Kernel 7.3-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2608.3/12250.html After the pre-tests recently, there were no surprises, and the latest NVIDIA (610.57.04) and VMware (26H1) compile and load/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon. August 30th 2026..
Continue reading →Kernel 7.3-rc1 is due out soon, and I tested the latest (August 27th) GIT version, from https://github.com/torvalds/linux The latest NVIDIA (610.57.04) and VMware (26H1) both compile and load/run OK.. Of course, more changes will be made before RC1 is released.. Robert Gadsdon.. August 28th 2026..
Continue reading →VMware install on Fedora 45 fails: Reloading systemd: [ OK ] Starting vmware (via systemctl): Failed to start vmware.service: Unit vmware.service not found. [FAILED] For some reason, VMware still relies on the ancient SysV Init scripts, and previous versions of systemd included automatic conversions of these to be systemd-compatible With Fedora 45, this has finally been removed, … Continue reading →
Latest tests (September 16th) show that # startx works as in F44, but seems to now be unstable with KDE/Plasma.. The Wayland command requires # kmscon-launch-gui startplasma to function, and just entering # startplasma will fail.. On my Fedora 45 pre-release test system, with local text console, I found that my old # startx command no … Continue reading →
Kernel 7.2 is out, and brief details are here: https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2608.2/00630.html As expected, this is OK with the latest NVIDIA driver 610.57.04 and VMware 26H1.. Robert Gadsdon August 16th 2026..
Continue reading →NVIDIA have just released driver version 610.57.04, and details are here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/274513/ This now works OK with Kernel 7.2 – tested with 7.2-rc6.. The install on my system (Fedora 44) took longer to run than normal, but eventually completed successfully.. Robert Gadsdon August 3rd 2026..
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