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GK802 – New Quad-Core Armv7 Device.. DOA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 31, 2013 by RGOctober 8, 2013

Well… This was supposed to be an article on Linux on the Zealz GK802…   Sadly, that is not going to happen. The device I received in July 2013 died after only 20 minutes, and after a tortuous exchange of emails I managed to get a replacement sent, after I returned the faulty one.   This took (literally) months, … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, GK802, Hacks, Linux / ARM, Opinion | Tagged android, arm, armv7, doa, failed again, gk802, hdmi, linux, replaced, unit failed | Leave a reply

Dreamplug to 3.11-rc3

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 30, 2013 by RGJuly 30, 2013

Just updated the Dreamplug to Kernel 3.11-rc3..     Although the device is (relatively) old now, it does have the enormous benefit of being (almost**) fully supported by the mainstream Linux Kernel.. ** The only ‘unsupported’ item is the Libertas wifi in Access Point (UAP) mode, but it is supported in ‘client’ mode….   The original patch to enable AP … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance | Tagged arm, armv5tel, dreamplug, kernel 3.11-rc2, linux, success | 2 Replies

3.11-rc3 – Now with Vmblock Patch.. 3.10.4 stable..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 30, 2013 by RGJuly 30, 2013

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 →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.11-rc3, nvidia 325.08 patch, success, vmblock patch | Leave a reply

Pi to 3.10.3 – with a Simple Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 27, 2013 by RGJuly 28, 2013

Just downloaded the ‘latest’ (July 26/27) version of linux-rpi-3.10.y from github: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/archive/rpi-3.10.y.zip This version – finally – has some of the Pi-specific Broadcom code fixed for 3.10, and the only necessary change to get it to compile cleanly is as follows: Compile Fail:   CC      fs/ext4/mballoc.o   CC      fs/ext4/block_validity.o make[2]: *** No rule to make target `fs/ext4/move_extent.o’, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Performance, Raspberry Pi | Tagged compile fix, kernel 3.10.3, move_extent, raspberry pi, success | Leave a reply

Dreamplug to 3.10.2..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 23, 2013 by RGJuly 23, 2013

Just updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.10.2, and everything went smoothly… It looks as if Fedora 18 is the last version for this architecture (armv5tel), as Fedora 19 and beyond will only be produced for armv7l, and the Raspberry Pi remix – Pidora – is only for armv6l.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 3.10.2 on an … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Dreamplug, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged arm5tel obsolete, dreamplug, fedora 18 only, kernel 3.10.2, success | Leave a reply

3.10.2 – Back to 3.9.11..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 22, 2013 by RGJuly 22, 2013

Installed kernel 3.10.2, and all appeared to be OK, but # dmesg revealed tombstones, with both the 319.32 and 325.08 ‘3.10-patched’ drivers: 319.32:[ 9522.805402] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=none,decodes=none:owns=io+mem [ 9522.805553] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  319.32  Wed Jun 19 15:51:20 PDT 2013 [ 9522.805577] ————[ cut here ]———— [ 9522.805585] WARNING: at fs/proc/generic.c:356 proc_register+0xb8/0x140() … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance | Tagged back to 3.9.11, kernel 3.10.2, nvidia 319.32 325.08, tombstones | Leave a reply

3.11-rc2 – NVIDIA Patch, Vmblock Workaround..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 22, 2013 by RGJuly 22, 2013

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 →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.11-rc2, nvidia 325.08 patch, vmware vmblock workaround | Leave a reply

Pi to 3.9.9 – Fedora EOL… Pidora 404…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 18, 2013 by RGJuly 18, 2013

Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.9.9, and everything seems to work OK.. Pidora 18 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.9.9-pi on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) I have been using the ‘official’ Fedora ARM repository for updates, but now it seems that Fedora 18 is the last version that will support the armv5tel version..    Fedora 19 and beyond … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Fedora, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance, Raspberry Pi | Tagged 404, fedora armv5tel eol, kernel 3.9.9, pidora, raspberry pi, success | Leave a reply

Kernel 3.10.1, and All is Well..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 16, 2013 by RGJuly 16, 2013

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 →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, KDE, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance, VMware | Tagged 3.10 patches, archlinux wiki, kernel 3.10.1, nvidia 319.32, success, vmware 9.02 | Leave a reply

Kernel 3.11-rc1 – First Impressions – VMware OK, NVIDIA not..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 15, 2013 by RGJuly 15, 2013

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 →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Performance, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.10 patches, kernel 3.11-rc1, nvidia 319.32, nvidia fail, vmware 9.02, vmware ok | Leave a reply

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