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+ <h1>FAQ</h1>
+
+ <p>Up2date: 20051024 - applies to version grml 0.5/grml-small 0.1</p>
+
+ <p><a name="toc"></a><strong>Index:</strong></p>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#general">General:</a></p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#whatis">What is grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#get">Where do I get grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#whatmeans">What does grml mean?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#pronounce">How to pronounce grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#releasename">What about the release name?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#requirements">Requirements for running grml</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#why">Why another Linux distribution?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#license">What's the license of grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#difference">What's the difference between grml and $OTHER-DISTRIBUTION? What are your main goals?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#knoppix">What's the difference between grml and Knoppix?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#accessibility">What does accessibility at grml mean?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#emulation">Is it possible to run grml with $EMULATOR?</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#grmlsmall">grml-small:</a></p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#whatissmall">What is grml-small?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#smallvsnormal">What is the difference between 'normal' grml and grml-small?</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#system">System</a>:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#password">What are the passwords of users on grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#version">How to find out the version of grml</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#remove_cd">Is it possible to run LiveCD and eject CD-ROM?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#language">How do I change the language/keyboard settings?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#kde_and_foo">KDE, Gnome, $FOO and $BAR</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#wms">Which window managers can I use?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#terminalserver">Can I boot grml without CD-ROM? What's the grml-terminalserver?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#bugreport">Bugreport</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#hdinstall">Is it possible to install grml to harddisk?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#hardware">I have problems with my hardware!</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#boot">grml does not boot on my computer!</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#kernel">Kernel</a>:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#kernelconfig">Where can I find the configuration for the kernel used on grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#kernelpatches">Are there any special components/patches in the kernel used on grml?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#platform">Which platforms is the grml kernel optimized for?</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#software">Software:</a></p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#sw_general">General</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#sw_version">What version of $PACKAGE is available?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#init">Init-System</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#zsh">Why is zsh the default shell (/bin/sh)?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#bash">Is a bash available?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#setuid">setuid/SUID</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#aide">aide</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#bitchx">bitchx</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#ispell">ispell</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#latex">LaTeX</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#slapd">slapd</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#tripwire">tripwire</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#release">Release related issues</a>:</p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#ipw">Using IPW driver with DHCP</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#wpa">Using WPA with 2.6.13-grml</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#xserver">X-Server</a></p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#xstart">How do I start the X server?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#xproblem">X does not start on my box?!</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#xresolution">I don't like the resolution of X!</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#framebuffer">Framebuffer</a></p>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#video">The boot option vga does not work as expected?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#fbprobs">I don't see anything when booting grml?!</a></li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p class="toc"><a href="#question">Further questions</a></p>
+
+ <h2><a name="general"></a><a href="#toc">General</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="whatis"></a><a href="#toc">What is grml?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>grml is a bootable CD (Live-CD) based on <a
+ href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/">Knoppix</a> and <a
+ href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a>. 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 GiB of software and
+ documentation on the CD.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="get"></a><a href="#toc">Where do I get grml?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>You can download grml of course: take a look at <a
+ href="http://grml.org/download">grml.org/download/</a>. If you want
+ to get an original grml-CD including <a
+ href="http://grml.org/files/#covers">the grml-cover</a>, need a
+ special amount of CDs or want your own special grml-CD (including
+ your logo, your software and/or special settings) <a
+ href="http://grml.org/contact/">please don't hesitate to contact
+ us</a>! Take a look at <a
+ href="http://solutions.grml.org/">grml-solutions</a> for more
+ information regarding our offers.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="whatmeans"></a><a href="#toc">What does grml mean?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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):</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+$ grep -ch grml .centericq/**/history | xargs echo | \
+ sed 's/[0-9]*/& + /g' | sed 's/+ $//g' | bc -l
+3746</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="pronounce"></a><a href="#toc">How to pronounce grml?</a></h3>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+$ echo 'ghroummel' | festival --tts
+$ flite -o play -t gremel</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="releasename"></a><a href="#toc">What about the release name?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Codename of grml 0.5 is <a
+ href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Tokolytika">Tokolytika</a>.
