[Grml] Re: grub?

2006-06-28 Thread T
On Thu, 04 May 2006 14:14:43 -0400, Martin Yazdzik wrote: grub root (hd0,3) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub setup (hd0) Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists... no Checking if /grub/stage1 exists... no Error 15: File not found Hi Martin Have you got if fixed?

[Grml] Re: Read-only root fs

2006-06-28 Thread T
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:06:10 -0600, s. keeling wrote: I wish Debian or grml has the integrity testing capability that rpm has, ie. to test whether the libs/executables that reside on the disk are still I run a md5sum once a week, saving the output to file. Doing a diff on that file

[Grml] Re: Use GRML without burning any CD

2006-07-01 Thread T
On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:54:15 -0400, T wrote: On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:32:51 -0400, T wrote: The following is in asciidoc format. [ messed up by my news reader, trying again. ] [ messed up again, trying yet again. ] == Use GRML without burning any CD === Linux Case Case 1: you have

[Grml] Any mail client in grml allows me to relay mail through ISP

2006-07-07 Thread T
and following the document on the net (eg, the following two), but all attempts failed. how to make postfix to use SMTP auth for sending mail to a smarthost or a transport map relay server. http://www.k2.on.lk/fourm/viewtopic.php?t=30 Gmail on Home Linux Box using Postfix http

[Grml] Re: Re: pre-configure X

2006-07-07 Thread T
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 23:01:31 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ % grep startx /etc/zsh/zshrc isgrmlcd alias startx='echo -e Please use the script \grml-x\ for \ starting the X Window System.\n If you want to use startx anyway please \ call \/usr/bin/startx\.;

[Grml] grml_from_hd

2006-07-15 Thread T
Hi what exactly does the cheat code grml_from_hd does? Recently I used to choose the grml-nofb lilo option for my HD installation booting, but just realized that the grml_from_hd cheat code is not there (a HD installation/lilo bug?). would there be any negitive effect about it? thanks

[Grml] Re: grml and vmware

2006-07-16 Thread T
[original question with latest update] On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:58:30 +0200, T wrote: Anybody has successfully installed vmware under grml hd installation? I bumped into the following 2 problems: - vmware-install.pl asks for the rc?.d directories: What is the directory that contains

[Grml] adduser and RPC Connection

2006-07-17 Thread T
hi whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error: rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection

[Grml] Re: adduser and RPC Connection

2006-07-17 Thread T
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:23:49 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error: rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused [...] I've never see this before, and would like to know why adduser need to do some rpc

[Grml] Re: Re: adduser and RPC Connection

2006-07-17 Thread T
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:09:03 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: whenever I add a user in grml, I get the following error: rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused [...] I've never see this before, and would like to know why adduser need to do some

[Grml] grml 0.8

2006-07-17 Thread T
Hi Any tentative date for grml 0.8 release? Just asking, no pressure, 'cause I noticed from the wiki pages there are still lots things need to be done. If it'd be long, any tentative date for grml development release that contains xorg 7.0 and new safe kernel? thanks

[Grml] Re: Re: Re: adduser and RPC Connection

2006-07-17 Thread T
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:50:33 -0600, s. keeling wrote: - is there any way to disable Debian's useradd from using NIS and making rpc calls/connections? Scrounge around in /etc/init.d for stuff that does that. Turn it off. ? ___ Grml mailing list

[Grml] Re: Re: Re: lucidasans fonts

2006-07-18 Thread T
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:56:00 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: It's listed in: % xlsfonts | grep 'lucida-.*-sans' , can be selected from within xfontsel yes and is available as lucidasans-$SIZE. What's the problem? 8-) No, lucidasans-$SIZE is *not* available. that's the problem.

