If you are seeing a lot of these: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff8801c4be7b80 idx:2 val:1 -repeated ad nauseam, then there is a fix coming! https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/9/47 I have applied the patch, and (so far..) it appears to have fixed the ‘problem’.. … Continue reading →
So – after (literally) years, there is a new 4.0 version of Skype for Linux available (the download button still says 2.2, but the 4.0 version is downloaded) Still no 64-bit version, sadly.. The cynic in me would wonder if this sudden change of heart might have something to do with support for the new ‘inline targeted … Continue reading →
I have just pre-ordered one* of the new VIA ‘APC’ $49 Android bare-bones computers: http://apc.io/product/ * The shipping charges (from Taiwan) were almost as much as the device costs, so I have ordered two, and will see if I can hack one and install Linux on it (of course..) Should be shipping sometime in July, but I … Continue reading →
Ran 3.5-rc2 for while.. Seemed stable at first, but now getting USB3 XHCI errors: xhci_hcd 0000:04:00.0: ERROR Transfer event TRB DMA ptr not part of current TD usb 10-1.1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd usb 10-1.1: Parent hub missing LPM exit latency info. Power management will be impacted. xhci_hcd 0000:04:00.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with … Continue reading →
Found that the ‘latest’ (11.2.x) Adobe Flash Plugin for Linux (x86_64) makes YouTube videos look like something from a bad trip.. Tried different browsers, but the fault was still there.. Videos from news sites (BBC etc.) seemed to be OK.. So – reverted to 11.1 version of Flash Plugin (from Adobe archives) and all is well, again.. … Continue reading →
Linux kernel version 3.4.1 was not out yet, but there is a 3.5-rc1 already.. Compiled and installed, and the existing (patched) VMWare 8.0.3 installs and runs OK, and the latest NVIDIA driver (295.53) installs cleanly.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.5.0-rc1 #1 SMP Mon Jun 4 13:33:33 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Now – to see … Continue reading →
So, the problem can be summarised as follows: Login using ‘graphical boot’ (runlevel 5) and KDM – everything works correctly. Login using ‘multi-user boot’ (runlevel 3) and then use # startx to run KDE – USB disk mounts fail with “… Not Authorized” I use a non-graphical login (runlevel 3) and then run # startx, as this … Continue reading →
After recently upgrading from Fedora 16 to 17, I found that USB disk mounts in KDE were failing: Could not mount the following device An unspecified error has occurred Not Authorized I finally found a workaround at http://www.suurmeijer.net, and I have slightly modified it: Edit /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.udisks.policy as follows: <action id=”org.freedesktop.udisks.filesystem-mount”> <description>Mount a device</description> <description xml:lang=”da”>Montér en … Continue reading →
3.4.0 was running OK, but then got a whole lot of … BUG… Bad RSS Counter… errors, and USB devices stopped working correctly (after plugging in ‘tethered’ phone, when network went down) So… Back to 3.3..on my main system… For the time being..
Now I have tried with (according to the wiki..) known/good power supply (Nokia) and – allegedly good – hub (Logik) and am getting the same errors, and disconnect of the USB Ethernet connection.. usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device number 24 using dwc_otg usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=05e3, idProduct=0608 usb 1-1.2: New USB device … Continue reading →