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VMware W/S 9.0 – patched – with kernel 3.5.3..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 26, 2012 by RGAugust 26, 2012

Tested the vmmon patch for the new 9.0 version of VMware Workstation with 3.5.x linux kernels, and everything works fine. Now running kernel 3.5.3 with VMware 9.0 (patched..).. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Performance, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.5.3, success, vmmon patch, vmware 9.0 | 1 Reply

VMware Workstation 9.0 – Initial Tests.. and a Fix for Kernel 3.5.2..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 24, 2012 by RGAugust 24, 2012

Just completed some basic tests with the new VMware Workstation 9.0 on my ‘test’ system (x86_64, Fedora 17)… Initial results.. Compiles and runs OK on kernel 3.4.9. Compiles OK, but causes general protection fault (with tombstone..) on kernel 3.5.2.   (scroll down for the fix..) ……………………. /dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened /dev/vmnet: open called by PID … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged general protection fault, kernel 3.5.2, linux, tests, vmware, workstation 9.0 | 2 Replies

VFAT is not LVM/RAID – and a Workaround…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 24, 2012 by RGAugust 24, 2012

Odd problem with kernel 3.6-rc3 on the Dreamplug… I had the usual /etc/fstab entry, with both the ext4 root and vfat boot devices configured, but now – despite LVM / RAID not being enabled in the kernel, the init/systemd process insisted on treating the vfat device as a LVM/RAID device, and failing, and dropping to the ’emergency’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Dreamplug, Fedora, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged dreamplug, fail, kernel 3.6-rc3, lvm, vfat, workaround | Leave a reply

Raspberry Pi – A Little Bit More Up-to-Date..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 24, 2012 by RGAugust 24, 2012

The Raspberry Pi repository on GitHub now has kernel 3.2.27 available, so I updated that with the 3.2.27-28 incremental patch, from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/incr/ Now, the Pi is running Fedora 17 with kernel 3.2.28.. Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.2.28 on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) rgpi login: xxxx Password: Last login: Thu Jan  1 01:01:03 on ttyAMA0 [xxxx@rgpi ~]# … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 3.2.28, incremental, kernel, patch, raspberry pi, update | 1 Reply

Dreamplug – Right Up-to-Date with 3.6-rc3..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 24, 2012 by RGAugust 24, 2012

After all the fuss with ancient versions of Linux on the APC, I now have the very latest Linux – 3.6-rc3 – running on the Dreamplug..: Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) Kernel 3.6.0-rc3 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) rgdreamplug login: …………. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.6.0-rc3 #1 Fri Aug 24 00:20:25 BST 2012 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, Fedora, kernel, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged boot, compile, dreamplug, fedora 17, kernel 3.6-rc3, success | 2 Replies

APC – Fixing Fedora’s Rogue Fsck…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 23, 2012 by RGAugust 23, 2012

The ‘default’ Fedora 13 system for ARM mounts the root as nfs..   To change it to the (correct) ext3, modify /etc/fstab as follows: # cat /etc/fstab /dev/mmcblk0p2          /                       ext3    defaults        1 1 /dev/mmcblk0p1          /boot                   vfat    defaults        1 0 devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0 tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0 proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0 sysfs                   … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged apc, boot, ext3, fedora 13, fix, fsck, fstab | Leave a reply

APC – Regaining the Console!

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 22, 2012 by RGAugust 22, 2012

For Fedora 13 on the APC, the console on the usb/uart connection will ‘vanish’ on boot, after ………. Starting sshd: [  OK  ] To get it back, and allow login as root, add the following to /etc/securetty: ttyS0 and modify /etc/sysconfig/init: from ACTIVE_CONSOLES=/dev/tty[1-6] to ACTIVE_CONSOLES=”/dev/tty[1-6] dev/ttyS0″ To stop the (re)login prompt from appearing over the console boot … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged agetty, apc, console, fedora 13, rc.local, ttyS0 | Leave a reply

APC – Fun with Long-term Incrementals..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 21, 2012 by RGAugust 21, 2012

In a vain attempt to get the APC’s antique kernel to – at least – work with Fedora 14, I had been applying the series of ‘incremental’ 2.6.32.x patches available – amongst other places – at http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/incr/ The kernel.org ftp site didn’t seem to have the full set.. This brought me as far as 2.6.32.27, which still … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged apc, incremental, kernel 2.6.32.59, long-term, patch | Leave a reply

APC – Kernel Progression..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 20, 2012 by RGAugust 20, 2012

In the hope of getting a newer version of Fedora Linux running, I have ‘updated’ the 2.6.32.9 APC kernel to 2.6.32.27..    This was achieved by the labour-intensive method of applying all the incremental kernel patches in sequence, and manually fixing any code that ‘failed’ the patch…    So.. I am now running Fedora 13 with kernel 2.6.32.27 on … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged apc, kernel 2.6.32.27, kernel patch, udev | Leave a reply

APC – XFCE Desktop, using VNC..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 18, 2012 by RGAugust 18, 2012

As the currently-available source for the APC kernel does not include the necessary drivers for video output to a monitor (amongst other things..) but does include network drivers (Via Velocity..) it seemed logical that I could adopt the same approach to a graphical interface that I use for the Dreamplug (which is a real ‘headless’ device!). So..  … Continue reading →

Posted in APC, compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged apc, fedora arm 13, network access, vnc, xfce desktop | 1 Reply

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