+ This is the german word for <a
+ href="http://www.google.com/search?q=tocolytics">tocolytics</a>.</p>
+
+ <p>Codename of grml-small 0.1 is Zugschlus. <a
+ href="http://blog.zugschlus.de/">Zugschlus</a> is the nickname of Marc Haber
+ who brought the initial idea for grml-small.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="requirements"></a><a href="#toc">Requirements for running grml</a></h3>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Intel-compatible CPU (i586 or later, preferably Pentium class or higher)</li>
+ <li>at least 56MB of RAM (for stable use with ramdisks for unionfs and udev and running X window system
+ we recommend at least 128MB)</li>
+ <li>grml-small: at least 32MB RAM should be available</li>
+ <li>bootable CD-ROM drive (or a boot floppy and standard CD-ROM [IDE/ATAPI
+ or SCSI]) [or network - see <a href="#terminalserver">grml-terminalserver</a>]</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3><a name="why"></a><a href="#toc">Why another Linux distribution?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>There already exist "<a
+ href="http://www.distrowatch.com/">some</a>" distributions. We decided
+ to base our work on the existing infrastructure of <a
+ href="http://debian.org/">Debian</a> and <a
+ href="http://www.knoppix.net/">Knoppix</a> 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 out of the box so we
+ decided to share our work with others.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="license"></a><a href="#toc">What's the license of grml?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Anything written by the grml team is published under the GPL (<a
+ href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">GNU General Public License</a>).
+ You don't have to pay anything for running grml. <a
+ href="http://grml.org/contact/">Donations and feedback</a> are welcome of
+ course. If you want to get a special grml version or need support take a
+ lookt at the <a href="http://solutions.grml.org/">grml-solutions</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="difference"></a><a href="#toc">What's the difference between grml and
+ $OTHER-DISTRIBUTION? What are your main goals?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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 other stuff we
+ like) and useful programs for admin's daily work too. grml uses the existing
+ infrastructure of <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian</a> and <a
+ href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/">Knoppix</a> and merges useful things
+ also from other distributions/live-cds.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="knoppix"></a><a href="#toc">What's the difference between grml and Knoppix?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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 it's 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 has nowadays (except of a similar initial
+ ramdisk) nothing in common with Knoppix anymore:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+# locate knoppix
+# find / -iname \*knoppix\*
+#</pre>
+
+ <p>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 provides even 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 provides the possibility 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.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="accessibility"></a><a href="#toc">What does accessibility at grml mean?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>The grml kernel includes <a href="/kernel/#speakup">support for
+ speakup</a> and provides software like brltty (using bootoption 'grml blind
+ brltty=type,port,tbl'), emacspeak and flite. Please don't hesitate to <a
+ href="/contact/">contact us</a> if you have any further questions,
+ suggestions or feedback regarding accessibility!</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="emulation"></a><a href="#toc">Is it possible to run grml with $EMULATOR?</a></h3>
+
+ <p><a href="http://www.vmware.com/">VMWare</a> should work without any
+ problems. It's also possible to run grml with <a
+ href="http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/">QEMU</a>, an emulator for various
+ CPUs which works on Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Running grml with
+ QEMU has been tested successful on Windows and Linux, take a look at <a
+ href="/qemu/">the QEMU-grml-webpage</a>.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name="grmlsmall"></a><a href="#toc">grml-small?</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="whatissmall"></a><a href="#toc">What is grml-small?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Whereas grml provides about 2.1GiB of software on a 700MB-ISO, grml-small
+ is a flavor with online 50MB ISO-size (~150MB 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. Take a look at the <a
+ href="/files/">'Debian-Information'-section</a> if you are searching for the
+ package list.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="smallvsnormal"></a><a href="#toc">What is the difference between 'normal' grml and grml-small?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>The 700MB-grml brings more than 2350 packages of software and a <a
+ href="/kernel/">full-featured kernel</a>. grml-small includes about 200
+ software-packages, lacks documentation and manpages on the ISO and has a
+ stripped-down kernel (but still provides hardware recognition of course).
