When running VMware 14 (14.0.0) from the command line, I noticed the following message: $ vmware Fail to open executable: No such file or directory Further research suggested that this ‘missing’ item was in fact /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libvmware-unity-helper.so/libvmware-unity-helper.so, which is indeed not included with VMware 14.0.0.. I found a copy of this in an old backup, and tried to … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.13.6 has only been out for two days, but there has just been another update – 4.13.7 – with the following changes: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.7 If you are running 4.13.6, then update is – presumably – recommended ASAP! Robert Gadsdon. October 14, 2017. … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.13.6 has only been out for two days, but there has just been another update – 4.13.7 – with the following changes: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.7 If you are running 4.13.6, then update is – presumably – recommended ASAP! Robert Gadsdon. October 14, 2017. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA driver 387.12 is out, and details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/125399/en-us The driver compiles/loads OK with Kernel 4.14-rc3 on Intel, without any patches, and is OK with AMD as long as its Secure Memory Encryption feature is de-selected ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2070 ). ………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-387.12/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-387.12/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-387.12/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.13-rc3 is out, and brief details of changes from -rc2 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1710.0/00180.html VMware 14.0.0 – with the vmmon patch – still loads/runs OK(*), and NVIDIA is OK on Intel systems, but if the new AMD ‘Secure Memory Encryption‘ feature is enabled in the kernel config, then NVIDIA (384.90) will still fail with a GPL error: … Continue reading →
Thanks to Pete for finding this one… There is another GPL-only issue with NVIDIA and Kernel 4.14-rc2, but this one only occurs if you have an AMD system, with the new ‘secure memory encryption’ feature enabled… It may also crop up if you are using a Distro-created version of this kernel release, as these tend to have … Continue reading →
VMware Workstation Pro 14.0.0 has been released – a bit earlier than expected – and it has a (potentially) nasty surprise for those with ‘older’ CPUs.. Release notes are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14.0.0/rn/workstation-14-release-notes.html I installed this on my test system without any problems, and was able to confirm that it compiles and loads/runs OK with Kernels 4.13.x, and that … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.14-rc2 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1709.3/00498.html This includes: John Hubbard (1): ACPI / bus: Make ACPI_HANDLE() work for non-GPL code again – which fixes the GPL problem for NVIDIA drivers, so that the latest version – 384.90 – with just the first patch found here: http://mom.hlmjr.com/2017/09/09/driver-wars-nvidia-drivers-384-69-vs-kernel-4-13/ – now compiles … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have just released a new driver version – 384.90 – and brief details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/123918/en-us This version appears to be runtime bug-fixes only, and still fails to compile with Kernel 4.1.-rc1 without the patch mentioned in a previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2056 ), and still suffers from the GPL issue: ……… Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.14-rc1 has been stable on the x86_64 test system, but when I tried updating the Odroid C2 (ARM64) I saw a lot of mmc and other errors reported.. ………. [ OK ] Started File System Check on Root Device. Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems… mmcblk0: response CRC error sending r/w cmd command, card status … Continue reading →