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31 <p>Up2date: 20051024 - applies to version grml 0.5/grml-small 0.1</p>
33 <p><a name="toc"></a><strong>Index:</strong></p>
35 <p class="toc"><a href="#general">General:</a></p>
37 <li><a href="#whatis">What is grml?</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#get">Where do I get grml?</a></li>
39 <li><a href="#whatmeans">What does grml mean?</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#pronounce">How to pronounce grml?</a></li>
41 <li><a href="#releasename">What about the release name?</a></li>
42 <li><a href="#requirements">Requirements for running grml</a></li>
43 <li><a href="#why">Why another Linux distribution?</a></li>
44 <li><a href="#license">What's the license of grml?</a></li>
45 <li><a href="#difference">What's the difference between grml and $OTHER-DISTRIBUTION? What are your main goals?</a></li>
46 <li><a href="#knoppix">What's the difference between grml and Knoppix?</a></li>
47 <li><a href="#accessibility">What does accessibility at grml mean?</a></li>
48 <li><a href="#emulation">Is it possible to run grml with $EMULATOR?</a></li>
51 <p class="toc"><a href="#grmlsmall">grml-small:</a></p>
53 <li><a href="#whatissmall">What is grml-small?</a></li>
54 <li><a href="#smallvsnormal">What is the difference between 'normal' grml and grml-small?</a></li>
57 <p class="toc"><a href="#system">System</a>:</p>
59 <li><a href="#password">What are the passwords of users on grml?</a></li>
60 <li><a href="#version">How to find out the version of grml</a></li>
61 <li><a href="#remove_cd">Is it possible to run LiveCD and eject CD-ROM?</a></li>
62 <li><a href="#language">How do I change the language/keyboard settings?</a></li>
63 <li><a href="#kde_and_foo">KDE, Gnome, $FOO and $BAR</a></li>
64 <li><a href="#wms">Which window managers can I use?</a></li>
65 <li><a href="#terminalserver">Can I boot grml without CD-ROM? What's the grml-terminalserver?</a></li>
66 <li><a href="#bugreport">Bugreport</a></li>
67 <li><a href="#hdinstall">Is it possible to install grml to harddisk?</a></li>
68 <li><a href="#hardware">I have problems with my hardware!</a></li>
69 <li><a href="#boot">grml does not boot on my computer!</a></li>
72 <p class="toc"><a href="#kernel">Kernel</a>:</p>
74 <li><a href="#kernelconfig">Where can I find the configuration for the kernel used on grml?</a></li>
75 <li><a href="#kernelpatches">Are there any special components/patches in the kernel used on grml?</a></li>
76 <li><a href="#platform">Which platforms is the grml kernel optimized for?</a></li>
79 <p class="toc"><a href="#software">Software:</a></p>
81 <li><a href="#sw_general">General</a></li>
82 <li><a href="#sw_version">What version of $PACKAGE is available?</a></li>
83 <li><a href="#init">Init-System</a></li>
84 <li><a href="#zsh">Why is zsh the default shell (/bin/sh)?</a></li>
85 <li><a href="#bash">Is a bash available?</a></li>
86 <li><a href="#setuid">setuid/SUID</a></li>
87 <li><a href="#aide">aide</a></li>
88 <li><a href="#bitchx">bitchx</a></li>
89 <li><a href="#ispell">ispell</a></li>
90 <li><a href="#latex">LaTeX</a></li>
91 <li><a href="#slapd">slapd</a></li>
92 <li><a href="#tripwire">tripwire</a></li>
95 <p class="toc"><a href="#release">Release related issues</a>:</p>
97 <li><a href="#ipw">Using IPW driver with DHCP</a></li>
98 <li><a href="#wpa">Using WPA with 2.6.13-grml</a></li>
101 <p class="toc"><a href="#xserver">X-Server</a></p>
103 <li><a href="#xstart">How do I start the X server?</a></li>
104 <li><a href="#xproblem">X does not start on my box?!</a></li>
105 <li><a href="#xresolution">I don't like the resolution of X!</a></li>
108 <p class="toc"><a href="#framebuffer">Framebuffer</a></p>
110 <li><a href="#video">The boot option vga does not work as expected?</a></li>
111 <li><a href="#fbprobs">I don't see anything when booting grml?!</a></li>
