Just updated the raspberry Pi to kernel 3.8.2, by applying the incremental patch at: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/patch-3.8.1-2.bz2 – which worked fine.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.8.2-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) ………………… # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.8.2-pi #1 Mon Mar 4 12:23:25 GMT 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux I tried applying the kernel.org 3.9-rc1 patch to the … Continue reading →
Just updated to 3.7.9, but forgot to do the usual ‘softlink’ for correct compilation of VMware.. # ln -s /usr/src/linux-3.7.9/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /usr/src/linux-3.7.9/include/linux/version.h I ran the compilation for the the latest ‘stable’ NVIDIA driver (310.32), but discovered that – with 3.7.9 – this failed, as well! To save time, I had been creating the softlink after compiling the latest … Continue reading →
3.8-rc1 has several ‘issues’ – especially with breakage of Userspace… I’m going to wait for -rc2, which will – hopefully – be a bit less ‘dangerous’! Robert Gadsdon. January 2nd, 2013
Continue reading →SmartDeblur has received some exposure in the mainstream press recently, and as I do a lot of digital restoration of old slides and negatives, I wanted to get it to run on Linux, as well. Should be no problem, as the app is written in QT4.. So.. Download the source from GitHub: https://github.com/Y-Vladimir/SmartDeblur/downloads Then unpack the tarfile, … Continue reading →
I have updated the 3.6.1-pi kernel to version 3.6.3-pi, by applying the two incremental patches from kernel.org.. patch-3.6.1-2 and patch-3.6.2-3. $ uname -a Linux rgpi 3.6.3-pi #1 Mon Oct 22 21:02:54 BST 2012 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux I have found a rather perverse feature of the Pi… If you want to shutdown and halt, using the # … Continue reading →
I had been happy to use Swype on my old Samsung Galaxy ‘droid phone, but it was – sadly – not available on my new HTC One V.. Now, that has changed.. Swype (Beta) is now out, and I have installed it, and it works just fine.. http://beta.swype.com/ I have found that Swype is a bit … Continue reading →
Examining the (considerable) changes in ARM support in kernel 3.7-rc1, and the first bits for support of the Raspberry Pi’s Broadcom BCM2835 CPU are there! Not usable yet, as there is very limited functionality, and the rest of the SoC (System on a Chip) features are not yet there, but it is a start, and will ensure … Continue reading →
I have managed to update the Dreamplug to kernel 3.7-rc1, after a simple fix, to get it to compile OK.. The original (cross)compile failed, with: ERROR: “read_current_timer” [drivers/video/udlfb.ko] undefined! ERROR: “read_current_timer” [crypto/tcrypt.ko] undefined! Fix, is to change ../linux-3.7-rc1/arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c, at line 51, as follows: From: /* platform dependent support */ EXPORT_SYMBOL(arm_delay_ops); To: /* platform dependent support */ … 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 →
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 →