Tag Archives: patch available

VMware – Workstation 16 ‘Tech Preview’ Available, and Patch..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

VMware now have their ‘Tech Preview’ 20H2 available, which will later – presumably – become Workstation 16:  https://blogs.vmware.com/workstation/2020/05/directx-11-now-with-workstation-tp20h2.html If you want to test this, you will need to uninstall any previous version of VMware (or the installer segfaults..) and – thanks to Michal Kubeček – there is already a vmmon/vmnet patch available, at https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/tree/tmp/workstation-16 I have tested … Continue reading →

Kernel – 5.7-rc1 is Out. Patched VMware OK, and Patch Available for NVIDIA..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Kernel 5.7-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/2004.1/04252.html There have been some reports of kernel crash on boot, so test with care..   My system (HP Z220) booted without any issues.. 5.6-patched VMware 15.5.2 compiled and ran OK, although the latest NVIDIA – 440.82 – failed to compile, but thanks to Isaak I. Aleksandrov, there … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Fix for Kernel 5.0..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Thanks to Isaak I. Aleksandrov, there is a fix available for the latest NVIDIA driver and Kernel 5.0. See comment under previous article for details, and link to patch: http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=2476 I have applied the patch to driver 415.27, and it now compiles OK, with Kernel 5.0-rc3: ……………………….. 86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-memdbg.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-ibmnpu.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-report-err.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-rsync.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv-msi.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nv_uvm_interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/nvlink_linux.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.27-50/kernel/nvidia/linux_nvswitch.o ld -r … Continue reading →

NVIDIA – Patch Available for 415.18 – Works OK with Kernel 4.20.

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Thanks to loqs, there is now a viable patch for NVIDIA and Kernel 4.20. I applied the patch to driver 415.18, and tested with Kernel 4.20-rc3, and the driver compiles cleanly, now: ……………………… ld -r -o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nv-modeset-interface.o /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset-linux.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST 4 modules CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-drm.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.mod.o LD [M] /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-modeset.ko CC /home/rgadsdon/kernel/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-415.18-420/kernel/nvidia-uvm.mod.o … Continue reading →

Fedora – Fix For Annoying F27 KDE/Dolphin QT Bug..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

The latest version of QT5 on Fedora 27 – qt5-qtbase-5.9.6-1.fc27.x86_64 – produces a very annoying display problem in KDE’s Dolphin file manager, where the window does not resize/reformat correctly, leaving large blank areas at each side: This has been identified as a QT5 bug/regression, and a patch is available, at https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/233482/ I have applied this, and Dolphin … Continue reading →

VMware – Later 4.6-rc breaks vmmon and vmnet..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

Thanks to Justin Palermo, there is a patch for VMware 12 vmmon and vmnet problems he identified with the later Kernel 4.6-rcs.       See comments on my earlier 4.6-rc1 article for details:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1679 I have applied the patch to VMware 12.1.0, on Kernel 4.6-rc4, and VMware now compiles and runs OK.. Robert Gadsdon.   April 22, 2016. … Continue reading →

3.10-rc2 – NVIDIA Patch now Available..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on by

As reported by Walter Layher and Mal Haak, there is a now a patch available for the NVIDIA drivers on kernel 3.10-rc2, and it works successfully… For details and a link, see the comments below the original article:  http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=733 Update: Tested with patched drivers 310.51 (Released) and 319.17 (Beta) on kernel 3.10-rc2, and both compile OK.. Robert … Continue reading →