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Monthly Archives: May 2013

3.10-rc3 – NVIDIA Patches OK, Still Missing VMware vmblock Patch..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 30, 2013 by RGMay 30, 2013

Just installed 3.10-rc3 on the test system, and the latest NVIDIA drivers (310.51, and 319.23 beta) both compile OK with the patch mentioned in the posting on 3.10-rc2  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=738 The – rather complex – 3.10 patch for vmnet works, but there is still no patch for vmblock, which fails to compile: /tmp/modconfig-J79ptB/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 310.51, 319.23, kernel 3.10-rc3, nvidia, success, vmblock compile fail, vmnet patch, vmware | 5 Replies

3.10-rc2 – NVIDIA Patch now Available..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 27, 2013 by RGMay 27, 2013

As reported by Walter Layher and Mal Haak, there is a now a patch available for the NVIDIA drivers on kernel 3.10-rc2, and it works successfully… For details and a link, see the comments below the original article:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=733 Update: Tested with patched drivers 310.51 (Released) and 319.17 (Beta) on kernel 3.10-rc2, and both compile OK.. Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 310.51, 319.17, compile, kernel 3.10-rc2, nvidia, patch available, success | Leave a reply

Pi – Now a ‘Proper’ Fedora Version!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 23, 2013 by RGMay 23, 2013

If you run Fedora on your Raspberry Pi (as I have done since I first got mine, over a year ago…) you will be glad to know that an ‘optimised’ version of the distro is now available..  Pidora.. http://www.pidora.ca/ Interesting to see that – apparently – Red Hat had already trademarked the name….. I haven’t had a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged fedora, new distro, optimised, pidora, raspberry pi | Leave a reply

3.10-rc2 – No Go for VMware and NVIDIA…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 21, 2013 by RGMay 21, 2013

Just installed kernel 3.10-rc2, and VMware and NVIDIA fail to compile: VMware: ………………. /tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.c: In function ‘VNetHubAlloc’: /tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.c:366:28: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.c:367:28: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs…. make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.10-rc2′ make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2 …………….. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged compile, fail, kernel 3.10-rc2, nvidia, vmnet patch, vmware | 6 Replies

3.9.3 – All OK, with VMware and NVIDIA latest..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 21, 2013 by RGMay 21, 2013

My swap file boot failure turned out – as I suspected – to be self-inflicted, as I had somehow managed to ‘unselect’ the ”support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)” option under General setup… Once this was corrected, the 3.9.x kernel compiled – and booted – successfully.. Kernel 3.9.3 compiles the latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (310.51 … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged compile, kernel 3.9.3, nvidia 310.51, nvidia 319.17, success, vmware 9.02 | Leave a reply

3.9.1 – HP6830s – Hang on Boot…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 9, 2013 by RGMay 9, 2013

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 →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, Performance | Tagged hang at boot, hp6830s, kernel 3.9.1, swap fail | Leave a reply

Pi – Right Up to Date, with 3.9!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on May 2, 2013 by RGMay 2, 2013

Kernel 3.9 is just out, and already the Raspberry Pi version is available, at https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.9.y Use the ‘zip’ download (cloud symbol), which will give you the source tree in rpi-3.9.y.zip.. This is good news, as it suggests that the Pi kernel version is now closely tracking the kernel.org code, after previous versions were delayed somewhat (3.8.y was … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 3.9.y, download, kernel 3.9, raspberry pi, released | Leave a reply
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