Tested Kernel 3.18-rc3 and found that it would not boot with the .config that worked OK with -rc1.. Re-created a new .config from scratch, and now my temporary test system (HP6830 laptop) boots OK, but overall performance still seems rather sluggish.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Nov 3 18:19:06 PST 2014 x86_64 … Continue reading →
Thanks to juston_li, there is a one-line fix to enable the latest NVIDIA drivers to compile with Kernel 3.18-rc1 See: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/783364/linux/343-22-driver-incompatible-with-linux-3-18-/ The fix there is for Beta version 343.22, but I applied it to main version 340.46, as follows: In NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-340.46/kernel/nv-drm.c , at line 19, change #if defined(NV_DRM_AVAILABLE) #include <drm/drmP.h> to #if defined(NV_DRM_AVAILABLE) #include <drm/drmP.h> #include <drm/drm_gem.h> … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.18-rc1 – released earlier than originally planned – on the test system: $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.18.0-rc1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 20 10:23:13 PDT 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1410.2/01595.html VMware 10.0.3 (with the vmnet patch..) installs and runs OK, but the latest current NVIDIA (340.46) fails to … Continue reading →
I had been frustrated by the apparent inability of the suppliers to provide anything other than an obsolete Ubuntu-centric 3.8+ kernel for the Odroid U2, and other kernels I had tested were somewhat ‘incomplete’… I finally managed to get a 3.17-r3 version from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-3.17.y This now includes the necessary ‘bits’ for the U3, which is functionally identical … Continue reading →
I had been frustrated by the apparent inability of the suppliers to provide anything other than an obsolete Ubuntu-centric 3.8+ kernel for the Odroid U2, and other kernels I had tested were somewhat ‘incomplete’… I finally managed to get a 3.17-r3 version from https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/linux-odroid/tree/odroid-3.17.y This now includes the necessary ‘bits’ for the U3, which is functionally identical … Continue reading →
Just tested Kernel 3.17-rc3, and it breaks VMware (10.0.3) – vmnet: ……………. /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c: In function ‘VNetNetIf_Create’: /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:64: error: macro “alloc_netdev” requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup); ^ /tmp/modconfig-d0zqLW/vmnet-only/netif.c:152:10: error: ‘alloc_netdev’ undeclared (first use in this function) dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof *netIf, deviceName, VNetNetIfSetup); …………… Thanks to Erwin Zoer (see … Continue reading →
I have been running a ‘fixed’ version of Skype on my Linux systems for some time (Fedora 20, x86_64), which included ‘PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30’ in a skype script to run the executable (skype-bin).. Recently, I have experienced garbled and ‘sped up’ sound, and this was easily demonstrated using the Skype Test Call facility.. The solution to this used to … Continue reading →
Updated the CuBox i4-Pro and Raspberry Pi to Kernel 3.16 recently, using the kernel source from.. Raspberry Pi: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.16.y CuBox i4-Pro: https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i_hb/tree/3.16.0 Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.16.0 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) …………… # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.16.0 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Aug 4 23:39:27 EDT 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Pidora release 2014 (Raspberry Pi … Continue reading →
Just took delivery of one of a CuBox-i4-PRO, with quad-core i-MX6 1Mhz CPUs and 2GB memory built in.. CuBox-i4-PRO (with Odroid in the background..) The device comes with Android on a 4GB SD card, and I discarded this and – for testing purposes – used an old 16GB SD card and installed Fedora 20 on it. Some … Continue reading →
Encountered a classic ‘Catch 22’ problem with a recent Pidora 20 update.. The version of RPM – rpm-4.11.2-3.fc20.v6.armv6hl – was broken, as it had the ‘build architecture’ set to arm5tel, instead of armv6hl.. This meant that all subsequent yum updates failed, with ”package xxxxxxxxx.armv6hl is intended for a different architecture” errors. And… updating RPM with yum also … Continue reading →