Saturday, September 29. 2007
Hack of the day: remote-reboot Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) Hack of the day: remote-rebootI had to clone a server to another server (1:1 copy using dd+netcat) but didn't want to stay at the customer's place until the task finished. So I executed 'Start ssh; passwd' to be able to login remotely. But how to reboot the server and get rid of the CD so the harddisk system boots instead of the grml-CD without manual interaction at customer's place? Server systems usually don't move in/re-insert an ejected CD on reboot - that's nice for what we need. So all I had to do was: eject &>/dev/null umount -l /cdrom eject /dev/cdrom echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger Friday, September 28. 2007
grml-live - autobuild infrastructure Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) grml-live - autobuild infrastructureThanks to the infrastructure provided by IBM's x305 server donation and Jimmy's work I just finished a first prototype setup of an autobuild system for building grml-ISOs using grml-live. Currently I've a working system for building "grml-medium" ISOs based on etch/stable and sid/unstable on a daily base. Normal/full grml ISOs (the ~700MB version) of etch/stable and sid/unstable will follow soon. I plan to provide new develreleases as soon as I finished the autobuild setup. Hopefully we'll find ressources for a 64bit environment (so we can provide autobuilded ISOs of grml64) as well. Wednesday, September 5. 2007
new develrelease: grml 1.0-3 Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) new develrelease: grml 1.0-3After the Froscon event took place we have a new develrelease. Quoting the main changelog for the new develreleases: * several updated configuration files, bugfixes and up2date Debian packages as of 20070905 * atl2 kernel driver added * grml2hd: display '***' in password box so user gets feedback when typing the password * ctrl-alt-del triggers reboot instead of powerdown now * use of live-initramfs: the biggest change inside 1.0-3 and the one which will break everything. ;-) But: as a long-term side-effect it will dramatically simplify customizing grml and provide new options like including firmware for booting. 'ls -la /' looks completely different now as you will notice. We have a new unionfs overlay layout. Let's see whether it's working for us. So please: test all the grml bootoptions and let us know what's broken! Friday, July 13. 2007
new develrelease: grml 1.0-1 Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) new develrelease: grml 1.0-1Lots of development took place in the last weeks, finally we have a new develrelease. Quoting the main changelog for the new develreleases: * featuring new stable kernel 2.6.22 See http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue216 for details regarding development and progress. * *no* further speakup patch inside the kernel, see http://braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup/2007-June/043478.html for the reason * update to libc 2.6; packages from Debian pool by 2007-07-13 * grml-x with multihead support using Xinerama -> % grml-x -xinerama ... Notice: this is limited to two monitors currently and I can test it only on my intel based Samsung X20 laptop. Please report feedback if you give it a try! Patches are welcome as well. :) * some small improvements in bootsequence when running inside VirtualBox * grml2hd supports installation on LVM devices through 'LVM=/dev/mapper/target grml2hd' * added bootoption startup=$script to startup the provided $script/application instead of grml-quickconfig * support LVM (logical volumes) in boot sequence: - bootoption 'lvm' activates them - no special bootoption just runs 'lvdisplay' and if something can be found the user gets a hint to execute 'Start lvm2' to set it up - bootoption 'nolvm' completely disables the lvm code/checks * Due to the emacs21 to emacs22 migration the following packages are not yet available: auctex: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=432206 python-mode: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=424973 Whereas the other removed packages "gnus gnus-bonus-el w3-el-e21 w3-url-e21" shouldn't be necessary with the new emacs version AFAICS. * the fluxbox theme (~/.fluxbox/styles/Sn33z) is broken with the current version. Just delete it manually or choose another theme from the fluxbox menu. Would be great if someone could take a closer look at fixing this issue! * the windows/ directory on the ISO has been renamed (currently only for now) due to space problems.... * several bugfixes, updated configuration files,... Sunday, July 1. 2007
current development status report Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) current development status reportI continued work on shortening our bugreports, wish- and todolist in the last few weeks. New features include:
More to come in the next few days... going back to development now... Friday, June 22. 2007
grml / grml64 /grml-small in ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) grml / grml64 /grml-small in LinuxUser 07/2007The media edition 07/2007 of the german LinuxUser magazine contains a DVD and a CD providing grml 1.0, grml64 0.1 and grml-small 0.4! It's a great chance to get different versions of grml on one medium. You'll even find an article I wrote about grml inside. So get it as long it's hot off the press and available! :-) Friday, May 18. 2007
grml 1.0, grml64 0.1 and grml-small ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) grml 1.0, grml64 0.1 and grml-small 0.4 availableYes, we have new stable release available. Sunday, May 13. 2007
