Hi all, installed ubuntu 13.04 in the virtual environment (vmware) and seens that all problesm were gone..
TIP: tested with Clonezilla live CD and worked fine on the client machine, so.. on drblpush-i, selected option 3 (use Clonezilla live as the OS) on the clonezilla mode option...
Keyboard worked after tried too manny different things.. so.. don´t know wich one worked.. LOL..
Thanks Everybody, I hope this discussion can be used for someone that is having the same kind of problem!
Thanks Steve!!
B. Regards
Ricardo
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The same thing happened to me. I want to backup the hard drive, I chose the spare disk. on the img naming I have to press many times the keyboard, then press the space bar to the OK button. The next on my hard drive option press the space bar several times to be selected when I press the up or down does not work, but it is not long off the monitor (monitor no signal) but the computer was still alive, I press Ctrl + Alt + Del several times and then the computer restarts.
I tried all of that in the mentioned above still could not. I use Ubuntu Desktop 13:04
help please =)
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I have the same issue. Same thing where ever i try to install clonezilla (laptop or virtual machine). Here is what I did incase it might help reproduce the issue. Or someone else might notice if i did something wrong.
run "apt-get install drbl" (installed version is 2.4.19-drbl1)
run "drblsrv -i"
run "drblpush - i" All were default except no diskless service to client
run "dcs"
clonezilla start
beginner
save disk
save name later in client
rest default
On the client(various thinkpads), when i try to rename the image, pressing the arrow keys will show the ubuntu screen with the 5 dots as in the videos from Michel.
If i set the image name on the server first, the cloning works fine, but it looks off. i attached a picture of the client screen while cloning.
Sigh... I can not reproduce the problem here. Even I forced the system to use en_US.UTF-8, and also followed your steps to save an image for my client. My client is normal and I could enter exactly the characters I want...
Steven.
Last edit: Steven Shiau 2013-10-30
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Tom,
Could you please tell me how you install Ubuntu 12.04.3 32bit? From CD, network or?
Please also tell me your steps of the installation of Ubuntu. I believe maybe something different we have is on the distribution configuration, not DRBL itself.
Thanks.
Steven.
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I downloaded ubuntu 12.04 iso from the ubuntu site and burned it to a cd.
I installed ubuntu on a laptop and also tried with a vmware server.
I can't think of anything out of the ordinary during installation. Mostly just hitting next. On the laptop, I configured the alias IP address since there was only one nic. On the vmware server, I had multiple nics but had the same issue.
I think it may have been a ubuntu update a few months ago.
I will try another distribution or an older ubuntu release without downloading updates during installation.
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Guys,
Maybe this issue is not about keyboard, instead it's about plymouth.
Please run the following command as root on your DRBL server:
1. echo "manual" > /tftpboot/node_root/etc/init/plymouth.override
2. Run "drblpush -i" again.
By doing this, we can fully disable plymouth service. However, there is a side effect that the graphic mode of DRBL client won't be started automatically. You have to manually start lightdm on your DRBL client.
You can ignore this side effect if your purpose to use DRBL is for Clonezilla SE. Because Clonezilla is run in text mode so you won't be affected.
Steven.
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Hi Guys, first of all, thank u very much Steven. You are right the problem is about plymouth. Here you are a little guide of my installation with only a clonezilla box model [1]:
1.- Select option [1] when you choose the kernel installing DRBL server (drblsrv -i)
2.- Setup de server (drblpush -i)
3.- Run the next commands in these directories: /tftpboot/node_root/ and /tftpboot/nodes/$IP/
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth.override
echo 'manual' > etc/init/plymouth-log.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-ready.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-splash.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-stop.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-upstart-bridge.override
4.- I have disabled plymounth in the grub as well. Modifying etc/default/grub files in the same directories than before: /tftpboot/node_root/ and /tftpboot/nodes/$IP/
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="ro plymouth.ignore-show-splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_TERMINAL=console # Uncomment this line
5.- Run "drblpush -i" again and check out that the files modified before haven't changed.
This works for me. I hope it helps.
Regards and sorry about my english,
Piter.
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Please check it and let us know the version installed on your system. Without that version information, I have no idea how to reproduce the issue here.
