Batch Actions -> Power On does not work unless power_address is manually populated

[Scott Moser]

I have cobbler (via orchestra) running on a onieric system here.
If I click "Power On" as a "Batch Action" (from http://cobbler-host/cobbler_web/system/list)
then It thinks it worked, but nothing happened.

However, If I run the following, on the same system, then 'jimbo' wakes up fine:
$ sudo powerwake jimbo
INFO: Trying to wake host: [jimbo]
INFO: Sending magic packet to: [0019D16430F1]

The system 'jimbo' in cobbler does have MAC correctly populated as seen in attachment and here:
$ sudo cobbler system dumpvars --name jimbo
allow_duplicate_hostnames : 0
allow_duplicate_ips : 0
allow_duplicate_macs : 0
...
interfaces : {'eth0': {'dhcp_tag': '', 'subnet': '', 'ipv6_address': '', 'virt_bridge': 'virbr0', 'static_routes': [], 'ipv6_mtu': '', 'ipv6_static_routes': [], 'dns_name': '', 'mtu': '', 'bonding': '', 'static': False, 'bonding_opts': '', 'mac_address': '00:19:D1:64:30:F1', 'ipv6_secondaries': [], 'bonding_master': '', 'ip_address': '', 'ipv6_default_gateway': ''}}
...
mac_address_eth0 : 00:19:D1:64:30:F1

I believe this is because I have:
power_management_default_type : ether_wake
power_pass :
power_template_dir : /etc/cobbler/power
power_type : ether_wake
power_user :

I've modified /etc/cobbler/power/power_ether_wake.template to have:
set -x
{
if [ -x /sbin/ether-wake ]; then
   /sbin/ether-wake -i eth0 "$power_address"
elif [ -x /usr/bin/powerwake ]; then
   /usr/bin/powerwake "$power_address"
elif [ -x /usr/bin/wakeonlan ]; then
   /usr/bin/wakeonlan "$power_address"
elif [ -x /usr/sbin/etherwake ]; then
   /usr/sbin/etherwake "$power_address"
fi
} 2>/tmp/out.wake.err >/tmp/out.wake.out

And, I see in /tmp/out.wake.out:
  ERROR: Could not determine the MAC address of []
and out.wake.err:
+ [ -x /sbin/ether-wake ]
+ [ -x /usr/bin/powerwake ]
+ /usr/bin/powerwake

So it appears I could have fixed this by populating 'power_address' with the MAC that I want, but, It seems like it might make sense to somewhere populate "power_address" correctly based on MAC if ether_wake is set. Or, use some other mechanism here.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: cobbler 2.1.0+git20110602-0ubuntu26
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-server 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-server x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 5 15:04:15 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111011)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cobbler
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package cobbler - 2.2.2-0ubuntu19

---------------
cobbler (2.2.2-0ubuntu19) precise; urgency=low

  * Remove remaining Ubuntu branding (LP: #891977)
    - debian/logo-ubuntu.png: removed; cobbler-web.install: not install logo;
      debian/control: Remove Dep on ttf-ubuntu-font-family;
      cobbler-web.postinst: Do not create font symlinks.
  * debian/patches/65_ubuntu_disable_pxe_snippet.patch: Add disable PXE
    snippet. (LP: #914017)
  * 66_use_eth0_mac_for_poweron_etherwake.patch: Use MAC of eth0 if
    power_address has not being defined. (LP: #912476)
 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:58:43 -0500