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VMware – New Minor Release – 26H1u1

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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 – New Driver – Breaks Kwin-x11

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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 Released – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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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..

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Kernel – 7.3 Pre-Tests – all OK, So Far..

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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..

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VMware – Install Broken with Fedora 45, and Fix..

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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 →

Fedora – Next Release Changes Console.. – Update2..

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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 →

Kernel – 7.2 Released – OK with latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 7.2 is out, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2608.2/00630.html As expected, this is OK with the latest NVIDIA driver 610.57.04 and VMware 26H1.. Robert Gadsdon  August 16th 2026..

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NVIDIA – New Driver 610.57.04 – OK with Kernel 7.2..

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NVIDIA have just released driver version 610.57.04, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/274513/ This now works OK with Kernel 7.2 – tested with 7.2-rc6.. The install on my system (Fedora 44) took longer to run than normal, but eventually completed successfully.. Robert Gadsdon  August 3rd 2026..

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NVIDIA – Updated Driver Still Fails with Kernel 7.2 – Fix Still Works..

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NVIDIA have released an updated driver 610.43.03, and details are here:  https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/274183 This still fails to compile with Kernel 7.2-rc2, but the existing fix still applies ( see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3479 ) for details and link.. Robert Gadsdon.   July 7th 2026..

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Kernel – 7.2-rc1 Released – No Surprises – Fix for NVIDIA..

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Kernel 7.2-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2606.3/07038.html As with the pre-RC tests in a previous article, VMware 26H1 is OK, and NVIDIA 610.43.02 fails, but there are patches available to fix this – See https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=3479 for details, and a link to the patches.. Robert Gadsdon.   June 28th 2026.

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