You can run:
drbl-bug-report
then post the generated file.
Steven.
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Everything was working before my server completed some updates. After the updates, I am experiencing the same issue. Here is another file not sure if it will help. Thanks!
===
OS version: Ubuntu 12.04
Server arch: x86_64
Server CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz
Server memory size: 16423200 kB
Server Kernel version: 3.2.0-30-generic
Installed DRBL-related packages: drbl-2.6.15-drbl1 clonezilla-3.8.12-drbl1 mkswap-uuid-0.1.1-1drbl partclone-0.2.66.drbl1 drbl-chntpw-20110511-1drbl mkpxeinitrd-net-2.1.4-drbl1 ipxe-20131008-drbl1 freedos-1.0-19drbl partimage-0.6.8-2.2 ntfsprogs-1:2012.1.15AR.1-1ubuntu1.2 gzip-1.4-1ubuntu2 bzip2-1.0.6-1 lzop-1.03-3 pigz-2.1.6-1 pbzip2-1.1.6-1 udpcast-20120424-drbl2 syslinux-2:5.10+drbl-1
Client kernel version: 3.2.0-30-generic
Client kernel arch: x86_64
NICs with private IP address in server: eth1 eth2
Private IP address in server: 192.168.99.174 192.168.0.1
Total client no: 12
Client IP address: 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.5 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.7 192.168.0.8 192.168.0.9 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.11 192.168.0.12 192.168.0.13
===
Last edit: daffy 2014-02-20
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One of my guys came up with a workaround. We have a couple of failure cases. One is where I have configured the Clonezilla server to push the same image to all clients. The client PC does the PXE boot, starts executing the small downloader image that was pushed to it, switches into graphics mode (WHY?), then prompts the user for a y/n to confirm that he really wants to overwrite the hard drive. This fails to process keyboard input from about 20% of the PCs.
The workaround is to pipe the keyboard directly into the kernel, skipping whatever other software is managing (or mismanaging) the input. To do that we press the following keys:
Alt+SysReq+r (sends raw keyboard data to the kernel)
enter
y
enter again
Now the download continues.
It's a kluge, but it works.
Is there a way to prevent the downloader client from entering graphics mode? It causes problems with keyboard input and also makes the font so tiny we can barely see it. I think it would be much easier if we could keep it in console mode (ANSI video, 80 columns) the whole way.
Thanks! - Pete
Last edit: Peter Kuykendall 2014-03-02
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I saw you had a work around for the keyboard issue. I tried running my client on PXE but I could not figure out where you piped the Alt+SysReq+r to make the keyboard work.
When I start the PXE,
1. PXE starts and loads up.
2. Clonezilla screen appears that allow for the user to select Clonezilla or local OS
3. Conezilla will load.
Any assistance will be really helpful.
Thanks
Last edit: daffy 2014-03-04
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I can reproduce this problem on Lucid. Therefore I found a workaround for it. I hope it's fixed.
Could you guy give unstable DRBL a try?
i.e. drbl 2.7.30-drbl1.
Please let me know the results.
Thanks.
Steven.
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Hi all, installed ubuntu 13.04 in the virtual environment (vmware) and seens that all problesm were gone..
TIP: tested with Clonezilla live CD and worked fine on the client machine, so.. on drblpush-i, selected option 3 (use Clonezilla live as the OS) on the clonezilla mode option...
Keyboard worked after tried too manny different things.. so.. don´t know wich one worked.. LOL..
Thanks Everybody, I hope this discussion can be used for someone that is having the same kind of problem!
Thanks Steve!!
B. Regards
Ricardo
Cool! Finally it's working there. However, if you all can identify what is the culprit, please let me know.
Thanks.
Steven.
The same thing happened to me. I want to backup the hard drive, I chose the spare disk. on the img naming I have to press many times the keyboard, then press the space bar to the OK button. The next on my hard drive option press the space bar several times to be selected when I press the up or down does not work, but it is not long off the monitor (monitor no signal) but the computer was still alive, I press Ctrl + Alt + Del several times and then the computer restarts.
