{"id":3522,"date":"2026-11-02T16:01:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2026-11-03T00:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:19:57","slug":"kernel-7-4-rc1-is-out-latest-nvidia-and-vmware-compile-ok-possible-crash-with-kde-plasma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=3522","title":{"rendered":"Kernel – 7.4-rc1 is Out.. Latest NVIDIA and VMware Compile OK, Possible Crash with KDE\/Plasma.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kernel 7.4-rc1<\/strong> has been released, and brief details are here:\u00a0 https:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/2611.0\/00796.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest NVIDIA 615.78.08<\/strong> and VMware 26.0.1<\/strong> compiled OK, but Plasma\/Wayland tombstoned after loading:
\n
\n[ 4544.298378] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.298558] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.298738] PGD 376419067 P4D 376419067 PUD 37641b067 PMD 0<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.298938] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.299078] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 76121 Comm: krfcommd Tainted: P O 7.4.0-rc1 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.299468] Tainted: [P]=PROPRIETARY_MODULE, [O]=OOT_MODULE<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.299664] Hardware name: HP HP Z2 Mini G5 Workstation\/8754, BIOS S50 Ver. 01.04.20 09\/01\/2025<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.299965] RIP: 0010:kthread_fetch_affinity+0xe\/0x90<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.300124] Code: ae 00 0f 0b eb ca 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 54 49 89 fc 55 48 89 f5 d3 e8 f1 89 06 <00> 49 8b 9c 24 88 00 00 00 48 85 db 74 46 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 0a 8f<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.300835] RSP: 0018:ffffac2d81363ec0 EFLAGS: 00010246<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.301003] RAX: 000000004d408978 RBX: ffff9e694d408900 RCX: 0000000000000000<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.301243] RDX: ffff9e684bf19578 RSI: ffffac2d81363ed8 RDI: ffff9e694d408900<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.301482] RBP: ffffac2d81363ed8 R08: 000004220d403661 R09: 0000000000000001<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.301727] R10: 0000000000000010 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9e694d408900<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.301975] R13: ffff9e694d408900 R14: ffffffffc0de1fc0 R15: 0000000000000000<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.302242] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9e6fb5f0d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.302559] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.302767] CR2: ffffffffffffff8b CR3: 000000014f5a9002 CR4: 00000000007706f0<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303025] PKRU: 55555554<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303094] Call Trace:<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303146] <TASK><\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303186] ? kthread_affine_node+0x7f\/0xb0<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303314] ? kthread+0xf6\/0x110<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303401] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10\/0x10<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303506] ? ret_from_fork+0x1f8\/0x2a0<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303619] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10\/0x10<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303723] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10\/0x10<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303827] ? ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a\/0x30<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303948] <\/TASK><\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.303990] Modules linked in: rfcomm snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_timer snd soundcore ftdi_sio uhid bnep btusb btrtl btbcm btintel bluetooth vmnet(O) vmmon(O) nvidia_uvm(PO) nvidia_drm(PO) nvidia_modeset(PO) nvidia(PO) drm_display_helper drm_kms_helper nft_chain_nat nf_nat xt_multiport xt_cgroup xt_mark xt_owner xt_tcpudp nft_compat x_tables joydev pl2303 vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock vmw_vmci rfkill nf_tables x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp ucsi_ccg coretemp processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy processor_thermal_device ee1004 rapl processor_thermal_wt_hint platform_temperature_control processor_thermal_soc_slider processor_thermal_rfim processor_thermal_rapl wmi_bmof iTCO_wdt intel_cstate intel_rapl_common video processor_thermal_wt_req intel_uncore pcspkr processor_thermal_power_floor int3403_thermal processor_thermal_mbox i2c_nvidia_gpu e1000e int340x_thermal_zone wmi i2c_i801 intel_soc_dts_iosf iosf_mbi i2c_smbus int3400_thermal acpi_thermal_rel acpi_pad intel_pch_thermal nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.304029] sch_fq_codel grace sunrpc drm dm_multipath zram zsmalloc ucsi_acpi typec_ucsi roles typec nf_conntrack_pptp nf_conntrack fuse tls nf_defrag_ipv4 i2c_dev [last unloaded: drm_kms_helper]<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308203] CR2: ffffffffffffff8b<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308291] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308430] RIP: 0010:kthread_fetch_affinity+0xe\/0x90<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308442] Code: ae 00 0f 0b eb ca 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 54 49 89 fc 55 48 89 f5 d3 e8 f1 89 06 <00> 49 8b 9c 24 88 00 00 00 48 85 db 74 46 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 0a 8f<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308479] RSP: 0018:ffffac2d81363ec0 EFLAGS: 00010246<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308489] RAX: 000000004d408978 RBX: ffff9e694d408900 RCX: 0000000000000000<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308502] RDX: ffff9e684bf19578 RSI: ffffac2d81363ed8 RDI: ffff9e694d408900<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308515] RBP: ffffac2d81363ed8 R08: 000004220d403661 R09: 0000000000000001<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308528] R10: 0000000000000010 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9e694d408900<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.308541] R13: ffff9e694d408900 R14: ffffffffc0de1fc0 R15: 0000000000000000<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.309406] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9e6fb5f0d000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.310274] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.311151] CR2: ffffffffffffff8b CR3: 000000014f5a9002 CR4: 00000000007706f0<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.312021] PKRU: 55555554<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4544.312885] note: krfcommd[76121] exited with irqs disabled<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4546.323834] block nvme1n1: No UUID available providing old NGUID<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4563.090489] overlayfs: upper fs does not support file handles, falling back to index=off.<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4563.094458] overlayfs: upper fs does not support file handles, falling back to index=off.<\/span><\/strong>
\n[ 4563.096685] overlayfs: upper fs does not support file handles, falling back to index=off.<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/code><\/p>\n

Some applications started to hang after this, so I reverted to 7.3.x..<\/p>\n

Robert Gadsdon.\u00a0 \u00a0November 2nd 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kernel 7.4-rc1 has been released, and brief details are here:\u00a0 https:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/2611.0\/00796.html Latest NVIDIA 615.78.08 and VMware 26.0.1 compiled OK, but Plasma\/Wayland tombstoned after loading: [ 4544.298378] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode [ 4544.298558] #PF: error_code(0x0002) – not-present page [ 4544.298738] PGD 376419067 P4D 376419067 PUD 37641b067 PMD 0 [ 4544.298938] Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14,15,18,19,25],"tags":[2858,2859,2861,2860],"class_list":["post-3522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compilation","category-kernel","category-linux-2","category-nvidia","category-opinion","category-vmware","tag-kerne-7-4-rc1-released","tag-nvidia-615-78-08-compiled-ok","tag-plasma-wayland-crash","tag-vmware-26-0-1-ok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3525,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions\/3525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}