Hi all,

I believe I have figured out this issue, however it is unideal. I seems that between Kernel 5.15.68 and Kernel 5.15.93 there must have been some update to Realtek Driver R8169. As such, this driver now has degraded performance on my Dell G15 5510 machines.

I have also tested a machine with a intel NIC, which runs the e1000e driver in the FOG-OS environment. It works beautifully.

For other issues with similar issues out there, I would suggest for you to consider these 2 steps to resolve this issue:

• You can purchase PXE enabled USB to Ethernet adapters. Each brand of laptops will have their specified version that it allows use of (Dell’s is here: https://www.dell.com/en-au/shop/dell-adapter-usb-30-to-ethernet-pxe-boot/apd/492-11726/pc-accessories). I have tested this and it works beautifully, however would get costly above a certain amount.
• You can also roll you own Linux Kernel with your own selected drivers (ie. using R8168 instead of R8169). I also did this and it is fairly simple, but… in my case the time-cost benefit was not up to par.

Also just to put it out there, FOG debug mode is very very useful and can be found in the advanced tasks menu:

Let me know if there are any follow up questions out there.

Hi @rodluz

Just wanted to confirm that this update has worked. Now deploying my images in <5mins.

Thank you for your help.

Hi @rodluz

Just wanted to confirm that this update has worked. Now deploying my images in <5mins.

Thank you for your help.

Hi @rodluz,

Apologies for the late reply to this. Could you please provide me with the init.xz and bzImage for this experimental kernal?

Hi all,

I have 2 issues:

• Firstly, I noticed that my main server was overheating. Using HTOP I saw that RSYSLOGD was using 80% of my CPU. I then used journalctl -r and saw the following logs:
  Jul 23 11:41:23 FOGServer env[1520]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:18 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:17 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:16 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:14 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:14 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:14 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:14 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:14 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:13 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:23 FOGServer env[1520]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:23 FOGServer env[1520]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:18 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:17 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  Jul 23 11:41:16 FOGServer env[1517]: PHP Warning: Undefined array key “REQUEST_METHOD” in /var/www/html/fog/lib/plugins/location/hooks/addlocationapi.hook.php on line 121
  It seems something is wrong with the locations plugin. I have followed the tutorials. I have uninstalled for now and that has solved the issue.

• Secondly, I have 1 storage group and 2 nodes. 1 Master node and 1 storage node. The master node is at our main site and is deploying to the majority of machines. The storage node is on another site and is connected via a VPN. I have used the locations plugin to ensure all machines at their relevant site deploys via their relevant node ( ie. site 1 PC’s should be using the master node.). However it seems that FOG is still deploying based on the amount of available slots on each node (ie. sometimes site 2 tries to deploy over the VPN because site 2 is more busy than site 1).

Any suggestions or solutions?

I am currently capturing an image:

However the FOG dashboard says below:

I have refreshed and cleared cache however nothing has changed. I have seen this screen work before, but unsure whether it was deployment specifically or capturing.

@rodluz Absolutely, where can I find it?

@george1421 @rodluz
Out of curiosity, when will this hit the production FOS image? Be handy to not need to purchase Dell Ethernet Adapters.

@rodluz Success!

As we know the pre-release kernel did not work:

However the experimental OEM driver did work:

Let me know if you need any further tests

@olivier-bonnici This kernel works:

Can you please describe what has changed so that @rodluz can make changes for next release?

@rodluz Unfortunately still no better:

@olivier-bonnici I cannot test with link below as you have not allowed me access.

@olivier-bonnici That link does not work for me. Can you please provide it another way (Google Drive open link or GIT etc.)?