+ <a href="#terminalserver">grml-terminalserver</a> is <strong>not</strong>
+ available/supported on grml-small.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name="system"></a><a href="#toc">System</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="password"></a><a href="#toc">What are the passwords of users on grml?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="version"></a><a href="#toc">How to find out the version of grml</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Run 'grml-version' or use the following command:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+$ cat /etc/grml_version</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="remove_cd"></a><a href="#toc">Is it possible to run LiveCD and eject CD-ROM?</a></h3>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+$ sudo umount -l /cdrom
+$ sudo eject /dev/cdrom # now don't run any new programs ;)
+$ mount /dev/cdrom # mount it again if needed ;)
+</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="language"></a><a href="#toc">How do I change the language/keyboard settings?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>By default grml uses english settings. But it is possible to change the
+ settings via using either the lang-bootparam or via running grml-lang when
+ grml is running already. Usage examples:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+grml lang=de # enter this at the bootprompt and you will get
+ # german keyboard layout and german $LANG, $LC_ALL,...
+$ grml-lang de # enter this in the shell to switch keyboard layout
+ # and $LANG settings in a running grml-system
+</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="kde_and_foo"></a><a href="#toc">KDE, Gnome, $FOO and $BAR</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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. <a href="http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/">Knoppix</a>, <a
+ href="http://www.munjoylinux.org/">Munjoy-Linux</a>, <a
+ href="http://kanotix.com/">Kanotix</a>, <a
+ href="http://www.kalyxo.org/">Kalyxo</a> or <a
+ href="http://www.kubuntu.org/">Kubuntu</a>. Gnome users might find <a
+ href="http://www.gnoppix.org/">Gnoppix</a> useful. If you would like to see
+ a special (software) package inside grml please <a
+ href="http://grml.org/report/">report it to us</a>!</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="wms"></a><a href="#toc">Which window managers can I use?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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 window managers:
+ <a href="http://www.fluxbox.org/">fluxbox</a>,
+ <a href="http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/">ion2 and ion3</a>,
+ <a href="http://joewing.net/programs/jwm/index.shtml">jwm</a>,
+ <a href="http://pekwm.org/">pekwm</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/">ratpoison</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/vtwm.html">twm</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.grassouille.org/code/w9wm/README">w9wm</a>,
+ <a href="http://www.nickgravgaard.com/windowlab/">windowlab</a>,
+ <a href="http://wmi.berlios.de/">wmi and wmii</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="terminalserver"></a><a href="#toc">Can I boot grml without
+ CD-ROM? What's the grml-terminalserver?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>grml-terminalserver let you boot from network. For more information refer
+ to the <a
+ href="http://grml.org/terminalserver/">grml-terminalserver-webpage</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="bugreport"></a><a href="#toc">Bugreport</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Report bugs via the tool reportbug which is part of the package
+ grml-reportbug and provided with the grml system. If you don't know
+ how to handle reportbug either take a look at <a
+ href="http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=bugs">the bugs-webpage in
+ the grml-wiki</a> or you can send us your bug report via the <a
+ href="http://grml.org/bugs/">bugs-webpage</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="hdinstall"></a><a href="#toc">Is it possible to install grml to harddisk?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Yes. grml provides a tool called grml2hd (see 'man grml2hd').
+
+<!-- <p>In general we recommend using a non-live-CD distribution for installing on
+ harddisk because it might fit better. Especially if you would like to build a
+ server system you don't want to use a live-cd system. Use <a
+ href="http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/">d-i of Sarge</a> (Debian
+ Installer), <a href="http://www.ubuntulinux.org/">Ubuntu Linux</a> or if you
+ have a lot of computers you might consider <a
+ href="http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/">FAI (Fully Automatic
+ Installation) for Debian GNU/Linux</a> by Thomas Lange useful. But if you
+ -->
+
+ If you want to get a working Linux to your workstation consider
+ using 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!
+ You can use grml2hd even in a full automatic mode without any
+ further interaction. More information is available on <a
+ href="http://grml.org/grml2hd/">grml.org/grml2hd/</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="hardware"></a><a href="#toc">I have problems with my hardware!</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Take a look at the script grml-hwinfo. This scripts generates a
+ file namend info.tar.bz2 which contains important information of
+ your hardware. If you think we might help you please run
+ grml-hwinfo and send us the file with additional, relevant
+ information regarding your problem.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="boot"></a><a href="#toc">grml does not boot on my computer!</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Please take a look at <a
+ href="http://grml.org/files/grml-cheatcodes.txt">the available bootparamters
+ and cheatcodes</a>. Especially booting with 'acpi=off noapm noapic'
+ might help. Bootparameter 'failsafe' provides a minimal hardware recognition.
