Kernel 7.3-rc1 is due out soon, and I tested the latest (August 27th) GIT version, from https://github.com/torvalds/linux The latest NVIDIA (610.57.04) and VMware (26H1) both compile and load/run OK.. Of course, more changes will be made before RC1 is released.. Robert Gadsdon.. August 28th 2026..
Continue reading →VMware install on Fedora 45 fails: Reloading systemd: [ OK ] Starting vmware (via systemctl): Failed to start vmware.service: Unit vmware.service not found. [FAILED] For some reason, VMware still relies on the ancient SysV Init scripts, and previous versions of systemd included automatic conversions of these to be systemd-compatible With Fedora 45, this has finally been removed, … Continue reading →
It seems that this change has been reverted, for the time being, and good old # startx etc. works again.. On my Fedora 45 pre-release test system, with local text console, I found that my old # startx command no longer worked, and threw: /usr/libexec/Xorg.wrap: Only console users are allowed to run the X server xinit: giving … Continue reading →
Kernel 7.2 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2608.2/00630.html As expected, this is OK with the latest NVIDIA driver 610.57.04 and VMware 26H1.. Robert Gadsdon August 16th 2026..
Continue reading →NVIDIA have just released driver version 610.57.04, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/274513/ This now works OK with Kernel 7.2 – tested with 7.2-rc6.. The install on my system (Fedora 44) took longer to run than normal, but eventually completed successfully.. Robert Gadsdon August 3rd 2026..
Continue reading →NVIDIA have released an updated driver 610.43.03, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/274183 This still fails to compile with Kernel 7.2-rc2, but the existing fix still applies ( see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3479 ) for details and link.. Robert Gadsdon. July 7th 2026..
Continue reading →Kernel 7.2-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2606.3/07038.html As with the pre-RC tests in a previous article, VMware 26H1 is OK, and NVIDIA 610.43.02 fails, but there are patches available to fix this – See https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3479 for details, and a link to the patches.. Robert Gadsdon. June 28th 2026.
Continue reading →Kernel 7.2-rc1 is due out next Sunday, but – as usual – I have tested the latest (June 23rd) GIT version, to see what breaks.. The latest VMware (26H1) is OK, but NVIDIA 610.43.02 compilation throws many errors, due to changes to drm_atomic_state and strncpy.. Thanks to Willy Frissen, there is already a set of patches for … Continue reading →
Broadcom have now released version 26H1 of VMware Workstation Pro, and details are here: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/desktop-hypervisors/workstation-pro/26H1/release-notes/vmware-workstation-pro-26h1-release-notes.html As expected, this works OK with the latest Kernel versions, and has been tested with Kernel 7.1 (kernel.org).. Robert Gadsdon. June 16th 2026. (Thanks to Markus Kossmann for the information.)
Continue reading →Kernel 7.1 is out, and changelog details are here: https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v7.x/ChangeLog-7.1 After earlier testing, it is confirmed that the latest NVIDIA (610.43.02) and VMware (25H2) both compile and load/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon. June 15th 2026..
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