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Pi to 3.8.5 – No Problems..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 29, 2013 by RGMarch 29, 2013

Just updated the Raspberry Pi from the ‘official’ 3.8.4 to 3.8.5, by applying the incremental patch at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.4-5.bz2 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.5 on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………………. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.5 #1 PREEMPT Fri Mar 29 09:10:43 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.   March 29, 2013. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged compiled, incrememtal patch, kernel 3.8.5, raspberry pi, success | Leave a reply

Pi – At Last! An ‘Official’ 3.8 Kernel..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 28, 2013 by RGMarch 28, 2013

Just noticed there is now an official 3.8.y kernel, at:  https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.8.y-temp This may change to just .…/rpi-3.8.y later.. Code is based on the latest 3.8 kernel – 3.8.4. Select config from: arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_cutdown_defconfig       arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_emergency_defconfig arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig                     arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_quick_defconfig I used # make bcmrpi_defconfig Then # make xconfig Under <File systems>, I deselected all file systems support, except ext2/3/4.. Under <File … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 3.8.4, compile, configure, official kernel 3.8.y, raspberry pi, success | Leave a reply

Dreamplug to 3.9-rc4 – No Problems..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 24, 2013 by RGMarch 24, 2013

Just updated the Dreamplug to Kernel 3.9-rc4, by the usual cross-compile, etc.. (as described in earlier posts, last year) Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.9.0-rc4 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ………………….. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.9.0-rc4 #1 Sun Mar 24 11:36:48 GMT 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.   March 24th, 2013. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, Fedora, kernel, Linux / ARM | Tagged arm, dreamplug, kernel 3.9-rc4, linux, success | Leave a reply

3.8.4 – Everything works, and Pi updated…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 21, 2013 by RGMarch 21, 2013

Updated the main system (x86_64) to kernel 3.8.4, and (incrementally..) updated the Raspberry Pi (armv6), as well.. Latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (313.26 and 310.40) drivers all compile without any patches.. Precise details here:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4 # uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.4 #1 SMP Thu Mar 21 02:03:44 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ‘Incremental’ patch from 3.8.3 … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, kernel, Linux, Linux / ARM, NVIDIA, Raspberry Pi, VMware | Tagged 310.40, 313.26, 9.02, arm, kernel 3.8.4, linux, nvidia, raspberry pi, success, update, vmware, x86_64 | Leave a reply

3.9-rc3 – NVIDIA and VMware OK..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 19, 2013 by RGMarch 19, 2013

Installed Kernel 3.9-rc3 on the test system..   VMware 9.0.2, and NVIDIA 310.40 (main) and 313.26 (beta) all compile OK.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc3 #1 SMP Mon Mar 18 12:21:27 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.   March 19th, 2013. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 310.40, 313.26, compile, fedora, kernel 3.9-rc3, linux, nvidia, success, vmware 9.02 | Leave a reply

Dreamplug and Yum – Still Problems, after all these Years..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 18, 2013 by RGMarch 18, 2013

Ever since first running yum on the Dreamplug, over a year ago, I have had intermittent problems with yum/rpm ‘hanging’ for no apparent reason.    There were no errors reported, and – for a time – everything just seemed to work OK.. Now I have just attempted to do an install of xfce4 on the system, with approximately … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, Fedora | Tagged arm, clean up duplicates, db errors, dreamplug, fedora 18, remove unfinished transactions, rpm, workaround, yum hang | Leave a reply

Pi to 3.8.3 OK, but 3.9-rc2 Hack Fails..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 17, 2013 by RGMarch 17, 2013

Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.8.3, by applying the incremental patch, from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.2-3.bz2 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.3-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.3-pi #2 Sun Mar 17 20:27:05 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Attempts to ‘hack’ 3.9-rc2 by applying the standard kernel.org patch to my Pi … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 3.9-rc2, arm, failure, hack, kernel 3.8.3, linux, patch, raspberry pi, success | Leave a reply

3.8.3 – And all is Well..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 15, 2013 by RGMarch 15, 2013

Just updated the main system to Kernel 3.8.3, and everything works, as before.   VMware 9.0.2 and NVIDIA 313.26 both compile and install/run without any problems..     This update contains several more ‘improvements’ for USB3 – amongst other things.. Details of all the changes, are here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.3 $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.8.3 #1 SMP Fri Mar 15 01:20:29 … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged changelog, install, kernel 3.8.3, nvidia 313.26, success, update, vmware 9.02 | 2 Replies

3.9-rc2 out – VMware and NVIDIA still OK..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 11, 2013 by RGMarch 11, 2013

Installed kernel 3.9-rc2 on the test system – and VMware 9.0.2, and both the latest ‘stable’ (310.40), and ‘beta’ (313.26) NVIDIA drivers, all compile successfully.. $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Mar 11 17:36:47 GMT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon.   March 11th, 2013. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 310.40, 313.26, compile, kernel 3.9-rc2, linux, nvidia, success, vmware 9.02 | Leave a reply

VMware 9.0.2 – No More Patch, or Softlink..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 8, 2013 by RGMarch 8, 2013

Just installed VMware Workstation 9.0.2 – released yesterday – and it compiles and installs cleanly on kernel 3.8.2, without the need for the 9.0.1 patch, or the ‘softlink’, as it now finds version.h correctly. I have tested with kernel 3.9-rc1, and can confirm that this works, as well.. Robert Gadsdon.   March 8th, 2013. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.8.2, kernel 3.9-rc1, no patch needed, no softlink needed, success, version.h, vmware 9.0.2 | Leave a reply

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