[Grml] Mounting scripts

2006-07-19 Thread T
Hi where are the scripts that grml mounts the file systems in live-cd? and HD installation? It'd be a good learning experiences for me to take a look at them. thanks ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml

[Grml] Re: Mounting scripts

2006-07-19 Thread T
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:05:11 +0200, T wrote: Hi where are the scripts that grml mounts the file systems in live-cd? and HD installation? specifically, in HD installation, at which point the rootfs is remounted from ro to rw, 'cause I can't mount it back to ro again: % mount -n -o remount

[Grml] Slow access to CD

2006-07-27 Thread T
Hi My CD accessing speed is extremely slow. For cdrdao read-cd, which normally takes 5~6min, takes 5 times as long: real24m54.889s user0m0.004s sys 0m0.016s For vcdxrip, which normally takes same as cdrdao read-cd, 5~6min, literely takes forever: #extract[avseq01.mpg]:

[Grml] Alsa can't find mixer /dev/PCM

2006-07-28 Thread T
Hi when I started up XMMS with the alsa output plugin. I get: ** WARNING **: alsa_setup_mixer(): Failed to find mixer element: /dev/PCM How do I (re)create /dev/pcm? thanks ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at

[Grml] Re: fun with x

2006-08-05 Thread T
3:fd # Block type: 2:0 3:fc # Block type: 2:0 3:ff EndSection - T ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http

[Grml] Re: Re: adduser and RPC Connection

2006-08-07 Thread T
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:33:34 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: JFYI: ... A bugreport against adduser ... Thanks a lot mika, that's very helpful! ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on

[Grml] ATI proprietary driver fglrx and Xvideo support

2006-08-10 Thread T
Hi, I'm using the fglrx driver for my ATI card. Does it has Xvideo support? When I tried with mplayer -vo xv moviefile I get: --- It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available. Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read

[Grml] bitmap fonts

2006-08-10 Thread T
Hi I read somewhere that DSL (Dam Small Linux) is removing the bitmap fonts entirely from the system. Since so many high quality TrueType fonts are available, it is a waste of space to still have bitmap fonts. Is this on the todo list of grml as well? thanks

[Grml] Adjusted packages

2006-08-10 Thread T
Hi, mika: I have a suggestion, next time you blog what packages get removed/added, could you add the description to the package names as well? So we get a brief idea what are added/deleted, without to look them up. 2nd, of all the followding deleted packages, are there any alternatives, or they

[Grml] Re: mplayer OSD problem

2006-08-12 Thread T
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:10:12 +0200, Matthias Kopfermann wrote: On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 05:23:43PM +0200, T: I can not view the onscreen display (OSD) status information of mplayer. Can anyone verify if you can please? everything works as expected here, really. i use mplayer often and it has

[Grml] Re: Bug report options

2006-08-13 Thread T
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:26:12 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: How will the GRML Bug Tracking System handle such case, ie, packages that are not GRML specific? We do forward the bug report, if that's ok for the original bugreporter. Should we report the bug to the Debian BTS yes please,

[Grml] problem gone -- can't get onto network

2006-08-13 Thread T
Problem mystically disappeared when I boot again this time. But still some questions remains. On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 10:57:52 -0600, s. keeling wrote: % /etc/init.d/networking restart Reconfiguring network interfaces...ifup: interface lo already configured done. Why the message only

[Grml] Re: disable ipv6

2006-08-13 Thread T
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:53:33 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: how can I disable ipv6 in grml2hd envrionment? Since grml-scripts (0.7-10) via running 'blacklist ipv6' or manually add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/grml: blacklist ipv6 alias ipv6 off Thanks, but I just realized that it

[Grml] Re: persistent root?

2006-08-13 Thread T
On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:18:30 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: * T [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20060705 18:15]: On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:01:11 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: ... Adjust your live-cd system with the configuration framework: http://grml.org/config/ If one can afford the persistenthome, ie

[Grml] Re: new grml release available: grml 0.8

2006-08-13 Thread T
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:54:25 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: I'm proud to be able to present a new grml release: grml 0.8 with codename funkenzutzler is available. Congratulation. Having been looking for it for a long time. thanks mika ___ Grml

[Grml] Re: persistent root?

2006-08-14 Thread T
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:36:32 -0700, Mark wrote: The root user is a special problem, but Mika offered a reasonable hack: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user/161 Thanks Mark for the link. However, I was talking about root fs, not home of root user.

[Grml] checkinstall still broken?

