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Tag Archives: Kernel 5.8

VirtualBox – Latest Development Version Tests with Kernel 5.8 – Unstable..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 3, 2020 by RGAugust 4, 2020

I have been investigating alternatives, as VMware is currently a non-starter (literally..) with Kernel 5.8.. I installed the latest VirtualBox (6.1.97 r139689) from SVN (another blast from the past…) and managed – after some messing around – to get it to compile OK on my Fedora 32 test system with Kernel 5.8 (from kernel.org..)    I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, VirtualBox, working | Tagged fedora guest ok, installs ok, Kernel 5.8, virtualbox 6.1.97r139689 | Leave a reply

Kernel – 5.8 Released – NVIDIA OK, but VMware Runtime Causes Reboot, With No Warning..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 2, 2020 by RGAugust 2, 2020

Kernel 5.8 is out, and details are here:   http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2008.0/00586.html The (patched) VMware 15.5.6  vmmon/vmnet modules compile OK, and the latest NVIDIA driver 450.57 compiles and runs OK. However….    I cannot upgrade my main systems, as the catastrophic VMware runtime reboot still occurs, as mentioned in previous articles: $ uname -a Linux rgz220 5.8.0 #2 SMP Sun Aug … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged failure, Kernel 5.8, nvidia 450.57 ok, released, vmware runtime immediate reboot, vmware vmmon vmnet ok | 5 Replies

VMware – Kernel 5.8 is a Serious Problem?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 19, 2020 by RGJuly 19, 2020

Since the release of Kernel 5.8-rc1, any attempt I made to run a VMware client on that host system has failed catastrophically. ( see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2753 ) and the problem still persists, with 5.8-rc6. I had posted brief details of the issue on the VMware forum some weeks ago, but there has been no useful response. https://communities.vmware.com/thread/638457 I … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, Opinion, VirtualBox, VMware | Tagged incompatible, Kernel 5.8, no solution yet, problem, virtualbox, vmware | 2 Replies
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