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FAQ for grml

+ +

Up2date: 20071019 - applies to versions grml + 1.0 / grml64 0.1 / grml-small 0.4

+ +

Index:

+ +

General:

+
    +
  1. What is grml?
  2. +
  3. Where do I get grml?
  4. +
  5. What does grml mean?
  6. +
  7. How do you pronounce grml?
  8. +
  9. What about the release name?
  10. +
  11. Requirements for running grml
  12. +
  13. Why another Linux distribution?
  14. +
  15. What's the license of grml?
  16. +
  17. What's the difference between grml and $OTHER-DISTRIBUTION? What are your main goals?
  18. +
  19. What's the difference between grml and Knoppix?
  20. +
  21. What does accessibility at grml mean?
  22. +
  23. Is it possible to run grml with $EMULATOR?
  24. +
  25. How do I boot grml from a USB stick?
  26. +
  27. Is it possible to store my settings?
  28. +
+ +

grml64

+
    +
  1. What is grml64?
  2. +
  3. What is the difference between 32 bit grml and 64 bit grml?
  4. +
+ +

grml-small:

+
    +
  1. What is grml-small?
  2. +
  3. What is the difference between 'normal' grml and grml-small?
  4. +
  5. What is the difference between grml-small and DSL?
  6. +
+ +

grml-medium

+
    +
  1. What is grml-medium?
  2. +
+ +

System:

+
    +
  1. Which tools exist to configure grml?
  2. +
  3. What are the passwords of users on grml?
  4. +
  5. How do I find out the version of grml
  6. +
  7. Is it possible to run LiveCD and eject CD-ROM?
  8. +
  9. How do I change the language/keyboard settings?
  10. +
  11. KDE, Gnome, $FOO and $BAR
  12. +
  13. Which window managers can I use?
  14. +
  15. How do I mount a USB device / USB stick?
  16. +
  17. Which ways exist to boot grml?
  18. +
  19. How do I configure timezone on my grml system?
  20. +
  21. I have problems with UTF-8 / Unicode
  22. +
  23. I noticed some files are missing on grml
  24. +
  25. Bugreport
  26. +
  27. Is it possible to install grml to harddisk?
  28. +
  29. grml2hd seems to hang?!
  30. +
  31. I have problems with my hardware!
  32. +
  33. grml does not boot on my computer!
  34. +
+ +

Kernel:

+
    +
  1. Where can I find the configuration for the kernel used on grml?
  2. +
  3. Are there any special components/patches in the kernel used on grml?
  4. +
  5. For which platforms is the grml kernel optimized?
  6. +
+ +

Software:

+
    +
  1. General
  2. +
  3. What version of $PACKAGE is available?
  4. +
  5. Init-System
  6. +
  7. Why is zsh the default shell?
  8. +
  9. Wasn't zsh the /bin/sh interpreter?
  10. +
  11. Is a bash available?
  12. +
  13. setuid/SUID
  14. +
  15. bitchx
  16. +
  17. ispell
  18. +
  19. LaTeX
  20. +
  21. slapd
  22. +
+ +

Release related issues:

+
    +
  1. Are there any known issues with this release?
  2. +
  3. Why isn't /proc/bus/usb mounted anymore?
  4. +
+ +

X-Server

+
    +
  1. How do I start the X server?
  2. +
  3. X does not start on my box?!
  4. +
  5. I don't like the resolution of X!
  6. +
+ +

Framebuffer

+
    +
  1. The boot option video does not work as expected anymore
  2. +
  3. I don't see anything when booting grml?!
  4. +
+ +

Unanswered stuff

+
    +
  1. Further questions?
  2. +
  3. You like grml? Make a donation to support our work!
  4. +
+ +

General

+ +

What is grml?

+ +

grml is a bootable CD (Live-CD) once based on Knoppix and nowadays based on Debian. grml includes a collection of + GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system + administrators. grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml + as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks, or as a working + environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk. Due to + on-the-fly decompression grml includes about 2.1 GB of software and + documentation on the CD.

+ +

Where do I get grml?

+ +

You can download grml of course: take a look at grml.org/download/. If you want + to get an original grml-CD including the grml-cover, need a + special amount of CDs or want your own special grml-CD (including + your logo, your software and/or special settings) please don't hesitate to contact + us! Take a look at grml-solutions for more + information regarding our offers.

+ +

What does grml mean?

