Recently updated the test system to Fedora 42, and everything seemed OK (including the latest VMware Workstation) – except the NVIDIA driver install.. The latest driver 570.124.04 compiles and installs OK with GCC14 and Fedora 41, on 6.13.x and also 6.14-rc kernels, but the NVIDIA source install scripts/tests etc. seem to be completely useless when compiling under … Continue reading →
Further testing for Kernel 6.11 support: All latest versions (as of November 2nd 2024), fail to load/run with Kernel 6.11.x, with the same error: ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-565.57.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-565.57.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-565.57.01/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-kthread-q.o MODPOST /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-565.57.01/kernel/Module.symvers ERROR: modpost: “drm_fbdev_ttm_setup” [/home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-565.57.01/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko] undefined! make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modpost:145: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-565.57.01/kernel/Module.symvers] Error 1 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-6.11.6/Makefile:1878: modpost] Error 2 make[1]: *** [Makefile:224: __sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving … Continue reading →
I have recently been involved in bug reports etc for a new problem in Fedora 40, where a recent update has effectively broken all QT applications, resulting in KDE not functioning, and even # make xconfig is broken. The Fedora bug report is here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2272758 The problem is: # kwrite Illegal instruction (core dumped) # kate Illegal … Continue reading →
Testing Fedora 38, and found a problem with some ‘legacy’ RPMs.. Fedora 38 now strictly enforces SHA256 for all RPMs and older/third-party ones still using SHA1 now throw an error: # rpm -q webmin error: rpmdbNextIterator: skipping h# 2316 Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 11f63c51: BAD Header SHA1 digest: OK package webmin is not installed But…: … Continue reading →
Fedora 38 (beta..) has GCC 13, and this causes an error when compiling the kernel with ‘gcc_plugins‘ selected: …………………. CC scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s cc1: error: cannot load plugin ./scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.so: ./scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.so: undefined symbol: tree_code_type make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:252: scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs…. cc1: error: cannot load plugin ./scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.so: ./scripts/gcc-plugins/randomize_layout_plugin.so: undefined symbol: tree_code_type make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:114: scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s] … Continue reading →
After some delay, I finally had a ‘good’ cooling solution for my 8GB Pi4, and resumed testing.. The last Kernel version I had running on it was 5.9-rc4, and everything seemed to be working OK (including 8GB of memory recognised). I then updated to 5.11.18, and found that none of the USB ports worked: # dmesg |grep … Continue reading →
Thanks to mbod, there is a simple kernel patch to restore the Kernel 5.8 ‘inherited taint’ behaviour to Kernel 5.9, and the detail is in this thread: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/opencl-not-working-with-kernel-5-9/156941/6 I have applied this to Kernel 5.9.0, and NVIDIA driver 455.28 now installs and loads/runs OK. Until a proper fix is available, this will – of course – need … Continue reading →
Kernel 5.9-rc6 has been released, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2009.2/05870.html In a very rare occurrence, the kernel compile actually fails: …………………………….. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh DESCEND objtool CHK include/generated/compile.h CC drivers/dax/super.o drivers/dax/super.c:325:6: error: redefinition of ‘dax_supported’ 325 | bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev, | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from drivers/dax/super.c:16: ./include/linux/dax.h:162:20: note: previous definition … Continue reading →
I have been testing Fedora 33 pre-release, and on x86_64 it seems relatively stable (usual caveats…) but on arm64 systems (Odroid N2 and Pi4) I found that after compiling a new kernel (5.8.3), the system booted, but login was impossible, and screen output was missing (uart/console was OK). Kernels compiled with Fedora 32 all booted OK, and … Continue reading →
After more testing, it appears that there is still a problem with the Intel e1000e driver and some – but not all – supported NICs.. I have several ex-HP systems that have Intel NICs, and some have more than one. The HP Z820 has two (different models..): $ lspci |grep Eth 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM … Continue reading →