114 <p class="toc"><a href="#question">Further questions</a></p>
116 <h2><a name="general"></a><a href="#toc">General</a></h2>
118 <h3><a name="whatis"></a><a href="#toc">What is grml?</a></h3>
120 <p>grml is a bootable CD (Live-CD) based on <a
121 href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/">Knoppix</a> and <a
122 href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a>. grml includes a collection of
123 GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system
124 administrators. grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml
125 as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working
126 environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk. Due to
127 on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1 GiB of software and
128 documentation on the CD.</p>
130 <h3><a name="get"></a><a href="#toc">Where do I get grml?</a></h3>
132 <p>You can download grml of course: take a look at <a
133 href="http://grml.org/download">grml.org/download/</a>. If you want
134 to get an original grml-CD including <a
135 href="http://grml.org/files/#covers">the grml-cover</a>, need a
136 special amount of CDs or want your own special grml-CD (including
137 your logo, your software and/or special settings) <a
138 href="http://grml.org/contact/">please don't hesitate to contact
139 us</a>! Take a look at <a
140 href="http://solutions.grml.org/">grml-solutions</a> for more
141 information regarding our offers.</p>
143 <h3><a name="whatmeans"></a><a href="#toc">What does grml mean?</a></h3>
145 <p>grml is short for 'grummel' and comes close to 'argl' or 'grrr' in english. People
146 use this when they want to express their dissatisfaction/discontentedness with software
147 (amongst other things):</p>
150 $ grep -ch grml .centericq/**/history | xargs echo | \
151 sed 's/[0-9]*/& + /g' | sed 's/+ $//g' | bc -l
154 <h3><a name="pronounce"></a><a href="#toc">How to pronounce grml?</a></h3>
157 $ echo 'ghroummel' | festival --tts
158 $ flite -o play -t gremel</pre>
160 <h3><a name="releasename"></a><a href="#toc">What about the release name?</a></h3>
162 <p>Codename of grml 0.5 is <a
163 href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Tokolytika">Tokolytika</a>.
164 This is the german word for <a
165 href="http://www.google.com/search?q=tocolytics">tocolytics</a>.</p>
167 <p>Codename of grml-small 0.1 is Zugschlus. <a
168 href="http://blog.zugschlus.de/">Zugschlus</a> is the nickname of Marc Haber
169 who brought the initial idea for grml-small.</p>
171 <h3><a name="requirements"></a><a href="#toc">Requirements for running grml</a></h3>
174 <li>Intel-compatible CPU (i586 or later, preferably Pentium class or higher)</li>
175 <li>at least 56MB of RAM (for stable use with ramdisks for unionfs and udev and running X window system
176 we recommend at least 128MB)</li>
177 <li>grml-small: at least 32MB RAM should be available</li>
178 <li>bootable CD-ROM drive (or a boot floppy and standard CD-ROM [IDE/ATAPI
179 or SCSI]) [or network - see <a href="#terminalserver">grml-terminalserver</a>]</li>
182 <h3><a name="why"></a><a href="#toc">Why another Linux distribution?</a></h3>
184 <p>There already exist "<a
185 href="http://www.distrowatch.com/">some</a>" distributions. We decided
186 to base our work on the existing infrastructure of <a
187 href="http://debian.org/">Debian</a> and <a
188 href="http://www.knoppix.net/">Knoppix</a> because we don't want to reinvent
189 the wheel. Some admins already use their own rescue-CD and Knoppix works but
190 does not bring that many important tools for admins out of the box so we
191 decided to share our work with others.</p>
193 <h3><a name="license"></a><a href="#toc">What's the license of grml?</a></h3>
195 <p>Anything written by the grml team is published under the GPL (<a
196 href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>).
