I was becoming a little concerned that the Raspberry Pi kernel was getting left behind – at 3.1.9+ (now an EOL – End Of Life – version). So, I found the 3.2.21 source produced by bootc, at https://github.com/bootc/linux/tree/rpi-3.2.21 Compiled OK, using the ARM cross-compilation toolchain, and now running with Fedora 17: rgpi ~]$ uname -a Linux rgpi … Continue reading →
Bacula is great for Linux – to – LTO tape backups, but the YUM updates can – at least on my system – sometimes leave it in an unusable state.. For some reason, the update tends to leave the libraries in /usr/lib64 in a mess, with some pointing to postgresql instead of mysql, and some still in … Continue reading →
If you are seeing a lot of these: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff8801c4be7b80 idx:2 val:1 -repeated ad nauseam, then there is a fix coming! https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/6/9/47 I have applied the patch, and (so far..) it appears to have fixed the ‘problem’.. … Continue reading →
So – after (literally) years, there is a new 4.0 version of Skype for Linux available (the download button still says 2.2, but the 4.0 version is downloaded) Still no 64-bit version, sadly.. The cynic in me would wonder if this sudden change of heart might have something to do with support for the new ‘inline targeted … Continue reading →
I have just pre-ordered one* of the new VIA ‘APC’ $49 Android bare-bones computers: http://apc.io/product/ * The shipping charges (from Taiwan) were almost as much as the device costs, so I have ordered two, and will see if I can hack one and install Linux on it (of course..) Should be shipping sometime in July, but I … Continue reading →
Ran 3.5-rc2 for while.. Seemed stable at first, but now getting USB3 XHCI errors: xhci_hcd 0000:04:00.0: ERROR Transfer event TRB DMA ptr not part of current TD usb 10-1.1: reset SuperSpeed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd usb 10-1.1: Parent hub missing LPM exit latency info. Power management will be impacted. xhci_hcd 0000:04:00.0: xHCI xhci_drop_endpoint called with … Continue reading →
Found that the ‘latest’ (11.2.x) Adobe Flash Plugin for Linux (x86_64) makes YouTube videos look like something from a bad trip.. Tried different browsers, but the fault was still there.. Videos from news sites (BBC etc.) seemed to be OK.. So – reverted to 11.1 version of Flash Plugin (from Adobe archives) and all is well, again.. … Continue reading →
Linux kernel version 3.4.1 was not out yet, but there is a 3.5-rc1 already.. Compiled and installed, and the existing (patched) VMWare 8.0.3 installs and runs OK, and the latest NVIDIA driver (295.53) installs cleanly.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.5.0-rc1 #1 SMP Mon Jun 4 13:33:33 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Now – to see … Continue reading →
So, the problem can be summarised as follows: Login using ‘graphical boot’ (runlevel 5) and KDM – everything works correctly. Login using ‘multi-user boot’ (runlevel 3) and then use # startx to run KDE – USB disk mounts fail with “… Not Authorized” I use a non-graphical login (runlevel 3) and then run # startx, as this … Continue reading →