Kernel 3.6.8 is just business as usual, and everything works as expected.. There might not have been a need for another -rc before 3.7 was released, but apparently there was a late rush of changes and bugfixes, so now there is 3.7-rc7.. Same caveats apply as for -rc6.. NVIDIA driver (310.19) compiles OK, and VMware 9.0.1 still … Continue reading →
The latest NVIDIA driver – 310.19 – compiles cleanly on Kernel 3.7-rc versions, without the need for any patch or workaround. So – the latest versions of VMware (9.0.1) and NVIDIA (310.19) both compile without problems on 3.7-rc kernels. Robert Gadsdon. November 14, 2012.
Continue reading →Kernel updates are coming thick and fast, these days.. Updated my ‘main’ system to 3.6.6, with no problems, and updated the ‘test’ system to 3.7-rc4.. Same comments as before apply regarding NVIDIA and VMware compatibility, and both work fine on 3.6.6 (with the VMware 3.5 patch) and can be made to work on 3.7-rc4 (with the VMware … Continue reading →
Only recently updated to 3.6.4, and already 3.6.5 is released: $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.5 #1 SMP Thu Nov 1 15:37:56 GMT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Runs fine, with VMware Workstation 9.0 (with the 3.5 patch) and the latest NVIDIA driver – 310.14.. See all the things that have been fixed: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/ChangeLog-3.6.5
Continue reading →Just updated my test system to 3.7-rc2, and the same patches and ‘workarounds’ are needed for NVIDIA (driver 310.14) and VMware (9.0 with 3.5 patch) as mentioned in my earlier post, for -rc1.. # uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.7.0-rc2 #1 SMP Mon Oct 22 01:58:54 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Continue reading →I had been running the later 3.6-rcs on my test system without any issues, so I have just updated my ‘main’ system to kernel version 3.6 – just released.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.0 #1 SMP Mon Oct 1 10:31:43 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux VMware 9.0 (patched) and the latest NVIDIA driver (304.51) compile, … Continue reading →
Leigh Scott (leigh123linux) has already produced an NVIDIA driver patch for 304.30 to compile – and run – on kernel 3.6-rc1.. Get it at: http://cvs.rpmfusion.org/viewvc/rpms/nvidia-kmod/devel/3.6_kernel.patch?revision=1.2&root=nonfree&view=markup I’ve applied the patch, and all is OK, now… So – 3.6-rc1 now works, with VMware 8.0.4 (patched) and NVIDIA 304.30 (patched)…
Continue reading →Kernel 3.4rc1 is out, and appears to be the new ‘mainline’ version, according to the website at www.kernel.org.. 3.3 is not even mentioned, any more..! I just updated two of my systems (x86_64) to 3.4rc1, and everything seemed to be working just fine (see Update below..).. There are already fixes available for VMware and NVIDIA to work … Continue reading →