+ +

grml is short for 'grummel' and comes close to 'argl' or 'grrr' in English. People + use this when they want to express their dissatisfaction/discontentedness with software + (amongst other things):

+ +
+$ grep -ch grml .centericq/**/history | xargs echo | \
+  sed 's/[0-9]*/& + /g' | sed 's/+ $//g' | bc -l
+3746
+ +

How do you pronounce grml?

+ +
+% flite -o play -t gremel
+ + + +

What about the release name?

+ +

Codename of grml 1.0 is Meilenschwein. 'Meilenstein' is german for + milestone. Schwein is german word for pig/pork. (Thanks for the idea + to Frank 'ft' Terbeck.)

+ +

Codename of grml-small 0.4 is Springinkerl. Springinkerl as + austrian word for an uneasy child.

+ +

Codename of grml64 0.1 is LiveShell. grml64 is the 'shell of life' + and can be used in Live mode.

+ +

Requirements for running grml

+ + + +

Why another Linux distribution?

+ +

There already exist "some" distributions. We decided + to base our work on the existing infrastructure of Debian and Knoppix because we don't want to reinvent + the wheel. Some admins already use their own rescue-CD and Knoppix works but + does not bring that many important tools for admins and users of texttools + out of the box, so we decided to share our work with others.

+ +

What's the license of grml?

+ +

Anything written by the grml team is published under the GPL (GNU General Public License). + You don't have to pay anything for running grml. Donations and feedback are + welcome of course. If you want a special LiveCD or need support, take a + look at grml-solutions.

+ +

What's the difference between grml and + $OTHER-DISTRIBUTION? What are your main goals?

+ +

The main goal of grml is to be a distribution well suited for + users of texttools and sysadmins. grml includes many important + texttools (of course awk, sed, grep, ... but also zsh, mutt[ng], + slrn, vim and many others) and useful programs for admin's + daily work. grml uses the existing infrastructure of Debian. grml was once based on Knoppix (see 'What's the difference between grml and + Knoppix?' for more details). We are also merging + useful things from other distributions/live-cds to provide a + perfect environment.

+ +

What's the difference between grml and Knoppix?

+ +

grml comes with a vastly different set of software. Missing KDE + and OpenOffice provides the opportunity of shipping more than 800 + packages which Knoppix does not provide on its CD version. grml + boots a 2.6.x kernel but no X for faster startup. Knoppix is based + on Debian/testing-experimental (using apt-pinning), but grml is + basically based on plain Debian/unstable providing more current + versions of software and less painfull upgrades. grml was once + based on Knoppix but nowadays (except for a similar initial + ramdisk) has nothing in common with Knoppix:

+ +
+# locate knoppix
+# find / -iname \*knoppix\*
+#
+ +

We consider Knoppix as a brand name for live-cds nowadays and + provide most of Knoppix' features as well. grml uses (mostly) the + same cheatcodes for booting as Knoppix and even provides some extra + ones. So if you are used to the basic Knoppix features you might + find them on the grml-system as well. Ripping out the Knoppix + stuff makes it possible to create a grml system out of a + Debian system and vice versa. Running 'apt-get install grml' on a + Debian box will be officially supported in an upcoming version of + grml.

+ +

What does accessibility at grml mean?

+ +

The grml kernel includes support for + speakup and provides software like brltty (using bootoption 'grml blind + brltty=type,port,tbl'), emacspeak and flite.

+ +

Is it possible to run grml with $EMULATOR?

+ +

VMware should work without any + problems. It's also possible to run grml with QEMU, an emulator for various + CPUs which works on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Running grml with + QEMU has been tested successfully on Windows and Linux. Take a look at the QEMU-grml-webpage.

+ +

How do I boot grml from a USB stick?

+ +

Take a look at the script grml2usb. For more + details, take a look at the usb-webpage in the + grml-wiki.

+ +

Is it possible to store my settings?

+ +

Yes. grml provides a powerful config framework. See grml.org/config/, /usr/share/doc/grml-saveconfig/grml-config.html + and 'man save-config restore-config mkpersistenthome' for more + details.

+ +

grml64?

+ +

What is grml64?

+ +

grml64 is a 64bit-version of grml, based on the amd64 port of + Debian.

+ +

What is the difference between 32 bit grml and 64 bit grml?

