Updated the test system to kernel 3.13-rc4, and VMware 10.0.1 and (patched) NVIDIA 331.20 compile and load OK.. NVIDIA appear to have pulled driver version 319.76 from their ftp download site – ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/, for some reason.. Robert Gadsdon. December 16, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 3.13-rc4, and the compile-fix patch for -rc3 is no longer needed.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …………………… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc4 #1 PREEMPT Sun Dec 15 23:26:14 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. December 15, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just updated to Kernel 3.12.5, and quickly reverted to 3.12.4.. Update: the problem turned out to be a badly-timed coincidental update to MariaDB (5.5.34).. Reverting to the previous version (5.5.33a) fixed the problem.. Now running 3.12.5.. With 3.12.5, Avahi mDNS failed, and – more importantly – MariaDB would not start: mariadb.service – MariaDB database server Loaded: … Continue reading →
Thanks to more detective work by Adam Baxter, I have found a work-in-progress patch for the compile failure on 3.13-rc.. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/282669 So.. I now have Kernel 3.13-rc3 running on the DreamPlug: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.13.0-rc3 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.13.0-rc3 #2 PREEMPT Sat Dec 7 15:02:56 GMT 2013 … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.12.2, and the orion / mdio patch mentioned in the article for 3.12.1 is still needed.. (http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=941) I have tried to compile 3.13-rc kernels for the device, but the compilation fails: /linux-3.13-rc2/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h: In function ‘__virt_to_phys’: ……………… /linux-3.13-rc2/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h:244:40: error: ‘PHYS_OFFSET’ undeclared (first use in this function)…………………… make[1]: *** [arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1 make: *** … Continue reading →
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.12.2, using the latest version from GitHub: # git clone -b rpi-3.12.y –single-branch https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux The system boots (into Pidora 19) and audit_syscall still causes a ‘tombstone’ just after the command prompt shows up, but apart from this the system seems to be running OK.. Pidora release 19 (Raspberry Pi Fedora … Continue reading →
Although the latest NVIDIA drivers compile OK on kernel 3.13-rc1, they do not load/run correctly, and may only give low-res output… The same problem exists with the newest version just released – 319.76.. nvidia: Unknown symbol acpi_os_wait_events_complete (err 0) There is a fix available, in this thread from DevZone: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/644906/331-20-on-3-13-rc1-kernel/ – but note the logic correction mentioned … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to kernel 3.13-rc1, and VMware 10.0.1 and NVIDIA drivers 331.20 and 319.72 all compile OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.13.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 22 23:48:06 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Very brief details of changes, here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1599956 (scroll down, to get to the ‘list’..) Update: The NVIDIA driver … Continue reading →
Just updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 3.12.1, and found that the Ethernet/network problem from 3.12 is still there… The not-yet-implemented orion_mdio patch is still needed..- see: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=897 $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.12.1 #1 PREEMPT Thu Nov 21 14:32:15 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. November 21, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just updated to Kernel 3.12.1, and VMware 10.0.1 and NVIDIA 331.20 (and 319.72) all compile OK (with the kernel.org compiled Kernel) More details here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.1 FYI.. I have been running compiled kernels – from kernel.org – on all my Linux systems, since around 1998.. Robert Gadsdon. November 21, 2013. … Continue reading →