Category Archives: Linux

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 →

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 →

Compile HandBrake on Linux, the Easy Way – and Fedora RPMs..

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Handbrake is a very useful video conversion tool, and it runs on Linux as well! The latest released version (as of July 2013) is 0.9.9, and can be found here: http://handbrake.fr/downloads.php The compile is somewhat non-standard, and is definitely a good candidate for RTFM…! If you try to do it the ‘usual’ way, you will probably get … 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 →

‘New’ NVIDIA Driver – no 3.10 Support..

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The recently-released NVIDIA 325.08 driver does not compile with kernel 3.10, and the original ‘3.10 patch’ does not work, either.. There is a modified patch available, at https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/549208/linux/patch-for-325-08-on-linux-3-10/ This applies and compiles OK.. Version 319.32 was released in late June, and this version can be patched for kernel 3.10 using the original patch, and does work.. Robert … 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 →