Linux Kernel 3.11 RCX has Been Released To Test - Post Your Comments Here!

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#1

Well tonight we find our next kernel 3.11 ready for testing and the link is here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/linux-3.11-rc1.tar.xz

I found that the VirtualBox driver seemed to compile OK, but the VM does not run, but gives this error:


| Result Code:| NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)|
|---|---|
|Component:| Console|
| Interface:| IConsole {db7ab4ca-2a3f-4183-9243-c1208da92392}|

Here is what Linus had to say: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/14/107

More info on compiling your own kernel: openSUSE and Installing New Linux Kernel Versions - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Since VirtualBox does not run, I will be unable to use kernel 3.11 for now and of course, nVIDIA never caught up to kernel 3.10 it would seem. Linus is leaving them in the dust. Even with the VirtualBox driver disabled, loading of kernel 3.11-rc1 was way slower than 3.10.1 on my system. Seems like more than a few issues exist so far with kernel 3.11-rc1, use as always, at your own risk.

Thank You,

#2

Remember to put radeon.dpm=1 under kernel parameters for those with applicable radeon cards or APUs.

#3

My linuxrc11-rc1 is working iv virtualbox with virtualbox 4.2.16

#4

On 07/15/2013 02:46 PM, dale14846 wrote:
>
> My linuxrc11-rc1 is working iv virtualbox with ’ virtualbox 4.2.16’
> (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads)

VB works for me as well; however, my system had been up for 52,000 sec before I
tried it. By that time, memory had become fragmented, and some order 4 memory
allocations failed.

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#5

So I am not sure what to say about VB. It compiled into the kernel without error, but my VM would not run. I am thinking I will try again when rc2 comes out. On a different note, I had issues with kernel 3.10 just freezing up, without warning. I might see all working, move the mouse and wam, its locked. I since moved to kernel 3.10.1 and it has had no problems with anything (not nVIDIA) I am running. So, it can not hurt to wait out one RC I think.

And, to ryanbach, dale and larry, I really do appreciate your comments. If I misspeak or say anything incorrect, I wish to be corrected at once, you will not hurt my feelings here. Further, I just want to know how the latest kernel is working for you and so keep those comments coming.

Thank You for using openSUSE,

#6

The H open source which has carried many good stories about the kernel is closing down. What follows is the last of interest to us on the kernel.

http://www.h-online.com/imgs/43/1/0/4/9/8/1/2/57bc5e99ba0d1913.jpeg**

“Linux for Workgroups”: Linux 3.11’s feature set now confirmed**

Substantially improved support for the power management features of modern Radeon graphics cores is among the major new additions of the now available first release candidate of Linux 3.11. For this release, Linus Torvalds changed the code name from “Unicycling Gorilla” to “Linux for Workgroups” and modified the logo that some systems display when booting: it now depicts a Tux holding a flag with a symbol that is reminiscent of the logo of Windows for Workgroups 3.11, which was released in 1993. After the Tuz interlude in Linux 2.6.29, this is the second time that Torvalds has changed the logo since the introduction of Git.

In addition to the experimental power management features for Radeon GPUs that must be enabled manually via the radeon kernel driver’s “dpm=1” parameter, the new kernel also supports Intel’s Rapid Start Technology – a technology that can mainly be found in notebooks with SSDs and Intel chipsets and which, in certain conditions, allows the firmware to briefly wake up a system from Suspend-to-RAM in order to shift it into Suspend-to-Disk. In
Linux 3.11-rc1, the Lustre cluster filesystem has been added to the staging branch, which is the area for code that is in development but doesn’t yet satisfy the kernel developers’ quality requirements. Zswap, a component that tries to compress and store in RAM memory areas that would otherwise need to be swapped, has now left the staging branch. The new kernel supports KVM and Xen virtualisation on ARM64 processors; using Xen requires version 4.3 of the Xen hypervisor.

