I have been researching the somewhat confused situation regarding NVIDIA driver 620.70.06 and Kernel 7.4-rc (now 7.4-rc2), and this was – to say the least – a bit of a muddle.. One one 7.4-rc system the driver installed and ran successfully with no patches (see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3527 ), but on another it failed to compile with several errors.. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released driver 620.70.06, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/283867/ I have just tested this with Kernel 7.4-rc1, which ‘tombstoned‘ with the previous driver version (see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3522 ) ……….. ld -r -o nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o nvidia-modeset/nv-kth read-q.o MODPOST Module.symvers CC [M] nvidia.mod.o CC [M] .module-common.o LD [M] nvidia.ko CC [M] nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-uvm.ko CC [M] nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD … Continue reading →
Kernel 7.4-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2611.0/00796.html Latest NVIDIA 615.78.08 and VMware 26.0.1 compiled OK, but Plasma/Wayland tombstoned after loading: [ 4544.298378] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 4544.298558] #PF: error_code(0x0002) – not-present page [ 4544.298738] PGD 376419067 P4D 376419067 PUD 37641b067 PMD 0 [ 4544.298938] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP … Continue reading →
Kernel 7.3 is out, and a brief summery is here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2610.2/05350.html As expected from tests with -rc versions, the latest NVIDIA 615.78.08 and VMware Workstation 26H1u1 all compile and load/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon.. October 19th 2026..
Continue reading →VMware have – without much fanfare – released an update, 26H1u1, and details are here: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/desktop-hypervisors/workstation-pro/26H1/release-notes/vmware-workstation-pro-26h1u1-release-notes.html This version – as with 26H1 – supports the latest kernel-org kernels, including 7.3-rc3.. I had found 26H1 to be rather sluggish with ‘legacy’ Windows XP Pro, so hopefully this will have been improved, although more testing is needed.. Robert … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released the latest of the ‘new feature branch’ drivers – 615.71.09 – and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/278450/ I tested this with Fedora/Plasma/KDE and Kernel 7.2.4, and it failed, with a black screen with no background or toolbar, although I could still get a console with the right-button menu, but kwin-x11 crashed multiple times.. I … Continue reading →
Kernel 7.3-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2608.3/12250.html After the pre-tests recently, there were no surprises, and the latest NVIDIA (610.57.04) and VMware (26H1) compile and load/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon. August 30th 2026..
Continue reading →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 →
Latest tests (September 16th) show that # startx works as in F44, but seems to now be unstable with KDE/Plasma.. The Wayland command requires # kmscon-launch-gui startplasma to function, and just entering # startplasma will fail.. On my Fedora 45 pre-release test system, with local text console, I found that my old # startx command no … Continue reading →