Release Notes for Grml 2012.05-rc1 - codename Ponyhof
+ + + +About
+ +After the downsizing and cleanup release 2011.12 this release brings + some additional tools and the grml-small flavour is back again.
+ +New features
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- grml-hwinfo: Support numactl to retrieve NUMA information +
- Re-add simplifed support for brltty +
- Support 9p-virtio filesystem for mounting the DCS-directory (Debs, Configuration and Scripts - see man grml-autoconfig) + +
Important Changes
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- The ssh bootoption sets the specified/generated ssh passwort for user 'grml' and (new) for root +
- Using /media as default mount target +
- Dropped the grml-feedback tool +
- Add a few kB of lines made of # charaters to the end of the main syslinux config file +
Bits & bolts
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- Linux kernel is based on 3.3.6. No additional modules are shipped. +
- Fixed several bugs from the bug tracking system. +
Packages
+ +Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are + available at the Debian section. Visit + dpkg_list for a + detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2012.05-rc1.
+ +Updates
+ +Packages are taken from Debian testing, 15th of May + 2012. 7 packages have been removed, and these 52 new packages + have been added (plus dependencies, excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ buffer cifs-utils comgt console-setup-linux consolekit + dctrl-tools disktype dos2unix ewf-tools exfat-fuse + exfat-utils firmware-myricom firmware-netxen + firmware-qlogic flashrom fsarchiver gcc-4.5-base + gcc-4.7-base genext2fs hexedit hostapd iftop info ipmitool + iptstate ipxe-qemu irssi kmod live-boot-grml-doc lrzsz + lzop mc-data memtester mosh numactl open-vm-tools + pppoeconf rfkill ser2net slurm smbfs tasksel tasksel-data + tcptraceroute usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data vlock + wireshark wvdial xmount xorriso xulrunner-10.0 ++ +
These Grml packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib* and kernel image):
+ ++ console-terminus gcc-4.4-base genisoimage ipxe + python-central python-pexpect xulrunner-8.0 ++ +
Known issues
+ +grml-small: the lang bootoption sets the LC_* environment variable + to POSIX and therefore lacks support display of special characters like + german umlauts + +
Download Grml 2012.05-rc1
+ +Grml 2012.05-rc1 can be downloaded from + grml.org/download/prerelease/.
+ +Feedback
+ +Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help + fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with + the release please check the known bugs list and report problems using information on grml.org/bugs/. Please send your feedback and + feature requests to the Grml team!
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