2006-08-14 Thread T
Hi When I saw the following checkinstall error messages [1], I tried to update my checkinstall. But, I realized that the errors are still not fixed [2]. Can somebody confirm that checkinstall is still broken? Is there alternative solutions? I noticed a package obsoleted by checkinstall named

[Grml] Bring up network on boot up

2006-08-15 Thread T
Hi My network is not initiated on grml 0.7 hd install boot up. I have to manually started it up afterward. I'm wondering why this is happening. - Is it because my network service is not up? grep network /etc/runlevel.conf 35 - S /etc/init.d/networking - Is it because

[Grml] Re: Bring up network on boot up

2006-08-15 Thread T
On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:07:53 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: * T [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20060815 17:15]: My network is not initiated on grml 0.7 hd install boot up. I have to manually started it up afterward. I'm wondering why this is happening. - Is it because my network service is not up

[Grml] df: `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied

2006-08-23 Thread T
Hi Whenever I run df, I get `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied: $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs 4032092 2411436 1415832 64% / /dev/root 4032092 2411436 1415832 64% / df: `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied

[Grml] Re: df: `/dev/.static/dev': Permission denied

2006-08-26 Thread T
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:57:35 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: The issue is on my todolist and I'll provide a fix soon. thanks mika, and welcome back. How is your holiday, BTW? ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml

[Grml] error: linux/errno.h not found

2006-08-26 Thread T
Hi I must have one fundamental step missing from setting up my compiling environment. This is what I got when compiling a c file: In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36, from archh.c:1637: /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25:26: error: linux/errno.h: No such file or directory

[Grml] Re: error: linux/errno.h not found

2006-08-26 Thread T
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:14:59 +0200, T wrote: Hi I must have one fundamental step missing from setting up my compiling environment. This is what I got when compiling a c file: In file included from /usr/include/errno.h:36, from archh.c:1637: /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25

[Grml] Re: Still cannot move root user to home partition

2006-08-26 Thread T
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:43:36 -0700, Mark wrote: Mika, The symlink idea below actaully does not work: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.grml.user/161 Tested under 0.8 final. hmm... what is not working? My /root is linked to /home/root/. I'm using grml 0.7... tong

[Grml] Re: everthing except fglrx works

2006-08-28 Thread T
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:46:46 +, Martin Yazdzik wrote: grml2hd was without any problem whatsoever, except for ghe fglrx driver - The fglrx driver is the only one that works for me. What do you mean it won't work? I shall try two or three solutions and write back, but grml-x should work

[Grml] Re: grml0.8 grml2hd test report

2006-08-30 Thread T
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:04:57 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: ยน I think you are using grml2hd wrong. grml2hd partion=/dev/sda4 mbr=/dev/sda4 filesystem=ext3 user=tong is what you would have to use at the boot prompt for automatic installation (if you really know what you are doing, please read

[Grml] Re: Wishlist: automount by names

2006-08-30 Thread T
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:31:30 +0200, T wrote: rules. So, whenever I cd into /mnt/os12, the disk partition labeled os12 is automatically mounted -- all taken care of by automount. or, the Knopsis way, it get automatically mounted when the /mnt/os12 icon on the desktop is clicked

[Grml] Re: Wishlist: automount by names

2006-08-30 Thread T
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:40:58 -0700, Mark wrote: If GRML would build fstab with labels/UUIDs instead of device numbers, it would probably satisfy the request. The change is desirable and easy. An OS is much more robust if it uses labels/UUIDs. Device numbers could be appended in a comment

[Grml] Re: Re: Wishlist: automount by names

2006-08-31 Thread T
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:26:54 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: In other words, I want to mount my HD/USB devices not by UUIDs but by labels. Eg. the disk partition labeled os12 would always mounted on /mnt/os12. That's what I already mentioned and demonstrated: Oh, forgot to mention I tried it

[Grml] Re: Dependency on console bitmap fonts

2006-08-31 Thread T
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:16:58 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: I was able to remove it in grml0.7 and didn't have any problem with that... The dependency was introduced because grml uses the font as default now. yeah, understood. But there's no reason to remove the package at all because it's

[Grml] Xorg, choosing default resolution

2006-08-31 Thread T
[reposted from other mlist] Anyone can help me out with the following? Mika, any thoughts or ideas? Is it an xorg problem, or purely X driver related. I'm using fglrx for my ATI BTW. This happens after I upgrade from grml0.7 to grml0.8. thanks a lot Subject: Xorg, choosing default

