Kernel 3.6.8 is just business as usual, and everything works as expected.. There might not have been a need for another -rc before 3.7 was released, but apparently there was a late rush of changes and bugfixes, so now there is 3.7-rc7.. Same caveats apply as for -rc6.. NVIDIA driver (310.19) compiles OK, and VMware 9.0.1 still … Continue reading →
The 3.6.y tree at GitHub has now been updated to 3.6.7, keeping pace with the ‘mainline’ kernel. Compiling was similar to 3.6.6, and there is still a missing header file: CC [M] drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.o In file included from drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap.h:7:0, from drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.c:8: drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_wlan.h:13:27: fatal error: hostap_common.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_80211_rx.o] Error … Continue reading →
Now that I have several Android devices – having just taken delivery of an ‘inexpensive’ 7in tablet – I decided it would be interesting to run the OS in a VMware virtual machine.. You can get a ‘VirtualBox’ Android 4 image at http://androvm.org/blog/download/ and then convert it to a VMware VM, by opening the xxxx.ova file using … Continue reading →
Just updated the kernel on my test system to 3.7-rc6, and discovered – sadly – that the standard VMware (re)compile/install script – vmware-modconfig – still doesn’t find the ‘relocated’ version.h in the 3.7 series kernels. So, although the VMware new-install/update script (VMware-Workstation-Full-9.0.1-894247.x86_64.bundle, in this case), does recognise the 3.7 change, the (re)compilation script doesn’t.. # vmware-modconfig –console … Continue reading →
The Raspberry Pi 3.6.y kernel branch in GitHub at https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.6.y has now been updated to version 3.6.6, and compiles cleanly, with a couple of small gotchas.. I have the wireless drivers selected, and for some reason one of the header files is missing – /drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_common.h.. It is a simple job to just copy this file over from … 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 →
Just updated my test system to 3.7-rc2, and the same patches and ‘workarounds’ are needed for NVIDIA (driver 310.14) and VMware (9.0 with 3.5 patch) as mentioned in my earlier post, for -rc1.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.7.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Oct 22 01:58:54 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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 →