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Monthly Archives: July 2020

NVIDIA – New Driver 450.57 – Compiles OK with Kernel 5.8..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 20, 2020 by RGJuly 20, 2020

NVIDIA have released beta driver 450.57, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/162107/en-us I have tested this with Kernel 5.8-rc6, and it compiles successfully, and (so far) appears to run OK..: ……………………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/Module.symvers CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-450.57/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 450.57, beta, new driver, nvidia, ok with kernel 5.8, tested with 5.8-rc6 | Leave a reply

VMware – Kernel 5.8 is a Serious Problem?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 19, 2020 by RGJuly 19, 2020

Since the release of Kernel 5.8-rc1, any attempt I made to run a VMware client on that host system has failed catastrophically. ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2753 ) and the problem still persists, with 5.8-rc6. I had posted brief details of the issue on the VMware forum some weeks ago, but there has been no useful response. https://communities.vmware.com/thread/638457 I … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, Opinion, VirtualBox, VMware | Tagged incompatible, Kernel 5.8, no solution yet, problem, virtualbox, vmware | 2 Replies

ARM64 – 8GB Pi4 – Fun with Fedora..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 18, 2020 by RGJuly 18, 2020

My 8GB Raspbery Pi 4 finally arrived, and I was looking forward to trying Fedora 32 and KDE/Plasma on it, and comparing it to the Odroid N2 from a few months back.. ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2689 ) The Fedora 32 aarch64 install is supposed to support the Pi 4 now, but the resulting sdcard image failed to boot, with … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, KDE, kernel, Linux / ARM, new install, Raspberry Pi 4 | Tagged 8gb, aarch64, fedora 32, fedora install, hybrid, kde/plasma too slow, opensuse efi substitute, opensuse u-boot, raspberry pi 4, success | Leave a reply

Kernel – 5.8-rc3 – VMware Runtime Still Reboots..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 1, 2020 by RGJuly 1, 2020

Updated to Kernel 5.8-rc3, and the reboot problem with VMware 15.5.6 still persists.   Tested with Fedora ‘Rawhide’ kernel 5.8.0-0.rc2.20200625git8be3a53e18e0.1.fc33.x86_64, with same failure.    Details posted to VMware VMTN some days ago, but no response so far.. As another data point, even tested with old VMware 14.1.7 and Kernel 5.8-rc2, and the same problem occurred. Robert Gadsdon.  July 1st, … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, Opinion, VMware | Tagged causes system reboot, kernel 5.8-rc3, no solution so far, vmware 15.5.6, vmware runtime segfault | Leave a reply
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