July 7, 20178 yr Test system is a Dell T20, E3-1226v3, 16GB ECC. Tried the UEFI boot, everything seems fine, except the GUI never shows. Once the text part of the boot finishes, I just get a flashing cursor. Using the iGPU in the E3-1226v3, no VMs on the machine. The only possible issue might be an Intel i350 dual port card plugged in to the x16 slot, though I don't see how that's an issue as the GUI works perfectly on a non-UEFI boot. Otherwise the system works fine. tower-diagnostics-20170707-1918.zip
July 7, 20178 yr 1 hour ago, HellDiverUK said: Once the text part of the boot finishes, I just get a flashing cursor. Sounds like you want GUI boot mode. Did you explicitly specify that from the boot menu that appeared? (ie: does the system show "Login: "?)
July 7, 20178 yr Author Yes, of course I wanted GUI boot mode. Why else would I be expecting the GUI, except if I selected GUI boot mode? Credit me with a bit of wit...
July 7, 20178 yr 34 minutes ago, HellDiverUK said: Yes, of course I wanted GUI boot mode. Why else would I be expecting the GUI, except if I selected GUI boot mode? Credit me with a bit of wit... You gotta check... I had a customer yelling at me today that their machine wasn't working, and I was forced to ask if it was plugged in.... Lo and behold..
July 7, 20178 yr You might want to check with Dell and see that you have the latest BIOS update installed.
July 8, 20178 yr Author 22 hours ago, Frank1940 said: You might want to check with Dell and see that you have the latest BIOS update installed. Current BIOS. As I said, on BIOS boot the GUI comes up no problem. UEFI boot the X server doesn't seem to work.
July 8, 20178 yr Works fine on my Supermicro X9, GUI option works with UEFI boot, so it's a problem with your server, not unRAID.
July 8, 20178 yr Author 5 minutes ago, johnnie.black said: Works fine on my Supermicro X9, GUI option works with UEFI boot, so it's a problem with your server, not unRAID. I'm reporting a fault with a new option in a RC on a very, very common machine. Just because it happens to work on some relatively no-name board, doesn't mean it works everywhere. So, thanks for your useless opinion, but I think Limetech would probably like to know that one of the major features of their OS doesn't work on what is basically an industry standard machine.
July 9, 20178 yr 14 hours ago, HellDiverUK said: Just because it happens to work on some relatively no-name board, doesn't mean it works everywhere. Supermicro? No-name board? Oh my sweet Summer child...
July 9, 20178 yr Author Relatively. Dell sell more servers in a day than Supermicro could only dream of in a month.
July 9, 20178 yr 16 hours ago, HellDiverUK said: I'm reporting a fault with a new option in a RC on a very, very common machine. Just because it happens to work on some relatively no-name board, doesn't mean it works everywhere. So, thanks for your useless opinion, but I think Limetech would probably like to know that one of the major features of their OS doesn't work on what is basically an industry standard machine. Agree this is worth reporting. A new feature that does not work for one user / motherboard often does not work for a large number of users / motherboards. But ruling out simple errors is necessary, because all of us make mistakes. Can't take insult to such questions. Cheers!
July 25, 20178 yr Guys, no need to get testy. UEFI support is a VERY new thing for us so its not shocking that its not 100% solid for everyone. We will continue to work to improve it, but in the meantime, if UEFI is just plain not working for you, report it to us. In the meantime, revert to legacy BIOS mode until we have more fixes in. Thanks.
September 24, 20178 yr For this UEFI BOOT GUI issue, I got a solution and work with my mainboard. (Asus X370 pro with Nvidia 1050 display card) Just turn on "CSM" in BIOS and let boot mode in UEFI, then GUI will work and not just blank screen flashing cursor. Shoot that and spend some hours Edited September 24, 20178 yr by Benson
September 24, 20178 yr Seems the 1st version UEFI boot non-GUI use small font character for displaying. But later unRAID version change back to large font. Does this is a fix for some display problem report. BTW I like small font, it can display more info. in a screen and more suitable for a local console. Hope LT would consider. Edited September 24, 20178 yr by Benson
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