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 →
I am one of those people who compiles a lot of new kernels, and have become increasingly frustrated by the user-unfriendliness of grub2.. Now the latest version of grub2 has introduced – for reasons that I cannot fathom – two levels of menu, and relegated most of the multiple-choice kernel version boot options to the secondary menu … Continue reading →
Back to the reality of Linux software, now.. Just tested the ‘patched’ VMware Workstation 9.0 with kernel 3.6-rc4, and it compiles, and runs, OK.. Linux rg6830l 3.6.0-rc4 #1 SMP Sat Sep 1 21:58:24 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Continue reading →Tested the vmmon patch for the new 9.0 version of VMware Workstation with 3.5.x linux kernels, and everything works fine. Now running kernel 3.5.3 with VMware 9.0 (patched..)..
Continue reading →Just completed some basic tests with the new VMware Workstation 9.0 on my ‘test’ system (x86_64, Fedora 17)… Initial results.. Compiles and runs OK on kernel 3.4.9. Compiles OK, but causes general protection fault (with tombstone..) on kernel 3.5.2. (scroll down for the fix..) ……………………. /dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened /dev/vmnet: open called by PID … Continue reading →
In a break from all the APC angst.. This is the test environment I have set up, for the (2) APCs and the Raspberry Pi. The Dreamplug is already connected separately via a separate JTAG/UART connector, and is headless, so doesn’t need the HDMI and monitor connections. Typically, a 3-way USB/HDMI KVM would be used, but these … Continue reading →
Leigh Scott (leigh123linux) has already produced an NVIDIA driver patch for 304.30 to compile – and run – on kernel 3.6-rc1.. Get it at: http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/nvidia-kmod/devel/3.6_kernel.patch?revision=1.2&root=nonfree&view=markup I’ve applied the patch, and all is OK, now… So – 3.6-rc1 now works, with VMware 8.0.4 (patched) and NVIDIA 304.30 (patched)…
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