant news are available at: grml 1.0 => http://grml.org/files/README-grml-1.0.php grml64 0.1 => http://grml.org/files/README-grml64-0.1.php grml-small 0.4 => http://grml.org/files/README-grml-small-0.4.php Issues regarding the release can be found in the grml-wiki at http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_1.0 and http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml64_0.1 and http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml-small_0.4 As usual you can get the ISO(s) via bittorrent, http and/or ftp from the mirrors listed at http://grml.org/download/ Have fun and enjoy the new release! As usual feedback your is welcome. 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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rc1
by martin yazdzik 14 Mai '07

14 Mai '07

Dear Mika and friends, What does work for me, ignorant noob that I am? everything, basically - getting a complete gnome desktop is a matter of really knowing deps, but otherwise, cool. All serious issues, drivers, sound, ndiswrapper, xorg config worked otob. note - one can no longer set time or services via gnome apps because gnome is convinced that the distro is not debian 3d accel works with my ancient ati x600 card with ati as driver in xorg, which is fantastic....wow .... note one must install gl dri libs by hand! there is no reason to leave out such a small package, and if the mesa dri were included and the xorg conf for ati drivers set to ati, this would happen by itself. for some reason, one still needs "ide1-noprobe" to get the atapi drivers for a sata dvd drive - I am not sure why this does not happen with feisty or sabayon... the directories to mount the fstab or mtab entries are no longer created automatically - silly this, as that was default behaviour on 0.9, and saved unnecessary typing. the time zone thing is a disaster - after install grml is convinced that the hw clock is set to cest, so booting in and out of it requires a reset of the bios clock.There has to be a way to set this ab initio. Either issue a warning that, before installing, the system should be rebooted and the parameter TZ= set, or better yet, script the questions:' a. is the hw clock set to utc? if no, then b. to what time zone is the clock set. Thus, in my case, no, and America/New_York. Now, if I had remembered to set the parameter at the original boot of the live cd, this probably would not have happened, but that is not something one considers, thus the warning or scripted questions would save a failed install or two. While almost all grml users are in europe, this is a simple matter to remedy. Although hardly necessary, since the distro is not designed to be a consumer desktop, it would be nice if the entire gnome were available somewhere, a la ubuntu. for kde, this is unnecessary, as the versions in either unstable or experimental all match, and most always do. gnome is a mess over two or three versions. There is still no subsitute for runlevel.conf anywhere - this is the best thing anyone has ever invented for the end user. All in all, grml 1 is nigh on perfect. Gratefully, Martin

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GNOME in grml rc1
by Mark 11 Mai '07

11 Mai '07

Martin, Do you use apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment or some other method? Simplicity appeals, but the above command causes problems. Later, apt wants to uninstall the whole gnome-desktop-environment when asked to remove just one tiny piece. I haven't tested grml rc1 yet. Can you elaborate on the GNOME issues you encountered? Thanks, M

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Re: [Grml] Unmet dependencies ?
by Hubert Gabler 10 Mai '07

10 Mai '07

Am Donnerstag, den 10.05.2007, 09:06 -0400 schrieb martin yazdzik: > > What version of grml, and what sources do you have enabled - Hello Martin, I used grml 0.9 and changed sources as you suggested but no effect - same error messages. The problem was solved however after upgrading to grml 1.0 and reistalling grml2hd. Regards, Hubert

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Unmet dependencies ?
by Hubert Gabler 10 Mai '07

10 Mai '07

After installing grml on HD using grml2hd I ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. This resulted in a) downloading some 300 MB of data and b) this message: "The following packages have unmet dependencies:" followed by some 20 lines like this: "xserver-xorg: Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>=2:1.3.0.0) but 2:1.1.1.1.-11 is installed" ...... ...... The suggested workaround "try using -f" did not change the situation. How can I install the right dependencies? Hubert

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grml release candidates: grml 1.0-rc1, grml64 0.1-rc1 and grml-small 0.4-rc1
by Michael Prokop 08 Mai '07

08 Mai '07

Hi! I'm proud to be able to present new grml release candidates. New features? Tons of new features! Including a 64bit version of grml. grml 1.0 - release candidate 1 Codename Meilenschwein: http://grml.org/files/README-grml-1.0-rc1.php grml64 0.1 - release candidate 1 Codename LiveShell: http://grml.org/files/README-grml64-0.1-rc1.php grml-small 0.4 - release candidate 1 Codename Springinkerl: http://grml.org/files/README-grml-small-0.4-rc1.php Please consider using bittorrent for downloading the ISOs: http://grml.gwendoline.at/devel/grml_1.0-rc1.iso.torrent http://grml.gwendoline.at/devel/grml64_0.1-rc1.iso.torrent http://grml.gwendoline.at/devel/grml_small_0.4-rc1.iso.torrent If you can't use bittorrent check out the http/ftp URLs (not all available mirrors are in sync yet - but the listed ones are OK): 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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grml bug reporting
by Tong Sun 04 Mai '07

