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    • PsycholiquidP
      Psycholiquid Testers @george1421
      last edited by

      @george1421 Stupid thing requires I constantly touch it. I hate these surfaces. in order to boot from anything other than Windows Boot I have to swipe the screen I need those white gloves jewelers use.

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      • S
        Sebastian Roth Moderator
        last edited by Sebastian Roth

        @Psycholiquid This is confusing me more and more. If I didn’t do anything wrong then those two binaries were compiled from most current iPXE source with our FOG header files and would show that the initial issue was fixed in the iPXE code since then and we didn’t notice…

        Would you please do me another favor and test those new binaries as well: 302f1eeipxe.efi, 694c18ipxe.efi, c917687ipxe.efi, e09331aipxe.efi, 5cf5ffeipxe.efi, 757ab9ipxe.efi, d37e025ipxe.efi and HEADipxe.efi (download. Just post short notes on each binary “No hang on init.xz” or “Hang on init.xz”. Thanks!

        Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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        • PsycholiquidP
          Psycholiquid Testers
          last edited by

          ok, doing it now. Sorry roaming profiles migration making me manic…

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          • PsycholiquidP
            Psycholiquid Testers @Sebastian Roth
            last edited by

            @sebastian-roth

            302f1eeipxe.efi: wont boot at all on my surface
            694c18ipxe.efi: Hang on init.xz
            c917687ipxe.efi: Hang on init.xz
            e09331aipxe.efi: Hang on init.xz
            5cf5ffeipxe.efi: No hang on init.xz
            757ab9ipxe.efi: Hang on init.xz
            d37e025ipxe.efi: No hang on init.xz
            HEADipxe.efi: Hang on init.xz

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            • S
              Sebastian Roth Moderator
              last edited by

              @Psycholiquid Something must have gone wrong here. Maybe I uploaded the wrong HEADipxe.efi or your test failed somehow. Could you please re-test that one binary?

              Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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              • PsycholiquidP
                Psycholiquid Testers @Sebastian Roth
                last edited by

                @sebastian-roth said in Boot File Testing for SR:

                @Psycholiquid Something must have gone wrong here. Maybe I uploaded the wrong HEADipxe.efi or your test failed somehow. Could you please re-test that one binary?

                HEADipxe.efi: Hang on init.xz

                Same result

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                  Sebastian Roth Moderator
                  last edited by

                  The other possible explanation I can comes up with is that this is all a timing issue and we see it working and sometimes hanging with the same binary… Could you try a dozen times? As well please try one of the non-hanging binaries several times.

                  Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

                  Please support FOG if you like it: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Support_FOG

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                  • PsycholiquidP
                    Psycholiquid Testers @Sebastian Roth
                    last edited by

                    @sebastian-roth said in Boot File Testing for SR:

                    The other possible explanation I can comes up with is that this is all a timing issue and we see it working and sometimes hanging with the same binary… Could you try a dozen times? As well please try one of the non-hanging binaries several times.

                    Yep not a problem

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                    • PsycholiquidP
                      Psycholiquid Testers
                      last edited by

                      HEADipxe.efi: Hang on init.xz (attempted 15 times)

                      5cf5ffeipxe.efi: No hang on init.xz (attempted 15 times)

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                        Sebastian Roth Moderator
                        last edited by Sebastian Roth

                        @Psycholiquid Thanks heaps! I can’t stop scratching my head. Let me try to sort this. For you to understand, I just picked a couple of git commits from the iPXE repo where changes were made to the efi timer code:

                        757ab9 - Wed, 4 May 2016 - Hang on init.xz
                        c917687 - Mon, 20 Jun 2016 - Hang on init.xz
                        694c18 - Mon, 20 Jun 2016 - Hang on init.xz
                        e09331a - Wed, 7 Dec 2016 - Hang on init.xz
                        5cf5ffe - Wed, 7 Dec 2016 - No hang on init.xz
                        d37e025 - Wed, 25 Jan 2017 - No hang on init.xz
                        302f1ee - Thu, 26 Jan 2017 - wont boot at all on my surface
                        d46c53c (HEAD revision couple of days ago) - Wed, 13 Sep 2017 - Hang on init.xz

                        So to me it looks as if we have a regression here. Worked nicely with some changes made Dezember 16/January 17 but we are back to hang again on the latest versions.

