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IA64 – Kernel 4.18-rc2 Boots on HP Itanium2

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 30, 2018 by RGJune 30, 2018

Updated the HP Itanium 2 system to Kernel 4.18-rc2, and all appears to be OK..: ……………………….. [ 0.000000] Linux version 4.18.0-rc2 (root@rgia64) (gcc version 6.4.0 (Gentoo 6.4.0 p1.1)) #1 SMP Sat Jun 30 16:13:38 PDT 2018 [ 0.000000] EFI v1.10 by HP: [ 0.000000] efi: SALsystab=0x3fb38000 ACPI 2.0=0x3fb2e000 SMBIOS=0x3fb3a000 HCDP=0x3fb2c000 [ 0.000000] PCDP: v0 at 0x3fb2c000 [ … Continue reading →

Posted in IA64, Itanium, kernel, Linux, Performance | Tagged boot, ia64, itanium2, kernel 4.18-rc2, success | 2 Replies

Fedora – Fix For Annoying F27 KDE/Dolphin QT Bug..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 27, 2018 by RGJune 27, 2018

The latest version of QT5 on Fedora 27 – qt5-qtbase-5.9.6-1.fc27.x86_64 – produces a very annoying display problem in KDE’s Dolphin file manager, where the window does not resize/reformat correctly, leaving large blank areas at each side: This has been identified as a QT5 bug/regression, and a patch is available, at https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/233482/ I have applied this, and Dolphin … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, fix, KDE, Linux, Opinion, patches, Performance | Tagged 5.9.6, display problem, dolphin, fedora 27, fix, kde, patch available, qt5 bug | Leave a reply

Kernel – 4.18-rc2 is Out – Includes fix for VMware Runtime, OK with Latest Patched VMware and NVIDIA.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 24, 2018 by RGJune 24, 2018

Kernel 4.18-rc2 has been released, and brief details of changes from -rc1 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.3/00112.html This includes the cmdline fix, which enables the VMware runtimes to execute correctly.   The VMware 14.1.2 vmmon patch is still required (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2322 ) NVIDIA 390.67 compiles OK, with the nvidia-drm-drv.c patch (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2315 ) Robert Gadsdon.  June 24, 2018. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, Performance, quirks, VMware | Tagged 390.67, 4.18-rc2 out, includes cmdline fix, kernel, nvidia-drm-drv.c patch, vmmon patch, vmware runtime | Leave a reply

Fedora – Easier ‘Fix’ for F28 Wine..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 22, 2018 by RGJune 22, 2018

Wine on Fedora 28 is still broken with some windows apps, and to avoid having to individually download and then run RPM on a series of F27 wine rpms, it is possible to use dnf to do the update/replacement with the – working – Fedora 27 versions. # dnf update *wine* –releasever=27 –allowerasing –best This only works … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, fix, Linux, Opinion | Tagged dnf, fedora 28, fix, wine, wine f27 | 2 Replies

VMware – New Version of 4.18-rc1 ‘cmdline’ Patch..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 20, 2018 by RGJune 20, 2018

As expected, there is another version of the cmdline patch for Kernel 4.18-rc1 – this time from Linus himself.. at  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.2/03011.html I have applied this, and – as with the previous version –  VMware now behaves correctly.. I should mention that is is not a good idea to try to copy/paste patches from a website newsgroup listing, … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, Performance, VMware | Tagged cmdline bug, fix, kernel 4.18-rc1, new patch, vmware | 3 Replies

ADMIN – Normal Service Will Be Resumed…

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 19, 2018 by RGJune 19, 2018

Apologies for the access/resource problems with this site..   After trying several mods, I have now ‘upgraded’ the hosting account, and – hopefully – all should be working OK, now… Robert Gadsdon..  June 19, 2018.

Posted in Performance | Tagged fixed, upgraded, website access problems | Leave a reply

VMware – Problem with Kernel 4.18-rc1 Found, and a Patch..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 19, 2018 by RGJune 19, 2018

Thanks to Michal Kubeček, the source of the VMware problem with Kernel 4.18-rc1 has been found, and a Kernel patch produced:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.2/02730.html I have applied this, and can confirm that VMware (14.1.2 patched) now operates correctly.. The kernel patch now has to run the gauntlet of the LKML ‘review process’, and so may be changed over time, … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged fixed, kernel 4.18-rc1, patch produced, problem identified, vmware | Leave a reply

VMware – Possible Clues to Failure?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 18, 2018 by RGJune 18, 2018

OPINION/SPECULATION: After more tests, I am still encountering the odd behaviour of VMware (14.1.2 with vmmon patch) and Kernel 4.18-rc1, but did notice one possible clue.. Looking at the # systemctl status vmware.service output, it includes the following: Jun 18 01:02:03 rgtest vmware[5663]: Blocking file system[FAILED] I think this should not be there, as VMBlock has been … Continue reading →

Posted in FUSE, kernel, Linux, Opinion, quirks, VMware | Tagged blocking file system error, fuse, kernel 4.18, possible cause, speculation, vmware | 5 Replies

VMware – Odd Behaviour with Kernel 4.18-rc1, and a Workaround?

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 18, 2018 by RGJune 18, 2018

VMware 14.1.2 worked OK with Kernel 4.17, on my Fedora 28 test system, but after updating to 4.18-rc1 the following occurred: Modules (vmmon/vmnet) compiled OK, but – after further testing – appeared to have a runtime problem..    I applied the vmmon patches from Michal Kubeček, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/commit/3f2a6c720f68 and this also compiled cleanly. When I ran # vmware-modconfig … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged kernel 4.18-rc1, runtime problems, userland, vmmon patch, vmware 14.1.2, workaround | 5 Replies

Kernel – 4.18-rc1 released – Breaks NVIDIA, Fix Available.. Not OK with VMware

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on June 17, 2018 by RGJune 17, 2018

Kernel 4.18-rc1 has been released – earlier than expected, but Linus is in Japan, where it was already Sunday.. Brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1806.2/00125.html Tested with VMware 14.1.2, and vmmon/vmnet compile OK, but NVIDIA fails: …………………………. CC [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.o In file included from /usr/src/linux-4.18-rc1/include/drm/drmP.h:82, from /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-priv.h:30, from /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:25: /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.67/kernel/nvidia-drm/nvidia-drm-drv.c:637:23: error: ‘DRM_CONTROL_ALLOW’ undeclared here (not in a function); … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, patches, VMware | Tagged 390.67, breaks nvidia, fix available, kernel 4.18-rc1, ok with vmware, released | 2 Replies

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