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Monthly Archives: July 2019

NVIDIA – New ‘Legacy’ Driver, OK with Latest Kernel

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 31, 2019 by RGJuly 31, 2019

NVIDIA have just released driver version 430.40, and ‘legacy’ driver 390.129, which is also OK with the latest Kernel (tested with 5.3-rc2): ………………………. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.129/kernel/nvidia.ko make[1]: Leaving … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, success | Tagged 390.129, 430.40, legacy driver, new drivers, nvidia, ok with kernel 5.3-rc2 | Leave a reply

Kernel – 5.3-rc1 is Out. NVIDIA OK, VMware vmmon Fails, and a Fix.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 21, 2019 by RGJuly 21, 2019

Tested the newly released Kernel 5.3-rc1 (brief details here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1907.2/04769.html ) The latest NVIDIA (430.34) compiles and runs OK, and (patched) VMware 15.1.0 vmnet compiles OK, but vmmon fails: ……… CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_SetFastClockRate’: /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3406:10: error: too many arguments to function ‘force_sig’ 3406 | force_sig(SIGKILL, linuxState.fastClockThread); | ^~~~~~~~~ In file included from ./include/linux/taskstats_kern.h:12, from … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 5.3-rc1 released, fix, hack, kernel, nvidia 430.34 ok, vmmon compile fails, vmware 15.1.0 patched | 7 Replies

Kernel – 5.2 Released – No Surprises..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 7, 2019 by RGJuly 7, 2019

Kernel 5.2 is out – slightly later than usual – and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1907.0/05444.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA (430.26) and patched VMware 15.1.0 compile and run OK. Robert Gadsdon.   July 7 2019.   … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 5.2 released, kernel, nvidia 430.26, ok with latest nvidia and patched vmware, vmware 15.1.0 | 2 Replies
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