Thanks to dominator008, this is a link to information and patches for VMware 9.0.2 with Kernel 3.12.: http://dominator008.com/constructionyard/2013/10/03/vmware-9-0-2-vmblock-patch-for-linux-kernel-3-12/ As I have already updated to VMware 10.0, I have not been able to test these myself, but as you will see, they have been tested by the author.. Robert Gadsdon. October 17, 2013
Continue reading →I now have my replacement Hudl 7in tablet, and have been trying out the various options for working browsers – with Flash support. On my phone, I found that Chrome worked well, but this tablet always gets the ‘full’ website, rather than the ‘mobile’ version, and so Flash doesn’t work, any more. Even implicitly typing in the … Continue reading →
There is still no up-to-date NVIDIA driver for kernel 3.11 or 3.12 support, and the many patch references on the DevZone forum are getting somewhat confusing.. I had previously linked to a thread there which included a link to a suitable patch, but this is a direct link, which is actually on the old NVNews NVIDIA forum, … Continue reading →
I have just updated the DreamPlug to kernel 3.11.5, without any problems, but also tried 3.12-rc5, with – as usual – no success.. My DreamPlug – presumably one of the earlier models – is actually a ‘GuruPlug Reference Board‘ inside: # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 model name : Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l) BogoMIPS : 1191.11 … Continue reading →
Probably of more interest to the Android folk, but it has just been announced that the original Kernel 3.0 will be moving to EOL (End Of Life) soon, as version 3.0.100 is released.. From Greg KH, on the Linux Kernel Mailing List: —————————— NOTE! The 3.0.x kernel series will be moving to End-Of-Life soon, within a week. … Continue reading →
Just installed kernel 3.12-rc5 on the test system, and – as expected – VMware 10.0 compiles and runs OK, and NVIDIA drivers 319.60 and 331.13 – both with the 3.12 patch – compile OK. Changes, here: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1578296 $ uname -a Linux rg6830l 3.12.0-rc5 #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 14 11:09:39 BST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Sadly, … Continue reading →
I ordered a Tesco Hudl online as soon as they were available, and got mine delivered 24 hours later – which was faster than expected. It is an excellent device – especially at that price point – but mine turned out to be one with a defective display (grey areas were heavily red-pixellated).. I returned the device to … Continue reading →
Opinion: I started out with Linux in 1997, and at that time Mosaic was looking a bit old-hat, and Netscape Navigator was the app that had the most use (along with GIMP). After moving – over the years – to Mozilla, and later to Firebird (quickly rebranded to Firefox), this has always been my browser of choice. … Continue reading →
Just installed Kernel 3.12-rc4 on the test system, and I can confirm – as expected – that it does include the ‘EXPORT_SYMBOL‘ fix, which allows the NVIDIA 3.12 patch to work correctly. Details of changes are here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/10/6/148 Patched NVIDIA drivers 331.13 and 319.60 both compile OK Robert Gadsdon. October 7, 2013
Continue reading →It seemed there was no ‘legal’ way to fix the problem with NVIDIA driver compilation on Kernel 3.12-rc, but now – unusually – there is a kernel patch to fix this: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/acpi/scan.c?id=6585925b62fa4dd2f4aecf634b0f8956577aa981 Thanks to conky_vs_julian (on the NVIDIA Devtalk forum) for this info. More details – including a link to a 3.12 patch for NVIDIA drivers – … Continue reading →