[Grml] GRML Accessibility Features

covici at ccs.covici.com covici at ccs.covici.com
Sat Feb 13 10:21:59 CET 2016 

I was using a 64-bit one as of early January and did not see  this.
Maybe they did something  -- I have nowto build a custom one as
myfilesystems are now zfs.

Simon Eigeldinger <simon.eigeldinger at vol.at> wrote:

> John,
> 
> I don't know if you don't get it or don't understand:
> I am using grml for years now and had the quick menu before as well.
> now with the new cd there you are taken to the login prompt.
> I used this iso:
> http://daily.grml.org/grml32-full_sid/latest/grml32-full_sid_latest.iso
> 
> I wonder if there has been a major change in the system recently.
> 
> greetings,
> simon
> Am 12.02.2016 um 17:17 schrieb John G Heim:
> > Oops, it occurs to me that if you are booting from a CD, you can't do an
> > eject. I always run grml from a thumb drive. That is why I forgot about
> > that. By the way, it runs way better from a thumb drive than from a CD.
> >
> > Here is a script I use to build a grml bootable thumb drive.  You can
> > set the environmental variables GRMLDEVICE and GRMLISO and just run it.
> > Or you can pass them in as parameters. Or you can just run the script
> > and it will ask. GRMLDEVICE is the device name of your thumb drive and
> > GRMLISO is the path to a grml iso file. The script will format the thumb
> > drive and then run grml2usb for you.
> >
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > test ! -z "$1" && GRMLDEVICE="$1"
> > if [ -z "$GRMLDEVICE" ]; then
> >      DEFAULT=/dev/sdb
> >      echo -n "Device (default=${DEFAULT}): "
> >      read GRMLDEVICE
> >      test -z "$GRMLDEVICE" && GRMLDEVICE="$DEFAULT"
> > fi
> >
> > test ! -z "$2" && GRMLISO="$2"
> > if [ -z "$GRMLISO" ]; then
> >      for DEFAULT in grml64-full_*; do continue; done
> >      echo -n "GRML iso file (default=$DEFAULT): "
> >      read GRMLISO
> >      test -z "$GRMLISO" && GRMLISO="$DEFAULT"
> > fi
> > echo "Building grml on $GRMLDEVICE using $GRMLISO"
> >
> > P1SIZE=2G
> > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} mklabel msdos
> > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} mkpart pri fat16 512 ${P1SIZE}
> > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} mkpart pri ext2 ${P1SIZE} 100%
> > parted ${GRMLDEVICE} set 1 boot on
> > sync
> >
> > mkfs.vfat -n grml "${GRMLDEVICE}1"
> > mke2fs -L persistence "${GRMLDEVICE}2"
> >
> > grml2usb --bootoptions="persistence"
> > --bootoptions="mypath=/home/grml/persistent" "${GRMLISO}" "${GRMLDEVICE}1"
> >
> > MOUNTPOINT=/tmp/loop
> > test ! -d "$MOUNTPOINT" && mkdir "$MOUNTPOINT"
> > mount "${GRMLDEVICE}2" "$MOUNTPOINT"
> > cat /dev/null > "${MOUNTPOINT}/persistence.conf"
> > echo "/home/grml/persistent" >> "${MOUNTPOINT}/persistence.conf"
> > umount "$MOUNTPOINT"
> > rmdir "$MOUNTPOINT"
> > # EOF
> >
> >
> > On 02/12/2016 10:07 AM, John G Heim wrote:
> >>
> >> There is a menu that comes up when you boot grml. Could that be what
> >> you are getting? You should be able to press the Q key to get a
> >> command prompt. And then try the eject command to see if it opens your
> >> CD drawer. If you don't have a CD drive, you could also try beep. Once
> >> you're sure you are at the command prompt, you can type in the
> >> commands to start speech. You probably already know this but just in
> >> case, the commands are:
> >>
> >> modprobe speakup_soft
> >> espeakup
> >>
> >>
> >> On 02/12/2016 08:51 AM, Simon Eigeldinger wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> it seems that there is a login screen coming up by default after the
> >>> cd has stopped spinning.
> >>>
> >>> greetings,
> >>> simon
> >>>
> >>> Am 12.02.2016 um 14:52 schrieb John G Heim:
> >>>> If you have a smart phone and the KNFB reader, you might be able to get
> >>>> it to read enough of the screen to you to tell if it's stuck part way
> >>>> through the boot. I've had maybe a 50% success rate with that
> >>>> technique.
> >>>> Another thing you can do is to try commands like beep and eject. If
> >>>> those work, you know you're at the command line. If you are typing in
> >>>> the commands to get speech and it's not working, then it's probably a
> >>>> sound issue.
> >>>>
> >>>> On 02/12/2016 05:33 AM, Simon Eigeldinger wrote:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I was having this on for a few minutes after it stopped spinning so to
> >>>>> make sure this might be it.
> >>>>> but maybe there might be an error message.
> >>>>> tested the 32 bit latest daily sid build.
> >>>>> when i have a set of eyes around i will recheck and write back.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> greetings,
> >>>>> simon
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Am 12.02.2016 um 00:46 schrieb covici at ccs.covici.com:
> >>>>>> On my system, it takes quite a long time till the musical tone
> >>>>>> comes up,
> >>>>>> it usually is at least 2-3 minutes.  It must be a network
> >>>>>> timeout.  This
> >>>>>> is with betas as of beginning of January.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Simon Eigeldinger <simon.eigeldinger at vol.at> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I just refreshed my rescue cd with the latest grml sid daily.
> >>>>>>> so according to the wiki page at
> >>>>>>> http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=accessibility
> >>>>>>> i just have to wait until a musical tune will come up during boot.
> >>>>>>> what i hear is the beep of the boot prompt but the musical tune is
> >>>>>>> missing.
> >>>>>>> ok the document has been last modified in 2013 so there could be
> >>>>>>> have
> >>>>>>> been a lot of changes.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> could someone please tell me how to start grml using software speech
> >>>>>>> using speakup?
> >>>>>>> should be the old way but it seems it doesn't reach the console.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> greetings and thanks,
> >>>>>>> simon
> >>>>>>>
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> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
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