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VMware: Linux ‘Guest’ Fix for Kernel 3.15..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on April 23, 2014 by RGApril 23, 2014

After further testing, I found that the hgfs ‘shared folders’ function in VMware 10.0.2, which worked fine for Kernel 3.14, did not work for Kernel 3.15… I tried to find a patch, and eventually created a (fairly unsophisticated!) one for myself, and have tested it with VMware 10.0.2 (Linux ‘host’) and Linux Kernel 3.14.1 and 3.15-rc2 ‘guests’. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged fix, hack, kernel 3.15, link.c, linux guest, patch, shared folders, success, vmhgfs, vmware 10.0.2 | Leave a reply

ARM – Odroid U3 to 3.14-rc3, but USB Fail..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 1, 2014 by RGMarch 1, 2014

After a lot of ‘hacking’, I managed to get the Odroid U3 to boot with Kernel 3.14-rc3, from http://git.prahal.homelinux.net/odroid.git/ , but there were persistent issues with USB, which refused to recognise any devices connected (apart from the USB memory stick (usb-storage) connection built-in to the kernel at compile time). Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.14.0-rc3 on an … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Odroid, Opinion, Performance | Tagged boot ok, kernel 3.14-rc3, no connection, odroid u3, usb issues | 4 Replies

NVIDIA – Finally, a Kernel 3.13-compatible Driver..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 19, 2014 by RGFebruary 19, 2014

Just updated to NVIDIA driver version 331.49, and it installs and runs OK on Kernel 3.13 (3.13.3) without the need for any patches. It can be made to work for Kernel 3.14, by editing the previous 3.13/3.14 combo patch mentioned in a previous article, and removing everything except the nv-linux.h portion of the patch. Robert Gadsdon.  February … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, Linux, NVIDIA | Tagged 331.49, kernel 3.13, kernel 3.14 with patch, nvidia, success | Leave a reply

ARM – Odroid U3 kernel to 3.13… – and Back Again!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 19, 2014 by RGFebruary 19, 2014

Update:    Logged in, and was immediately aware of EXT4 filesystem errors.. [ 2520.305000] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_lookup:1437: inode #261634: comm xauth: deleted inode referenced: 307878 [ 2520.315000] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_lookup:1437: inode #261634: comm xauth: deleted inode referenced: 307878 [ 2520.325000] EXT4-fs error (device sda1): ext4_lookup:1437: inode #261634: comm xauth: deleted inode referenced: 307878 [ … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Odroid | Tagged boot, boot.scr, compile, kernel 3.13, odroid u3, success, zImage with dtb | 2 Replies

ARM – The Secret is Out – ‘Pidora 2014’ is Here..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 18, 2014 by RGFebruary 18, 2014

Thanks to invaluable information from Mace Moneta, I have now been able to find the location of the (recent) release of Pidora 20 — now, for some reason, known as ‘Pidora 2014‘.. For details and links, see the comments section at the bottom of my previous article: https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1048 I started the upgrade (from Pidora 19), which took … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, Linux / ARM, Odroid, Pidora, repo problems | Tagged kernel 3.13.3, pidora 20, pidora 2014, problems, raspberry pi, success, upgrade, workaround | 2 Replies

ARM – Odroid Progress – Compiled Kernel, and KDE..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 14, 2014 by RGFebruary 14, 2014

Fedora 20 – KDE Desktop on ODROID U3 Found a suitable source tree for (old!) kernel 3.8.13.16: git clone -b odroid-3.8.y –single-branch https://github.com/hardkernel/linux – which compiled on the device itself with no problems – the old-fashioned way (# make zImage, etc..) and installed and ran without problems: Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.8.13.16 on an armv7l (ttySAC1) … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Odroid, Performance | Tagged arm, kde, kernel 3.8.13.16, linux, odroid, smplayer, source compile, success, u2/u3, vlc | Leave a reply

Audacity – Simple ffmpeg Compile Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 4, 2014 by RGFebruary 4, 2014

The ‘binary’ version of audacity supplied by certain distros lacks functionality, due to patent issues, so the best option is to compile it yourself.. For some time, there have been compatibility issues at compile time between the latest released versions of audacity and ffmpeg, on many systems.. For audacity version 2.0.5, on my systems (Fedora 20) the … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, Linux, Opinion, Performance | Tagged audacity 2.0.5, avchd, compile fix, ffmpeg, linux, sound editor, success | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Possible Kernel 3.14 Patch..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 4, 2014 by RGFebruary 4, 2014

There is an article on DevZone that includes a possible Kernel 3.14 patch, from s_molgaard, for driver 331.38:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/683534/linux/331-38-on-3-14-rc1-kernel/ The patch format is – apparently – for kernel boot-time patching using dkms, which I don’t use..   So..  I just manually applied the changes shown for nv-linux.h to the Kernel 3.13 patch mentioned in my previous article https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1032, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance | Tagged compile, kernel 3.14-rc1, nvidia 331.38, patch, success | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – A Kernel 3.13 Patch that Works..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 4, 2014 by RGFebruary 4, 2014

There have been several ‘Kernel 3.13’ patches on various sites for the latest NVIDIA drivers, and I have finally found one that – on my system – actually works, without causing uvcvideo / usb problems (see previous articles..) Thanks to the folks at ArchLinux, the patch can be found here:  https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/plain/trunk/nvidia_3.13_kernel.patch?h=packages/nvidia Be aware that there are other … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance | Tagged archlinux, kernel 3.13 patch, nvidia 331.38, success, usb, uvcvideo | 4 Replies

Kernel 3.14-rc1 – VMware OK, NVIDIA Fail..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 3, 2014 by RGFebruary 3, 2014

Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.14-rc1, and did the usual tests with the latest VMware (10.0.1) and NVIDIA (331.38). VMware compile failed with the VMware version of vmci, but this can be fixed by selecting the kernel.org versions of these modules, from the standard 3.14-rc1 source tree.   The vmci module can be found under ‘Misc … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged compile fail, kernel 3.14-rc1, kernel.org versions, nvidia 331.38, nvidia acpi, vmci, vmware 10.0.1 ok, vsock | Leave a reply

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