grml 1.0-rc2, grml64 0.1-rc2 and ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) grml 1.0-rc2, grml64 0.1-rc2 and grml-small 0.4-rc2Today I uploaded rc2 of the current releases, they are meant to be the last release candidates for the upcoming stable release. As the stable version will be available really soon (within the next 3-4 days) I maybe won't even announce them "officially". So far the ISOs are available on debian.netcologne.de only, grab and test them if you want to help the grml-team to provide the stable release really soon. Monday, May 7. 2007
grml 1.0-rc1, grml64 0.1-rc1 and ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) grml 1.0-rc1, grml64 0.1-rc1 and grml-small 0.4-rc1grml-docs (1.0.0-rc1) unstable; urgency=low * Update docs for: - grml 1.0-rc1 Release Codename Meilenschwein [2007-05-08] - grml-small 0.4-rc1 Release Codename Springginkerl [2007-05-08] - grml64 0.1-rc1 Release Codename LiveShell [2007-05-08] -- Michael Prokop Yes, it's on its way.... if everything works as expected you can find the ISOs on the mirrors tomorrow.... Sunday, April 15. 2007
new develreleases: grml 0.9-7, ... Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) new develreleases: grml 0.9-7, grml64 0.02 and grml-small 0.3-2I was working very hard the last few days, the result is a bunch of new develreleases. The stable releases are coming closer now, I've just to write the release notes and find artwork for the new releases (want to contribute? let me know!) first. Quoting the main changelog for the new develreleases: ======================================================================= Main changelog for grml: * updated kernel 2.6.20-grml based on 2.6.20.6 * updated libc6 (2.5) * updated Debian packages by 2007-04-15 * several fixes, including the ones mentioned on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_devel * LaTeX: switch from tetex to texlive * grml-debootstrap is aware of stages (canceling is possible now), supports lenny (additionally to Etch of course) now as well * grml-x: use of evdev, please test it with all your mouses and report whether it works or not! * tons of other nifty updates/addons/... I've to dig through the changelogs first.... :) Removed packages since grml 0.9: aircrack classpath classpath-common classpath-gtkpeer cpp-3.3 ddd debsig-verify doc-base emacspeak ethereal ethereal-common gcc-2.95 gcc-3.3 gcc-3.3-base glibc-doc grml-btnet grml-kerneladdons-2.6.18 grml-sysvinit gs-gpl jamvm java-common kdoc latex-ucs libavahi-core4 libbind9-0 libclamav1 libcman1 libdlm1 libdns21 libexiv2-0.10 libgcj-common libgtk-perl libgulm1 libinklevel3 libisc11 libisccc0 libisccfg1 liblwres9 libncurses5-dev libnet-pcap-perl libnet-perl libnids1.20 libpam-opie libqdbm14 libreadline5-dev librudiments0.29 libsasl2 libsqlrelay-0.37 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++5 libtorrent9 libuclibc0 libxmltok1 linux-wlan-ng linux-wlan-ng-firmware lout lout-common lufs-utils lvm-common lvm10 madwifi-doc misdn-utils mutt-ng muttprint nxclient olsrd-plugin openafs-client openafs-krb5 opie-server postgresql-client-8.1 prosper python-clamav python-jaxml python2.3 samdump scapy simh tclx8.3 tesseract-ocr tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra tethereal tftp-hpa tftpd-hpa tk-brief unionfs-utils unzsplit valgrind wellenreiter wmi xen-tools xen-utils-common xlibmesa-gl zsplit Added packages since grml 0.9: advchk array-info ascii2binary atftpd blktrace bluetooth-alsa cbm clive concalc cryopid dnsproxy dvb-utils fatresize funionfs gaffitter gatling gems genisoimage grml-desktop grml-kerneladdons-2.6.20 grml-pylib icedax ii imsniff keyutils kqemu-common kvm mcabber mtp-tools ncc newsbeuter odt2txt olsrd-plugins oss-compat pdfcube perl-tk pnputils podget postgresql-client-8.2 python-scapy python-urwid recordmydesktop samdump2 scalpel sigit smbnetfs speedometer texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-german texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended treil tss uncrustify urlscan vde2 vinetto xserver-xorg-input-aiptek xserver-xorg-input-elo2300 xserver-xorg-input-elographics xserver-xorg-input-evtouch xserver-xorg-input-hyperpen xserver-xorg-input-joystick xserver-xorg-input-penmount xserver-xorg-input-void xwatchwin zzuf ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Main changelog for grml64: * Tons of updates, fixes,.. updated Debian packages by 2007-04-15 * Added several 32bit compability libs, so now working 64<->32bit should work really fine. * Removed LaTeX, due to space reasons. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Main changelog for grml-small: * updated to kernel 2.6.20-grml-small (based on 2.6.20.7) * updated libc6 (2.5) * tons of fixes.... including the issues ones mentioned on http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_devel * updated Debian packages by 2007-04-15 * merged all relevant code from big grml[tm] ======================================================================= Sunday, March 25. 2007
