APC on the way!
Just received notification that the Android/ARM APCs have shipped from Taiwan.. So – they (just) managed to ship them in July! Now, all they have to do is run the gauntlet of UK Customs…
Kernel 3.5 ‘hang’ on the Dreamplug..
Been trying the ‘released’ version of kernel 3.5 on my Dreamplug, and at first the hang appeared to be due to the fact that 3.5 didn’t detect the Marvell Orion USB controller, but now there is another problem (see Update below..): ‘Good’ boot (3.4.5): mv_xor mv_xor.3: Marvell XOR: ( xor fill cpy ) Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 2 … Continue reading →
Pi to 3.2.24..
Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel version 3.2.24, by applying the incremental 3.2.23-3.2.24 patch from kernel.org, and everything seems to be working OK, so far.. rgpi ~]$ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.2.24 #1 Fri Jul 27 18:12:11 BST 2012 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux … Continue reading →
3.5 is here..
Just updated my x86_64 Fedora 17 system to kernel 3.5 – just released – and so far, all is working OK. This is compatible with the latest NVIDIA drivers (304.22) and VMware 8.0.4 (patched).. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.5.0 #1 SMP Sun Jul 22 09:34:59 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Next step – to try … Continue reading →
Dreamplug Kernel Update – 3.4.5
Updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.4.5: rgdreamplug ~]$ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.4.5 #1 Wed Jul 18 17:46:49 BST 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Tried 3.5-rc7, but that hung on boot, for some reason… More investigation needed.. … Continue reading →
Newest Pi Kernel..
Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.2.23, from ‘bootc‘.. rgpi ~]$ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.2.23 #1 Tue Jul 17 16:05:42 BST 2012 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux … Continue reading →
XBMC for Android, Coming Soon…
Just announced – XBMC (native) for Android.. Should be useful when I (eventually) get my APC… http://xbmc.org/theuni/2012/07/13/xbmc-for-android/ … Continue reading →
Another Good Reason to use Linux…
I had a (rare) problem with power to my computers recently. The battery in my UPS had died (causing really annoying beeping warnings..) and the power also went out briefly, causing all systems to suffer a genuine power fail condition. The Linux systems all came back (after some extra – brief – systemd-fsck operations) in – literally … Continue reading →
Pi Kernel Update – 3.2.21..
I was becoming a little concerned that the Raspberry Pi kernel was getting left behind – at 3.1.9+ (now an EOL – End Of Life – version). So, I found the 3.2.21 source produced by bootc, at https://github.com/bootc/linux/tree/rpi-3.2.21 Compiled OK, using the ARM cross-compilation toolchain, and now running with Fedora 17: rgpi ~]$ uname -a Linux rgpi … Continue reading →
The (Minor) Curse of Bacula…
Bacula is great for Linux – to – LTO tape backups, but the YUM updates can – at least on my system – sometimes leave it in an unusable state.. For some reason, the update tends to leave the libraries in /usr/lib64 in a mess, with some pointing to postgresql instead of mysql, and some still in … Continue reading →