197 You don't have to pay anything for running grml. <a
198 href="http://grml.org/contact/">Donations and feedback</a> are welcome of
199 course. If you want to get a special grml version or need support take a
200 lookt at the <a href="http://solutions.grml.org/">grml-solutions</a>.</p>
202 <h3><a name="difference"></a><a href="#toc">What's the difference between grml and
203 $OTHER-DISTRIBUTION? What are your main goals?</a></h3>
205 <p>The main goal of grml is to be a distribution well suited for users of
206 texttools and sysadmins. grml includes many important texttools (of course
207 awk, sed, grep,... but also zsh, mutt[ng], slrn, vim and many other stuff we
208 like) and useful programs for admin's daily work too. grml uses the existing
209 infrastructure of <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a> and <a
210 href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/">Knoppix</a> and merges useful things
211 also from other distributions/live-cds.</p>
213 <h3><a name="knoppix"></a><a href="#toc">What's the difference between grml and Knoppix?</a></h3>
215 <p>grml comes with a vastly different set of software. Missing KDE
216 and OpenOffice provides the opportunity of shipping more than 800
217 packages which Knoppix does not provide on it's CD version. grml
218 boots a 2.6.x kernel but no X for faster startup. Knoppix is based
219 on Debian/testing-experimental (using apt-pinning), but grml is
220 basically based on plain Debian/unstable providing more current
221 versions of software and less painfull upgrades. grml was once
222 based on Knoppix but has nowadays (except of a similar initial
223 ramdisk) nothing in common with Knoppix anymore:</p>
227 # find / -iname \*knoppix\*
230 <p>We consider Knoppix as a brand name for live-cds nowadays and
231 provide most of Knoppix features as well. grml uses (mostly) the
232 same cheatcodes for booting as Knoppix and provides even some extra
233 ones. So if you are used to the basic Knoppix features you might
234 find them on the grml-system as well. Ripping out the Knoppix
235 stuff provides the possibility to create a grml system out of a
236 Debian system and vice versa. Running 'apt-get install grml' on a
237 Debian box will be officially supported in an upcoming version of
240 <h3><a name="accessibility"></a><a href="#toc">What does accessibility at grml mean?</a></h3>
242 <p>The grml kernel includes <a href="/kernel/#speakup">support for
243 speakup</a> and provides software like brltty (using bootoption 'grml blind
244 brltty=type,port,tbl'), emacspeak and flite. Please don't hesitate to <a
245 href="/contact/">contact us</a> if you have any further questions,
246 suggestions or feedback regarding accessibility!</p>
248 <h3><a name="emulation"></a><a href="#toc">Is it possible to run grml with $EMULATOR?</a></h3>
250 <p><a href="http://www.vmware.com/">VMWare</a> should work without any
251 problems. It's also possible to run grml with <a
252 href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/">QEMU</a>, an emulator for various
253 CPUs which works on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Running grml with
254 QEMU has been tested successful on Windows and Linux, take a look at <a
255 href="/qemu/">the QEMU-grml-webpage</a>.</p>
257 <h2><a name="grmlsmall"></a><a href="#toc">grml-small?</a></h2>
259 <h3><a name="whatissmall"></a><a href="#toc">What is grml-small?</a></h3>
261 <p>Whereas grml provides about 2.1GiB of software on a 700MB-ISO, grml-small
262 is a flavor with online 50MB ISO-size (~150MB uncompressed). It does not
263 provide a lot of software but the essential stuff for being a rescue system
264 on a business card CD-ROM or a small usb device. Take a look at the <a
265 href="/files/">'Debian-Information'-section</a> if you are searching for the
268 <h3><a name="smallvsnormal"></a><a href="#toc">What is the difference between 'normal' grml and grml-small?</a></h3>
270 <p>The 700MB-grml brings more than 2350 packages of software and a <a
271 href="/kernel/">full-featured kernel</a>. grml-small includes about 200
272 software-packages, lacks documentation and manpages on the ISO and has a
273 stripped-down kernel (but still provides hardware recognition of course).