[Grml] /dev/dvd

2006-09-02 Thread T
Hi Currently grml does not provides the /dev/dvd link. I remember I read somewhere that merely adding a rule symlink to /etc/udev/rules.d/ will do. But I just can't find it any more. Any one knows about how to do it? thanks tong ___ Grml mailing

[Grml] Re: network not on when boot up Grml 0.8

2006-09-02 Thread T
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:55:14 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: I had the problem before in Grml 0.7, and now in Grml 0.8 -- my network not on when booting up Live CD. /etc/init.d/networking start works only for lo, not eth0. ifconfig -a shows only the 'lo' device. Any one having

[Grml] Re: Re: Filesystem not clean on boot up

2006-09-16 Thread T
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:39:57 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: ca::ctrlaltdel:/etc/init.d/grml-reboot work for you and fixes the problem? I directly tried this. Unfortunately, problems not fixed. Still got Filesystem is NOT clean. And please check that grep umount /etc/runlevel.conf looks

[Grml] Re: Re: Filesystem not clean on boot up

2006-09-16 Thread T
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:31:03 +0200, T wrote: On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:39:57 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: ca::ctrlaltdel:/etc/init.d/grml-reboot work for you and fixes the problem? I directly tried this. Unfortunately, problems not fixed. Still got Filesystem is NOT clean. Hmm

[Grml] Grml mysql services

2006-09-17 Thread T
Hi I notice that the mysql services in grml is different that I used to use. I used to only have the mysql service, but grml default is that mysql service is disabled while other two mysql-ndb-mgm mysql-ndb are enabled: $ grep mysql /etc/runlevel.conf 19 - 2,3,4,5

[Grml] Re: Re: Re: Filesystem not clean on boot up

2006-09-17 Thread T
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:38:05 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: Hmm... the change take effect right away, right? Ie, right after I've made the change, the keyboard would then trigger grml-reboot instead of init 6, correct? No. You have to either run 'telinit q' or reboot at all so init rereads

[Grml] wishlist: better site navigation

2006-09-17 Thread T
Hi I found that grml site is not that easy to quickly location information. Last time, when promoting grml-small in debian-users, it took me quite a while to find the link url to grml-small (the info, not its problems). Now I'm trying to find all packages available in grml 0.8. I remember

[Grml] Re: a good file manager

2006-09-22 Thread T
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:54:42 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: * Clive Menzies [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20060922 16:47]: I use debian sid mainly and tried Rox, XFE, Xffm and couldn't get on with any of them. I found emelfm which I use now and quite like; it's not pretty but the functionality and

[Grml] Normal user not permitted for pci scan

2006-10-07 Thread T
Hi, when I tried to use the xvidix driver for mplayer, I get Error occurred during pci scan: Operation not permitted error for normal user, but root is ok. How can I fix it? PS. my groups:

[Grml] Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024)

2006-10-07 Thread T
hi I'm sure most of you have seen it before, but any of you know how to fix it? Ie, the following error when playing movies with mplayer: Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): Inappropriate ioctl for device Try adding echo 1024 /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq to your system

[Grml] Re: Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024)

2006-10-08 Thread T
On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:34:32 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: ...but AFAICS just ignoring the rtc_irqp_set-message should work as well. ;) thanks for the comprehensive info. I was trying to find why mplayer can't plays movie fast enough in grml (=Debian testing), while it is ok in Sarge. Glad to

[Grml] Re: Re: Normal user not permitted for pci scan

2006-10-12 Thread T
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:59:02 -0400, T wrote: Could you compile a kernel that have the dhahelper module, since the issue affect both mplayer and xine, please? or maybe pack a kernel-dhahelper package? -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net

[Grml] Re: ndiswrapper in grml-small?

2006-10-13 Thread T
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:03:43 -0400, Celejar wrote: is there a simple way to add it to my iso? Even a pointer to some documentation would be helpful; No, there is no *simple* way per se. The one that you found is simple in the sense that it doesn't require you to do more than that. The proper

[Grml] config id used in grml-rebuildfstab

2006-10-25 Thread T
Hi Currently, grml-rebuildfstab executes 'rebuildfstab -v -r -u $fstabuser -g $fstabuser' where $fstabuser is the user with the UID 1000. Is this UID 1000, GID 1000 configurable somewhere? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

