I have all VMware modules running on kernel 3.10 now, and there is a patch for vmblock, which can be found at:http://mysticalzero.blogspot.com/2013/07/vmblock-patch-for-linux-310-vmware.html Thanks to maz-1 for producing this! Robert Gadsdon. July 4, 2013. … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
Just installed 3.10-rc3 on the test system, and the latest NVIDIA drivers (310.51, and 319.23 beta) both compile OK with the patch mentioned in the posting on 3.10-rc2 http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=738 The – rather complex – 3.10 patch for vmnet works, but there is still no patch for vmblock, which fails to compile: /tmp/modconfig-J79ptB/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer … Continue reading →
As reported by Walter Layher and Mal Haak, there is a now a patch available for the NVIDIA drivers on kernel 3.10-rc2, and it works successfully… For details and a link, see the comments below the original article: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=733 Update: Tested with patched drivers 310.51 (Released) and 319.17 (Beta) on kernel 3.10-rc2, and both compile OK.. Robert … Continue reading →
My swap file boot failure turned out – as I suspected – to be self-inflicted, as I had somehow managed to ‘unselect’ the ”support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)” option under General setup… Once this was corrected, the 3.9.x kernel compiled – and booted – successfully.. Kernel 3.9.3 compiles the latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (310.51 … Continue reading →
Just updated to 3.9.0 ‘final’ from kernel.org, and everything seems to be OK.. As with the -RCs, VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (310.44 and beta 319.12) all compile without problems.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0 #1 SMP Tue Apr 30 01:28:30 PDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. April 30, 2013. … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.9-rc7 on my test system, and VMware (9.02) and the latest NVIDIA ‘stable’ (310.44) and ‘beta’ (319.12) drivers all compile without problems.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc7 #1 SMP Mon Apr 15 09:40:44 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux One additional piece of information… I am running Fedora 18, but using the ‘official’ … Continue reading →
Just installed the ‘final / released’ version of the Raspberry Pi 3.8 kernel, from https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.8.y, and everything seems to be behaving.. This is already based on 3.8.6, so no need (yet) to apply any ‘incrementals’… Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.6-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ……………….. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.6-pi #1 PREEMPT Fri Apr … Continue reading →
Just downloaded the new NVIDIA ‘beta’ driver – 319.12 – and it compiles without problems on kernels 3.8.6 and 3.9-rc6 (as you would expect!).. More (technical!) details here: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/539249/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-319-12-beta-/ Robert Gadsdon. April 10, 2013. … Continue reading →