+ +

The main difference of course is that grml64 is a 64bit-version + whereas (normal) grml is 32bit-only. grml64 provides a 64bit kernel + which supports 32bit userspace applications. grml64 also provides + libc6-i386, libc6-dev-i386, several lib32* packages and ia32-libs. Due + to space reasons and because some packages aren't available for amd64 + yet some packages are missing on grml64 compared to (normal, 32bit) + grml. For more details please take a look at the grml64 webpage in the + grml-wiki.

+ +

grml-small?

+ +

What is grml-small?

+ +

Whereas grml provides about 2.1 GB of software on a 700 MB ISO, grml-small + is a flavor with online ~58 MB ISO-size (~200 MB uncompressed). It does not + provide a lot of software but the essential stuff for being a rescue system + on a business card CD-ROM or a small USB device. You can use the Debian + package management system to install software on the fly (assuming you have + network access to a Debian mirror). Take a look at the 'Debian-Information'-section if you are + searching for the package list.

+ +

What is the + difference between 'normal' grml and grml-small?

+ +

The 700 MB-grml brings more than 2500 packages of software and a full-featured kernel. grml-small includes + about 215 software packages, lacks documentation and manpages on the ISO, + has a stripped-down kernel (but still + provides hardware detection of course) and does not provide a X server. grml-terminalserver is not + available/supported on grml-small.

+ +

What is the + difference between grml-small and DSL?

+ +

DSL and grml-small have different target audiences. Damn Small Linux (DSL) uses kernel + version 2.4 whereas grml-small provides a recent version of kernel version + 2.6. DSL provides the X window system which grml-small does not. grml-small + provides the most important packages for sysadmins and ships the original + Debian package management which allows you to install packages of the Debian + pool with no modifications.

+ +

grml-medium?

+ +

What is grml-medium?

+ +

grml-medium is an upcoming grml-flavour currently being worked + on. Its target is to close the gap between grml-small and + normal/large/full version of grml. grml-medium will be an ISO with + a maximum ISO size of 200MB. Stay tuned for more details...

+ +

System

+ +

Which tools exist to configure grml?

+ +

grml provides several scripts and tools which should make life + easier. See 'dpkg -L grml-scripts' to get an overview of some main + scripts. Run 'grml-config' to get a dialog interface for the most + important scripts and tasks. Or just type 'grml-' and press tab-key to + get a completion menu.

+ +

What are the passwords of users on grml?

+ +

There are no default passwords. All accounts are locked by + default. Even local logins are not possible (unless you set a + password or create new user accounts as root). You can create + valid passwords using "sudo passwd [username]" from the shell + individually.

+ +

How do I find out the version of grml

+ +

Run 'grml-version' or use the following command:

+ +
+$ cat /etc/grml_version
+ +

Is it possible to run LiveCD and eject CD-ROM?

+ +
+$ sudo umount -l /cdrom
+$ sudo eject /dev/cdrom # now don't run any new programs ;)
+$ mount /dev/cdrom      # mount it again if needed ;)
+
+ +

How do I change the language/keyboard settings?

+ +

By default grml uses English settings. But it is possible to + change the settings via using either the bootparam(s) lang, + keyboard and xkeyboard or via running grml-lang when grml is + already running. Usage examples:

+ +
+grml lang=de      # enter this at the bootprompt and you will get
+                  # German keyboard layout and German $LANG, $LC_ALL,
+                  # $LANGUAGE...
+grml keyboard=de xkeyboard=de lang=at # enter this at the bootprompt
+                  # and you will get German keyboard and Austrian
+                  # language variables
+% grml-lang de    # enter this in the shell to switch keyboard layout
+                  # and $LANG settings in a running grml-system
+
+ +

If you are running grml from harddisk (using grml2hd) you have several options how to set + language options:

+ + + +

Notice: run grml-setlang to get a dialog based frontend for + /etc/default/locale and grml-setkeyboard to get a dialog based frontend + for /etc/sysconfig/keyboard.

+ +

KDE, Gnome, $FOO and $BAR

+ +

Why isn't KDE, Gnome, $FOO or $BAR part of grml? grml is a + distribution for users of texttools and sysadmins. If you would like to + run KDE with Debian use e.g. Sidux, Knoppix or Kubuntu. Gnome users might find Ubuntu useful. If you would like + to see a specific (software) package added to grml please report it to us!

+ +

Which window managers can I use?

+ +

grml is shipped only with window managers which are lightweight and + fast - so well suited for a live-CD. At the moment, grml provides the + following window managers: + dwm, + evilwm, + fluxbox, + fvwm, + fvwm-crystal, + ion3, + jwm, + pekwm, + ratpoison, + twm, + w9wm, + windowlab and + wmii.