[Grml] Re: Re: config id used in grml-rebuildfstab

2006-10-26 Thread T
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:21:07 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: Is this UID 1000, GID 1000 configurable somewhere? Not yet. ... Hm.., how is rebuildfstab called when new device is plugged in? It should not be a alias, should it? man rebuildfstab Done in /etc/udev/grml_usbdev.rules? I

[Grml] Re: mixing of distributions grml - unstable - testing - sarge for notebook

2006-10-27 Thread T
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:03:23 +0200, Erich Minderlein wrote: Hallo Liste For the user applications I would like to use as much as possible stable applications, also for a low update rate. (gnome desktop, gdm, evolution...) For the hardware I am forced to use up to date kernel drivers X

[Grml] Re: Re: Re: Re: config id used in grml-rebuildfstab

2006-10-28 Thread T
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:52:13 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: Ok. Is the entry OK if you manually run: # rebuildfstab -v -r -u $USER -g $GROUP Yep, that works. Sorry for responding late. There is some problem with my (cheap) PC's USB plug. 20% ~ 30% of time when I plug in a USB device, it

[Grml] Re: mixing of distributions grml - unstable - testing - sarge for notebook

2006-10-28 Thread T
On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:24:23 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: Oh, and to keep the update rate in the third option lower: you could pin grml to Debian/testing Wow, you learn new things every day here... What's the differences between / advantages over switching grml over to testing repository?

[Grml] Starting domain name service bind failed

2006-10-31 Thread T
Hi I used to use a caching only name server under Debian. When I start the same setting under grml, I get: % /etc/init.d/bind9 restart Stopping domain name service...: bindrndc: connection to remote host closed This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of the

[Grml] Re: Starting domain name service bind failed

2006-10-31 Thread T
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:19:18 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: % /etc/init.d/bind9 restart Stopping domain name service...: bindrndc: connection to remote host closed This may indicate that the remote server is using an older version of the command protocol, this host is not authorized to

[Grml] Re: Suggestions

2006-11-06 Thread T
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:23:23 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: ... So I thought if it is possible to splitting the squashfs image into two images that are merged by unionfs, where the smaller one contains a basic system that includes all stuff from grml-small (which may be larger than

[Grml] Re: Suggestions

2006-11-07 Thread T
On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:03:14 -0700, Mark wrote: unionFS is Puppy Linux, it allows 5 layers to work together, and it has detailed docs on how it is done: http://www.puppyos.com/development/howpuppyworks.html BTW, I have planned long time ago to write the author of Puppy Linux a personal

[Grml] Allow user to handle their own print jobs

2006-11-10 Thread T
Hi How to allow users to handle their own print queue? $ lprm 26 Password for tong on localhost? How can I configure my Debian so that users can freely handle their own print jobs (not others), and not bothered with password every time? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)

[Grml] Re: /etc/fstab and noatime

2006-11-10 Thread T
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:20:22 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: So I hope that the generated /etc/fstab can have noatime for the mount points, at least an option to enable so. For which mount-points do you mean? /mnt/usb-sd*? oops, my bad, it's there already. :-) -- Tong (remove underscore(s)

[Grml] nifty little tool -- histring

2006-11-11 Thread T
simply highlights strings using ANSI terminal escape codes. but the usage is endless. I almost use it everywhere in my script where I need a quick peek into large output. For example, zip -t *.zip 21 | histring -fEi 'warning |bad CRC|error: ' | less will tell me if any of the zips files has any

[Grml] Norton Guide Reader

2006-11-18 Thread T
Hi I'm wondering if any of you still remember those Norton Guides. IHMO, the Norton Guide collection is the most comprehensive on-line document about anything for you PC, from Bios, to any programming language. Well written, far more easy to navigate. I found a Norton Guide Reader For GNU/Linux

[Grml] Re: Re: Re: [OT] udev and number of devices

2006-12-04 Thread T
On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 23:50:16 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: A possible solution might be the patch from: http://lwn.net/Articles/110426/ But we have to review and test that one. It's on the todolist: http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue42 thanks for the info and putting it into todo. but

[Grml] grml-small and X

2006-12-05 Thread T
Hi, Anybody could share your experience putting X in grml-small? what are the minimum packages installed (to run wm like fluxbox)? what are the extra disk size put on? thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/

