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Monthly Archives: March 2019

Kernel – 5.1-rc3 Released – NVIDIA (Patched) OK, but Must Have VMware 15.0.4 (Patched)

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 31, 2019 by RGMarch 31, 2019

Kernel 5.1-rc3 has been released, and brief details of changes since -rc2 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1903.3/08402.html NVIDIA 418.56 with the 5.1 patch compiles and runs OK, but if you are still using VMware 15.0.3 – with the vmmon/vmnet patches – the installer may fail, with a rather vague error message: ………. make[1]: ‘postbuild’ is up to date. make[1]: … Continue reading →

Posted in kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged installer fail., kernel 5.1-rc3, must use vmware 15.0.4 patched, patched nvidia 418.56 ok | Leave a reply

KDE/Plasma – Softlink to NTFS-3G Partition – Solution..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 26, 2019 by RGMarch 26, 2019

This is one of those not-sure-if-bug-or-feature issues..   On my dual-boot Fedora/Win7 system, I needed to access a ‘shared’ NTFS (ntfs-3g) partition.   When I came to add a softlink to the NTFS partition on the Plasma Desktop, the link existed, but nothing showed on the Desktop.    Other softlinks – to EXT4 partitions – displayed OK.   I tested with … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, KDE, Linux, Opinion, Plasma Desktop, quirks | Tagged faile sto display on desktop, kde plasma, softlink to ntfs-3g partion, solution, use link to location(url) | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – 418.56 Released – Kernel 5.1 Fix still Applies, with Slight Tweak..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 21, 2019 by RGMarch 21, 2019

NVIDIA have released driver 418.56, and details are here:  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1048767/announcements-and-news/-linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-418-56-long-lived-branch-release-/ This version has almost the same problems with Kernel 5.1-rc1 as 418.43, but the fix mentioned in the previous article still applies, after the fixes for ‘list_is_first‘ in   ~/kernel/common/inc/nv-list-helpers.h and ~/kernel/nvidia-uvm/uvm8_range_tree.c have been removed, as these are no longer required, and would now cause the compile to … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches, Performance | Tagged fix still applies, kernel 5.1-rc1, nvidia 418.56, with mods | Leave a reply

NVIDIA – Fix for 418.43 to Work with Kernel 5.1-rc1..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 19, 2019 by RGMarch 19, 2019

I have done some more investigation into the NVIDIA compile failures with Kernel 5.1-rc1, and now have a – rather inelegant – solution. I found clues to some of the errors in a post relating to nouveau: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/2/20/50 and the rest were due to content removed from /include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h in Kernel 5.1-rc1: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.1-rc1/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h compared to: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.0.3/source/include/drm/drm_crtc_helper.h.  I also … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, Crash and Burn.., fix, Hacks, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, patches | Tagged fix for kernel 5.1-rc1, nvidia 418.43, tested, works | 3 Replies

Kernel – 5.1-rc1 is out – VMware Fix Available, but NVIDIA Fails.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 17, 2019 by RGMarch 17, 2019

Kernel 5.1-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1903.2/00496.html VMware with the Kernel 5.0 patches fails to compile vmmon, but thanks to Michal Kubeček, a fix is currently available at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/workstation-15.0.3-test.   I have applied this, and VMware 15.0.3 compiles and loads/runs OK with Kernel 5.1-rc1. NVIDIA 418.43 compile fails soon after commencing: …………………. /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-418.43/kernel/common/inc/nv-list-helpers.h:94:19: error: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, fix, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged 418.43, kernel 5.1-rc1 released, nvidia compile fails, vmware patch available | 6 Replies

VMware – 15.0.3 Released, Still Broken with Kernel 5.0..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 16, 2019 by RGMarch 16, 2019

VMware Workstation 15.0.3 has been released, and the details are here: https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/15/rn/workstation-1503-release-notes.html Not an impressive effort, as it still fails when compiled with Kernel 5.0, with multiple warnings, and errors (tested with 5.0.2): ………………….. /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c: In function ‘HostIF_EstimateLockedPageLimit’: /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:1641:25: error: ‘totalram_pages’ redeclared as different kind of symbol extern unsigned long totalram_pages; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from /tmp/modconfig-32tPYF/vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:42: … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, Opinion, patches, VMware | Tagged compile fail, kernel 5.0.2, new release, patches available, vmware 15.0.3 | 16 Replies

Kernel – 5.0 – Finally..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on March 3, 2019 by RGMarch 3, 2019

Kernel 5.0 has been – finally – released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1903.0/01288.html As expected, the latest NVIDIA driver (tested with 418.43) compiles and loads OK, and VMware 15.0.2 – with the 5.0 patch – also works OK. Robert Gadsdon.  March 3, 2019. … Continue reading →

Posted in compilation, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, Opinion, VMware | Tagged details, kernel 5.0, nvidia 418.43 ok, patched vmware 15.0.2 ok, released | Leave a reply
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