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8 :::::::: version 0.6 ::::::
9 : codename Winterschlapfn :
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13 GRML - Live-CD for sysadmins and users of text tools
14 ====================================================
16 grml is a bootable CD (Live-CD) based on Knoppix and Debian. It includes a
17 collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of texttools and system
18 administrators. grml provides automatic hardware detection. You can use grml for
19 example as a rescue system, for analyzing systems/networks or as a working
20 environment. It is not necessary to install anything to a harddisk, you don't
21 even need a harddisk to run it. Due to on-the-fly decompression grml includes
22 about 2.1 GiB of software and documentation on the CD.
26 grml 0.6 can be downloaded from http://grml.org/download/
29 Release 0.6 - Codename Winterschlapfn (20060122)
30 ================================================
32 Fixed several bugs, including issues reported on
33 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.5
35 Several improved, updated and extended configuration files.
37 New grml-scripts (some selected ones):
39 * bt-hid connect bluetooth mouse
40 * ip-screen print ip address of configured network interfaces.
41 Integrated into status line of GNU screen.
42 * XF86AudioLowerVolume, XF86AudioMute and XF86AudioRaiseVolume:
43 scripts for handling audio volume
44 * wm-ng wrapper script for use with grml-x - provides an easy
45 to use desktop, runs fluxbox with gkrellm and idesk,
46 use via 'grml-x wm-ng'
47 Tip: press Ctrl-Alt-d to switch X resolution to 1024x768
48 * noprompt wrapper script to avoid prompting when rebooting/
49 halting system. Use e.g. via 'noprompt reboot'
51 New bootparameters/cheatcodes (some selected ones):
53 * hostname=... set hostname to specified value (default: grml)
54 * distcc=$NETWORK,$INTERFACE - activate distcc-daemon, usage example:
55 distcc=192.168.0.1/24,eth0
56 activates distccd listening on ip address of eth0 providing
57 access for network 192.168.0.1/24
58 * 915resolution=${MODE},${XRESO},${YRESO} start resolution modify
59 tool for Intel graphic chipset, usage example:
60 915resolution=4d,1400,1050
61 * swspeak get software synthesizer support through speakup's
62 sftsyn, speech-dispatcher and speechd-up
63 * debnet search through local partitions for file /etc/network/interfaces,
64 copy /etc/network to running system and restart networking then
65 * forensic boot without any filesystem access to hard disks so
66 forensic investigations can be made
67 * blacklist=module deactivate loading of a specific module. Configured via
68 /etc/modprobe.d/grml. Usage example:
73 * grml-tips: run 'grml-tips $KEYWORD' to get hints for $KEYWORD
74 * udev fully replaces hotplug-light and discover
75 * pcmciautils replace pcmcia-cs
76 Notice: some kernel drivers (like for example PCMCIA WLAN cards) are not
77 autoloaded by default. Run 'hwinfo --netcard' to figure out which module has
80 * don't use /proc/bus/usb by default anymore
81 * improved synaptics touchpad recognition
82 * w3m not starting automatically (get it through running 'grml-info'),
83 tty1 is not reset on startup (see bootmessages instead)
87 * Based on vanilla kernel 2.6.15 including several patches
88 (Reiser4, Speakup, Squashfs,...) and additional modules:
90 acerhk, acx100, at76c503a, bcm5700, drbd0.7, cowloop, dazuko,
91 eagle-usb, hostap, ieee80211, ipw2100, ipw2200, ivtv0.4,
92 kqemu, linux-wlan-ng, lufs, madwifi, ndiswrapper, openafs,
93 pcan, pwc, qc-usb, realtime-lsm, rt2400, rt2500, sl-modem,
94 snd-bt-sco, spca5xx, sysprof, thinkpad, tidev, vaiostat,
97 Notice: madwifi-ng is available in /usr/src as debian package
98 but not pre-installed because of conflicts with madwifi.
99 Some more modules (for example fglrx and nvidia) are not
100 pre-installed but available through the grml-repository.
102 See http://grml.org/kernel/ for more details regarding the grml-kernel.
106 * Updated all packages to Debian Unstable branch by 20060115 plus
107 some minor updates until 20060121.
108 * Updated memtest to Memtest86+ V1.65.