+ +

If you are new to grml and/or prefer an easy-to-use-desktop run 'grml-x + wm-ng' for starting fluxbox with idesk and gkrellm.

+ +

How do I mount a USB device / USB stick?

+ +

Run 'mount /mnt/usb-sda1' for example if you want to mount /dev/sda1. + udev on grml does multiplexing for USB block devices, so /dev/usb-sda1 + (device for mountpoint /mnt/usb-sda1) is a symlink to /dev/sda1.

+ + +

Which ways exist to boot grml?

+ +

The most common way to boot grml is, of course, running from + CD-ROM, but grml provides many more ways to boot grml:

+ +

It is possible to boot grml via USB (e.g. USB stick or harddisk), + firewire, or running from a Compact Flash disk. It works out of the + box; you don't need to modify anything. If accessing the device + fails, use the 'scandelay' cheatcode on bootprompt. So, boot with + 'grml scandelay'. If the timeout is still not long enough add the + time to wait in seconds as parameter: 'grml scandelay=15'. See usb-webpage in the + grml-wiki for more details.

+ +

Your computer can not boot from CD-ROM but provides a floppy + disk? Take a look at btmgr, ubcd4win or sbm. They provide + support for booting from CD-ROM via a special floppy disk.

+ +

grml-terminalserver makes it possible to boot your system via + network. If you have a floppy drive, you can even boot your system over + network when your network card does not provide PXE-support! For more + information, refer to the grml-terminalserver-webpage.

+ +

How do I configure + timezone on my grml system?

+ +

Available bootoptions relevant in live-cd mode:

+ + + +

Configuration options relevant on harddisk installation:

+ +

Run: + +

+# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
+
+ +

to adjust /etc/timezone and /etc/localtime according to the + provided information.

+ +

/etc/default/rcS: set variable UTC according + to your needs, whether your system clock is set to UTC + (UTC='yes') or not (UTC='no')

+ +

/etc/localtime: adjust zoneinfo according to + your needs:

+ +
+# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$WHATEVER_YOU_WANT /etc/localtime
+
+ +

The zoneinfo directory contains the time zone files that were + compiled by zic. The files contain information such as rules + about DST. They allow the kernel to convert UTC UNIX time into + appropriate local dates and times. Use the zdump utility to + print current time and date (in the specified time zone).

+ +

/etc/adjtime: This file is used e.g. by the + adjtimex function, which can smoothly adjust system time while + the system runs.

+ +

If you change the time (using 'date --set ...', ntpdate,...) + it is worth setting also the hardware clock to the correct + time:

+ +
+# hwclock --systohc [--utc]
+
+ +

Remember to add the --utc -option if the hardware clock is set to + UTC!

+ +

Still problems?

+ +

Check your current settings via:

+ +
+cat /etc/timezone
+zdump /etc/localtime
+echo $TZ
+hwclock --show
+grep hwclock /etc/runlevel.conf
+grep '^UTC' /etc/default/rc
+
+ +

Further information:

+ +

Manpages: hwclock(8) tzselect(1) tzconfig(8); Debian + GNU/Linux System Administrator's Manual Chapter 16 - Time and TimeZoneChanges in the + Debian-Wiki.

+ +

I have problems with UTF-8 / Unicode

+ +

Check out UTF8-webpage in the + grml-wiki.

+ +

I noticed some files are missing on grml

+ +

Yes, output of 'debsums -a 1>/dev/null' might output some + failures. The reason is pretty simple: some modification have been done + because of space limitiations on the ISO. The failures are nothing to + really care about, but as we don't hide anything we document them of + course.

+ +

On grml the following modifications have been done: + +

+ +

On grml64 the following modifications have been done:

+ + + + +

On grml-small nearly all the documentation has been + removed to be able to provide a ~60MB iso with kernel 2.6 and all the + provided software.

+ +

Please notice that grml ships a script named + grml2hd-fix as part of package grml2hd-utils which + should fix the relevant of the above errors if you use grml as a harddisk installation.

+ +

Bugreport

+ +

Take a look at the bugs-webpage.

+ +

Is it possible to install grml to harddisk?