                        More to the point - commit 5cf5ffe seems to have fixed the issue. Reading this commit message I can kind of imagine why this stuff is causing problems…

                        EFI provides no clean way for device drivers to shut down in
                        preparation for handover to a booted operating system. The platform
                        firmware simply doesn’t bother to call the drivers’ Stop() methods.
                        Instead, drivers must register an EVT_SIGNAL_EXIT_BOOT_SERVICES event
                        to be signalled when ExitBootServices() is called, and clean up
                        without any reference to the EFI driver model.

                        So what to do next?

                        Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                        • PsycholiquidP
                          Psycholiquid Testers @Sebastian Roth
                          last edited by

                          @sebastian-roth No problem, I am really not liking these Surfaces and it looks like M$ is pretty much giving up them also. Go figure, they release something they no longer want ot make anymore.

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                            Sebastian Roth Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @Psycholiquid Let’s see what the iPXE devs make of this: http://lists.ipxe.org/pipermail/ipxe-devel/2017-September/005837.html

                            Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                              Sebastian Roth Moderator
                              last edited by Sebastian Roth

                              @Psycholiquid We got an answer from Michael Brown (chief iPXE dev) and seems like we are on a good track with this. Now we need to figure out which commit broke things again. Here are some new binaries to test for you - download link.

                              1b67a056.efi
                              3ae70be.efi
                              9ccd8fe.efi
                              993fd2b.efi
                              6bd0060.efi
                              6324227.efi
                              a8f80a7.efi

                              Same as before, just test and post if it hangs on init.xz or boots properly or does something different altogether. Hope you still have that setup up and running. Remember that has_usb_nic=1 parameter…

                              Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                              • PsycholiquidP
                                Psycholiquid Testers @Sebastian Roth
                                last edited by

                                @sebastian-roth Always have the setup LOL. I will get them tested between user migrations today. Pray for me. Users are retarded.

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                                • PsycholiquidP
                                  Psycholiquid Testers @Sebastian Roth
                                  last edited by

                                  @sebastian-roth

                                  1b67a056.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                  3ae70be.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                  9ccd8fe.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                  993fd2b.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                  6bd0060.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                  6324227.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                  a8f80a7.efi: No hang on Init.xz

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                                  • S
                                    Sebastian Roth Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    @Psycholiquid Thanks again for testing and sorry for my late reply. Somehow this doesn’t really add up but it seems like tiny changes in the (EFI) timer code break iPXE for the surfaces.

                                    There are another couple of binaries to test (same download link). Though I am a bit in a hurry and those were compiled on a different machine that I usually do this. So hope I still got it all right. Please test and report back again in the same manner.

                                    @Tom-Elliott Seems like after a long fight we can finally get rid of those 7156 binaries. Turns out the issue was fixed in iPXE without us even properly reporting it. If you’re fine with removing those binaries just let me know or go for it yourself. Sure some people are used to having those and need to change their DHCP config again but I think it’s worth getting rid of this old crap altogether now!

                                    Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                                    • PsycholiquidP
                                      Psycholiquid Testers
                                      last edited by

                                      I will test those after lunch, no rush on the replies. Been here for years not going anywhere.

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                                      • Tom ElliottT
                                        Tom Elliott @Sebastian Roth
                                        last edited by

                                        @sebastian-roth I’m fine with it, I don’t have access to my servers until much later though, so if you don’t mind removing them I’m okay with it too. Thanks.

                                        Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                                        Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                                        • PsycholiquidP
                                          Psycholiquid Testers @Psycholiquid
                                          last edited by

                                          @Sebastian-Roth

                                          c4ce9259.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                          74d90b33.efi: No hang on Init.xz, but tries to use the dock NIC 3 times before switching to USB NIC
                                          0631a46a.efi: No hang on Init.xz, but tries to use the dock NIC 3 times before switching to USB NIC
                                          7428ab72.efi: No hang on Init.xz
                                          d46c53c.efi: No hang on Init.xz

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                                          • AvaryanA
                                            Avaryan
                                            last edited by

                                            So the newer ipxe commits are working again?

                                            I’ve been having issues with the official Surface 4 docking stations on 7156. They boot to the FOG menu just fine, but I can’t inventory or deploy with them. They get stuck at the stage where I normally unplug the USB NIC, but it doesn’t fix it for the docks.

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