04 Mai '07

> Tong, please don't use the grml-user mailinglist as bug report > medium, please use http://bts.grml.org/grml/ instead. Does submit bugs by email still supported in new BTS? As you have noticed, I was using the old grml bug reporting way, sending to: submit(a)bugs.grml.org and only Cc: grml(a)mur.at I hope when the new BTS is fully setup, I can still submit bugs by email while cc grml-user mailinglist. The reason is that, I only use this email address for tons of mailinglists that I'm on, and will not check this email (personally), but via corresponding gmane news. If you need further clarrification of the bug, normally I won't get it. Now things is different because my own confort system has not setup yet, and have to rely on yahoo email... Further, cc grml-user mailinglist might stur up some disscusion from other grml users. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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The bootfrom=xxx.iso doesn't work
by Tong Sun 03 Mai '07

03 Mai '07

Package: grml Version: 0.9-stable2 Severity: important Hi, I found that the bootfrom=xxx.iso cheatcode does not work as expected. I notice the following grub boot menu, title GRML 0.9 from .ISO on sda2 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot.grml/isolinux/linux26 welcome noeject noprompt ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off vga=791 nomce bootfrom=/dev/sda2/Grml/grml_0.9.iso initrd /boot.grml/isolinux/minirt26.gz savedefault boot only works as long as my USB key was plugged in. If not, it won't work. Having Looked into the issue, I realized that, grml search for grml image in all patitions first before doing the bootfrom= cheatcode. When my USB key is plugged in, it can continue on, mounting the .iso as root the second time, though it report missing /lib/.../modeprobe.dep beforehand. When my USB key is not plugged in, i.e., the image scan doesn't find anything, grml will panic before doing the bootfrom=xxx.iso. Test environment: grml 0.9 -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /UNIONFS/bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-grml Locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages grml depends on: ii grml-autoconfig 0.6-8 main bootup process of a grml syst ii grml-docs 0.9-5 documentation for grml (grml.org) ii grml-etc 0.9-4 ecetera files for the grml system ii grml-files 0.9-1 some misc files for grml ii grml-hwinfo 0.3-2 collect hardware information ii grml-scripts 0.9.5 some small scripts which should ma ii grml-tips 0.3-14 search for tips and hints via a ke grml recommends no packages. -- no debconf information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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The misbehaving emacs spell check language setting
by Tong Sun 03 Mai '07

03 Mai '07

Package: emacs Version: 21.4a+1-2 Severity: important I boot grml with 'lang=us', and I get the following as my locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Yet, when I enable flyspell-mode, I get: Loading flyspell...done (Next local Ispell command will use german-new8 dictionary) [2 times] I.e., the spell check language is german, instead of en_US. Test environment: grml 0.9 -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /UNIONFS/bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-grml Locale: LANG=en_US.iso885915, LC_CTYPE=en_US.iso885915 (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages emacs depends on: ii emacs21 21.4a+1-2 The GNU Emacs editor emacs recommends no packages. -- no debconf information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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config.d & scripts.d cheatcodes
by Tong Sun 03 Mai '07

03 Mai '07

Hi mika, I'm going to implement the config.d & scripts.d functionality in /cdrom/scripts/grml.sh for now. I'm thinking, to make it easy for you to adopt my code into future grml, please write a skeloton code for me, especially, how you'd like to name variable and functions. I'll implement the details, test them, and sent them back to you. PS. The doc is not clear where exactly should the script be put, is it under /scripts/ or /cdrom/scripts/ on the disk (CD/USB)? Ref: From: Michael Prokop <mika <at> grml.org> Subject: Re: Re: [grml-bugs] bug#25: Wish lists for enhancing the grml configuration system Newsgroups: gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user Date: 2007-04-23 12:28:26 GMT > >> - Boot-Options config.d, i.e., please define a grml configuration > >> directory. On booting all the .tbz files from within the defined > >> directory or from the config.d option, will be restored, in the > >> order by their names. > > You mean like the config bootoption which does: > > | restore configuration using file config.tbz from directory /cdrom/config/ > > (see http://grml.org/config/grml-config.html for more details) but > > not only use *one* config.tbz but *all* the available tbz files from > > the directory? > > So it would become: > > | config.d => restore all tbz. files from directory /cdrom/config.d/ > > That's what you want? > Exactly! restore them in the order of their names. Ok. > >> The save-config generated configuration, the plain bzip2 > >> compressed tar archives is a good thing. But I don't like the fact > >> that all related or unrelated files are all stuffed into this same > >> file. I hope that I can group related files into different .tbz > >> files. It is much more easy to manage than a single file. > > You can name your config.tbz like you want (even when generating it > > with save-config), see the config=config_foobar.tbz stuff at > > http://grml.org/config/grml-config.html > > AFAICS all that has to be done for this feature is the config.d > > stuff, right? > Exactly. Ok. I'll add the above stuff to our TODO list and will work on it post grml 1.0. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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