With the release of Linux 3.11-rc1, Linus Torvalds has, as usual, closed the merge window phase during which he adds a new kernel version’s major changes. During the stabilisation phase that will now follow, mainly minor changes will be integrated to fix bugs. This phase usually takes eight, or sometimes only seven weeks; the latter was the case with Linux 3.10, which was released two weeks ago. Unless the summer holidays in the northern hemisphere slow down the normal release rhythm, Linux 3.11 will likely be released in the first or second week of September.

Meanwhile, Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the Linux 3.4.53 and Linux 3.0.86 Long-term kernels as well as the Linux 3.10.1 and Linux 3.9.10 Stable kernels; the release of Linux 3.9.10 will probably conclude the maintenance period of Linux kernel version 3.9. As usual, these versions mainly offer bug fixes and minor improvements that are unlikely to introduce any new bugs. For Linux 3.10.1, Greg Kroah-Hartman temporarily excluded many code submissions because it was unclear whether they actually fulfil the inclusion criteria for Stable and Longterm kernels; this sparked a prolonged and still ongoing discussion about which changes are acceptable when and for which kernel development branch.

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#7

This afternoon I find our next kernel to test. 3-11-rc2 that you can find here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/linux-3.11-rc2.tar.xz

It did compile and load for me using SAKC. No change in how VirtualBox is not working and no fix from them posted so far.

Here is what Linus had to say on the release: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/21/100

Thank You,

#8

3.11-RC1 works well on my old Core 2 Quad with Radeon 4870. However, both RC1 and RC2, both compiled from source using your excellent tutorial https://forums.opensuse.org/blogs/jdmcdaniel3/opensuse-installing-new-linux-kernel-versions-134/ are not working on my Asus Zenbook UX31A with Ivy Bridge graphics.

The Zenbook is clearly booting, but the openSUSE screen never appears, nor does the login screen. Loading in failsafe mode shows now errors and the system reports that it reaches the “target graphical environment”. If I boot with “nomodeset” the Zenbook loads as normal, but I can only run with XRender once in KDE.

Anyone else experiencing anything similar or am I missing a step somewhere? Thanks.

#9

Does the Zenbook work OK with kernel 3.10 or have you tried it there?

Thank You,

#10

I actually just compiled and tried 3.10.2 on the Zenbook and got the same behavior so it doesn’t seem to be a bug related specifically to the 3.11-RCx series.

#11

On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:46:02 GMT
lakerssuperman <lakerssuperman@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
> 3.11-RC1 works well on my old Core 2 Quad with Radeon 4870. However,
> both RC1 and RC2, both compiled from source using your excellent
> tutorial http://tinyurl.com/bq5q8nk are not working on my Asus Zenbook
> UX31A with Ivy Bridge graphics.
>
> The Zenbook is clearly booting, but the openSUSE screen never appears,
> nor does the login screen. Loading in failsafe mode shows now errors
> and the system reports that it reaches the “target graphical
> environment”. If I boot with “nomodeset” the Zenbook loads as normal,
> but I can only run with XRender once in KDE.
>
> Anyone else experiencing anything similar or am I missing a step
> somewhere? Thanks.
>
>

Somewhat similar. On this machine, I installed some updates to 4.10.95
a couple of days ago. When I rebooted, I did not get the graphics
login, only the text one. I was able to boot in ‘recovery’ mode so I
then replaced 4.10.95 with 4.10.5. The next boot brought up the
graphics login panel. A test a couple of hours ago, on another root
partition on this machine, with all 4.11 updates, shows the problem is
still there.

This problem does not manifest itself on my laptop. I’m yet to
experiment on my Radeon machine.

–
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit); KDE 4.10.5; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Kernel: 3.10.0; Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (using nouveau driver);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA); Wireless: BCM4306

#12

I blame the hot (for UK) and sticky weather for my previous post in this
thread. I think my personal CPU overheated. I’ll have to stick a
cooling fan on my head.

[Personal reminder: Kernel 3.11 must not be misread again for KDE 4.11!]

