Category Archives: Linux

Instead of providing more patches for VMware modules, I’ve set up a git repository on GitHub that contains the patched modules. The patches up to 3.16 were split into separate commits and cleaned up. New patches were added to support … Continue reading →

Make sure you have Firefox, Java Runtime Environment and Java plugin for Firefox. In Debian, you need these packages: iceweasel openjdk-7-jre icedtea-7-plugin DRAC 4 only supports SSLv3 and TLS 1.0 but they’re disabled in recent Firefox/Iceweasel versions – you get … Continue reading →

An updated patch is available to make VMware Workstation 7.1.6 or Player 3.1.6 work with kernel 3.16: vmware-patch_for_kernel_3.16.tar.gz This time, I’ve created the patch myself as there were no patches available on the web. If you used the previous patch … Continue reading →

If you need to run VMware Workstation 7.1.6 or Player 3.1.6 (because newer versions require virtualization support in CPU) with recent kernels, you will run into several problems: If you use kernel with just two-number version (e.g. 3.11), VMware refuses … Continue reading →

A new utility was released – cx861xx_flash – Conexant CX861xx USB Boot Flash Utility. It can access flash on devices with CX86111/CX86113, such as Flarion Desktop Modem.

usbmonctl v1.3 released, adding EIZO FlexScan HD2441W and S1921 control descriptions.