new develrelease: grml 0.9-6 Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) new develrelease: grml 0.9-6After uploading grml64 I also uploaded a new develrelease of grml (the 32bit version ;-)) for beta-testers and developers. So, what's new? Read yourself: This release is a very special one for me. There are many updates, fixes, addons - I could remove most of the release-stoppers (http://bts.grml.org/release-stoppers). From my POV we are pretty close to grml 1.0-rc1 now. But due to several updates it needs heavy testing of course. So if you want to help us please test this release and report *anything* you find and think should be fixed for grml 1.0! Main changelog: =============== * update of kernel 2.6.20-grml, now based on 2.6.20.3 You're missing a feature/module/...? Report! * grml-terminalserver: big improvements like better module loading and switch to atftpd (thanks gebi) - give it a try! * grml2hd: added grml-setservices (interface for basic configuration of system startup/shutdown via /etc/runlevel.conf), improved grub code, some minor stuff... * added bootoption 'qemu', currently it does nothing else than copying /etc/X11/xorg.conf.example to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (if you have further ideas please inform me) * grml-autoconfig: dropped userspace/powernowd stuff in cpufrequeny scaling in favour of the ondemand-governor. If you notice any problems with powermanagement on your laptop please let me know. * news from grml-scripts: - added dirvish-setup: a simple script for setting up a basic configuration for backup software dirvish. - grml-setlang: do not set $TZ anymore, we want to handle it via /etc/timezone instead of /etc/default/locale; notice: the timezone configuration has been documented detailed at http://grml.org/faq/#timezone and within 'grml-tips timezone' Questions? Problems? Report! - integrated grml-quickconfig within zsh-login. grml-quickconfig has been contributed by Michael Schierl - thanks! [Needs some more tweaking though...] - added iso-term (wrapper script to run x-terminal-emulator in iso885915 mode). - added alignmargins (adjust the margins and the position of the printed contents on the paper) * /etc/zsh/zshrc: added aliases for better iso<->utf handling (term2iso, term2utf, utf2iso, iso2utf), big update of swspeak alias, added function ytdl (download video from youtube), and tons of other fixes, updates, additions... Sunday, March 25. 2007
grml64 - 64 bit version of grml Posted by Michael Prokop
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Comments (0) Trackbacks (0) grml64 - 64 bit version of grmlYes - that's correct: grml64 - a 64 bit version of grml - is on its way. I'll upload the first official develrelease today so beta-testers and developers can grab it. If you want to test the 64bit version of grml too just join #grml. Sunday, February 18. 2007new develrelease: 0.9-3We have a new develrelease. grml 0.9-3 is available for beta-testers and grml-developers. Quoting the main changelog: * kernel 2.6.20-grml Notice: not all *extra*, external modules are available yet but I think the most important ones are there, see http://dufo.tugraz.at/~prokop/grml-kernel/2.6.20-grml/ for details * several updates regarding utf8 handling: all known issues should be resolved now - if you notice any further problems regarding utf8/language/... please report them! * grml2hd: support for grub and use of UUID by default http://blog.grml.org/archives/233-grml2hd-supports-grub-and-rootUUID.html Notice: the grub code is new, there *might* be bugs present even though I tested it carefully, so don't use it on your productive environment unless you really want to. :) * fixed issues known from previous develreleases * several updates of configuration files * Does anyone of you suffer from the "timezone problem" with grml? http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue82 If so please contact me! Thanks to Jan-Pieter Jacobs we might have a fix for the problem but I need your feedback. Sunday, January 28. 2007new devel release: 0.9-2We have a new develrelease. grml 0.9-2 is available for beta-testers and grml-developers. Quoting the main changelog: * *no* kernel update, I'm lacking time and 2.6.20 should be available soon, I don't want to put further work into 2.6.19 now * some updates for "utf8 mode by default", main issues should be resolved now (some problems are present inside GNU screen though) [notice: handling of unicode_start for hd-installation is on the todo-list: http://bts.grml.org/grml/issue75 ] * several bugfixes and updates in grml-network's netcardconfig, in grml-rebuildfstab and grml-scanpartitions * extended zsh configuration * big update and rewrite of zsh-lovers, thanks to Christian Schneider: http://blog.grml.org/archives/229-update-of-zsh-lovers-in-asciidoc-format.html * added script gsuggest.pl: google suggest - ask google for keyword suggestions * Packages removed since 0.9 (excluding lib* and 2.6.18-grml): ethereal-common linux-wlan-ng linux-wlan-ng-firmware lout lout-common olsrd-plugin opie-server unionfs-utils xen-tools xen-utils-common * Packages added since 0.9 (excluding lib* and 2.6.19-grml): advchk cryopid dnsproxy fatresize flashplugin-nonfree funionfs gatling gems genisoimage icedax imsniff keyutils keyutils-lib kvm mcabber ncc olsrd-plugins pnputils python-urwid recordmydesktop scalpel smbnetfs tesseract-ocr-data uncrustify urlscan vde2 vinetto xserver-xorg-input-aiptek xserver-xorg-input-elo2300 xserver-xorg-input-elographics xserver-xorg-input-hyperpen xserver-xorg-input-joystick xserver-xorg-input-penmount xserver-xorg-input-void xwatchwin Sunday, January 28. 2007roadmap to grml 1.0What's my roadmap to grml 1.0?
Of course resolving the other issues on grml's BTS is on the todo list as well. Features like unionfs-overlays and additional squashfs-files are on the wishlist too of course. My plan is to release grml 1.0 in march 2007. Needs a lot of work of course... |
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