Category Archives: fix

NVIDIA – 418.56 Released – Kernel 5.1 Fix still Applies, with Slight Tweak..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

NVIDIA have released driver 418.56, and details are here:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1048767/announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-418-56-long-lived-branch-release-/ This version has almost the same problems with Kernel 5.1-rc1 as 418.43, but the fix mentioned in the previous article still applies, after the fixes for ‘list_is_first‘ in   ~/kernel/common/inc/nv-list-helpers.h and ~/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_range_tree.c have been removed, as these are no longer required, and would now cause the compile to … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Fix for 418.43 to Work with Kernel 5.1-rc1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

I have done some more investigation into the NVIDIA compile failures with Kernel 5.1-rc1, and now have a – rather inelegant – solution. I found clues to some of the errors in a post relating to nouveau: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/20/50 and the rest were due to content removed from /include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h in Kernel 5.1-rc1: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.1-rc1/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h compared to: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.0.3/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h.  I also … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.1-rc1 is out – VMware Fix Available, but NVIDIA Fails.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Kernel 5.1-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1903.2/00496.html VMware with the Kernel 5.0 patches fails to compile vmmon, but thanks to Michal Kubeček, a fix is currently available at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.0.3-test.   I have applied this, and VMware 15.0.3 compiles and loads/runs OK with Kernel 5.1-rc1. NVIDIA 418.43 compile fails soon after commencing: …………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.43/kernel/common/inc/nv-list-helpers.h:94:19: error: … Continue reading →

New Install – Dual-Boot, Serial Console, Intel Ethernet Issues – Fixed..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Setting up an old HP8000 desktop small-form-factor system as a crash-and-burn test system, with dual-boot Fedora 29 and Windows 7, on separate drives. First slight gotcha with the Fedora install: The installation utility shows the two disks, the first of which has Windows 7 (sda) and the second – additional – was for the Fedora Linux install … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Driver 415.23 – Finally, Works with Kernel 4.20..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

After the embarrassment of driver 415.22 not actually compiling with Kernel 4.20, NVIDIA have now released 415.23.    Very brief details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/141300/en-us This version does compile with Kernel 4.20 (tested with 4.20-rc6) but shows repeated warnings: ………………………………. In file included from /home/rgadsdon/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.23/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_gpu.h:31, from /home/rgadsdon/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.23/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_mmu_test.c:24: /home/rgadsdon/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.23/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm_linux.h:263:2: warning: #warning “atomic64_t unavailable, demoting to atomic_t!” [-Wcpp] #warning “atomic64_t unavailable, … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Patch Available for 415.18 – Works OK with Kernel 4.20.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Thanks to loqs, there is now a viable patch for NVIDIA and Kernel 4.20. I applied the patch to driver 415.18, and tested with Kernel 4.20-rc3, and the driver compiles cleanly, now: ……………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – 396.54 Patched for Kernel 4.19-rc1 – OK for Some?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Thanks to Tomas Pruzina for more info on this problem…    I have now tested NVIDIA 396.54 – patched with the changes mentioned in my previous article – and it runs OK on my system (Fedora 28, KDE/Plasma).    I created a patched runtime version of the installer, and then (as root) installed it as usual: # ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-396.54-419.run -s … Continue reading →

X86_64 – Fedora Upgrade on Intel ‘Apollo Lake’ System Disables EFI boot – and Fix

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

The Intel SOC AP42 system is not supported by Grub2-EFI, but boots using rEFInd (see article at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2021 ). I had hoped to prevent the ‘automatic’ (re)install of grub2-efi etc by masking the (minimal) grub installation of grubby etc. – necessary to support the Kernel # make install function – using # rpm -e –justdb –nodeps <package>.  … Continue reading →

Fedora – F28 Upgrade on ARM64 – Fix for GPG Errors..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

When doing a # dnf system-upgrade reboot on an ARM64 system you may encounter a stream of GPG errors, followed by reboot, without upgrade. To fix this, simply import the F28 GPG key in advance, as done for Rawhide: # rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-28-primary After this, the system-upgrade should proceed correctly.. Robert Gadsdon.   July 6, 2018   … Continue reading →

Fedora – Fix For Annoying F27 KDE/Dolphin QT Bug..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

The latest version of QT5 on Fedora 27 – qt5-qtbase-5.9.6-1.fc27.x86_64 – produces a very annoying display problem in KDE’s Dolphin file manager, where the window does not resize/reformat correctly, leaving large blank areas at each side: This has been identified as a QT5 bug/regression, and a patch is available, at https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/233482/ I have applied this, and Dolphin … Continue reading →