Known Bugs

Additional issues can be found in the Grml Bugtracker. List of Open Issues.

We recently started to track issues at github (though haven't really migrated there yet). + Additional issues can be found in the Grml Bugtracker at bts.grml.org.

If you find additional bugs, please report them.

Known Bugs in Grml 2011.12

Systems with nvidia graphic cards might not boot with Kernel Mode-Setting (KMS). Use the 'Disable Kernel Mode-Setting' boot option in the boot menu to disable KMS.
testcd boot option fails to check md5sums. [Issue 1114]
grml-terminalserver includes reference to grml2hd (cosmetic bug). [Issue 1117]

Known Bugs in Grml 2017.05-rc1

Known Bugs in Grml 2011.05

The menu shown on grml-small offers to start x11. Unfortunately grml-x is not included in grml-small and selecting a window manager will result in an error. (Fixed in git for upcoming release.)
iscsitarget does not work because the kernel modules are missing in the released ISOs.
ssh: login as root with password doesn't work
GRUB error message ('error: null src bitmap in grub_video_bitmap_create_scaled') when choosing boot sub-menu in EFI mode
USB device from Kingston causing slow boot caused by xhci_hcd / USB 3
grml-quickconfig / run-welcome script not running at the very end of boot process
grml-x fails to start on Lenovo X250
booting with serial console support prompts for password of user root

Known Bugs in Grml 2010.12

UTF-8 support is broken on tty2 and tty3.

Known Bugs in Grml 2014.11

Known Bugs in Grml 2010.04

None.
System boot freezes during udev startup on some systems (e.g. on Supermicro boards and recent IBM server models). Workaround: use boot option mgag200.modeset=0. Tracked as Issue1334.
PXE boot might fail with "Failed to load ldlinux.c32". This is #750244. Workaround: copy /usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/ldlinux.c32 from the Grml system to your tftp root directory.