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    • saltlife3122S
      saltlife3122
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      I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server with Fog 1.2.0 on it. I just ran the SVN to 3387 version as well. This is all new. When a host goes to boot PXE it gets to the menu screen. I select perform full host registration and inventory. Then nothing happens just a black screen. I have left it like that for 30 minutes and tried several times on many different hosts. When I tried from a vm I got:

      tftp://x.x.x.x/default.ipxe… ok
      [url]http://x.x.x.x/fog/service/ipxe/boot.php[/url]… ok
      /bzimage… No such file or directory (http:ipxe.org/2d0c613b)

      any help on how to get past this point?

      I have went through so many of these forums today and nothing gets me past this point. Thanks for your time.

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      • N
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        last edited by

        Update again. Bug was affecting inventory. Bug resolved in 3388.

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        • saltlife3122S
          saltlife3122
          last edited by

          now I just get a failed libcom message over and over again

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          • saltlife3122S
            saltlife3122
            last edited by

            I fixed that issue but I ran the 3388 update and it still goes straight to a blank screen after I do any computer to register host or quick register.

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            • saltlife3122S
              saltlife3122
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              I even tried to upload an image from a host. Set as an active task from the web GUI. It just boots goes through PXE then boots to HDD. Does not even try to do the active tasks. I am also using the undionly.kpxe if that means anything. I tried reverting back to pxelinux.0 and I got that error libcom error on repeat. So I put it back to undionly.kpxe

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              • Tom ElliottT
                Tom Elliott
                last edited by

                From the sounds of it sourceforge was down again today. Hopefully in the near future it will not rely on aoyrcedorge any more.

                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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                • saltlife3122S
                  saltlife3122
                  last edited by

                  I still can’t upload images, or do imaging from my server. I boot PXE into the menu and cannot do any of the menu options it just goes to a black screen on our hosts/desktops and on VM’s it just skips to the HDD after you select any PXE boot menu option. Is there a setting or something I am missing? We have thousands of computers on our network so a network imaging solution like this would really help us. It just never seems to work.

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                  • saltlife3122S
                    saltlife3122
                    last edited by

                    The only thing that works on my PXE boot menu is memtest everything else after you select it goes to a blank black screen and nothing else happens.

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                    • JunkhackerJ
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                      last edited by

                      what tom meant about sourceforge being down is that your install most likely failed to download properly one or more of: bzImage, bzImage32, init.xz, and init_32.xz
                      you may even seem to have the files, but they may only be partial downloads

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                      • saltlife3122S
                        saltlife3122
                        last edited by

                        oh so do I need to redo fog?

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                        • JunkhackerJ
                          Junkhacker Developer
                          last edited by

                          rerunning the installer would likely fix the problem, yes.

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                          • saltlife3122S
                            saltlife3122
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                            I ran the re-install of fog. Now when I perform anything from the PXE boot menu I get a brief init.xz message then black screen still. I just re-did 2 more spare servers and a VM 2 with ubuntu 12.04 and one with ubuntu 14.04.2. Ran the fog installs from 3 different people which were all the same mostly. Still nothing.

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                            • JunkhackerJ
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                              [quote=“saltlife3122, post: 47284, member: 29668”]Ran the fog installs from 3 different people which were all the same mostly. [/quote]

                              what do you mean by this?

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                              • saltlife3122S
                                saltlife3122
                                last edited by

                                I mean I followed 3 different how to install fog tutorials from 3 different people who posted them on the web.

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                                • saltlife3122S
                                  saltlife3122
                                  last edited by

                                  I have an update, my VM desktops seem to be working fine now with fog. They go through to full host registration. I am going to try and upload images now. Why does fog not work from physical desktops though?

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                                  • saltlife3122S
                                    saltlife3122
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                                    The desktops and laptops all get to the pxe screen then get the init.xz ok and black blank screen nothing else. VM is fine now

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                                    • JunkhackerJ
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                                      [quote=“saltlife3122, post: 47293, member: 29668”]The desktops and laptops all get to the pxe screen then get the init.xz ok and black blank screen nothing else. VM is fine now[/quote]

                                      how much time did you give the physical machines to boot?

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                                      • saltlife3122S
                                        saltlife3122
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                                        I used a different desktop, and it takes a while to boot but it does if I wait longer. My old server was .32 fog and it was never this slow to load up. But hey its working somewhat now just slow. Thanks for the help

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                                        • JunkhackerJ
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                                          what model of computer are you testing with?
                                          speed should be comparable with 0.32 on startup, and i think you’ll find that imaging tasks have sped up a bit

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                                          • saltlife3122S
                                            saltlife3122
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                                            everything we have are lenovo’s. We get to the PXE menu then it takes about a minute or 2 after for the black screen to go away into the fog prompt.

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