This document will give you a short introduction to the grml system. For further questions please refer to the FAQ, take a look at the grml-website or contact the grml-team.
You'll find the following consoles on your grml system:
TTY1 plain console running as user root TTY2 screen running as user root, exiting brings up a plain console running as user root TTY3 screen running as user root, exiting brings up a plain console running as user root TTY4 zsh running as user grml TTY5 zsh running as user grml TTY6 zsh running as user grml TTY7 nothing (reserved for running X) TTY8 nothing (reserved for running X) TTY9 getty-login TTY10 iptstate, exiting iptstate brings up a screen session TTY11 htop, exiting htop brings up a screen session TTY12 multitail; exiting multitail brings up a screen session
You'll find the following consoles on your grml-small system:
TTY1 console running as user root TTY2 screen running as user grml TTY3 screen running as user grml
Notice: the X window system is not available on grml-small.
You could start X via '/usr/bin/startx name_of_windowmanager'. But: we strongly recommend using the grml wrapper script called 'grml-x'! Just call 'grml-x wmii' to start wmii, or use 'grml-x fluxbox' to start X with window manager fluxbox. grml-x creates the X config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf, adjusts and uses the file $HOME/.xinitrc and lets you run other commands at X startup too. As soon as you have a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf file you do not have to use grml-x any longer of course. Take a look at the grml-x manpage.
Usage example: switch to console tty4 or tty5 (which are running as user grml without screen) via pressing Alt+F4 or Alt+F5 and enter for example 'grml-x fluxbox'. To switch back from X press Ctrl+Alt+F<number>
grml provides several scripts (shellscript, perl, ruby,...) via the package grml-scripts. For more details take a look at 'man grml-scripts'!
It is possible to save and restore configuration via using the scripts save-config, restore-config and mkpersistenthome. Some additional bootparameters provide some more possibilities. Take a look at grml-config.html for more details.
It is possible to install grml to harddisk. Take a look at 'man grml2hd' and/or grml.org/grml2hd/ for more details.
Run 'grml-info' for general information on grml. Take a special look at the package texttools-doc (run 'dpkg -L texttools-doc'). Also take a look at 'man zsh-lovers' which is also available online!