Apparently there is ‘no information’ on the possible availability of an update to the 12.5.x version of VMware, to fix the well-known problems with GCC 7 etc… If you were thinking of trying the ‘technology preview’ version – which came out some months ago – then this version also has a problem with GCC 7 (tested with … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.13 has been released, and is OK with the latest NVIDIA drivers (tested with 384.69) and VMware 12.5.7 (with the vmnet patch – see https://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2012 ) Brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1709.0/01021.html The VMware workarounds for Fedora 26 / GCC7 etc. are needed, as there is still no update from them.. Robert Gadsdon. … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.13-rc6 is out, and brief details of changes are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1708.2/03592.html As the message mentions, if all goes well, then 4.13 Final should be out in about two weeks time from now.. The release is still OK with the latest NVIDIA (tested with 384.59) and (patched) VMware 12.5.7. Unfortunately, there is still no 12.5.8 release with … Continue reading →
The original ‘SeaBios’ BIOS on my Acer c720p was a little clunky, so I decided to make the plunge and update it to a ‘proper’ Linux-friendly BIOS.. There is a known/good one available, but it is UEFI-only, so will involve changing the filesystem/partition layout on an existing system.. Disk /dev/sda: 119.2 GiB, 128035676160 bytes, 250069680 sectors … Continue reading →
After more research, I decided to get one of the Intel ‘Apollo Lake’-based SOC systems, and the one I chose was from Kodlix.. It is functionally identical with another from Beelink, and in fact the Kodlix website shows images of the Beelink version of the device.. I just preferred the Kodlix version, as the case was a … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.13-rc2 has been released, and brief details of changes from -rc1 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1707.2/06568.html It used to be that if things were OK with the initial -rc version of the kernel, then all subsequent -rc versions were also OK, but in recent times, this has not always been the case.. I have quickly tested this with … Continue reading →
Thanks to fast work by dariusd at the VMware forum, there is already a fix for the vmnet compile failure with Kernel 4.13-rc1.. The patch can be found on this thread: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2688967 I have tested it, and vmnet now compiles OK, and VMware 12.5.7 loads/runs on Kernel 4.13-rc1.. Robert Gadsdon. July 15, 2017.
Continue reading →Kernel 4.13-rc1 is out, a day earlier than usual, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1707.1/04719.html The latest NVIDIA driver – 384.47 – compiles and loads OK: ….. Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia-uvm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-384.47/kernel/nvidia.ko make[2]: Leaving directory … Continue reading →
Kernel 4.12 is out, and brief details of changes from -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1707.0/00325.html You can find more detailed info from the kernel git site: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?h=v4.12&showmsg=1 The latest versions of VMware (12.5.7) and NVIDIA (384.47-beta and 381.22) compile and load/run OK with 4.12.. Robert Gadsdon. July 2, 2017.
Continue reading →VMware version 12.5.7 is out, and the release notes are here: http://pubs.vmware.com/Release_Notes/en/workstation/12/workstation-1257-release-notes.html As usual, not much actual detail, apart from “…some bug fixes and security updates.” This version compiles OK with Kernel 4.12 (tested with 4.12-rc6), but the runtime GUI and GCC7 workarounds mentioned in previous articles are still needed, for ‘newer’ distros, such as Fedora 26…. … Continue reading →