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DAR – Two-Dimensional Thinking?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 30, 2013 by RGSeptember 30, 2013

I have several dar archives created some years ago, using the late-lamented kdar (now obsolete.) and all were created with passwords.. I recently came to extract one, but found to my dismay that the latest (2.4.x) version of dar was unable to do this, and failed with the following error message: “FATAL error, aborting operation Current implementation … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., Hacks, Linux, Opinion | Tagged archive software, dar, extract fail, not backward compatible, proposal, solution, workaround | Leave a reply

3.11.2 – Better now?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 27, 2013 by RGSeptember 27, 2013

I had been experiencing occasional problems with X and KDE with the previous 3.11 kernel versions, and had reverted to 3.10.12, but have just updated to 3.11.2, and it seems to be better – so far…. VMware 10 compiles and runs OK, and NVIDIA 319.49 – with the 3.11 patch – works OK.    I have seen reports … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Hacks, KDE, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged 3.12 illegal nvidia hack, kernel 3.11.2, nvidia 3.19.49, success, vmware 10, with patch | 2 Replies

GIT – ‘Missing Files’ Solved..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 23, 2013 by RGSeptember 23, 2013

Thanks to information received from Mace Moneta, I can confirm that the ‘missing files’ problem I experienced with Raspberry Pi GIT downloads was due to the fact that I was using the ‘Download ZIP‘ option, which – it seems – is defective! The solution is to use the # git clone……. command, as follows: # git clone … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, Linux / ARM | Tagged git, git clone ok, missing files, solved, zip option broken | Leave a reply

Pi to 3.11.1 – With ‘Borrowed’ Files..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 21, 2013 by RGSeptember 21, 2013

Updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11.1, using the code from GitHub: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.11.y For some odd reason, then same files are still missing, as for 3.11 – ~/linux/drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig and ~/linux/net/mac80211/chan.c, so just copy these across from the 3.10 tree.. # uname -a Linux rgpi 3.11.1-pi #1 PREEMPT Sat Sep 21 11:13:01 BST 2013 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged cross-compiling tips, kernel 3.11.1, missing files, raspberry pi, solution, success | 2 Replies

Dreamplug to 3.11.1, but not 3.12-rc1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 18, 2013 by RGSeptember 18, 2013

Updated the Dreamplug to kernel 3.11.1, using the ARM /Marvell Kirkwood ‘Marvell GuruPlug Reference Board (Flattened Device Tree)’ kernel config option, as – for some reason – the ‘Marvell Dreamplug (Flattened Device Tree)’ option did not boot.. # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 3.11.1 #4 Wed Sep 18 02:13:54 BST 2013 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux I then tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreamplug, kernel, Linux / ARM, Performance | Tagged 3.12-rc1 fail, arm, dreamplug, kernel 3.11.1, success | Leave a reply

3.12-rc1 – VMware OK, NVIDIA Not…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 17, 2013 by RGSeptember 17, 2013

Just installed kernel 3.12-rc1 on the test system, and VMware 10.0 compiles OK.. NVIDIA 325.15 (with the 3.11 patch) fails: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c: At top level: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c:109:15: error: ‘drm_fasync’ undeclared here (not in a function) .fasync = drm_fasync, ^ /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c: In function ‘nv_alloc_os_descriptor_handle’: /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-325.15/kernel/nv-drm.c:205:9: error: void value not ignored as it ought to be ret = drm_gem_private_object_init(nvl->drm, &nv_obj->base, size); … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 3.11 patch, compile fail, kernel 3.12-rc1, nvidia 325.15, vmware 10.0 ok | 2 Replies

3.11.1 Released, and ‘Long Term’ 3.10.12..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 15, 2013 by RGSeptember 15, 2013

Kernel 3.11.1 has been released, and VMware 10.0 and (patched) NVIDIA 325.15 compile and run OK.. Details are here:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.1 In fact, there is a NVIDIA driver that compiles with 3.11 kernels unpatched, but it is the ‘legacy’ driver 173.14.38..   There is still no ‘current’ driver available, fully compatible with 3.11 kernels. The latest ‘long term’ kernel … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 3.10.12 long term, kernel 3.11.1, nvidia 325.15 patched, vmware 10.0 | Leave a reply

Back to 3.10.11..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 10, 2013 by RGSeptember 10, 2013

I encountered some (relatively) minor issues with USB3 connectivity on my main x86_64 system (flash drives not always being recognised on connection), so have reverted to 3.10.11 for the time being.. Unlike recent kernel versions, which have been EOL (End Of Life) after the next major version was released, the 3.10.x series is due to be supported … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, USB3 | Tagged 3.11, long term support, revert to 3.10.11, usb3 issues | Leave a reply

Pi to 3.11..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 9, 2013 by RGSeptember 9, 2013

Just updated the Raspberry Pi to kernel 3.11, using the source code available (linux-rpi-3.11.y) on GitHub, with a couple of minor hacks.. As seems to often be the case, there were a couple of source/config files missing: drivers/net/ethernet/Kconfig is missing, so.. just copy one from the older 3.10.x tree.. make[2]: *** No rule to make target `net/mac80211/chan.o’, … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Raspberry Pi | Tagged hack, kernel 3.11, raspberry pi, success | 1 Reply

VMware 10 – No Patches Needed..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on September 7, 2013 by RGSeptember 7, 2013

Just upgraded to VMware Workstation 10, and can confirm that it installs and runs on Kernel 3.11 without the need for any patches.. Now, all we need is for NVIDIA to release a 3.11-compatible version of their driver, and all will be well..   That is – until Kernel 3.12-rc1 is out! Robert Gadsdon.   September 7, 2013 … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, VMware | Tagged kernel 3.11, no patches needed, success, vmware 10 | 1 Reply

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