Just updated my main (Fedora 17, X86_64, Quad-Core Intel) system to 3.6.1 – released today – with no problems.. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.6.1 #1 SMP Sun Oct 7 17:18:41 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Planning to update the Dreamplug (Fedora 17 ARM) next.. … Continue reading →
I had been frustrated for years with the dire support for connecting mobile phones (cellphones..) on Linux. Bluetooth support to phones was patchy, to say the least, and has been completely re-written for KDE, but still has very limited functionality.. I can (just about) connect to my Samsung Android phone, but can only transfer files to the … 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 →
Just completed some basic tests with the new VMware Workstation 9.0 on my ‘test’ system (x86_64, Fedora 17)… Initial results.. Compiles and runs OK on kernel 3.4.9. Compiles OK, but causes general protection fault (with tombstone..) on kernel 3.5.2. (scroll down for the fix..) ……………………. /dev/vmnet: port on hub 8 successfully opened /dev/vmnet: open called by PID … Continue reading →
In a break from all the APC angst.. This is the test environment I have set up, for the (2) APCs and the Raspberry Pi. The Dreamplug is already connected separately via a separate JTAG/UART connector, and is headless, so doesn’t need the HDMI and monitor connections. Typically, a 3-way USB/HDMI KVM would be used, but these … Continue reading →
On the hunch that there may be something within the U-Boot parameters that causes the boot-to-ram problem, I removed almost all the ‘wmt.xxx‘ parameters. The only one remaining was wmt.usb.param=11:3, which enables the USB subsystem – as I was booting from a USB-attached ‘disk’.. You can effectively ‘remove’ U-Boot parameters by setting their values to <blank>: setenv … Continue reading →
As my APCs are being held to ransom, until I get an invoice for UK customs duty and taxes (by post!!) and am then able to pay it (online?).. I decided to add another flavour of cross-compiler to the ones I already have installed. This one comes from the self-contained OpenELEC environment which is used to create … Continue reading →
Kernel version 3.5 has not been out for very long, but now there is 3.6-rc1 already – available from http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=summary Compiling now, and will be interesting to see if anything breaks! Update: Compiled and installed OK, and VMware 8.0.4 (patched) compiles OK, but – unusually – the NVIDIA driver (304.30) compilation fails: ……………………….from /home/rgadsdon/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.30/kernel/nv-acpi.c:15: /usr/src/linux-3.6-rc1/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h: In function ‘copy_from_user’: … Continue reading →
As the APCs are still ‘awaiting customs clearance’, I decided to try to cross-compile the kernel source available at github: https://github.com/apc-io/apc-8750 Unfortunately, many of the APC-specific drivers (‘wmt’) are currently missing.. The system is an Android 2.3 one, and the kernel is based – as you would expect – on Linux kernel version 2.6.32. (In this case … Continue reading →
Just updated my x86_64 Fedora 17 system to kernel 3.5 – just released – and so far, all is working OK. This is compatible with the latest NVIDIA drivers (304.22) and VMware 8.0.4 (patched).. $ uname -a Linux rglinux 3.5.0 #1 SMP Sun Jul 22 09:34:59 BST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Next step – to try … Continue reading →