+ +

Yes. grml provides a tool called grml2hd (see 'man grml2hd'). grml is + developed on a box running the grml-system itself, and we - the + grml-developers - especially like grml2hd because it gives us a working + Linux box within 10 to 30 minutes. grml2hd is perfect for prototyping: + test hardware support of Linux, test a specific setup, ... You can even + use grml2hd in a fully automatic mode without any further interaction. + More information is available on grml.org/grml2hd/ and man grml2hd. Notice: If + you are using grml in a production environment and/or use a grml2hd + installation, we strongly recommend you subscribe to the grml user mailinglist! Note + that grml is based on Debian unstable, so you should be familiar with + Debian unstable if you plan to use grml as a harddisk system. If you + want to get a plain Debian system take a look at grml-debootstrap.

+ +

grml2hd seems to hang?!

+ +

grml2hd seems to hang? Switch to tty12 and take a look at the syslog output. + If you see something like:

+ +
+SQUASHFS error: zlib_fs returned unexpected result 0x........
+SQUASHFS error: Unable to read cache block [.....]
+SQUASHFS error: Unable to read inode [.....]
+ +

your ISO/CD-ROM very probably is not ok. Verify it via booting with + grml testcd. Check your CD low-level via running:

+ +
+# readcd -c2scan dev=/dev/cdrom
+ +

If the medium really is ok and it still fails try to boot with + DMA deactivated via 'grml nodma ide=nodma' at the bootprompt.

+ +

I have problems with my hardware!

+ +

Take a look at the script grml-hwinfo. This script generates a + file named info.tar.bz2 which contains important information about + your hardware. If you think we might help, please run + grml-hwinfo and send us the file with additional, relevant + information regarding your problem.

+ +

grml does not boot on my computer!

+ +

Please take a look at the available + bootparamters and cheatcodes and 'Which ways + exist to boot grml?'. Especially booting with 'acpi=off noapm + noapic' might help. Bootparameter 'failsafe' provides minimal + hardware detection. You still have problems? Please contact us!

+ +

Kernel

+ +

Where can I find the configuration for the kernel used on + grml?

+ +

See /boot/config-`uname -r` and on the kernel-webpage.

+ +

Are there any special components/patches in the kernel + used on grml?

+ +

grml uses the most current stable vanilla Linux kernel from www.kernel.org with some + additional patches. More information and an all-in-one patch is + available on the kernel-page.

+ +

For which platforms is the grml kernel optimized?

+ +

Plain i586 compatibility-mode with SMP enabled. (Notice: this works + for uniprocessor systems as well, thanks to SMP alternatives.)

+ +

Software

+ +

General

+ +

Want to run a program as root? Just use "sudo $PROGRAM". To get a + root-shell run "sudo su".

+ +

Problems with a specific package? Please try "dpkg-reconfigure $foo". + Still encountering difficulties? Please send us a bugreport!

+ +

What version of $PACKAGE is + available?

+ +

Take a look at the dpkg_... files in the Debian-Information section on + grml.org/files/.

+ +

Init-System

+ +

Why is grml using runlevel 2 as default? Because runlevel 2 is 'the + textonly one' and it's debian's default.

+ +

Where are all the /etc/rc#.d-directories? grml doesn't use + sysv-rc but file-rc. This means you can configure the init system + in one single file named /etc/runlevel.conf with your favourite + editor. No symlink-hell anymore.

+ +

Why is zsh the default shell (/bin/sh)?

+ +

Short answer: because zsh rocks.

+ +

Longer answer taken from ZSH + FAQ: 1.2: What is it?:

+ + Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) which of the standard shells most + resembles the Korn shell (ksh); its compatibility with the 1988 Korn shell has been + gradually increasing. It includes enhancements of many types, notably in the + command-line editor, options for customising its behaviour, filename globbing, features + to make C-shell (csh) users feel more at home and extra features drawn from tcsh + (another `custom' shell). + +

If you don't know zsh take a look at ZSH FAQ: How does zsh + differ from ...?, 'man zsh | less -p COMPATIBILITY', the grml zsh reference card and 'man zsh-lovers'.

+ +

If you are a bash user and don't know zsh yet, don't be afraid. bash is largely a + subset of zsh and you don't have to throw away your knowledge about shell stuff.

+ +

Wasn't zsh the /bin/sh interpreter?

+ +

Yes, until grml 0.6 zsh was the intepreter for /bin/sh. Starting + with release 0.7 grml uses /bin/bash as /bin/sh. The reason? + Debian does not support zsh as /bin/sh. Take a look at #329288 + and #340058 + for example.

+ +

Is a bash available?

+ +

grml uses zsh as the default interactive shell + but, of course, a current version of bash (and many other shells as + well) is provided by grml.

