Kernel 7.1-rc1 will be out soon, and I tested the latest GIT code to see if there are any issues… VMware installs without any problems: # vmware-modconfig –console –install-all [AppLoader] GLib does not have GSettings support. Stopping vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ] Starting vmware (via systemctl): [ OK ] root@rgenvy17:/home/rgadsdon# vmware –version VMware Workstation 25.0.1 25219725 … Continue reading →
Apologies for the recent outages and service failures.. The old website was being overwhelmed by ‘traffic’ of an extreme spam nature.. Now re-hosted on a more up-to-date platform, with – hopefully – better protection and performance… Robert Gadsdon. April 23rd 2026 … Continue reading →
Linux kernel 7.0 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2604.1/07399.html As with the RC tests, the latest version of NVIDIA (595.58.03) and VMware (25.0.1) are OK with this release.. Robert Gadsdon. April 17th 2026. (Apologies for the website being unavailable for the last week – ongoing technical issues are still being worked on..) … Continue reading →
The Linux Kernel is now on Version 7, and the brief details of 7.0-rc1 are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2602.2/07107.html As with the pre-test last week, the latest NVIDIA 590.48.01 and VMware 25.0 drivers compiled and loaded/ran successfully.. Robert Gadsdon. February 22nd 2026. … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have released the latest version of the GTX-friendly 580.XX drivers – 580.126.18 – and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/264090/ This supposed to fix problems compiling with Kernel 6.19 – but the previous version – 580.126.09 – worked OK on my system with Kernel 6.19.0.. It is possible that this release may fix issues with Distro-supplied kernels? BTW, … Continue reading →
For the upcoming Kernel 7.0, the current git version (February 15th) was tested, and the latest NVIDIA 590.48.01 and VMware 25.0 drivers compiled and loaded/ran successfully.. Of course, there will be more changes before Kernel 7.0-rc1 is released in a weeks time.. Robert Gadsdon.. February 15th 2026.. … Continue reading →
Kernel 6.19 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2602.1/00382.html As expected, the latest versions of VMware (25.0) and NVIDIA (590.48.01) all compile and load/run OK… As with the transition from the 5.XX kernel, 6.19 is the last of the 6.XX release version, and the next will be 7.0.. I have also been testing Fedora 44, which … Continue reading →
NVIDIA have just released a new version of the 580.xx driver – 580.126.09 – and details etc. are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/261243/ This now compiles/loads/runs OK with Kernel 6.19 (tested with 6.19-rc5): ……………………. 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 [M] nvidia-modeset.ko CC [M] nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] nvidia-drm.ko CC [M] … Continue reading →
This is a summary of the changes I made to the NVIDIA proprietary ‘kernel’ code to get driver 580.119.02 working with Kernel 6.19-rc3.. This is a hack, and is not made by a professional, so use at your own risk, and do not use in a business-critical environment! As mentioned in the previous article, I have tested … Continue reading →
After (still..) waiting for an updated version of the NVIDIA 580.xx drivers, I decided to do some more investigation of the GPL-only fail after my hack of the ‘proprietary’ branch of driver 580.119.02.. I soon found that the “… GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol ‘__vma_start_write’ ..” issue had first occurred with Kernel 6.15, so (once again) … Continue reading →