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Kernel – 5.6-rc1 Released – No Surprises?

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Kernel 5.6-rc1 is out, and brief details are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2002.1/00576.html After the pre-release testing mentioned in my previous article, patched VMware 15.5.1 and patched/hacked NVIDIA 440.59 both compiled and ran, but with the same NVIDIA # startx tombstone, as previously mentioned.   I had already created a patched NVIDIA runtime, to make things easier: # ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-440.59-k56.run -s –install-libglvnd … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.5-rc7 – Finally, a Fix for Intel e1000e..

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Kernel 5.5-rc7 is out, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2001.2/04928.html This includes e1000e: Revert “e1000e: Make watchdog use delayed work”, and I have tested this, and it appears to have – finally – fixed the problem. Hopefully this will be back-ported to the next release of the 5.4 x kernel..! Robert Gadsdon.   January 20th, 2020. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.3 Finally Here – OK with Latest NVIDIA, and Patched VMware

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Kernel 5.3 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1909.1/05539.html Tested with VMware 15.1.0 (patched, as usual..) and NVIDIA 435.21, and both compile/run OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   September 15th 2019. … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Kernel 5.1 fix also works with Legacy driver 390.116

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After some serious problems on my test system with plasma-workspace 5.15.x and nouveau (to be described in a separate article..) I had to contemplate moving back to the proprietary nvidia driver, but found – of course – that older cards were not supported by the ‘latest’ drivers. I did find that at least one of the older … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.19-rc2 – OK with Latest VMware, and Patched NVIDIA

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Kernel 4.19-rc2 is out, and details of changes from -rc1 are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1809.0/00713.html As with -rc1, the latest VMware (14.1.3) compiles/loads OK, and the latest NVIDIA (396.54 and 390.87) with the patch mentioned in a previous article ( http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2391 ) compiles and loads OK.    The patch is applicable to both versions.. Robert Gadsdon.    September 2, 2018. … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.17-rc1 Out – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 4.17-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.1/06654.html With the latest code-on-git milestone reached, there is speculation that a version bump to 5.x might be a possibility – but not just yet! The latest NVIDIA driver (396.18) and VMware (14.1.1 – vmmon and vmnet) all compile OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 15, 2018 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.17-rc1 Out – OK with Latest NVIDIA and VMware..

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Kernel 4.17-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1804.1/06654.html With the latest code-on-git milestone reached, there is speculation that a version bump to 5.x might be a possibility – but not just yet! The latest NVIDIA driver (396.18) and VMware (14.1.1 – vmmon and vmnet) all compile OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 15, 2018 … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.14-rc8 Released, After All..

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Kernel 4.14-rc8 is out, and brief details of changes since -rc7 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.0/03395.html This might have been 4.14 ‘final’ but there were still too many changes to warrant that..    Th 4.14 ‘final’ release may be slightly delayed, as it would now clash with the US ‘Thanksgiving’ holiday.. The latest NVIDIA drivers (384.98 and 387.22 beta) both … Continue reading →

KERNEL – 4.7 Released – OK with Patched VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.7 has been released – slightly later than usual – and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1607.3/00150.html $ uname -a Linux rglinux-i7 4.7.0 #1 SMP Sun Jul 24 14:34:37 PDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Neither VMware nor NVIDIA have drivers that work with this kernel version, but the 4.7-rc patched versions of VMware 12.1.1 and NVIDIA … Continue reading →

Kernel – 4.6-rc6 – Still OK with (Patched) VMware and NVIDIA..

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Kernel 4.6-rc6 has been released, and details of changes since -rc5 are here: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1605.0/00190.html It seems that there will be (at least..) an rc7, before ‘Final’.. Tested with patched VMware 12.1.0 (vmnet and vmmon) and patched NVIDIA (364.19) and both still compile OK..   See my previous article http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1709 for more info.. Robert Gadsdon.    May 2, 2016.   … Continue reading →