Just installed the newly-released kernel 3.11-rc1 on the test system… VMware Workstation 9.02 – with the 3.10 patches for vmnet and vmblock – compiles OK, but – for some reason – the modules don’t install using the usual command (# vmware-modconfig –console –install-all).. But, the ‘user’ command does work, (# vmware-modconfig –icon=vmware-workstation –appname=VMware, or just type # … Continue reading →
I had tried running kernel 3.10, but encountered several problems.. The KDE desktop would ‘hang’, and the wifi connections (rt2800, using NetworkManager) refused to connect, most of the time, and kmix (sound mixer app) wouldn’t run.. I had tried all the ‘patched’ NVIDIA drivers, and found that the ‘old’ 310.51 driver compiled OK, but didn’t work correctly … Continue reading →
I have all VMware modules running on kernel 3.10 now, and there is a patch for vmblock, which can be found at:http://mysticalzero.blogspot.com/2013/07/vmblock-patch-for-linux-310-vmware.html Thanks to maz-1 for producing this! Robert Gadsdon. July 4, 2013.
Continue reading →I had occasion to (re) install VMware Workstation recently, and found that – for some reason – the ‘Enter License Key‘ button did nothing.. So, after the usual search, I was able to do this though a console session: # /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx –new-sn <license key> Robert Gadsdon. June 28, 2013.
Continue reading →Updated the test system to kernel 3.10-rc7, and the patched NVIDIA drivers for 310.51 and 319.23 compile OK, as before. VMware 9.02 – with the vmnet patch – compiles OK, except for vmblock.. I still can’t find a patch for vmblock and kernel 3.10-rcN, but VMware can run without vmblock, so just stop it from trying to … Continue reading →
Just installed 3.10-rc3 on the test system, and the latest NVIDIA drivers (310.51, and 319.23 beta) both compile OK with the patch mentioned in the posting on 3.10-rc2 https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=738 The – rather complex – 3.10 patch for vmnet works, but there is still no patch for vmblock, which fails to compile: /tmp/modconfig-J79ptB/vmblock-only/linux/inode.c:49:4: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.10-rc2, and VMware and NVIDIA fail to compile: VMware: ………………. /tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.c: In function ‘VNetHubAlloc’: /tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.c:366:28: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type /tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.c:367:28: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type make[2]: *** [/tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only/hub.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs…. make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/modconfig-i0TsV7/vmnet-only] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.10-rc2′ make: *** [vmnet.ko] Error 2 …………….. … Continue reading →
My swap file boot failure turned out – as I suspected – to be self-inflicted, as I had somehow managed to ‘unselect’ the ”support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)” option under General setup… Once this was corrected, the 3.9.x kernel compiled – and booted – successfully.. Kernel 3.9.3 compiles the latest VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (310.51 … Continue reading →
Just updated to 3.9.0 ‘final’ from kernel.org, and everything seems to be OK.. As with the -RCs, VMware (9.02) and NVIDIA (310.44 and beta 319.12) all compile without problems.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0 #1 SMP Tue Apr 30 01:28:30 PDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Robert Gadsdon. April 30, 2013.
Continue reading →Just installed kernel 3.9-rc7 on my test system, and VMware (9.02) and the latest NVIDIA ‘stable’ (310.44) and ‘beta’ (319.12) drivers all compile without problems.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.9.0-rc7 #1 SMP Mon Apr 15 09:40:44 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux One additional piece of information… I am running Fedora 18, but using the ‘official’ … Continue reading →