274 <a href="#terminalserver">grml-terminalserver</a> is <strong>not</strong>
275 available/supported on grml-small.</p>
277 <h2><a name="system"></a><a href="#toc">System</a></h2>
279 <h3><a name="password"></a><a href="#toc">What are the passwords of users on grml?</a></h3>
281 <p>There are no default passwords. All accounts are locked by default. Even local
282 logins are not possible (unless you set a password or create new user accounts as
283 root). You can create valid passwords using "sudo passwd [username]" from the shell,
286 <h3><a name="version"></a><a href="#toc">How to find out the version of grml</a></h3>
288 <p>Run 'grml-version' or use the following command:</p>
291 $ cat /etc/grml_version</pre>
293 <h3><a name="remove_cd"></a><a href="#toc">Is it possible to run LiveCD and eject CD-ROM?</a></h3>
296 $ sudo umount -l /cdrom
297 $ sudo eject /dev/cdrom # now don't run any new programs ;)
298 $ mount /dev/cdrom # mount it again if needed ;)
301 <h3><a name="language"></a><a href="#toc">How do I change the language/keyboard settings?</a></h3>
303 <p>By default grml uses english settings. But it is possible to change the
304 settings via using either the lang-bootparam or via running grml-lang when
305 grml is running already. Usage examples:</p>
308 grml lang=de # enter this at the bootprompt and you will get
309 # german keyboard layout and german $LANG, $LC_ALL,...
310 $ grml-lang de # enter this in the shell to switch keyboard layout
311 # and $LANG settings in a running grml-system
314 <h3><a name="kde_and_foo"></a><a href="#toc">KDE, Gnome, $FOO and $BAR</a></h3>
316 <p>Why isn't KDE, Gnome, $FOO or $BAR part of grml? grml is a distribution
317 for users of texttools and sysadmins. If you would like to run KDE with
318 Debian use e.g. <a href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/">Knoppix</a>, <a
319 href="http://www.munjoylinux.org/">Munjoy-Linux</a>, <a
320 href="http://kanotix.com/">Kanotix</a>, <a
321 href="http://www.kalyxo.org/">Kalyxo</a> or <a
322 href="http://www.kubuntu.org/">Kubuntu</a>. Gnome users might find <a
323 href="http://www.gnoppix.org/">Gnoppix</a> useful. If you would like to see
324 a special (software) package inside grml please <a
325 href="http://grml.org/report/">report it to us</a>!</p>
327 <h3><a name="wms"></a><a href="#toc">Which window managers can I use?</a></h3>
329 <p>grml is shipped only with window managers which are lightweight and
330 fast - so well suited for a live-cd. At the moment grml provides the window managers:
331 <a href="http://www.fluxbox.org/">fluxbox</a>,
332 <a href="http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/">ion2 and ion3</a>,
333 <a href="http://joewing.net/programs/jwm/index.shtml">jwm</a>,
334 <a href="http://pekwm.org/">pekwm</a>,
335 <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/">ratpoison</a>,
336 <a href="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/vtwm.html">twm</a>,
337 <a href="http://www.grassouille.org/code/w9wm/README">w9wm</a>,
338 <a href="http://www.nickgravgaard.com/windowlab/">windowlab</a>,
339 <a href="http://wmi.berlios.de/">wmi and wmii</a>.</p>
341 <h3><a name="terminalserver"></a><a href="#toc">Can I boot grml without
342 CD-ROM? What's the grml-terminalserver?</a></h3>
344 <p>grml-terminalserver let you boot from network. For more information refer
346 href="http://grml.org/terminalserver/">grml-terminalserver-webpage</a>.</p>
348 <h3><a name="bugreport"></a><a href="#toc">Bugreport</a></h3>
350 <p>Report bugs via the tool reportbug which is part of the package
351 grml-reportbug and provided with the grml system. If you don't know
352 how to handle reportbug either take a look at <a
353 href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=bugs">the bugs-webpage in
354 the grml-wiki</a> or you can send us your bug report via the <a
355 href="http://grml.org/bugs/">bugs-webpage</a>.</p>
357 <h3><a name="hdinstall"></a><a href="#toc">Is it possible to install grml to harddisk?</a></h3>
359 <p>Yes. grml provides a tool called grml2hd (see 'man grml2hd').
361 <!-- <p>In general we recommend using a non-live-CD distribution for installing on
362 harddisk because it might fit better. Especially if you would like to build a
363 server system you don't want to use a live-cd system. Use <a
364 href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/">d-i of Sarge</a> (Debian
365 Installer), <a href="http://www.ubuntulinux.org/">Ubuntu Linux</a> or if you
366 have a lot of computers you might consider <a
367 href="http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/">FAI (Fully Automatic
368 Installation) for Debian GNU/Linux</a> by Thomas Lange useful. But if you
371 If you want to get a working Linux to your workstation consider
372 using grml2hd. grml is developed on a box running the grml-system
373 itself and we - the grml-developers - especially like grml2hd
374 because it gives us a working Linux box within 10 to 30 minutes!
375 You can use grml2hd even in a full automatic mode without any
376 further interaction. More information is available on <a
377 href="http://grml.org/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a>.</p>
379 <h3><a name="hardware"></a><a href="#toc">I have problems with my hardware!</a></h3>
381 <p>Take a look at the script grml-hwinfo. This scripts generates a
382 file namend info.tar.bz2 which contains important information of
383 your hardware. If you think we might help you please run
384 grml-hwinfo and send us the file with additional, relevant
385 information regarding your problem.</p>
387 <h3><a name="boot"></a><a href="#toc">grml does not boot on my computer!</a></h3>
389 <p>Please take a look at <a
390 href="http://grml.org/files/grml-cheatcodes.txt">the available bootparamters
391 and cheatcodes</a>. Especially booting with 'acpi=off noapm noapic'
392 might help. Bootparameter 'failsafe' provides a minimal hardware recognition.
393 You still have problems? Please <a href="/contact/">contact us</a>!</p>
395 <h2><a name="kernel"></a><a href="#toc">Kernel</a></h2>
397 <h3><a name="kernelconfig"></a><a href="#toc">Where can I find the configuration for the kernel used on
400 <p>See /boot/config-`uname -r` and on <a href="/kernel/">the kernel-webpage</a>.</p>
402 <h3><a name="kernelpatches"></a><a href="#toc">Are there any special components/patches in the kernel
403 used on grml?</a></h3>
405 <p>grml uses the currentmost stable vanilla Linux kernel from <a
406 href="http://www.kernel.org/">www.kernel.org</a> with some
407 additional patches. More information and an all-in-one patch is
409 href="http://grml.org/kernel/">kernel-page</a>.</p>
411 <h3><a name="platform"></a><a href="#toc">Which platforms is the grml kernel optimized
414 <p>Plain i586 compatibility-mode with SMP deactivated to avoid
415 problems with specific systems and drivers.</p>
417 <h2><a name="software"></a><a href="#toc">Software</a></h2>
419 <h3><a name="sw_general"></a><a href="#toc">General</a></h3>
421 <p>Want to run a program as root? Just use 'sudo $PROGRAM'. To get a
422 root-shell run 'sudo su'.</p>
424 <p>Problems with a specific package? Please try 'dpkg-reconfigure $package'.
