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Monthly Archives: June 2013

VMware Quirks.. CLI to the Rescue!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 29, 2013 by RGJune 29, 2013

I had occasion to (re) install VMware Workstation recently, and found that – for some reason – the ‘Enter License Key‘ button did nothing.. So, after the usual search, I was able to do this though a console session: # /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx –new-sn <license key> Robert Gadsdon.   June 28, 2013. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, Hacks, VMware | Tagged button fails, cli, enter license key, success, vmware workstation | Leave a reply

Kernel 3.10-rc7 – NVIDIA (patched) OK, and VMware OK, with vmblock Disabled..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 27, 2013 by RGJune 27, 2013

Updated the test system to kernel 3.10-rc7, and the patched NVIDIA drivers for 310.51 and 319.23 compile OK, as before. VMware 9.02 – with the vmnet patch – compiles OK, except for vmblock..   I still can’t find a patch for vmblock and kernel 3.10-rcN, but VMware can run without vmblock, so just stop it from trying to … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 310.51 patched, 319.23 patched, disable vmblock compile, kernel 3.10-rc7, nvidia, success, vmware 9.02, workaround | 2 Replies

Stop the Insanity! – Keep Simple Network Interface Names..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 25, 2013 by RGJune 25, 2013

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 →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Performance | Tagged biosdevnames, fedora 19, kernel command line, linux, net.ifnames, solved, stop network device renaming | Leave a reply
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