Package Details: activdriver 5.18.19-0

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/activdriver.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: activdriver
Description: Drivers for Promethean hardware
Upstream URL: https://support.prometheanworld.com/product/activdriver
Licenses: unknown
Submitter: jose1711
Maintainer: None
Last Packager: Malstrond
Votes: 2
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2017-09-28 22:31 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2020-05-22 21:39 (UTC)

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Malstrond commented on 2018-04-05 19:22 (UTC) (edited on 2019-01-12 17:17 (UTC) by Malstrond)

A summary of the state of this driver as this doesn't seem to be anywhere on the internet:

No activdriver compiles cleanly with the current kernel [1], 4.15 at the time of writing. The official latest version (5.16.7) compiles with the 4.14 LTS kernel, but if you actually connect an activboard, the driver crashes with a "unable to handle kernel paging request" error when it tries to "CheckForFirmwareUpgradeCommand" [2]. There is a beta version 5.16.8 that compiles with 4.14 LTS and actually works. You can't get it from the Promethean repository, they distribute it on box.com [3] in line with their usual highly professional behavior. You can use it with this PKGBUILD if you edit the source array. I found it in a German thread about the problem [4].

1: https://pastebin.com/UKs8kY54

2: https://pastebin.com/0gdkPpp8

3: https://promethean.app.box.com/s/lriqamrjf3p58roer9zas4yrxn295o7b

4: https://community.prometheanworld.com/de/forums/topic/activinspire-activdriver-fur-ubuntu-18-04/

Edit: 2019-01-12: Forum link updated, Promethean changed their forum software

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