Just updated to kernel 3.6.3, and this works OK with the latest NVIDIA driver (310.14) and VMware W/S 9.0 (with the 3.5 patch).. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.3 #1 SMP Sun Oct 21 20:28:25 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Continue reading →Just compiled and installed 3.7-rc1 on my test system, and ran into problems straight away.. NVIDIA (304.51) compile fails with a whole host of errors, and VMware (9.0-patched) compile fails immediately, with: vthread-3| I120: Failed version test: /usr/src/linux-3.7-rc1/linux/version.h not found. Update: There is a fix for NVIDIA, here: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=194465 – a patch, and the removal of VM_RESERVED … Continue reading →
Hot on the heels of the release of kernel 3.6.1, comes 3.6.2! Upgraded this morning, and all is OK.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.2 #1 SMP Sat Oct 13 10:50:22 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Continue reading →I had – for many years – been using a Palm Pilot (later Sony Clie) to sync calendars with JPilot on Linux, and this worked fine, especially after USB support was added, all those years ago.. I now have an Android so-called smart phone, and simply want to sync my calendar with my desktop (KDE 4.9.2).. This … Continue reading →
After problems with my old Samsung Galaxy Ace – mostly due to the cripplingly small amount of phone memory in the device – I finally decided to ‘upgrade’. Budgets are tight, but I – for better or worse – have come to rely on my ‘droid for so many things.. So, after some research, and not being … Continue reading →
Just updated my main (Fedora 17, X86_64, Quad-Core Intel) system to 3.6.1 – released today – with no problems.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.1 #1 SMP Sun Oct 7 17:18:41 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Planning to update the Dreamplug (Fedora 17 ARM) next..
Continue reading →I had been frustrated for years with the dire support for connecting mobile phones (cellphones..) on Linux. Bluetooth support to phones was patchy, to say the least, and has been completely re-written for KDE, but still has very limited functionality.. I can (just about) connect to my Samsung Android phone, but can only transfer files to the … Continue reading →
The problem for those of us who prefer a non-graphical login, and then found that USB and other devices would not mount successfully, has now been fixed. I had created my own workaround, some time ago, but nice to know that an ‘official’ fix is now – finally – in the pipeline.. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806491 Pre-release RPMs available at: … Continue reading →
I had been running the later 3.6-rcs on my test system without any issues, so I have just updated my ‘main’ system to kernel version 3.6 – just released.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.0 #1 SMP Mon Oct 1 10:31:43 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux VMware 9.0 (patched) and the latest NVIDIA driver (304.51) compile, … Continue reading →
First we had ‘EFI Secure Boot‘ limited to Microsoft control, and now Intel and AMD have both – somewhat coincidentally – announced that their new tablet-focussed CPUs – ‘Clover Trail‘ and ‘Hondo‘ respectively – will be ‘Windows 8 Only’, with Intel even going so far to state categorically that ‘Linux will not be supported’.. I can only … Continue reading →