Solved: After more investigation, reinstalling the Xorg driver fixed the problem.. # dnf reinstall xorg-x11-server-Xorg After successfully patching the NVIDIA 410.73 driver (see previous article), I encountered another problem at runtime, after # startx : ………………………………. [ 145.489] (II) Initializing … Continue reading
I just encountered a problem installing the latest NVIDIA driver 410.73 on my ‘Main’ system, having successfully tested it on my ‘Test’ system: …………………… MODPOST 4 modules WARNING: “nv_pmops_suspend” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: “nv_pmops_resume” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: “nv_pmops_thaw” [/home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.73/kernel/nvidia.ko] undefined! WARNING: … Continue reading
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: # … Continue reading
VMware 14.1.2 worked OK with Kernel 4.17, on my Fedora 28 test system, but after updating to 4.18-rc1 the following occurred: Modules (vmmon/vmnet) compiled OK, but – after further testing – appeared to have a runtime problem.. I applied the … Continue reading
Just updated the Itanium2 system (RX2600/ZX9000 hybrid) to kernel 4.15-rc1, but encountered a problem with the NFSv4 code. Recent changes have exposed problems with ‘older’ compilers, and the system currently has GCC 4.3 (on Fedora 9/IA64): ………………….. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh <stdin>:1185:2: … Continue reading
After upgrading four Fedora systems (x86_64) from release 26 to 27, using # dnf system-upgrade download –refresh –releasever=27 –allowerasing –nogpgcheck –best -y, two of these worked OK, but two failed – with a sudden reboot, back to F26 – and … Continue reading
I had been getting a warning on boot with recent kernels on my Intel Atom-based UP system, and found a workaround.. The error flagged is – apparently – harmless, and is due to systemd not being able to recognise some … Continue reading
NVIDIA have released driver 375.66, and the details are here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/118290/en-us The details include the following: “Installation of the nvidia-drm kernel module is now optional. The new ‘- -no-drm’ option can be used to prevent nvidia-installer from building and installing … Continue reading
I had been constantly frustrated by the Odroid C2 meson8b-dwmac Ethernet ‘hang’ problem, which has persisted over (at least..) eight different ‘patched kernel’ versions that I have tested.. The network link hung/stopped after a short time at full (1000Mbps) speed, … Continue reading
I had been running Kernel 4.6-rc2 on the Radxa Rock2 without any issues, and decided to update to recently-released Kernel 4.6-rc4.. Brief details of changes from -rc3 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1604.2/00610.html The boot failed, and I then compiled/installed 4.6-rc3 to see … Continue reading