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VMware – Fix for Kernel 5.8 Available..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 5, 2020 by RGSeptember 5, 2020

With thanks to huyz for the notification – there is now a patch from baryonix available for VMware 15.5.6 and Kernel 5.8..    The patch is available here:  https://github.com/baryonix/vmware-host-modules/tree/fixes-for-5.8 I have – briefly – tested this with Kernel 5.8.5, and it was successful..     As the usual # vmware and # vmware-modconfig still segfault, then vmmon/vmnet have to be … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, success, VMware | Tagged fix, patch for kernel 5.8, vmmon / vmnet, vmware | Leave a reply

Fedora – Fun with ZRAM..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 4, 2020 by RGSeptember 4, 2020

Fedora 33 will be using ZRAM as standard for swap, rather than a partition or swapfile on disk.    I had no problem with this on a new F33 install (Odroid H2Plus) but after upgrading an existing Fedora 32 system it refused to initialise, and ‘/dev/zram0‘ did not exist.    Research revealed that the documentation for much of this … Continue reading →

Posted in alpha release, boot, Fedora, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion | Tagged /dev/zram0 missing, fedora 33, fix, old config, swap, upgrade, zram | Leave a reply

Ethernet – If you Can’t Wait for 5.4.14, an Unofficial e1000e Patch for 5.4.13..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on January 20, 2020 by RGJanuary 20, 2020

As there is (so far) no sign of an update to the 5.4.x kernel series, I have uploaded a _very unofficial_ patch I had already created for 5.4.13, and I have tested this, and so far it seems to work OK..    It is based on an ‘earlier’ e1000e patch version found on linux/netdev.. https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg623693.html,  and thanks are … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Ethernet, fix, Hacks, Intel, kernel, Linux, Network, Opinion, patches | Tagged disconnect bug, e1000e, fix, kernel 5.4.13, unofficial patch, use at own risk | Leave a reply

Ethernet – Intel e1000e Still Broken with 5.4-rc6

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on November 4, 2019 by RGNovember 4, 2019

Just tested Kernel 5.4-rc6 on a system with Intel e1000e, and this is still broken, despite being reported when -rc1 was released.. http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1910.3/07624.html Kernel release notes for 5.4-rc6 are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1911.0/01280.html The problem, is that the Ethernet connection repeatedly activates/deactivates, making the connection useless: (From KDE/Plasma)…………… Connection ‘eth0’ deactivated. Connection ‘eth0’ activated. Connection ‘eth0’ deactivated. Connection ‘eth0’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethernet, fix, intel ethernet, kernel, Linux, Network, patches | Tagged fix, intel e1000e broken, kernel 5.4-rc6, revert patch | 6 Replies

Fedora – Fix for Broken rpmbuild in Fedora 31.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 6, 2019 by RGSeptember 6, 2019

Testing Fedora 31 – which is still work-in-progress, of course.. Tried to use # rpmbuild –rebuild to create a missing RPM from a F30 source RPM, and found the following error: ………….. Illegal char ‘)’ (0x29) in: Obsoletes:………. I found a reference to this error in the buglist, but it had been flagged as ‘rawhide’, and closed, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, Linux, Opinion, quirks | Tagged fedora 31, fix, illegal char, pre release, rpmbuild bug, workaround | Leave a reply

Kernel – 5.3-rc1 is Out. NVIDIA OK, VMware vmmon Fails, and a Fix.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 21, 2019 by RGJuly 21, 2019

Tested the newly released Kernel 5.3-rc1 (brief details here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1907.2/04769.html ) The latest NVIDIA (430.34) compiles and runs OK, and (patched) VMware 15.1.0 vmnet compiles OK, but vmmon fails: ……… CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/common/cpuid.o /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_SetFastClockRate’: /tmp/modconfig-Kk5UU0/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:3406:10: error: too many arguments to function ‘force_sig’ 3406 | force_sig(SIGKILL, linuxState.fastClockThread); | ^~~~~~~~~ In file included from ./include/linux/taskstats_kern.h:12, from … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 5.3-rc1 released, fix, hack, kernel, nvidia 430.34 ok, vmmon compile fails, vmware 15.1.0 patched | 7 Replies

X86_64 – Fedora Upgrade on Intel ‘Apollo Lake’ System Disables EFI boot – and Fix

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 15, 2018 by RGJuly 15, 2018

The Intel SOC AP42 system is not supported by Grub2-EFI, but boots using rEFInd (see article at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2021 ). I had hoped to prevent the ‘automatic’ (re)install of grub2-efi etc by masking the (minimal) grub installation of grubby etc. – necessary to support the Kernel # make install function – using # rpm -e –justdb –nodeps <package>.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo Lake, boot, Fedora, fix, Hacks, Intel, kernel, Linux, Opinion | Tagged altlinux rescue disk, efi disabled, fedora upgrade, fix, intel soc, refind | Leave a reply

Fedora – F28 Upgrade on ARM64 – Fix for GPG Errors..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 6, 2018 by RGJuly 6, 2018

When doing a # dnf system-upgrade reboot on an ARM64 system you may encounter a stream of GPG errors, followed by reboot, without upgrade. To fix this, simply import the F28 GPG key in advance, as done for Rawhide: # rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-28-primary After this, the system-upgrade should proceed correctly.. Robert Gadsdon.   July 6, 2018   … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, ARM64, Fedora, fix, Linux | Tagged aarch64, arm64, dnf system-upgrade, fedora, fix, gpg errors, workaround | 1 Reply

Fedora – Fix For Annoying F27 KDE/Dolphin QT Bug..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 27, 2018 by RGJune 27, 2018

The latest version of QT5 on Fedora 27 – qt5-qtbase-5.9.6-1.fc27.x86_64 – produces a very annoying display problem in KDE’s Dolphin file manager, where the window does not resize/reformat correctly, leaving large blank areas at each side: This has been identified as a QT5 bug/regression, and a patch is available, at https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/233482/ I have applied this, and Dolphin … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, fix, KDE, Linux, Opinion, patches, Performance | Tagged 5.9.6, display problem, dolphin, fedora 27, fix, kde, patch available, qt5 bug | Leave a reply

Fedora – Easier ‘Fix’ for F28 Wine..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 22, 2018 by RGJune 22, 2018

Wine on Fedora 28 is still broken with some windows apps, and to avoid having to individually download and then run RPM on a series of F27 wine rpms, it is possible to use dnf to do the update/replacement with the – working – Fedora 27 versions. # dnf update *wine* –releasever=27 –allowerasing –best This only works … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, fix, Linux, Opinion | Tagged dnf, fedora 28, fix, wine, wine f27 | 2 Replies

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