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Monthly Archives: July 2018

Kernel – 4.18-rc6 – OK with Latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 22, 2018 by RGJuly 22, 2018

Kernel 4.18-rc6 has been released, and details of changes since -rc5 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1807.2/06572.html The latest NVIDIA drivers ( 390.77 and 396.45 ) compile/load OK, as does vmmon-patched VMware 14.1.2 (see http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2322 ). Robert Gadsdon.  July 22. 2018. … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged 390.77, 396.45, kernel 4.18-rc6, ok with lates nvidia, vmmon patch, vmware 14.1.2 | 2 Replies

NVIDIA – New Driver 390.77 – OK with Kernel 4.18..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 16, 2018 by RGJuly 16, 2018

NVIDIA have released driver 390.77, and details are here:  http://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/136120/en-us I have tested this with Kernel 4.18-rc5, and it compiles/loads successfully: ……………………………….. ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-390.77/kernel/nvidia.ko make[2]: Leaving directory … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion | Tagged 390.77, new driver, nvidia, ok with kernel 4.18, tested with 4.18-rc5 | Leave a reply

X86_64 – Fedora Upgrade on Intel ‘Apollo Lake’ System Disables EFI boot – and Fix

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 15, 2018 by RGJuly 15, 2018

The Intel SOC AP42 system is not supported by Grub2-EFI, but boots using rEFInd (see article at http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2021 ). I had hoped to prevent the ‘automatic’ (re)install of grub2-efi etc by masking the (minimal) grub installation of grubby etc. – necessary to support the Kernel # make install function – using # rpm -e –justdb –nodeps <package>.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Apollo Lake, boot, Fedora, fix, Hacks, Intel, kernel, Linux, Opinion | Tagged altlinux rescue disk, efi disabled, fedora upgrade, fix, intel soc, refind | Leave a reply

Fedora – F28 Upgrade on ARM64 – Fix for GPG Errors..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on July 6, 2018 by RGJuly 6, 2018

When doing a # dnf system-upgrade reboot on an ARM64 system you may encounter a stream of GPG errors, followed by reboot, without upgrade. To fix this, simply import the F28 GPG key in advance, as done for Rawhide: # rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-28-primary After this, the system-upgrade should proceed correctly.. Robert Gadsdon.   July 6, 2018   … Continue reading →

Posted in aarch64, ARM64, Fedora, fix, Linux | Tagged aarch64, arm64, dnf system-upgrade, fedora, fix, gpg errors, workaround | 1 Reply
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