{"id":106,"date":"2015-02-10T19:41:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T00:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mgreene.org\/?p=106"},"modified":"2015-02-10T19:41:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T00:41:25","slug":"another-day-another-kernel-and-that-vmware-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgreene.org\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Another day, another kernel and that VMware problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, another day, a new kernel:<\/p>\n<p>Linux littleturd 3.19.0-gentoo-mgreene #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 10 19:08:38 EST 2015 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU\/Linux<\/p>\n<p>What does going from 3.18.x to 3.19.0 mean for me? \u00a0The damn Vmware modules don&#8217;t compile, so it is off to remember how to fix it. \u00a0Of course the old trusty Arch page has the answer:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/index.php\/VMware#3.19_kernels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3.19 kernels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every time I have to do this I have to ask myself, &#8220;Why the hell do I have VMware installed?&#8221; \u00a0The truth is that I installed it to run my NAS firmware to try something, but that was a long time ago. \u00a0So once again I should just remove it &#8230; but what if I need it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yep, another day, a new kernel: Linux littleturd 3.19.0-gentoo-mgreene #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 10 19:08:38 EST 2015 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU\/Linux What does going [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,43],"tags":[57,81],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gentoo","category-vmware","tag-gentoo","tag-vmware"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":460,"url":"https:\/\/www.mgreene.org\/?p=460","url_meta":{"origin":106,"position":0},"title":"NUC7PJYH:  Gentoo UEFI Configure","author":"Mike","date":"February 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This is no fun exercise. 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