Monthly Archives: May 2014

ARM – CuBox to 3.15-rc7..

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Just updated the CuBox-I4-PRO to Kernel 3.15-rc7, from source available here:  https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro/tree/3.15-rc7 # git clone -b 3.15-rc7 –single-branch https://github.com/jmontleon/fedora-20-cubox-i4pro Compiled and installed OK.. Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel 3.15.0-rc7 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 3.15.0-rc7 #1 SMP Sat May 31 04:42:51 BST 2014 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux Nice to see that work … Continue reading →

ARM – New Quad-Core Cubox-i4-PRO

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Just took delivery of one of a CuBox-i4-PRO, with quad-core i-MX6 1Mhz CPUs and 2GB memory built in.. CuBox-i4-PRO (with Odroid in the background..) The device comes with Android on a 4GB SD card, and I discarded this and – for testing purposes – used an old 16GB SD card and installed Fedora 20 on it. Some … Continue reading →

Pi – Pidora Catch-22..

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Encountered a classic ‘Catch 22’ problem with a recent Pidora 20 update.. The version of RPM – rpm-4.11.2-3.fc20.v6.armv6hl – was broken, as it had the ‘build architecture’ set to arm5tel, instead of armv6hl.. This meant that all subsequent yum updates failed, with ”package xxxxxxxxx.armv6hl is intended for a different architecture” errors. And… updating RPM with yum also … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.15-rc6 – rc7 still to come..

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Installed Kernel 3.15-rc6 on the test system, and VMware 10.0.2, and NVIDIA (337.19 and 331.79) all compile and load OK.. Brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.2/03755.html $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.15.0-rc6 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 22 12:05:07 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux There will be – at least – one more -rc release, and possibly … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.15-rc5 – Earlier than Planned..

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Just installed Kernel 3.15-rc5 on the test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.19) drivers install and run OK.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.15.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 9 22:58:39 BST 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Summary of changes is here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.1/01308.html This has been released earlier than originally planned, as Linus is … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.14.3 – Long List of Fixes..

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Just updated to Kernel 3.14.3, and – as before – there is no problem with the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.19) drivers.. The changes are detailed here:  https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.3 Quite a long list, and the update is certainly worth it, this time! Robert Gadsdon.  May 7, 2014 … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – New Driver 337.19..

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NVIDIA have just released a new version of their beta driver – 337.19 – and the release notes can be found on the driver download page, at  http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/75340 (this is for the x86_64 version..) The driver compiles and loads OK, with the latest Linux kernels (3.14.2 and 3.15-rc4) Robert Gadsdon.   May 6, 2014 … Continue reading →

Kernel 3.15-rc4 – Still OK..

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Updated to Kernel 3.15-rc4 on my test system, and the latest VMware (10.0.2) and NVIDIA (337.12) still compile and run OK.. Brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1405.0/01774.html You will have to select the kernel.org versions of VMware modules, as the original VMware-supplied ones will not work..    See my original article at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1090 $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.15.0-rc4 … Continue reading →