Category: Fedora

Running VMRC (VMware Remote Console) 9.0 on Fedora 28

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To run VMRC (VMware Remote Console) on Fedora 28 use below steps. Download VMRC 9.0 from VMware website (around 60MB): VMware Remote Console 9.0 for Linux Install VMRC 9.0 as a root: bash ./VMware-Remote-Console-9.0.0-4288332.x86_64.bundle To fix zlib version conflict (Fedora 28 ships with zlib 1.2.11 while VMRC 9.0 ships with zlib 1.2.9) use following commands… Continue reading Running VMRC (VMware Remote Console) 9.0 on Fedora 28 →

Fedora - checking graphical session type (Wayland or Xorg)

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How to check graphical session type (Wayland or Xorg) on Fedora system. At first, use following command to get current session ID: loginctl Next, use bellow command to check graphical session type: loginctl show-session ID -p Type where ID is session ID from previous command output. Example (where session ID = 1): $ loginctl  … Continue reading Fedora - checking graphical session type (Wayland or Xorg) →

Linux - load new kernel with kexec - faster than reboot

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Load new Linux kernel with kexec - method faster than reboot. Just run below script using sudo or as a root. Script is also available at: https://github.com/openterprise/scripts/blob/master/kexec.sh #!/bin/bash latestkernel=`ls -t /boot/vmlinuz-* | sed "s/\/boot\/vmlinuz-//g" | head -n1` echo "kernel current: $(uname -r)" echo "kernel target:  ${latestkernel}" echo "" echo "Arming kexec..." #kexec -l /boot/vmlinuz-${latestkernel} --initrd=/boot/initramfs-${latestkernel}.img… Continue reading Linux - load new kernel with kexec - faster than reboot →