+ +

setuid/SUID

+ +

If you set a programm SUID (setuid/mode 4755), unprivileged users on your system will + be able to run it. This could be a potentially security hole, so by default the + packages are configured not to install binaries with setuid. If you want to use the + binaries with setuid please run 'dpkg-reconfigure $packagename' or 'chmod 4755 + =programm'. The following packages are well known to have a programm with not set + setuid:

+ + + +

bitchx

+ +

Why isn't bitchx part of grml? bitchx + sucks. Please use a better alternative like irssi or weechat + which are part of grml.

+ +

ispell

+ +

You don't want to use the preselected default for ispell? Run + 'select-default-ispell' for changing it.

+ +

LaTeX

+ +

auctex and preview-latex are loaded by default in emacs. If you want to load + auctex based on your personal settings put the string "(require 'tex-site)" in your + ~/.emacs, for preview-latex use the string '(load "preview-latex")'.
+ To change this run 'dpkg-reconfigure auctex' and/or 'dpkg-reconfigure + preview-latex'.

+ +

slapd

+ +

The password for the admin entry in the LDAP directory is 'grml'.

+ +

Release related issues

+ +

Are there any known issues with this release?

+ +

We won't hide anything. Therefore, we do provide all known + issues/bugs publicly available:

+ + + +

If you find another bug, or consider something a problem not yet + mentioned please report it to us!

+ +

Why isn't /proc/bus/usb mounted anymore?

+ +

Starting with kernel 2.6.14, /dev/bus/usb replaces usbfs. + Current versions of libusb check for /dev/bus/usb's existence and + /proc/bus/usb is not necessary anymore (see #336596). + Of course 'mount /proc/bus/usb' still works; it is just not mounted + by default anymore. If you see any problems please report them.

+ +

X-Server

+ +

How do I start the X server?

+ +

Please use 'grml-x' as user grml for starting X on the live-cd. It + generates the config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf and lets you start commands on + startup (see ~/.xinitrc). Use it, for example, via switching to TTY4 (press + Alt+F4) and run the following command to start wm-ng (window manager fluxbox + with idesk and gkrellm):

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+grml-x wm-ng
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If you have /etc/X11/xorg.conf already you can use 'startx' instead of + grml-x of course. Adjust ~/.xinitrc to your needs.

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X does not start on my box?!

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grml-x supports several options. If you want to set some special options + please take a look at the grml-x manpage (man grml-x)! Some usage examples:

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+grml-x -display 8 fluxbox          # start fluxbox on display 8
+grml-x -force -nostart fluxbox     # force creation of xconfig file and don't start X server
+grml-x -hsync 60 fluxbox           # set horizontal frequency and start fluxbox
+grml-x -hsync 60 -vsync 40 fluxbox # set horizontal and vertical sync frequencies and start fluxbox
+grml-x -mode '800x600' fluxbox     # set resolution to 800x600 and start fluxbox
+grml-x -module vesa fluxbox        # start fluxbox and use vesa module
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I don't like the resolution of X!

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Just run xrandr to switch the resolution during runtime of X. For + example: 'xrandr -s 1024x768'.

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Framebuffer

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The boot option video does not work as + expected anymore

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grml versions 0.4 and 0.5 provided vesafb-tng instead of + normal vesafb. Starting with grml 0.6 and grml-small 0.2 vesafb-tng + is not part of the grml-kernel anymore because it caused too many + problems. Therefore, you can use the 'normal' vga=... option + again.

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I don't see anything when booting grml?!

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Likely, this is a problem with vesafb framebuffer. Try to boot + with bootoption 'nofb' or 'grml vga=normal'.

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Further questions

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Do you have a question which is not answered in the FAQ or in the + provided documentation (also run + "grml-info" on your grml-system)? Run 'grml-tips $KEYWORD' on + your grml-system. Take a look at the + grml-website and the + grml-wiki. Please don't hesitate to contact us, a good place to start + is the grml mailinglist.

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You like grml? Make a donation + to support our work!

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grml is, as every other Open-Source project, driven by the many + contributions made by many developers. The grml-team spends a great + deal of their time and money toward this project.

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If you have been using grml you will come to remember how much money you + or your company saves by using it and how you have been supported via + the project mailing list, personal mail or irc.

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Now you can contribute by donating to grml. Your donation could either + be money or hardware that one of the developers or the project as a whole + needs. A donation would enable us to either support a specific + hardware/software either at all or simply better.

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