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Vostro 3500 Issues with new .32 version

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    Etrain
    last edited by Aug 30, 2013, 7:50 PM

    I was reluctant to upgrade FOG from .30 because everything was working great for me. I bit the bullet and did an upgrade this year and have been having handful of issues. The main issue I am having is with the Dell Vostro 3500 laptops. Everytime I try to image this style laptop I get local_softirq_pending 08 errors and my process crashes/reboots or just hangs. I have been trying many things from swapping back to the .29 init.gz file tried the .30 init.gz file. I have been trying older kernels and I can’t solve this issue and I cannot image any of these laptops anymore.

    Has anyone seen this before or offer me any advice as to how to fix it. I am not well versed in linux but given commands to run I can make that happen.

    Thanks

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      Tom Elliott
      last edited by Aug 30, 2013, 9:04 PM

      It sounds like an issue with drivers. I’ve heard of some having success with different kernels. I have a very small kernel that might just fit the bill. It can be downloaded at: [url]https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/bzImage[/url]

      I don’t know if it has all the drivers for your particular system, and if it doesn’t just let me know and I’ll build a specialized kernel for you. Just tell me what hardware (driver types) you need and I’ll make it happen.

      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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        Etrain
        last edited by Sep 3, 2013, 1:00 PM

        You are the man Tom. It went through the whole process without local_softirq_pending 08 error and crashing. I don’t know much about linux so I was just happy to get the file in the right directory. Still rebooting but I think I am in business

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          Tom Elliott
          last edited by Sep 3, 2013, 1:06 PM

          Awesome,

          Glad I could help.

          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)

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

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            Tom Elliott
            last edited by Sep 3, 2013, 1:07 PM

            If you need assistance with commands, let me know. I can be of assistance.

            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)

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

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              Etrain
              last edited by Sep 3, 2013, 1:31 PM

              I am generally ok. I can google my way to what I need. Its just hard navigating directories so I leave my terminal up in a spot thats got me to where I need to be to make the changes. The kernel you had was clean and no extra garbage on the screen during boot up. Do you by chance have a good site I could check out to learn about creating my own kernels so that I can customize them for our set of Dells?

              Thanks again for the help

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                Tom Elliott
                last edited by Sep 4, 2013, 7:18 PM

                I don’t have a site, but the FOG Wiki’s pages do have a method of you creating them. It’s really simple though.

                Download the kernel.

                Untar/extract the kernel source

                Copy the configuration file (either from your fog installation, or you can use mine.) [url]https://mastacontrola.com/fogboot/kernel/TomElliott.config[/url]

                cd into the unextraced folder:
                cd linux-<version>

                Copy the configuration file as (note the period before the file name) -> .config within the linux-<version> directory.

                Run the command:
                make ARCH=i386 menuconfig
                Make any changes you need, or just exit and save the configuration.
                Then once complete run:

                make ARCH=i386 bzImage

                Once it’s done building copy the bzImage file to your /tftpboot/fog/kernel directory, also create a copy of the original for backup if you made a mistake:

                cp /tftpboot/fog/kernel/bzImage /tftpboot/fog/kernel/bzImage.original

                cp arch/x86/boot/bzimage /tftpboot/fog/kernel/

                You should be set.

                Also, here’s the link for the wiki:
                [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Building_a_Custom_Kernel[/url]

                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)

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

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