+ You still have problems? Please <a href="/contact/">contact us</a>!</p>
+
+ <h2><a name="kernel"></a><a href="#toc">Kernel</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="kernelconfig"></a><a href="#toc">Where can I find the configuration for the kernel used on
+ grml?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>See /boot/config-`uname -r` and on <a href="/kernel/">the kernel-webpage</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="kernelpatches"></a><a href="#toc">Are there any special components/patches in the kernel
+ used on grml?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>grml uses the currentmost stable vanilla Linux kernel from <a
+ href="http://www.kernel.org/">www.kernel.org</a> with some
+ additional patches. More information and an all-in-one patch is
+ available on the <a
+ href="http://grml.org/kernel/">kernel-page</a>.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="platform"></a><a href="#toc">Which platforms is the grml kernel optimized
+ for?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Plain i586 compatibility-mode with SMP deactivated to avoid
+ problems with specific systems and drivers.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name="software"></a><a href="#toc">Software</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="sw_general"></a><a href="#toc">General</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Want to run a program as root? Just use 'sudo $PROGRAM'. To get a
+ root-shell run 'sudo su'.</p>
+
+ <p>Problems with a specific package? Please try 'dpkg-reconfigure $package'.
+ Still encountering difficulties? Please send us a <a
+ href="http://grml.org/bugs/">bugreport</a>!</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="sw_version"></a><a href="#toc">What version of $PACKAGE is
+ available?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Take a look at the dpkg_...-files in the <a
+ href="http://grml.org/files/#debian">Debian-Information section on
+ grml.org/files/</a>. </p>
+
+ <h3><a name="init"></a><a href="#toc">Init-System</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Why is grml using runlevel 2 as default? Because runlevel 2 is 'the
+ textonly one' and it's debian's default.</p>
+
+ <p>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 namend /etc/runlevel.conf with your favourite
+ editor. No symlink-hell anymore.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="zsh"></a><a href="#toc">Why is zsh the default shell (/bin/sh)?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Short answer: because zsh rocks.</p>
+
+ <p>Longer answer taken from <a href="http://zsh.sunsite.dk/FAQ/zshfaq01.html#l3">ZSH
+ FAQ: 1.2: What is it?</a>:</p>
+
+ <cite> 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).</cite>
+
+ <p>If you don't know zsh take a look at <a
+ href="http://zsh.sunsite.dk/FAQ/zshfaq02.html#l9">ZSH FAQ: How does zsh
+ differ from...?</a>, 'man zsh | less -p COMPATIBILITY' and '<a
+ href="/zsh/">man zsh-lovers</a>'.</p>
+
+ <p>If you are a bash-user and don't know the 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.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="bash"></a><a href="#toc">Is a bash available?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>grml uses the <a href="#zsh">zsh</a> as the default shell but of
+ course a current version of the bash (as many other shells as well)
+ is provided by grml anyway.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="setuid"></a><a href="#toc">setuid/SUID</a></h3>
+
+ <p>If you set a programm SUID (setuid/mode 4755) unprivileged users on your system will
+ be able to run it. This <em>could</em> 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:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>hddtemp</li>
+ <li>pconsole</li>
+ <li>pdsh</li>
+ <li>prospect</li>
+ <li>rssh</li>
+ <li>scponly</li>
+ <li>sing</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3><a name="aide"></a><a href="#toc">aide</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Before AIDE can be used, you will have to initialize a database. In order to do
+ this, simply run the following command:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+/usr/sbin/aideinit</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="bitchx"></a><a href="#toc">bitchx</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Why isn't bitchx part of grml? <a
+ href="http://www.google.com/search?q=bitchx+sucks">bitchx
+ sucks</a>. Please use a better alternative like <a
+ href="http://irssi.org/">irssi</a> or <a
+ href="http://weechat.flashtux.org/index.php?lang=en">weechat</a>
+ which are part of grml.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="ispell"></a><a href="#toc">ispell</a></h3>
+
+ <p>You don't want to use the preselected default for ispell? Run
+ 'select-default-ispell' for changing it.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="latex"></a><a href="#toc">LaTeX</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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")'.<br />
+ To change this run 'dpkg-reconfigure auctex' and/or 'dpkg-reconfigure
+ preview-latex'.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="slapd"></a><a href="#toc">slapd</a></h3>
+ <p>The password for the admin entry in the LDAP directory is 'grml'.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="tripwire"></a><a href="#toc">tripwire</a></h3>
+
+ <p>The site-key pass-phrase and the local key pass-phrase for tripwire are 'grml'.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name="release"></a><a href="#toc">Release related issues</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="ipw"></a><a href="#toc">Using IPW driver with DHCP</a></h3>
+
+ <p>The ipw-drivers in grml already contain special fixes for fixing
+ problems with ipw and kernel 2.6.13. But you might have to run
+ 'iwlist $DEVICE scanning' (adjust $DEVICE with the corresponding
+ network device) anyway to get an associated connection to the access
+ point.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="wpa"></a><a href="#toc">Using WPA with 2.6.13-grml</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Kernel 2.6.13 includes wireless extensions version 18 (12.3.05).
