Category Archives: kernel

3.10.2 – Back to 3.9.11..

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Installed kernel 3.10.2, and all appeared to be OK, but # dmesg revealed tombstones, with both the 319.32 and 325.08 ‘3.10-patched’ drivers: 319.32:[ 9522.805402] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=none,decodes=none:owns=io+mem [ 9522.805553] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  319.32  Wed Jun 19 15:51:20 PDT 2013 [ 9522.805577] ————[ cut here ]———— [ 9522.805585] WARNING: at fs/proc/generic.c:356 proc_register+0xb8/0x140() … Continue reading →

3.11-rc2 – NVIDIA Patch, Vmblock Workaround..

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Installed kernel 3.11-rc2, and found a patch for the NVIDIA driver 325.08, which can be accessed via the dev Forum: https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/557110/linux/linux-3-11_rcx-compatibility/ With VMware, it turned out that – even with the 3.10 patch – vmblock fails to compile, yet again: So.. the workaround is the same as for 3.10 before that vmblock patch was created..   Simply edit … Continue reading →

Pi to 3.9.9 – Fedora EOL… Pidora 404…

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Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.9.9, and everything seems to work OK.. Pidora 18 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.9.9-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) I have been using the ‘official’ Fedora ARM repository for updates, but now it seems that Fedora 18 is the last version that will support the armv5tel version..    Fedora 19 and beyond … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.10.1, and All is Well..

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Installed Kernel 3.10.1 on my main system, and everything seems to be working OK.. Changelog at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.1 VMware 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock – compiles and runs, and NVIDIA 319.32 – with the 3.10 patch – compiles and runs OK, as well.     With 3.10.0, I had problems with sound and the KDE … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.11-rc1 – First Impressions – VMware OK, NVIDIA not..

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Just installed the newly-released kernel 3.11-rc1 on the test system… VMware Workstation 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock – compiles OK, but – for some reason – the modules don’t install using the usual command (# vmware-modconfig –console –install-all)..    But, the ‘user’ command does work, (# vmware-modconfig –icon=vmware-workstation –appname=VMware, or just type # … Continue reading →

Tried 3.10 – Back to 3.9.9, for the Time Being..

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I had tried running kernel 3.10, but encountered several problems..   The KDE desktop would ‘hang’, and the wifi connections (rt2800, using NetworkManager) refused to connect, most of the time, and kmix (sound mixer app) wouldn’t run.. I had tried all the ‘patched’ NVIDIA drivers, and found that the ‘old’ 310.51 driver compiled OK, but didn’t work correctly … Continue reading →

VMware on 3.10 – Now, a patch for vmblock..

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I have all VMware modules running on kernel 3.10 now, and there is a patch for vmblock, which can be found at:http://mysticalzero.blogspot.com/2013/07/vmblock-patch-for-linux-310-vmware.html Thanks to maz-1 for producing this! Robert Gadsdon.  July 4, 2013.

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Kernel 3.10-rc7 – NVIDIA (patched) OK, and VMware OK, with vmblock Disabled..

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Updated the test system to kernel 3.10-rc7, and the patched NVIDIA drivers for 310.51 and 319.23 compile OK, as before. VMware 9.02 – with the vmnet patch – compiles OK, except for vmblock..   I still can’t find a patch for vmblock and kernel 3.10-rcN, but VMware can run without vmblock, so just stop it from trying to … Continue reading →

Stop the Insanity! – Keep Simple Network Interface Names..

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I have been running a wifi network connection on Fedora 19 – Kernel 3.9.7 – and was somewhat fed up with having to keep track of the byzantine magical interface renaming, each time I plugged the wifi dongle into a different usb port..     So… If you prefer good old wlan0 to wlp0s19f2u4 then read on! The older … Continue reading →

3.10-rc3 – NVIDIA Patches OK, Still Missing VMware vmblock Patch..

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Just installed 3.10-rc3 on the test system, and the latest NVIDIA drivers (310.51, and 319.23 beta) both compile OK with the patch mentioned in the posting on 3.10-rc2  https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=738 The – rather complex – 3.10 patch for vmnet works, but there is still no patch for vmblock, which fails to compile: /tmp/modconfig-J79ptB/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer … Continue reading →