Kernel 5.2-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1905.2/02345.html OK this time, with the latest NVIDIA (430.14), and with patched VMware 15.1.0. It still includes the annoying weird logic change to # make xconfig, so I will be producing an – unofficial – patch to revert this, soon. Robert Gadsdon. May 19, 2019. … Continue reading →
After some serious problems on my test system with plasma-workspace 5.15.x and nouveau (to be described in a separate article..) I had to contemplate moving back to the proprietary nvidia driver, but found – of course – that older cards were not supported by the ‘latest’ drivers. I did find that at least one of the older … Continue reading →
VMware 15.1.0 is out, and release notes are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/VMware-Workstation-151-Pro-Release-Notes.html Sadly, vmmon/vmnet install still fails (tested with Kernel 5.1.2), but a fix is already available – thanks once again to Michal Kubeček – at: https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.1.0 I have tested this, and VMware now runs OK, again.. Robert Gadsdon, May 15 2019. … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1905.0/03532.html The latest NVIDIA driver (430.09) and patched VMware 15.0.4 both compile and run OK. One odd quirk, is that the behaviour of # make xconfig has changed, and if you have your custom configs saved out-of-tree, then the save option tries to save them back to the … Continue reading →