I read some more about NVIDIA graphics drivers. I wanted to know why the workaround mentioned in my previous post worked, which was installing the CUDA package I downloaded about a month ago in order to get the X window System working again. After each boot-up or attempt to boot and run the X window… Continue reading More on Video drivers in Linux
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Beware of changing graphics drivers in Linux …
I write this to relate my experience installing proprietary drivers, and updating graphics drivers or changing them, in Linux. Late in 2013, I installed NVIDIA’s CUDA package to use the GPU as form of “parallel processor” to be used with the CPU and an extension of the C language to enhance performance when computations benefit… Continue reading Beware of changing graphics drivers in Linux …
Article explaining dynamically linked executables in Linux
Article explaining dynamically linked executables in Linux
I knew that it’s often the case that an executable (a program) needs “shared objects” or *so* files to work properly. The article introduces us to the ldd command, which tells us which library objects ( or *so* files) are required by a given Linux executable. This is very convenient. They also say something about dynamic library configuration, and ldconfig, which is very useful.
initrd problems
Fedora-related GNU/Linux systems installed on disks often have an initial boot environment where the real filesystem isn’t mounted, because the root filesystem isn’t yet known… So, a temporary “virtual” filesystem like somesuch initramfs is created by fiat on an emulation of a hard disk based in random access memory, more commonly known as a “RAM… Continue reading initrd problems