Category Archives: VMware

Kernel – 7.4-rc1 is Out.. Latest NVIDIA and VMware Compile OK, Possible Crash with KDE/Plasma..

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Kernel 7.4-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2611.0/00796.html Latest NVIDIA 615.78.08 and VMware 26.0.1 compiled OK, but Plasma/Wayland tombstoned after loading: [ 4544.298378] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 4544.298558] #PF: error_code(0x0002) – not-present page [ 4544.298738] PGD 376419067 P4D 376419067 PUD 37641b067 PMD 0 [ 4544.298938] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP … Continue reading →

Kernel – 7.3 is released, OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 7.3 is out, and a brief summery is here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2610.2/05350.html As expected from tests with -rc versions, the latest NVIDIA 615.78.08 and VMware Workstation 26H1u1 all compile and load/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon..    October 19th 2026..

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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 →

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 →

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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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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Kernel – 7.2-rc Pre-testing… VMware is OK, but NVIDIA is Not – Fix Available..

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Kernel 7.2-rc1 is due out next Sunday, but – as usual – I have tested the latest (June 23rd) GIT version, to see what breaks.. The latest VMware (26H1) is OK, but NVIDIA 610.43.02 compilation throws many errors, due to changes to drm_atomic_state and strncpy.. Thanks to Willy Frissen, there is already a set of patches for … Continue reading →

VMware – New Release 26H1 – OK with Latest Kernels..

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Broadcom have now released version 26H1 of VMware Workstation Pro, and details are here:  https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/desktop-hypervisors/workstation-pro/26H1/release-notes/vmware-workstation-pro-26h1-release-notes.html As expected, this works OK with the latest Kernel versions, and has been tested with Kernel 7.1 (kernel.org).. Robert Gadsdon.  June 16th 2026. (Thanks to Markus Kossmann for the information.)

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