[Grml] More sites linking to grml

2006-12-21 Thread T
Hi, Just FYI, more and more sites are linking to grml now. Last month, there was an article in Debian Administration linking back to grml: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/464 Recently, there is also an wiki entry at wikia.com linking back to grml:

[Grml] About /mnt/grml

2006-12-27 Thread T
Hi On examining my root volume backup, I noticed for the first time the /mnt/grml directory. It looks almost like the whole root fs to me. Can somebody explain a bit about this directory? Especially, will my root volume backup be twice as big as it should be? Is it OK to omit the directory when

[Grml] Re: About /mnt/grml

2006-12-27 Thread T
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:08:44 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: On examining my root volume backup, I noticed for the first time the /mnt/grml directory. It looks almost like the whole root fs to me. Can somebody explain a bit about this directory? Especially, will my root volume backup be twice

[Grml] Re: Re: About /mnt/grml

2006-12-27 Thread T
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:10:01 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: What do you want to backup? root-partition of live-cd?! On hd-installation unionfs isn't enabled by default so you don't have to care about it. hmm, interesting. yep, I want to backup my root-partition, which is /dev/sda5. But looking

[Grml] Are grml packages initially installed by aptitude

2006-12-27 Thread T
Hi, I'm just wondering, are grml packages initially installed by aptitude? The reason that I'm asking is that after 'aptitude purge evms', I found the libevms-2.5 is still in the system. Also, after 'aptitude purge shish', the dietlibc dietlibc-dev are still in the system. I've never

[Grml] Re: /etc/fstab and noatime

2007-01-04 Thread T
On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:25:31 -0500, T wrote: Since more and more people are using pen drives, I think in such case it is desirable to disable updating inode access time for each access to limit the wear and tear. So I hope that the generated /etc/fstab can have noatime for the mount points

[Grml] Re: Assistance with accessibily backing up my grml installation.

2007-01-04 Thread T
On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:38:58 -0700, Keith Hinton wrote: I wish to tar, my entire root file system, and make the tar file create on another box via ssh. I am booted into the Live-disk, ATM. Any suggestions? If you have any, let me know. My idea was: to mount the root file system under

[Grml] grml repositories

2007-11-10 Thread T o n g
Hi, Where's the write up on how to setup grml repositories? Being with grml for so long, I just realized that I can't find any write up on how to setup grml repositories. Here is my existing setting: $ grep grml-stable /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://deb.grml.org/ grml-stable main

[Grml] grml-live, fai and package retreiving

2007-11-10 Thread T o n g
Hi, I'm new to grml-live fai. I don't understand why fai needs its own sources.list file. Since it will be really rarely for people to choose different mirrors from there preferred ones. Can we configure one less file (/etc/grml/fai/apt/sources.list), telling grml-live to use the official

[Grml] grml-medium and X

2007-11-10 Thread T o n g
Hi mika: On seeing that grml is providing a grml-medium edition, I checked it out immediately. However I found that grml-medium still does not including X. Mika, please please include X in grml-medium, and grml-x firefox too. Otherwise, there is no much reason for people to prefer grml-medium,

[Grml] Re: grml-live, fai and package retreiving

2007-11-11 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:58:35 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: . . .am I right that the general procedure of grml-live would be . setup chroot base . download/install all designated packages. . clean up, including removing all download packages then, . make iso Yepp. If so, can I suggest

[Grml] grml-live and local configuration

2007-11-11 Thread T o n g
Hi, I found that there is no way to specify a local configuration for grml-live. I.e., I have to mess with /etc/grml/grml-live.conf file in order to configure anything, or rely on the limited command line. I know the grml-live is still not a finished product yet. So I hope in the final release,

[Grml] Re: grml-live, fai and package retreiving

2007-11-12 Thread T o n g
On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:58:17 +0100, Michael Prokop wrote: Ah, thanks. The MIRROR_DIRECTORY is outside chroot, correct? Will it get wiped when building the iso? Yes, it's just mount --bind-ed into the chroot und unmounted of course when building the ISO. No files will be deleted from the

Re: [Grml] Grml and inetd

2008-02-29 Thread T o n g
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:16:58 -0600, C.M. Brannon wrote: I noticed that my grml does not have either inetd or xinetd installed. So how does my ssh, ftp services get started? Plenty of services don't run from inetd / xinetd at all. They do their own listening. They get started in your