+ The ipw2200 module uses the wireless extensions instead of custom ioctl()s
+ now. As a result you have to use '-Dwext' for wpa_supplicant to use
+ the wireless extensions when wpa_supplicant is running. Adjust
+ $OPTIONS in /etc/default/wpasupplicant, for example using:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+OPTIONS="-Dwext -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"</pre>
+
+ <h2><a name="xserver"></a><a href="#toc">X-Server</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="xstart"></a><a href="#toc">How do I start the X server?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Please use 'grml-x' as user grml for starting X. 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 window
+ manager fluxbox:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+grml-x fluxbox</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="xproblem"></a><a href="#toc">X does not start on my box?!</a></h3>
+
+ <p>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:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+grml-x -display 8 fluxbox # start fluxbox on display 8
+grml-x -force -nostart # 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 ion3
+grml-x -module vesa fluxbox # start fluxbox and use vesa module
+</pre>
+
+ <h3><a name="xresolution"></a><a href="#toc">I don't like the resolution of X!</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Just run xrandr to switch the resolution. For example: 'xrandr -s
+ 1024x768'.</p>
+
+ <h2><a name="framebuffer"></a><a href="#toc">Framebuffer</a></h2>
+
+ <h3><a name="video"></a><a href="#toc">The boot option vga does not work as
+ expected?</a></h3>
+
+ <p>grml (starting with version 0.4) uses <a
+ href="/kernel/#vesafbtng">vesafb-tng</a> instead of vesafb. This
+ means you have to set the bootopion via video= instead of vga=.
+ See <a href="http://grml.org/bootsplash/f6">bootsplash F6</a> for
+ more details.</p>
+
+ <h3><a name="fbprobs"></a><a href="#toc">I don't see anything when booting grml?!</a></h3>
+
+ <p>Probably this is a problem with vesafb-tng. Try to boot via
+ bootoption 'nofb' or 'grml video=ofonly'. Some laptops need a
+ special keysequence to switch between monitor and beamer settings
+ (e.g. Samsung X20: press Fn+F4) when booting. Often it's possible
+ to switch resolution also after booting grml:</p>
+
+<pre class="rahmen">
+modprobe -l | grep fb.ko # try to find out which module fits for your system
+modprobe atyfb # load the appropriate module
+fbset 1024x768-60 # now try to switch the resolution on current console
+</pre>
+
+ <h2><a name="question"></a><a href="#toc">Further questions</a></h2>
+
+ <p>Do you have a question which is not answered in the FAQ or in
+ the provided <a href="http://grml.org/docs/">documentation</a>
+ (also run 'grml-info' on your grml-system)? Take a look at <a
+ href="http://grml.org/">the grml-website</a> and <a
+ href="http://wiki.grml.org/">the grml-wiki</a>. Please don't
+ hesitate to <a href="http://grml.org/contact/">contact us</a>, a
+ good place to start is the <a
+ href="http://grml.org/mailinglist/">grml mailinglist</a>.</p>
+
+ </div>
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