425 Still encountering difficulties? Please send us a <a
426 href="http://grml.org/bugs/">bugreport</a>!</p>
428 <h3><a name="sw_version"></a><a href="#toc">What version of $PACKAGE is
431 <p>Take a look at the dpkg_...-files in the <a
432 href="http://grml.org/files/#debian">Debian-Information section on
433 grml.org/files/</a>. </p>
435 <h3><a name="init"></a><a href="#toc">Init-System</a></h3>
437 <p>Why is grml using runlevel 2 as default? Because runlevel 2 is 'the
438 textonly one' and it's debian's default.</p>
440 <p>Where are all the /etc/rc#.d-directories? grml doesn't use
441 sysv-rc but file-rc. This means you can configure the init system
442 in one single file namend /etc/runlevel.conf with your favourite
443 editor. No symlink-hell anymore.</p>
445 <h3><a name="zsh"></a><a href="#toc">Why is zsh the default shell (/bin/sh)?</a></h3>
447 <p>Short answer: because zsh rocks.</p>
449 <p>Longer answer taken from <a href="http://zsh.sunsite.dk/FAQ/zshfaq01.html#l3">ZSH
450 FAQ: 1.2: What is it?</a>:</p>
452 <cite> Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most
453 resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been
454 gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the
455 command-line editor, options for customising its behaviour, filename globbing, features
456 to make C-shell (csh) users feel more at home and extra features drawn from tcsh
457 (another `custom' shell).</cite>
459 <p>If you don't know zsh take a look at <a
460 href="http://zsh.sunsite.dk/FAQ/zshfaq02.html#l9">ZSH FAQ: How does zsh
461 differ from...?</a>, 'man zsh | less -p COMPATIBILITY' and '<a
462 href="/zsh/">man zsh-lovers</a>'.</p>
464 <p>If you are a bash-user and don't know the zsh yet don't be afraid. bash is largely a
465 subset of zsh and you don't have to throw away your knowledge about shell-stuff.</p>
467 <h3><a name="bash"></a><a href="#toc">Is a bash available?</a></h3>
469 <p>grml uses the <a href="#zsh">zsh</a> as the default shell but of
470 course a current version of the bash (as many other shells as well)
471 is provided by grml anyway.</p>
473 <h3><a name="setuid"></a><a href="#toc">setuid/SUID</a></h3>
475 <p>If you set a programm SUID (setuid/mode 4755) unprivileged users on your system will
476 be able to run it. This <em>could</em> be a potentially security hole so by default the
477 packages are configured not to install binaries with setuid. If you want to use the
478 binaries with setuid please run 'dpkg-reconfigure $packagename' or 'chmod 4755
479 =programm'. The following packages are well known to have a programm with not-set
492 <h3><a name="aide"></a><a href="#toc">aide</a></h3>
494 <p>Before AIDE can be used, you will have to initialize a database. In order to do
495 this, simply run the following command:</p>
498 /usr/sbin/aideinit</pre>
500 <h3><a name="bitchx"></a><a href="#toc">bitchx</a></h3>
502 <p>Why isn't bitchx part of grml? <a
503 href="http://www.google.com/search?q=bitchx+sucks">bitchx
504 sucks</a>. Please use a better alternative like <a
505 href="http://irssi.org/">irssi</a> or <a
506 href="http://weechat.flashtux.org/index.php?lang=en">weechat</a>
507 which are part of grml.</p>
509 <h3><a name="ispell"></a><a href="#toc">ispell</a></h3>
511 <p>You don't want to use the preselected default for ispell? Run
512 'select-default-ispell' for changing it.</p>
514 <h3><a name="latex"></a><a href="#toc">LaTeX</a></h3>
516 <p>auctex and preview-latex are loaded by default in emacs. If you want to load
517 auctex based on your personal settings put the string "(require 'tex-site)" in your
518 ~/.emacs, for preview-latex use the string '(load "preview-latex")'.<br />
519 To change this run 'dpkg-reconfigure auctex' and/or 'dpkg-reconfigure
522 <h3><a name="slapd"></a><a href="#toc">slapd</a></h3>
523 <p>The password for the admin entry in the LDAP directory is 'grml'.</p>
525 <h3><a name="tripwire"></a><a href="#toc">tripwire</a></h3>
527 <p>The site-key pass-phrase and the local key pass-phrase for tripwire are 'grml'.</p>
529 <h2><a name="release"></a><a href="#toc">Release related issues</a></h2>
531 <h3><a name="ipw"></a><a href="#toc">Using IPW driver with DHCP</a></h3>
533 <p>The ipw-drivers in grml already contain special fixes for fixing
534 problems with ipw and kernel 2.6.13. But you might have to run
535 'iwlist $DEVICE scanning' (adjust $DEVICE with the corresponding
536 network device) anyway to get an associated connection to the access
539 <h3><a name="wpa"></a><a href="#toc">Using WPA with 2.6.13-grml</a></h3>
541 <p>Kernel 2.6.13 includes wireless extensions version 18 (12.3.05).
