The Latest Kernel Release.

cwizardone · 03-13-2022, 03:35 PM

5.17-rc8
Release Candidate 8, for the 5.17 "mainline" development kernel has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux....17-rc8.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/13/341

cwizardone · 03-14-2022, 07:26 AM

Year 2022, Round 17.

Another batch of updates has been scheduled for release on Wednesday, 16 March 2022, at approximately 11:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Tuesday (depending on your time zone).

The details:

5.16.15-rc1, with 121 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/841

5.15.29-rc1, with 110 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/746

5.10.106-rc1, with 71 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/612

5.4.185-rc1, with 43 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/565

4.19.235-rc1, with 30 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/496

4.14.272-rc1, with 23 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/447

4.9.307-rc1, with 20 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/427

cwizardone · 03-14-2022, 11:07 AM

So soon?!

A second batch of release candidates for the Round 17 kernel updates.

4.19.235-rc2, with 29 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/993

4.14.272-rc2, with 22 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/992

4.9.307-rc2, with 19 patches, https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/14/991

cwizardone · 03-16-2022, 07:01 AM

Kernel updates 5.4.185, 4.19.235, 4.14.272 and 4.9.307 are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.4.185

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.19.235

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.272

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.307

cwizardone · 03-16-2022, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

As I thought it might, it came back to life last night with a post time stamped, Tue Mar 01 2022 - 00:00:05 EST, i.e., 5 seconds after midnight EST(US).
Anyone know who the system administrator might be for the Kernel Archive? Some work needs to done.

Quote:

Originally Posted by marav

The service is hosted by :
http://vger.kernel.org/

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

The Linux Kernel Archive message board is down again, that is, it hasn't updated in over five hours, so I've sent a message to the postmaster at the link above.
Thanks for the link.

The Linux Kernel Archive message board was down for the last 8 days. It finally came back to life at midnight last night EST. The U.S. has been on Daylight Saving Time since this last Sunday morning, but the site is still time stamping the messages as Standard Time.

cwizardone · 03-16-2022, 08:27 AM

Kernel updates 5.16.15, 5.15.29 and 5.10.106 are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.16.15

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.15.29

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-5.10.106

3rensho · 03-16-2022, 10:24 AM

5.16.15 skipping along merrily with Nvidia 510.54

kjhambrick · 03-16-2022, 01:00 PM

Linux 5.15.29 + NVidia 510.54 + VMWare Workstation 16 Pro 16.2.3 build-19376536 running fine here

Daedra · 03-16-2022, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kjhambrick

Linux 5.15.29 + NVidia 510.54 + VMWare Workstation 16 Pro 16.2.3 build-19376536 running fine here

How do you install VMWare Workstation Pro 16 on a Slackware host? I have done it in the past but it was a little awkward to install it and I can't remember exactly what I did.

GazL · 03-16-2022, 03:51 PM

Are folks using SIMPLEFB?

I enabled it when the option first showed up, but the i915 seems to create its own framebuffer anyway, so I end up with two:

Code:

$ cat /proc/fb 
0 i915drmfb
1 simpledrmdrmfb
$

For now, I've gone back to the old way.

kjhambrick · 03-16-2022, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daedra

How do you install VMWare Workstation Pro 16 on a Slackware host? I have done it in the past but it was a little awkward to install it and I can't remember exactly what I did.

Yes, I always forget between Updates so I put it in a script to remind myself the next time

HTH

-- kjh

Have your License Key Handy

# cat ~/bin/install-vmware-16.2.3-command.sh

Code:

#!/bin/sh

cd /dld/15.0/vmware
sh ./VMware-Workstation-Full-16.2.3-19376536.x86_64.bundle   --ignore-errors --console --custom

Gerard Lally · 03-16-2022, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daedra

How do you install VMWare Workstation Pro 16 on a Slackware host? I have done it in the past but it was a little awkward to install it and I can't remember exactly what I did.

In the past you had to create a /etc/pam.d directory. From Slackware 15 on you no longer need to do that, of course.

elcore · 03-17-2022, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerard Lally

In the past you had to create a /etc/pam.d directory. From Slackware 15 on you no longer need to do that, of course.

On slackware64-14.2 it required a python3 from SBo, on 15.0 it just works out of the box.

cwizardone · 03-17-2022, 08:00 AM

Year 2022, Round 18.

Another batch of updates has been scheduled for release on Saturday, 19 March 2022, at approximately 12:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Friday (depending on your time zone).

The details:

5.16.16-rc1, with 28 patches, https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/...3.2/01851.html

5.15.30-rc1, with 25 patches, https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/...3.2/01844.html

5.10.107-rc1, with 23 patches, https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/...3.2/01791.html

5.4.186-rc1, with 43 patches, https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/...3.2/01761.html

cwizardone · 03-19-2022, 07:53 AM

Kernel updates 5.16.16, 5.15.30, 5.10.107 and 5.4.186 are now available at, https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.16.16

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.15.30

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-5.10.107

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-5.4.186