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ARM64 – Pine64 – Not Exactly ‘Compact’..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 7, 2016 by RGJune 7, 2016

I recently obtained one of the newly-released (- to the ‘public’..) Pine64 ARM64 systems…    My first reaction, was that it is a bit on the large side..  The board is over twice the size of the Odroid C2.. As usual, the ‘standard’ U-Boot was a heavily-customised old version, that only mounted Android-format Kernel ‘blob’s, but a hacked … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, ARM64, boot, compilation, Fedora, Hacks, hardware, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance, Pine64, success, U-Boot | Tagged arm64, hacks, kernel 4.7-rc1 patched, new, pine64, soc, u-boot, work-in-progress | 3 Replies

VMware – Later 4.6-rc breaks vmmon and vmnet..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 23, 2016 by RGApril 23, 2016

Thanks to Justin Palermo, there is a patch for VMware 12 vmmon and vmnet problems he identified with the later Kernel 4.6-rcs.       See comments on my earlier 4.6-rc1 article for details:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1679 I have applied the patch to VMware 12.1.0, on Kernel 4.6-rc4, and VMware now compiles and runs OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 22, 2016. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, kernel, Linux, success, VMware | Tagged breaks vmmon and vmnet, kernel 4.6-rc4, patch available, success, vmware 12 | Leave a reply

ARM – Rock2 – Kernel 4.6-rc4 – MMC Swaparound – Bug or Feature?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 21, 2016 by RGMay 23, 2016

I had been running Kernel 4.6-rc2 on the Radxa Rock2 without any issues, and decided to update to recently-released Kernel 4.6-rc4.. Brief details of changes from -rc3 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1604.2/00610.html The boot failed, and I then compiled/installed 4.6-rc3 to see if that would have been OK, and it was.. I then noticed something odd in the failed … Continue reading →

Posted in boot, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, radxa, Rock2, success, U-Boot | Tagged arm, kernel 4.6-rc4, linux, mmc swapped, patch, radxa, rock2, success, workaround | 2 Replies

NVIDIA – Driver 361.42 – OK with Kernel 4.6-rc2..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 3, 2016 by RGApril 3, 2016

Tested the latest stable NVIDIA driver – 361.42 – with just-released Kernel 4.6-rc2, and it compiles cleanly, with no need for any patches.. …. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 3 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-361.42/kernel/nvidia.ko Robert Gadsdon.   April 3, 2016. … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, NVIDIA, Performance, success | Tagged compiles ok, kernel 4.6-rc2, nvidia 361.42 | Leave a reply

ARM – Rock2 – Finally an Ethernet Fix that Works..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 1, 2016 by RGApril 1, 2016

After a lot of searching – and more testing (mostly unsuccessful..) I finally have a set of two patches that fix the Ethernet driver problem with the Rock2 in 4.6-rc1..     The problem is that the stmmac driver is common to several SOC setups, and each maintainer seems to have produced their own version of a fix.. The … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Performance, radxa, Rock2, success | Tagged ethernet driver, kernel 4.6-rc1, patches, radxa, rock2, stmmac, success | Leave a reply

ARM – Rock2 to 4.6-rc1 – and Ethernet Fix Fails..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 27, 2016 by RGMarch 27, 2016

Updated the Rock2 to Kernel 4.6-rc1: ……… Fedora 23 (Twenty Three) Kernel 4.6.0-rc1 on an armv7l (ttyS2) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgrock2 4.6.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Mar 27 03:47:06 EDT 2016 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux The stmmac Ethernet driver bug from 4.5 Final has still not been fixed, and the driver code has changed in 4.6-rc1, … Continue reading →

Posted in armv7, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, radxa, Rock2, success | Tagged arm, armv7, ethernet patch, kernel 4.6-rc1, linux, radxa, rock2, success, update | Leave a reply

UDEV – Getting an Old Scanner to Behave..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 20, 2016 by RGFebruary 20, 2016

I recently acquired a vintage (2006?) Minolta Elite 5400 II scanner, and – according to the VueScan support info, I needed to ”set up libusb device protections”..   That info included a link to a somewhat ancient SANE USB support page – last changed in 2003!.. That rang a bell, and I guessed that I had to mess … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, Linux, Opinion, Performance, success | Tagged fix, minolta 5400 ii, rules, scanner, success, udev, usb | 4 Replies

NVIDIA – New Beta 361.18 – OK with Plasma/KDE5..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 13, 2016 by RGJanuary 13, 2016

Just installed the latest NVIDIA beta driver – 361.18 – and it is now OK with Plasma and KDE5.. Release notes and download link here:   http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/97474/en-us Notes include: ”Fixed a bug in the EGL driver where a mutex was unlocked more than once. This triggers undefined behavior, and in particular, if lock elision is enabled in glibc, … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, success | Tagged 361.18, beta driver, linux, nvidia, ok with plasma kde5 | Leave a reply

Fedora – Installing a Working ZoneMinder..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 24, 2015 by RGDecember 24, 2015

Installed ZoneMinder ( https://zoneminder.com ) for some IP and WiFi cameras, and the first thing to remember is to not use the Fedora version!    This is due to the lack of ffmpeg and vlc support in that version, which makes the software somewhat less than useful.. Fortunately, there is good Fedora support, with a fully-functional version – … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, fix, Linux, Opinion, Performance, success, Video | Tagged fedora, install, ip-cams, linux, repo changes, success, zoneminder | 1 Reply

ARM – Odroid U3 OK With Latest U-Boot..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 25, 2015 by RGSeptember 25, 2015

Recently tried the latest standard release of u-boot from ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ , and it now works OK with the SDCard in the Odroid U3.    You still have to incorporate the ‘special’ secure-boot binaries and shell script from the hardkernel version ( in directory sd_fuse) from https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot/tree/odroid-v2010.12 and change the reference to u-boot.bin to u-boot-dtb.bin in sd_fusing.sh. U-Boot 2015.10-rc3 … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux / ARM, Performance, success, U-Boot | Tagged arm, linux, odroid u3, sd_fusing, success, u-boot 2015.10-rc3 | 2 Replies

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