I tried all of that in the mentioned above still could not. I use Ubuntu Desktop 13:04
help please =)
Because I can not reproduce the problem here, I do not know how to fix that. However, a workaround for you is to use this mode:
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-SE/use_clonezilla_live_in_drbl.php
Steven.
Hi Michael,
Please help on how did you resolved your keyboard issue. Here's my e-mail pauljanabajal@gmail.com. Appreciate your help! :)
Thanks
I have the same issue. Same thing where ever i try to install clonezilla (laptop or virtual machine). Here is what I did incase it might help reproduce the issue. Or someone else might notice if i did something wrong.
On the client(various thinkpads), when i try to rename the image, pressing the arrow keys will show the ubuntu screen with the 5 dots as in the videos from Michel.
If i set the image name on the server first, the cloning works fine, but it looks off. i attached a picture of the client screen while cloning.
@Tom,
Thanks for the details.
What's the locales there?
Steven.
Is this what your are looking for?
en_US.UTF-8
Sigh... I can not reproduce the problem here. Even I forced the system to use en_US.UTF-8, and also followed your steps to save an image for my client. My client is normal and I could enter exactly the characters I want...
Steven.
Last edit: Steven Shiau 2013-10-30
Thanks for trying. I just tried the installation again and still have the same issue.
Tom,
Could you please tell me how you install Ubuntu 12.04.3 32bit? From CD, network or?
Please also tell me your steps of the installation of Ubuntu. I believe maybe something different we have is on the distribution configuration, not DRBL itself.
Thanks.
Steven.
I downloaded ubuntu 12.04 iso from the ubuntu site and burned it to a cd.
I installed ubuntu on a laptop and also tried with a vmware server.
I can't think of anything out of the ordinary during installation. Mostly just hitting next. On the laptop, I configured the alias IP address since there was only one nic. On the vmware server, I had multiple nics but had the same issue.
I think it may have been a ubuntu update a few months ago.
I will try another distribution or an older ubuntu release without downloading updates during installation.
I installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 32bit and that works.
No keyboard issues for me and the interface is normal.
edit: now not working. will continue to test.
Last edit: Tom 2013-11-04
Guys,
Maybe this issue is not about keyboard, instead it's about plymouth.
Please run the following command as root on your DRBL server:
1. echo "manual" > /tftpboot/node_root/etc/init/plymouth.override
2. Run "drblpush -i" again.
By doing this, we can fully disable plymouth service. However, there is a side effect that the graphic mode of DRBL client won't be started automatically. You have to manually start lightdm on your DRBL client.
You can ignore this side effect if your purpose to use DRBL is for Clonezilla SE. Because Clonezilla is run in text mode so you won't be affected.
Steven.
Hi Guys, first of all, thank u very much Steven. You are right the problem is about plymouth. Here you are a little guide of my installation with only a clonezilla box model [1]:
1.- Select option [1] when you choose the kernel installing DRBL server (drblsrv -i)
2.- Setup de server (drblpush -i)
3.- Run the next commands in these directories: /tftpboot/node_root/ and /tftpboot/nodes/$IP/
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth.override
echo 'manual' > etc/init/plymouth-log.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-ready.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-splash.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-stop.override
echo "manual" > etc/init/plymouth-upstart-bridge.override
4.- I have disabled plymounth in the grub as well. Modifying etc/default/grub files in the same directories than before: /tftpboot/node_root/ and /tftpboot/nodes/$IP/
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="ro plymouth.ignore-show-splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_TERMINAL=console # Uncomment this line
5.- Run "drblpush -i" again and check out that the files modified before haven't changed.
This works for me. I hope it helps.
Regards and sorry about my english,
Piter.
Piter,
Cool! Thanks for confirming that, and providing the details.
Steven.
Has anyone been able to fix this issue?
I've tried Ubuntu Server 12.04.3 32bit and default for everything and I still get this error.
I've also tried different versions of Ubuntu both 32bit and 64bit and same results. I was only able to get it working in Debian 7 which no issues.
I have the exact same problems as stated above. I've tried the fixes that people had suggested and same result.
Thoughts ideas?
Please let me know
Thanks
Sean
Which version of DRBL are you using? This issue should have been fixed in drbl >= 2.6.15-drbl1.
