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 →
Just installed the newly-released kernel 3.11-rc1 on the test system… VMware Workstation 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock – compiles OK, but – for some reason – the modules don’t install using the usual command (# vmware-modconfig –console –install-all).. But, the ‘user’ command does work, (# vmware-modconfig –icon=vmware-workstation –appname=VMware, or just type # … Continue reading →
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 →
Just updated my HP6830s laptop to kernel 3.9.1, and got a hang at boot: ……………. Mounting /boot… systemd[1]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fede1d04241 sp 00007fff8e4fdf20 error 4 in libc-2.16.so[7fede1c90000+1ad000] [FAILED] Failed to activate swap /dev/disk/by-uuid/82145a5b-0a2f-4659-9f14-8acf69aea7b4. …………….. [ OK ] Reached target Swap. <<< HANG >>> Reverted to 3.9.0, and everything was OK… No mention of this – … Continue reading →
Just downloaded the new NVIDIA ‘beta’ driver – 319.12 – and it compiles without problems on kernels 3.8.6 and 3.9-rc6 (as you would expect!).. More (technical!) details here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/539249/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-319-12-beta-/ Robert Gadsdon. April 10, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just updated the test system to 3.9-rc1, and with the usual softlink*, and (3.8-patched) VMware 9.01, and NVIDIA 310.32, everything compiled OK. * # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.9-rc1/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.9-rc1/include/linux/version.h $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc1 #1 SMP Mon Mar 4 11:13:53 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. March 4th, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just updated to 3.7.9, but forgot to do the usual ‘softlink’ for correct compilation of VMware.. # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.7.9/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.7.9/include/linux/version.h I ran the compilation for the the latest ‘stable’ NVIDIA driver (310.32), but discovered that – with 3.7.9 – this failed, as well! To save time, I had been creating the softlink after compiling the latest … Continue reading →
This site has now been re-hosted, and all should be working correctly! The design has changed, and you can comment by clicking on the ‘speech bubble’ at the top right of each article.. Back to the important stuff! I have just updated my main system to 3.7.8, after 3.7.7.. Just FYI, 3.7.7 included quite a lot of … Continue reading →
After more testing, I discovered that – unusually – the very latest driver (313.09) fails to compile with kernel 3.8-rc1, but an earlier driver – 310.14 – does compile OK! I won’t do too much more testing, as 3.8-rc1 breaks some KDE apps (see Linus’ angry rant on the LKML!). Hopefully 3.8-rc2 will be out soon.. Robert Gadsdon. … Continue reading →
Just updated the Dreamplug kernel to 3.7, and – although I don’t use it – decided to see if the Marvell-supplied 8688_UAP (Access Point) patch still worked.. Not surprisingly, the patch worked, but the compilation failed: CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.o drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.c: In function ‘uap_init_sw’: drivers/net/wireless/libertas_uap/uap_main.c:446:44: warning: passing argument 3 of ‘netlink_kernel_create’ makes pointer from integer without a cast … Continue reading →