109 * Updated putty-collection to latest version. (winscp has been removed)
111 - initrd support (installation onto SCSI/USB-devices supported)
112 - support for installation on software RAID1 (see 'man grml2hd')
113 - remote, automatic installation via network with grml-terminalserver
114 -> See http://grml.org/grml2hd/ for more details.
116 Removed 112 packages [please notice that some of them are available
117 under different names/in different packages]:
120 3270-common 855resolution aalib-bin aalib1 acovea alsaplayer apt-move arpd
121 base-config bash3 bluez-pcmcia-support cgvg checkmem chgrep cvsd db4.2-util dbus-1
122 dbus-glib-1 debsync diffmon esh fdisk-udeb fenris ffmpeg fprobe-ng ftape-util ftpd
123 gdk-imlib1 genliloconf grepmap ha-prosper hotplug-light ifp-line imlib-progs ion2
124 ion3-mod-ionflux ipautofw irda-common irda-tools isapnptools kwtools-net-firewall
125 kwtools-utils-pim ledit leo lsh lspowertweak lua50-doc madwifi mdnsresponder
126 mozilla-firefox-webdeveloper msort-gui mush nparted ntop ocaml-base-nox onak osh
127 p3nfs parted-bf pcmcia-cs pcopy pdfscreen pekwmdev plan pmp-common pmtools-acpi
128 polipo postgresql-8.0 postgresql-client-8.0 postgresql-contrib-8.0 powertweak
129 powertweak-extra powertweak-gtk powertweakd pppdcapiplugin print-utils-pfeifle
130 prozilla python2.3-ixplib raidtools2 rt2400-base rt2500-base sasl-bin satan sh-lib
131 shaper shfs-utils siege-ssl slang1 slang1a-utf8 slpim smbconf-pfeifle-nonfree
132 speedtouch srg statslog systraq sysutils tetex-doc tunnelv udev-klibc wavtools
133 x-window-system x3270 xdm xext xfonts-x3270-misc xkeyval xorg-driver-synaptics
134 xpdf-i xserver-common-v3 xviddetect zsh-beta zsh30
136 Added 99 new packages (exluding lib* and *2.6.15-grml*):
138 9base acpidump athena-jot bbe bzrtools cdrbq cmus conspy cpuburn-in-binary cu
139 dares dares-qt db4.3-util dbus dd-rhelp debian-archive-keyring debsecan evilwm
140 evms-bootdebug fcrackzip fglrx-control firefox firefox-webdeveloper flac123
141 fluxconf fprobe ftpbackup gcj-4.0-base gddrescue git-core gkrellm-volume
142 gkrellshoot gmrun grml-btnet grml-mercurial-utils grml-shlib grml-tips idesk
143 ifenslave-2.6 ifplugd ihu irda-utils irssi krb5-config krb5-user
144 loop-aes-utils memtester migrationtools mklibs-copy mysql-server-4.1
145 netdiscover nvidia-xconfig obexftp openafs-client openafs-krb5 orange
146 os-prober parted pcmciautils pekwmsvn postgresql-8.1 postgresql-client-8.1
147 postgresql-contrib-8.1 preload procinfo proftpd proftpd-common python2.4
148 python2.4-celementtree python2.4-elementtree python2.4-minimal root-tail
149 rox-filer secure-delete securecgi sl-modem-daemon speech-dispatcher speechd-el
150 speechd-up ssmping sysprof tex-common tlswrap tofrodos transset ufsutils
151 unzsplit uruk vblade vim-gui-common vim-runtime webcheck weechat-plugins
152 xcompmgr xen-tools xfree86-driver-synaptics xtrace xwit zsplit
154 If you find a problem with the release please check
155 http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=grml_0.6
156 and report problems using information on http://grml.org/bugs/
158 Changes since release 0.5 (20051024)
159 ====================================
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178 Alexander Wirt joined the grml-team.
181 Many thanks in this release go to all those who have sent feedback
182 since the last release!
184 Please send your feedback, feature requests and bug reports to the grml-team!
185 http://grml.org/contact/ #grml on irc.freenode.org contact (at) grml.org
187 Contact: Michael 'mika' Prokop <mika at grml.org>
192 ,'"`. http://www.michael-prokop.at/
193 ( grml.org -» Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins
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