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Monthly Archives: February 2019

NVIDIA – New Drivers – OK with Kernel 5.0, Fix for Kernel 4.4

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 23, 2019 by RGFebruary 23, 2019

NVIDIA have released new drivers 418.43 and 410.104, which support Kernel 5.0, and also include a fix for a compile problem with ‘legacy’ Kernel 4.4.168.   There is also a new ‘legacy’ 3xx driver 390.116. which – finally –  provides support for Kernel 5.0. Details for 418.43 are here:   https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1047710/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-418-43-long-lived-branch-release-/ – and for 390.116:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1047708/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-390-116-legacy-for-gf1xx-quot-fermi-quot-gpus-/ I have tested … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, Performance | Tagged 4.4 compile fix, 410.104, 418.33, kernel 5.0 supported, legacy 390.116, new drivers, nvidia, ok with gcc9 | Leave a reply

Compiler – GCC 9 – First Impressions..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 22, 2019 by RGFebruary 22, 2019

Just updated to the pre-release Fedora 30 (Rawhide) on the test system, and tried out the new version of GCC: $ gcc –version gcc (GCC) 9.0.1 20190209 (Red Hat 9.0.1-0.4) Kernel 5.0-rc7 compiled successfully, and runs OK.    As expected, there were quite a lot of compiler ‘warnings’: ………………….. CC net/ipv4/proc.o CC drivers/hid/hid-samsung.o CC net/ipv4/fib_rules.o CC drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.o fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Fedora, gcc, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged compile tests, completed ok, fedora 30, gcc 9, kernel 5.0-rc7, nvidia, vmware, warnings | Leave a reply

New Install – Dual-Boot, Serial Console, Intel Ethernet Issues – Fixed..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on February 18, 2019 by RGFebruary 18, 2019

Setting up an old HP8000 desktop small-form-factor system as a crash-and-burn test system, with dual-boot Fedora 29 and Windows 7, on separate drives. First slight gotcha with the Fedora install: The installation utility shows the two disks, the first of which has Windows 7 (sda) and the second – additional – was for the Fedora Linux install … Continue reading →

Posted in Crash and Burn.., dual-boot, Ethernet, Fedora, fix, fixed, grub, Hacks, hardware, Intel, kernel, Linux, linux install, Opinion, quirks, Win 7 | Tagged dual-boot, fedora, fixed, intel ethernet, linux, new install, serial console port, win7 | Leave a reply
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