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Monthly Archives: June 2020

NVIDIA – New Drivers – OK with Kernel 5.7. Existing Patch Works for 5.8.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 24, 2020 by RGJune 24, 2020

NVIDIA have released new drivers 440.100 and (beta) 450.51, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160175/en-us and https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/160555/en-us Both compile OK with Kernel  5.7 (tested with 5.7.5) and the existing Kernel 5.8 patch for 440.82 still works with both versions – with some offsets.  (compile tested with Kernel 5.8-rc2). Robert Gadsdon.   June 24th 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 440.100, beta 450.51, existing patch works for kernel 5.8, nee drivers, nvidia, ok with kernel 5.7 | 2 Replies

Kernel – 5.8-rc2 – Still Catastrophic Failure with VMware Runtime.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 22, 2020 by RGJune 22, 2020

Kernel 5.8-rc2 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2006.2/08747.html There is no change to the problem with VMware runtime, and vmware-modconfig still segfaults, and the system still reboots immediately, when a VM open is attempted. To check that this was not due to a kernel misconfiguration, I installed the Fedora (Rawhide) version of Kernel 5.8-rc1 … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Fedora, kernel, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.8-rc2 released, problems occurs with fedora 33 5.8-rc1 kernel., vmware runtime reboot still occurs, vmware-modconfig segfault | 1 Reply

Kernel – 5.8-rc1 Released – Problem with VMware Runtime..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 14, 2020 by RGJune 14, 2020

Kernel 5.8-rc1 has been released, and details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2006.1/07293.html NVIDIA 440.82 with the 5.7 and 5.8 patches seems to be OK, but I have encountered a serious problem with VMware, and have now confirmed the same fault on two different systems (both Fedora 32 x86_64) The VMware 15.5.6 vmmon/vmnet modules compile/run OK with the kernel 5.7 … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged Kernel 5.8-rc1 released, patched nvidia ok, reboot when loading vm, vmware runtime segfault | Leave a reply

Kernel – 5.8 Pre-testing.. Fix for NVIDIA. Problems with VMware Runtime.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 12, 2020 by RGJune 12, 2020

There is now an interim patch available, for NVIDIA 440.82 and Kernel 5.8, at https://gitlab.com/snippets/1986228 This should be applied as well as the 5.7 patch, and I have tested this with pre-release Kernel 5.8-git version from June 12th, and it works OK.    Note that this is an interim patch, and may be updated once 5.8-rc1 is released.. … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 5.8pre-release, nvidia 440.82 patch available, vmware-modconfig segfaults, workarounds | 1 Reply

Kernel – 5.8 Pre Testing.. Patched VMware OK, NVIDIA Not..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 11, 2020 by RGJune 11, 2020

Kernel 5.8-rc1 is due out soon, and I created the latest (git) version for testing, to see what might break.   Bear in mind, that there will be changes from this version to the ‘released’ RC1.. VMware: VMware 15.5.6 – with the latest patches for vmmon and vmnet – compiles OK. NVIDIA: NVIDIA driver 440.82 with the Kernel … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged compilation only tested, kernel 5.8 pre tests, patched nvidia fails, patched vmware ok | 1 Reply

VMware – Another Update – 15.5.6 – Fails with Kernel 5.7 – Fix Available.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 10, 2020 by RGJune 10, 2020

VMware have just released another update – Workstation 15.5.6, and details are here:  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15.5/rn/VMware-Workstation-1556-Pro-Release-Notes.html .    This time, there are some Linux Client-related fixes included.. This fails to compile with Kernel 5.7, but there is a fix available (tested with 5.7.2), at:  https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.5.6 Robert Gadsdon.   June 10th 2020. … Continue reading →

Posted in fixed, kernel, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged fails with kernel 5.7, fix available, tested ok, vmware 15.5.6 | 4 Replies
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