Steven.
I'd have to re-check. It was a couple days ago. So I don't think it would of a older one.
Is that the current?
Please check it and let us know the version installed on your system. Without that version information, I have no idea how to reproduce the issue here.
You can run:
drbl-bug-report
then post the generated file.
Steven.
Steven,
Here is my generated file
OS version: Ubuntu 12.10
Server arch: i686
Server CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Server memory size: 6208528 kB
Server Kernel version: 3.5.0-17-generic
Installed DRBL-related packages: drbl-2.6.15-drbl1 clonezilla-3.8.12-drbl1 mkswap-uuid-0.1.1-1drbl partclone-0.2.66.drbl1 drbl-chntpw-20110511-1drbl mkpxeinitrd-net-2.1.4-drbl1 ipxe-20131008-drbl1 freedos-1.0-19drbl partimag$
Client kernel version: 3.5.0-17-generic
Client kernel arch: i686
NICs with private IP address in server: bond0 eth0
Private IP address in server: 192.168.10.1 192.168.99.198
Total client no: 20
Client IP address: 192.168.10.2 192.168.10.3 192.168.10.4
Hi Steven
Everything was working before my server completed some updates. After the updates, I am experiencing the same issue. Here is another file not sure if it will help. Thanks!
===
OS version: Ubuntu 12.04
Server arch: x86_64
Server CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz
Server memory size: 16423200 kB
Server Kernel version: 3.2.0-30-generic
Installed DRBL-related packages: drbl-2.6.15-drbl1 clonezilla-3.8.12-drbl1 mkswap-uuid-0.1.1-1drbl partclone-0.2.66.drbl1 drbl-chntpw-20110511-1drbl mkpxeinitrd-net-2.1.4-drbl1 ipxe-20131008-drbl1 freedos-1.0-19drbl partimage-0.6.8-2.2 ntfsprogs-1:2012.1.15AR.1-1ubuntu1.2 gzip-1.4-1ubuntu2 bzip2-1.0.6-1 lzop-1.03-3 pigz-2.1.6-1 pbzip2-1.1.6-1 udpcast-20120424-drbl2 syslinux-2:5.10+drbl-1
Client kernel version: 3.2.0-30-generic
Client kernel arch: x86_64
NICs with private IP address in server: eth1 eth2
Private IP address in server: 192.168.99.174 192.168.0.1
Total client no: 12
Client IP address: 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.5 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.7 192.168.0.8 192.168.0.9 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.11 192.168.0.12 192.168.0.13
===
Last edit: daffy 2014-02-20
One of my guys came up with a workaround. We have a couple of failure cases. One is where I have configured the Clonezilla server to push the same image to all clients. The client PC does the PXE boot, starts executing the small downloader image that was pushed to it, switches into graphics mode (WHY?), then prompts the user for a y/n to confirm that he really wants to overwrite the hard drive. This fails to process keyboard input from about 20% of the PCs.
The workaround is to pipe the keyboard directly into the kernel, skipping whatever other software is managing (or mismanaging) the input. To do that we press the following keys:
Alt+SysReq+r (sends raw keyboard data to the kernel)
enter
y
enter again
Now the download continues.
It's a kluge, but it works.
Is there a way to prevent the downloader client from entering graphics mode? It causes problems with keyboard input and also makes the font so tiny we can barely see it. I think it would be much easier if we could keep it in console mode (ANSI video, 80 columns) the whole way.
Thanks! - Pete
Last edit: Peter Kuykendall 2014-03-02
I saw you had a work around for the keyboard issue. I tried running my client on PXE but I could not figure out where you piped the Alt+SysReq+r to make the keyboard work.
When I start the PXE,
1. PXE starts and loads up.
2. Clonezilla screen appears that allow for the user to select Clonezilla or local OS
3. Conezilla will load.
Any assistance will be really helpful.
Thanks
Last edit: daffy 2014-03-04
I can reproduce this problem on Lucid. Therefore I found a workaround for it. I hope it's fixed.
Could you guy give unstable DRBL a try?
i.e. drbl 2.7.30-drbl1.
Please let me know the results.
Thanks.
Steven.