Kernel 3.11.1 has been released, and VMware 10.0 and (patched) NVIDIA 325.15 compile and run OK.. Details are here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.1 In fact, there is a NVIDIA driver that compiles with 3.11 kernels unpatched, but it is the ‘legacy’ driver 173.14.38.. There is still no ‘current’ driver available, fully compatible with 3.11 kernels. The latest ‘long term’ kernel … Continue reading →
Just upgraded to VMware Workstation 10, and can confirm that it installs and runs on Kernel 3.11 without the need for any patches.. Now, all we need is for NVIDIA to release a 3.11-compatible version of their driver, and all will be well.. That is – until Kernel 3.12-rc1 is out! Robert Gadsdon. September 7, 2013
Continue reading →VMware Workstation 10.0 has just been released. This version is reported to work with later Kernels, without any patches.. Thanks to Tim for the info.. I will be upgrading and testing it later today.. Robert Gadsdon. September 7, 2013.
Continue reading →Linux Kernel 3.11 has – finally – been released.. Just missing the 22nd anniversary of Linux, and the anniversary of the release of Windows version 3.11 (‘Windows for Workgroups’) As with the -rc versions mentioned in earlier articles, VMware 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock plus the additional 3.11 patch for vmblock, and … Continue reading →
Kernel 3.11-rc7 was recently released, exactly 22 years after the very first version of Linux.. Unusually, the release message from Linus was not on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) but on Google+ https://plus.google.com/+Linux/posts/f96weYxzEu1 As with previous -rc’s, the patched VMware 9.02 and NVIDIA 325.15 drivers compile OK.. (See earlier posts for links to the various patches..) … Continue reading →
Kernel 3.10.8 was released, followed very quickly by 3.10.9, which fixes some ‘networking issues’.. So, I went from 3.10.7 to 3.10.9, as this is recommended for ‘anyone who uses networking’ – in other words, just about everyone! The latest NVIDIA driver – 325.15 – compiles and runs OK, as expected, and the patched VMware 9.02 works correctly.. … Continue reading →
Hot on the heels of 3.10.6 comes 3.10.7, which includes some fixes for USB, and Radeon, and EXT4.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.10.7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 15 11:24:19 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Full details here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.7 No problems with patched VMware 9.02, and the NVIDIA 325.15 driver.. Robert Gadsdon. August 15, 2013
Continue reading →Just updated the test system to Kernel 3.11-rc3, and there is now a patch for vmblock available, at: http://mysticalzero.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/vmblock-patch-for-linux-311-rc1-vmware.html Remember that this patch should be applied to vmblock that has already been patched for 3.10.. So.. there are three patches to be applied to the stock VMware code, for kernel 3.11: Kernel 3.10 patch for vmnet – … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →