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Monthly Archives: December 2015

Fedora – Installing a Working ZoneMinder..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 24, 2015 by RGDecember 24, 2015

Installed ZoneMinder ( https://zoneminder.com ) for some IP and WiFi cameras, and the first thing to remember is to not use the Fedora version!    This is due to the lack of ffmpeg and vlc support in that version, which makes the software somewhat less than useful.. Fortunately, there is good Fedora support, with a fully-functional version – … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, fix, Linux, Opinion, Performance, success, Video | Tagged fedora, install, ip-cams, linux, repo changes, success, zoneminder | 1 Reply

ARM – Pi2 – Kernel 4.4-rc5 – U-Boot Fail, and Workaround..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 20, 2015 by RGDecember 20, 2015

Recently attempted to update the Pi2 to Kernel 4.4-rc5, and encountered a problem.. The more recent proprietary Raspberry Pi 2 kernels have switched to using ‘DTB Overlays’ to control various components, but these are – currently – unsupported by U-Boot.. Booting the kernel with U-Boot results in mmc errors, and register dump: ……………….. timeout waiting for hardware … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Raspberry Pi, U-Boot | Tagged dtb overlays, kernel 4.4-rc5, raspberry pi, success, u-boot fail, workaround | Leave a reply

ARM – Kernel 4.4-rc4 on the BananaPro..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 14, 2015 by RGDecember 14, 2015

Just got a ‘BananaPro‘ ARMv7 board, and updated it to Kernel 4.4-rc4 (from kernel.org) and Fedora 23. More details are here:  http://linux-sunxi.org/LeMaker_Banana_Pro I compiled U-Boot from the latest (2015.10) released version, from ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ : # cd u-boot # make Bananapro_defconfig # make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnu- (or whatever cross-compiler you are using) Then as root, copy to the SDCard … Continue reading →

Posted in BananaPro, compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux / ARM, Opinion, Performance, U-Boot | Tagged armv7, bananapro, compile instructions, fedora 23, kernel 4.4-rc4, new, success, u-boot, zimage | Leave a reply

KDE – Plasma Update May Lose ‘Favorites’, and a Fix..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 9, 2015 by RGDecember 9, 2015

Updated to the latest Plasma Desktop, on one of my systems (Fedora 23, x86_64), and found that the ‘Favorites’ had all vanished, apart for xterm..    My other x86_64 system updated OK, with all the ‘Favorites’ intact.. Rather than hunt down all the apps and ‘add to favorites’ for each one, I found the old Favorites again, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, Hacks, KDE, Linux, Performance, Plasma Desktop | Tagged fix, kde, plasma desktop, some systems ok, update loses favorites | Leave a reply

VMware – 12.1.0 released – Still Broken With Fedora 23..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 8, 2015 by RGDecember 8, 2015

Just updated the test system to VMware 12.1.0 – Release notes are here:  https://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12pro/workstation-121-release-notes.html Frustratingly, this release still has a runtime (# vmware) incompatible with Fedora 23.. The original workaround was documented in an earlier article – http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1601 – but the Fedora 23 library versions have now changed, so the copy commands are now (as of December … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, Performance, VMware | Tagged fedora 23, runtime fail, success, updated, vmware 12.1.0, workaround | 7 Replies

ARM – Kernel 4.4-rc3 – OK with Odroid U3 (and Fan..)

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on December 4, 2015 by RGDecember 4, 2015

Tested Kernel 4.4-rc3 with the Odroid U3, and – finally – the fan works correctly..    Kernels from 4.2 onward booted successfully, but the fan ran continuously…    And now I can add the U3 to the (small!) list of my ARM devices that work with the standard unpatched kernel.org kernel (the others are the DreamPlug (ARMv5) and the … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux / ARM, Odroid, Opinion, Performance | Tagged arm, armv7, cooling fan works OK, kernel 4.4-rc3, linux, odroid u3 | 18 Replies
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