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VMware – 12.1.0 released – Still Broken With Fedora 23..

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Just updated the test system to VMware 12.1.0 – Release notes are here:  https://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-121-release-notes.html Frustratingly, this release still has a runtime (# vmware) incompatible with Fedora 23.. The original workaround was documented in an earlier article – http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1601 – but the Fedora 23 library versions have now changed, so the copy commands are now (as of December … Continue reading →

ARM – Kernel 4.4-rc3 – OK with Odroid U3 (and Fan..)

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Tested Kernel 4.4-rc3 with the Odroid U3, and – finally – the fan works correctly..    Kernels from 4.2 onward booted successfully, but the fan ran continuously…    And now I can add the U3 to the (small!) list of my ARM devices that work with the standard unpatched kernel.org kernel (the others are the DreamPlug (ARMv5) and the … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Latest Driver OK with Kernel 4.3 – and Fedora 23..

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Tested the latest NVIDIA driver – 352.63 – and it is OK with Kernel 4.3, and with the Fedora 23 version of the xorg server.. The only other ‘broken’ Fedora 23 items I have encountered are ffmpegthumbs and Samba..    I downgraded to the FC22 version of Samba # dnf –showduplicates –allowerasing –releasever=22 downgrade samba* ….and  – after … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.4-rc1 – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Updated to Kernel 4.4-rc1 on the test system, and VMware 12.0.1 and NVIDIA 358.09 both compile and load/run OK..   I did get an error from vmnet, but – so far – it appears to be working OK despite this: $ vmnet1: set_features() failed (-1); wanted 0x0000000000004000, left 0x0000000000004800 vmnet8: set_features() failed (-1); wanted 0x0000000000004000, left 0x0000000000004800 $ … Continue reading →

ARM64 – DragonBoard to 4.2.4 – 4.3-rc5 Tested..

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Updated the DragonBoard 410c to Kernel 4.2.4: # git clone https://git.linaro.org/landing-teams/working/qualcomm/kernel.git -b release/qcomlt-4.2 and this version boot/runs OK..   I am running these systems ‘headless’, so have not been able to test monitor/display capabilities.. Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.2.4 on an aarch64 (ttyMSM0) ……………… # uname -a Linux rg410c 4.2.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 11 04:12:36 … Continue reading →

ARM64 – Dragonboard 410c – Now with U-Boot..

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One of the shortcomings of the DragonBoard 410c was that it relied on the Android-phone-centric fastboot for any Kernel updates, but now there is a version of U-Boot available, thanks to Mateusz Kulikowski.. This is very much a work-in-progress, but I thought I would give it a try… I started with the version at https://github.com/hallor/u-boot/tree/dragonboard-2015.11.01, and made … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.3 Final released – OK with Latest VMware and NVIDIA…

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Updated to Kernel 4.3 ‘Final’ and the latest versions of VMware (12.0.1) and NVIDIA (tested with 352.55) install and load/run OK, without the need for any patches.. Brief details of changes from -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1511.0/00204.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.3.0 #1 SMP Sun Nov 1 17:27:46 PST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.   November … Continue reading →

VMware – 12.0.1 released – OK with Kernel 4.3.. Update: Crashes Windows 7 – And a Solution..

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UPDATE: After more tests, I found a solution.. Rather than ‘update’ from 12.0.0 to 12.0.1, you have to deinstall 12.0.0 first: # vmware-installer –uninstall-product vmware-workstation – remembering to answer ‘yes‘ to the ”Do you wish to keep your configuration files?” message. Then install 12.0.1 as a new install.. # ~/VMware-Workstation-Full-12.0.1-3160714.x86_64.bundle Now everything seems to be working OK, … Continue reading →

VMware – Now a Patch for Kernel 4.3

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Thanks to info from zezaocapoeira, there is a patch – from efferre79 – for VMware vmmon to fix the compile problem with kernel 4.3.. https://github.com/efferre79/vmware/blob/master/app-emulation/vmware-modules/files/308-4.03-00-misc_deregister.patch I have tested the vmmon part of this with Workstation 12 and Kernel 4.3-rc5, and everything now compiles and loads/runs OK.. VMware vmci for Workstation 12 is now included with the standard … Continue reading →