[Grml] powernow-k8: BIOS error - no PSB or ACPI _PSS objects

2008-04-28 Thread T o n g
Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to load the powernow-k8 kernel module: % modprobe powernow-k8 FATAL: Error inserting powernow_k8 (/lib/modules/2.6.23-grml/kernel/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.ko): No such device % dmesg | tail -2 powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD

Re: [Grml] grml in a multi-boot environment

2008-07-07 Thread T o n g
Hi, My last use of grml2hd was grml0.7 so I am answering based on Maurice's state. On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:55:23 +0100, Maurice McCarthy wrote: The current system has a boot partition /dev/sda1, and both the fedora and enterprise linux systems use grub. By default in grml 1.1 grub is placed

[Grml] qdiff any chance?

2008-07-15 Thread T o n g
Hi, First of all, thank you mika for answering my previous question. Now, Is there any recommended binary files differ that can detect binary insertions/deletions/substitutions with colorful output? Here is the one that I found most useful.

Re: [Grml] qdiff any chance?

2008-07-20 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:22:50 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: any chance to include it in our repo? Well, looks like qdiff is unmaintained nowadays. It doesn't even compile here OOTB. :-/ Oh, I didn't know that. I must have compiled it long time ago when it still compiled fine -- still using

[Grml] include liblinuxlive in linuxrc please

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:01:52 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: Can you create a generic structure like /grml/release/{small,large,x64}/ so different grml releases play along nicely with each other? Nice idea, I'll check this out. I've attached the I've attached it to the bug report:

Re: [Grml] include liblinuxlive in linuxrc please

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:52:20 +, T o n g wrote: All above just requires including liblinuxlive (from http://www.linux-live.org/) into linuxrc sorry, I meant to say to include liblinuxlive in initrd. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http

[Grml] grml-debootstrap into a plain directory

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
Hi, Is it ok to use a plain directory as the '--target' parameter for grml-debootstrap? Seems so to me according to the grml-debootstrap(8) and the debootstrap/config file. But this is what I get: * Running grml-debootstrap on a directory, nothing to mount. * Running grml-debootstrap on a

Re: [Grml] include liblinuxlive in linuxrc please

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:55:55 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: If anyone is interested in bringing liblinuxlive into live-initramfs (the initrd/initramfs technology grml is using) it's highly welcome of course! I'll be happy to make the attempt. Basically, I'll only need to do two things (for the

[Grml] grml-debootstrap misc questions

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
Hi, Several misc questions regarding grml-debootstrap... - Does debootstrap download packages? If yes, where does it place downloaded packages? - Since grml-debootstrap also install packages defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages into the chroot system, is it a good idea to bind mount

Re: [Grml] grml-debootstrap misc questions

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:36:30 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: - Does debootstrap download packages? If yes, where does it place downloaded packages? Yes, they are located in /var/cache/apt/archives of the target system. - Since grml-debootstrap also install packages defined in

Re: [Grml] include liblinuxlive in linuxrc please

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:10:45 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: - include liblinuxlive in initrd/initramfs that grml uses. - change linuxrc so that it mounts GRML/GRML using the function in liblinuxlive Where can I . . . You can retreive the live-initramfs source we are using through

Re: [Grml] grml-debootstrap misc questions

2008-09-02 Thread T o n g
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:09:06 +, T o n g wrote: Several misc questions regarding grml-debootstrap... # kernel version which should be installed # do not forget to adjust according to architecture, for example # use 2.6-686 for i386 and 2.6-amd64 for amd64 # KERNEL='2.6-686' I want

Re: [Grml] approx

2008-09-03 Thread T o n g
On Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:05:26 +0200, Michael Gebetsroither wrote: approx? Can anyone list all your tweaks, and post all your tweaked approx related configuration files please? for approx itself, yes. You need to . . . Thanks a lot!!! that really helps. have a nice day. -- Tong (remove

[Grml] bts difficulites

2008-09-08 Thread T o n g
Hi mika, I tried to submit a bts to grml Bug Tracking System [EMAIL PROTECTED] yesterday. I made 3 attemps (across 7 hours), but today when I check, my bts is still not in the system. I cc you @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] in my last 2 attemps. Could you check for me what I'm doing wrong please? thanks

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