Realtek 8168 NIC issue with PXE bootmenu
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I am currently busy to set up a fog server in a classroom at a school as a final study project. After testing with different machines the conclusion is that it works on every client, except for the Dell optiplex 3010. After a little search we concluded that the NIC is unsupportive.
EDIT1: It gets the 0x040ee119 error which i believe it is the timeout because the network card could not be found. I have posted the image.After 3 weeks of trial and error I am at my limit of possibilities and asking now for help.
The following systems has been used:
- Server is a dell optiplex 3010 with ubuntu Desktop.
– Fogserver 1.2.0 - clients are Dell optiplex 3010 with realtek r8168.
- Test DHCP server: Cisco 3750 with DHCP enabled and configured rules 66/67
followed instruction sets.
- Tried to add the r8168 driver into a linux kernel by adding into the /usr/src 3.13.0 kernel and changed the Kconfig and makefile. (well, it is the first try)
- Tried to add it into the new 3.17.3 kernel and make an image. I got the driver into the xconfig list, but the bzImage build was corrupted/didn’t work. I was close.
- Build a whole new server on the CentOS platform. Issue isn’t a distro, but a kernel, so that was useless)
- [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Building_a_Custom_Kernel[/url] (problem is the network driver isn’t listed)
- Tried again to make an bzImage with the latest LTS driver 3.14.25. (still working on this one)
- [url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/FAQ[/url] (errr, this isn’t gonna work, server crash, won’t come back up)
Not yet done. Think this is not the issu.
I am just starting with linux and I am out of options. Does someone have any options left?
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- Server is a dell optiplex 3010 with ubuntu Desktop.
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All of the kernels I’ve been building have support for the Realtek 816* series drivers.
I believe the default is labeled as 8169 usually. But they are supported.
What are the specifics that is giving issues? You’ve attempting running as a Debug task?
Or you’re never actually getting that far and failing to get to the FOG Menu at all?
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I am failing to get to the FOG menu. The image I attached is the step I get when it tries to get the menu.
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Do me a favor and try the ipxe files from trunk.
To do so open a terminal and become root (whether directly or through sudo.)
Run:
[code]svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/freeghost/code/trunk/packages/tftp svntftpboot
cp -Rf svntftpboot/* /tftpboot/[/code]Maybe this will help?
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I have got a link from 2012 that has a similar problem: [url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/dell-3010-not-compatible.3334/[/url]
EDIT: I will try the option
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I have done the option you gave me, but to no avail.
I still get the same error.what I have done is:
- downloaded tftpboot dir from svn
- copied the svn dir to the tftpboot.
- try to reboot Dell and HP clients. (HP works, Dell doesn’t)
- Restart service tftpd-hpa
- try to reboot Dell and HP clients. Same result.
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On the system that’s giving you the problem, can you take a video of the issue and post it?
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I have a public link of the video now.
It is 120MB. forgot to change the settings in a hurryHere is the link
[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46973651/Starting_client.mp4[/url]
Here is a Wetransfer link
[url]http://we.tl/6u2tLwrHRb[/url] -
At time index 1:20 you get the wonderful error code!
Error 0x040ee119
Read thru the last few pages. This is most likely due to something not right in your environment.
[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/040ee119-error-on-boot.10493/#post-27304[/url]Also check your network switches.
[url]http://fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/IPXE[/url] -
We have succes with :
wget -O /tftpboot/undionly.kpxe [url]https://sourceforge.net/p/freeghost/code/1312/tree/trunk/packages/tftp/undionly.kpxe?format=raw[/url]
We can register the client to Fog. Deploy and upload works fine, but the wake on lan does not work on the Dell 3010…
I have checked the bios setup, and wake on lan is enabled with PXE.Edit: Wrong link!
WOL works on the HP machine, but not on the Dell 3010 .
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We have tried the 1312 version of undionly.kpxe again and it seems to be working.
We will update the latest news monday.Thank you, Tom and Wolfbane for the help.
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[quote=“Wallioo, post: 39419, member: 27278”]wake on lan does not work on the Dell 3010…
I have checked the bios setup, and wake on lan is enabled with PXE.
[/quote]you may have to check your power management settings
from dell:
[CODE]Wake from hard shutdown (S5) and hibernate (S4) does not work any more. This is by-design Windows behavior.
This change is due to Microsoft design changes in Windows 7 & Windows 8
For optimal Wake-On-LAN operation, power management setting should not go below Sleep (S3)[/CODE] -
It took a while to get everything straight.
The server is up and running with the 1312 revision of undionly.kpxe
Each dell has to enable Wake on LAN /w PXE and [B]disable deep sleep mode.[/B]
With this settings the setup works for me with the standard configuration.My project is tested and approved today, so thanks again for the help.
Jeroen v. W.
Wallioo
