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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Dreamplug to 3.4.7

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 30, 2012 by RGJuly 30, 2012

As 3.5 isn’t working – yet – I updated the Dreamplug to the latest 3.4.x – 3.4.7: $ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.4.7 #1 Mon Jul 30 20:28:47 BST 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, kernel, Linux / ARM | Tagged 3.4.7, compile, dreamplug, kernel, update | Leave a reply

APC on the way!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 30, 2012 by RGJuly 30, 2012

Just received notification that the Android/ARM APCs have shipped from Taiwan..   So – they (just) managed to ship them in July! Now, all they have to do is run the gauntlet of UK Customs…  

Posted in Android, APC | Tagged android, apc, arm, shipped, taiwan | Leave a reply

Kernel 3.5 ‘hang’ on the Dreamplug..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 30, 2012 by RGJuly 30, 2012

Been trying the ‘released’ version of kernel 3.5 on my Dreamplug, and at first the hang appeared to be due to the fact that 3.5 didn’t detect the Marvell Orion USB controller, but now there is another problem (see Update below..): ‘Good’ boot (3.4.5): mv_xor mv_xor.3: Marvell XOR: ( xor fill cpy ) Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 2 … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Dreamplug, kernel, Linux / ARM | Tagged 3.5, dreamplug, hang, kernel, marvell orion | 2 Replies

Pi to 3.2.24..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 28, 2012 by RGJuly 28, 2012

Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel version 3.2.24, by applying the incremental 3.2.23-3.2.24 patch from kernel.org, and everything seems to be working OK, so far.. rgpi ~]$ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.2.24 #1 Fri Jul 27 18:12:11 BST 2012 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux   … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged compile, kernel 3.2.24, patched, raspberry pi, update | 3 Replies

3.5 is here..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 22, 2012 by RGJuly 22, 2012

Just updated my x86_64 Fedora 17 system to kernel 3.5 – just released – and so far, all is working OK.    This is compatible with the latest NVIDIA drivers (304.22) and VMware 8.0.4 (patched).. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.5.0 #1 SMP Sun Jul 22 09:34:59 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Next step – to try … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 3.5, compiled, kernel, linux, running, x86_64 | Leave a reply

Dreamplug Kernel Update – 3.4.5

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 18, 2012 by RGJuly 18, 2012

Updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.4.5: rgdreamplug ~]$ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.4.5 #1 Wed Jul 18 17:46:49 BST 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Tried 3.5-rc7, but that hung on boot, for some reason…   More investigation needed..     … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, kernel, Linux / ARM | Tagged 3.4.5, arm, dreamplug, kernel, linux, update | Leave a reply

Newest Pi Kernel..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 17, 2012 by RGJuly 17, 2012

Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.2.23, from ‘bootc‘.. rgpi ~]$ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.2.23 #1 Tue Jul 17 16:05:42 BST 2012 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 3.2.23, compile, kernel, latest, raspberry pi, update | 1 Reply

XBMC for Android, Coming Soon…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 14, 2012 by RGJuly 14, 2012

Just announced – XBMC (native) for Android..     Should be useful when I (eventually) get my APC… http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/ … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, APC, Video, XBMC | Tagged android, announcement, apc, xbmc | Leave a reply

Another Good Reason to use Linux…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 13, 2012 by RGJuly 13, 2012

I had a (rare) problem with power to my computers recently.   The battery in my UPS had died (causing really annoying beeping warnings..) and the power also went out briefly, causing all systems to suffer a genuine power fail condition. The Linux systems all came back (after some extra – brief – systemd-fsck operations) in – literally … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Linux, Opinion, Win 7 | Tagged boot fail, linux, power fail, ups, windows 7 | Leave a reply
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