542 The ipw2200 module uses the wireless extensions instead of custom ioctl()s
543 now. As a result you have to use '-Dwext' for wpa_supplicant to use
544 the wireless extensions when wpa_supplicant is running. Adjust
545 $OPTIONS in /etc/default/wpasupplicant, for example using:</p>
548 OPTIONS="-Dwext -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"</pre>
550 <h2><a name="xserver"></a><a href="#toc">X-Server</a></h2>
552 <h3><a name="xstart"></a><a href="#toc">How do I start the X server?</a></h3>
554 <p>Please use 'grml-x' as user grml for starting X. It generates
555 the config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and lets you start commands on
556 startup (see ~/.xinitrc). Use it for example via switching to TTY4
557 (press Alt+F4) and run the following command to start window
563 <h3><a name="xproblem"></a><a href="#toc">X does not start on my box?!</a></h3>
565 <p>grml-x supports several options. If you want to set some special options
566 please take a look at the grml-x manpage (man grml-x)! Some usage examples:</p>
569 grml-x -display 8 fluxbox # start fluxbox on display 8
570 grml-x -force -nostart # force creation of xconfig file and don't start X server
571 grml-x -hsync 60 fluxbox # set horizontal frequency and start fluxbox
572 grml-x -hsync 60 -vsync 40 fluxbox # set horizontal and vertical sync frequencies and start fluxbox
573 grml-x -mode '800x600' fluxbox # set resolution to 800x600 and start ion3
574 grml-x -module vesa fluxbox # start fluxbox and use vesa module
577 <h3><a name="xresolution"></a><a href="#toc">I don't like the resolution of X!</a></h3>
579 <p>Just run xrandr to switch the resolution. For example: 'xrandr -s
582 <h2><a name="framebuffer"></a><a href="#toc">Framebuffer</a></h2>
584 <h3><a name="video"></a><a href="#toc">The boot option vga does not work as
587 <p>grml (starting with version 0.4) uses <a
588 href="/kernel/#vesafbtng">vesafb-tng</a> instead of vesafb. This
589 means you have to set the bootopion via video= instead of vga=.
590 See <a href="http://grml.org/bootsplash/f6">bootsplash F6</a> for
593 <h3><a name="fbprobs"></a><a href="#toc">I don't see anything when booting grml?!</a></h3>
595 <p>Probably this is a problem with vesafb-tng. Try to boot via
596 bootoption 'nofb' or 'grml video=ofonly'. Some laptops need a
597 special keysequence to switch between monitor and beamer settings
598 (e.g. Samsung X20: press Fn+F4) when booting. Often it's possible
599 to switch resolution also after booting grml:</p>
602 modprobe -l | grep fb.ko # try to find out which module fits for your system
603 modprobe atyfb # load the appropriate module
604 fbset 1024x768-60 # now try to switch the resolution on current console
607 <h2><a name="question"></a><a href="#toc">Further questions</a></h2>
609 <p>Do you have a question which is not answered in the FAQ or in
610 the provided <a href="http://grml.org/docs/">documentation</a>
611 (also run 'grml-info' on your grml-system)? Take a look at <a
612 href="http://grml.org/">the grml-website</a> and <a
613 href="http://wiki.grml.org/">the grml-wiki</a>. Please don't
614 hesitate to <a href="http://grml.org/contact/">contact us</a>, a
615 good place to start is the <a
616 href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">grml mailinglist</a>.</p>
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