Category Archives: Fedora

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3.10.2 – Back to 3.9.11..

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Installed kernel 3.10.2, and all appeared to be OK, but # dmesg revealed tombstones, with both the 319.32 and 325.08 ‘3.10-patched’ drivers: 319.32:[ 9522.805402] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=none,decodes=none:owns=io+mem [ 9522.805553] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  319.32  Wed Jun 19 15:51:20 PDT 2013 [ 9522.805577] ————[ cut here ]———— [ 9522.805585] WARNING: at fs/proc/generic.c:356 proc_register+0xb8/0x140() … Continue reading →

3.11-rc2 – NVIDIA Patch, Vmblock Workaround..

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Installed kernel 3.11-rc2, and found a patch for the NVIDIA driver 325.08, which can be accessed via the dev Forum: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/557110/linux/linux-3-11_rcx-compatibility/ With VMware, it turned out that – even with the 3.10 patch – vmblock fails to compile, yet again: So.. the workaround is the same as for 3.10 before that vmblock patch was created..   Simply edit … Continue reading →

Pi to 3.9.9 – Fedora EOL… Pidora 404…

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Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.9.9, and everything seems to work OK.. Pidora 18 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.9.9-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) I have been using the ‘official’ Fedora ARM repository for updates, but now it seems that Fedora 18 is the last version that will support the armv5tel version..    Fedora 19 and beyond … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.10.1, and All is Well..

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Installed Kernel 3.10.1 on my main system, and everything seems to be working OK.. Changelog at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.1 VMware 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock – compiles and runs, and NVIDIA 319.32 – with the 3.10 patch – compiles and runs OK, as well.     With 3.10.0, I had problems with sound and the KDE … Continue reading →

Compile HandBrake on Linux, the Easy Way – and Fedora RPMs..

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Handbrake is a very useful video conversion tool, and it runs on Linux as well! The latest released version (as of July 2013) is 0.9.9, and can be found here: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php The compile is somewhat non-standard, and is definitely a good candidate for RTFM…! If you try to do it the ‘usual’ way, you will probably get … Continue reading →

Tried 3.10 – Back to 3.9.9, for the Time Being..

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I had tried running kernel 3.10, but encountered several problems..   The KDE desktop would ‘hang’, and the wifi connections (rt2800, using NetworkManager) refused to connect, most of the time, and kmix (sound mixer app) wouldn’t run.. I had tried all the ‘patched’ NVIDIA drivers, and found that the ‘old’ 310.51 driver compiled OK, but didn’t work correctly … Continue reading →

VMware Quirks.. CLI to the Rescue!

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I had occasion to (re) install VMware Workstation recently, and found that – for some reason – the ‘Enter License Key‘ button did nothing.. So, after the usual search, I was able to do this though a console session: # /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx –new-sn <license key> Robert Gadsdon.   June 28, 2013. … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.10-rc7 – NVIDIA (patched) OK, and VMware OK, with vmblock Disabled..

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Updated the test system to kernel 3.10-rc7, and the patched NVIDIA drivers for 310.51 and 319.23 compile OK, as before. VMware 9.02 – with the vmnet patch – compiles OK, except for vmblock..   I still can’t find a patch for vmblock and kernel 3.10-rcN, but VMware can run without vmblock, so just stop it from trying to … Continue reading →

Stop the Insanity! – Keep Simple Network Interface Names..

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I have been running a wifi network connection on Fedora 19 – Kernel 3.9.7 – and was somewhat fed up with having to keep track of the byzantine magical interface renaming, each time I plugged the wifi dongle into a different usb port..     So… If you prefer good old wlan0 to wlp0s19f2u4 then read on! The older … Continue reading →

Pi – Now a ‘Proper’ Fedora Version!

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If you run Fedora on your Raspberry Pi (as I have done since I first got mine, over a year ago…) you will be glad to know that an ‘optimised’ version of the distro is now available..  Pidora.. http://www.pidora.ca/ Interesting to see that – apparently – Red Hat had already trademarked the name….. I haven’t had a … Continue reading →