As part of my quest to test Linux on more obscure/historical hardware, and given that the theme was ‘HP’ after my perilous foray into the world of Linux on IA64, I have now acquired (eBay!) an ‘inexpensive’ PA-RISC system – … Continue reading
The original ‘SeaBios’ BIOS on my Acer c720p was a little clunky, so I decided to make the plunge and update it to a ‘proper’ Linux-friendly BIOS.. There is a known/good one available, but it is UEFI-only, so will … Continue reading
Just taken delivery of the Up Board – an Intel Atom powered SoC system, with the same form factor as a Pi.. It was quite a novelty to be able to plug a Fedora 24 Live USB stick in, and … Continue reading
Installed ZoneMinder ( https://zoneminder.com ) for some IP and WiFi cameras, and the first thing to remember is to not use the Fedora version! This is due to the lack of ffmpeg and vlc support in that version, which makes … Continue reading
I decided to try U-Boot on the Raspberry Pi 2, and the process has been fairly well documented in several places.. I used the latest U-Boot, with ‘patch’ info from here, as I needed Device Tree support: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=108217. Actual ‘installation’ … Continue reading
Just updated the main system to Kernel 3.8.3, and everything works, as before. VMware 9.0.2 and NVIDIA 313.26 both compile and install/run without any problems.. This update contains several more ‘improvements’ for USB3 – amongst other things.. Details of all … Continue reading