–
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit); KDE 4.10.5; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Kernel: 3.10.0; Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (using nouveau driver);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA); Wireless: BCM4306

#13

Graham P Davis wrote:
> I blame the hot (for UK) and sticky weather for my previous post in this
> thread. I think my personal CPU overheated. I’ll have to stick a
> cooling fan on my head.
>
> [Personal reminder: Kernel 3.11 must not be misread again for KDE 4.11!]
>
I am curious as to what the temperature is ? 25 ?

–
GNOME 3.6.2
openSUSE Release 12.3 (Dartmouth) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop

#14

On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 17:54:30 GMT
vazhavandan <vazhavandan@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

> Graham P Davis wrote:
> > I blame the hot (for UK) and sticky weather for my previous post in
> > this thread. I think my personal CPU overheated. I’ll have to stick
> > a cooling fan on my head.
> >
> > [Personal reminder: Kernel 3.11 must not be misread again for KDE
> > 4.11!]
> >
> I am curious as to what the temperature is ? 25 ?
>

Got to about 33C yesterday in this area but only 29 today.

–
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
openSUSE 12.3 (64-bit); KDE 4.10.5; AMD Phenom II X2 550 Processor;
Kernel: 3.10.0; Video: nVidia GeForce 210 (using nouveau driver);
Sound: ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA); Wireless: BCM4306

#15

Kernel 3.10.x results in black screen on laptop only | Ubuntu Addict

It seems like the issue described in this thread is what I’m experiencing. After reading the post, I booted the 3.11-RC2 kernel and tried the screen brightness controls. Despite the screen being blank, sure enough the controls do work to adjust the backlight level. I can only assume that the computer thinks an external screen is connected. I will test an external display when I get home later to see if it is in fact working in that configuration.

#16

I hooked the Zenbook up via HDMI to an external monitor. Sure enough, it fully booted. I was able to login in and use the computer. However, the problem is that the system thinks the laptop screen is active though there is no picture displayed. I can disable it and make the external monitor the primary display, but nothing I did in the KDE monitor settings would turn the laptop screen on.

#17

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/946311

#18

Posted by Michael Larabel on July 26, 2013

It’s still being investigated, but early indications are that the Linux 3.11 kernel is consuming less power at least for Intel CPUs.

As part of my usual Linux Kernel benchmarking roundabout, I’ve been testing the power consumption on the Linux 3.11 kernel compared to its predecessor. On an ASUS Ultrabook with Intel Core i3 “Ivy Bridge” processor, the power consumption is doing better than with the Linux 3.9 and Linux 3.10 kernels.

Testing is still ongoing and I’m in the process of testing out Intel Sandy Bridge and older notebooks to see if the lower power trend continues there, hence just this quick one-page posting before the weekend.

Read More: [Phoronix] Linux 3.11 May Lower Intel Power Consumption](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQyMTM)

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#19

Our Next Kernel version to test can be found here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/testing/linux-3.11-rc3.tar.xz

And here is what Linus Had to say: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/29/16

Since no fixes have been put forward for VirtualBox or nVIDIA, I assume they still do not work with kernel 3.11, but I have not tried the latest version yet as it is early here in Austin.

Thank You,

#20

On 07/29/2013 05:56 AM, jdmcdaniel3 wrote:
>
> Our Next Kernel version to test can be found here:
> http://tinyurl.com/mgrngxx
>
> And here is what Linus Had to say: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/7/29/16
>
> Since no fixes have been put forward for VirtualBox or nVIDIA, I assume
> they still do not work with kernel 3.11, but I have not tried the latest
> version yet as it is early here in Austin.

VirtualBox continues to work with kernel 3.11 (for me, at least). I have not
done any further investigation of what it takes to get the latest nVidia driver
to build on 3.11 as my devices do not work with anything later than 310.64, and
the machines that I am using to test 3.11-rcX only use the framebuffer driver.

One thing I noticed is that kernel 3.10-rc2 turned on tapping on my touchpad. As
my personal characteristics always lead to unintended tap actions, I must turn
it off. That was done by adding a line ‘Option “TouchpadOff” “2”’ to file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf, and logging off/on. That line is in the
“Input Class” stanza after the TabButton items.