Hello ARM community.
This is a very big update, as it has all the rebuilds from the Python, Boost and Protobuf updates. Over 3000 packages updated
Some highlights:
- Most of our kernels got updated
- Python updated to 3.10. Did we miss any rebuilds?
- Also Plasma got updated to 5.23.5
- KDE Applications updated to 21.12.1
- And Boost updated to 1.78. Did we miss any rebuilds?
- LibreOffice fresh updated to 7.2.5
- And Thunderbird is now at version 91.4.1
- Firefox updated to 95.0.2
- Added support for the rk3399 based ClockworkPI A06 DevTerm device
- Lots of Mobile specific packages got updated
- Many python packages got updated
How to get Waydroid working
If you follow these steps, you should have Waydroid working fine.
Remember, Waydroid only works on wayland!
- Install
waydroid-image
and all itβs dependencies. - Run
pkexec setup-waydroid
. - You should now be able to launch Waydroid. The first launch takes a while.
How to use Kodi RPI on Manjaro ARM
If anyone wants to test kodi on the rpi, install these packages:
sudo pacman -S kodi-rpi kodi-rpi-dev kodi-rpi-eventclients kodi-rpi-tools-texturepacker linux-rpi4 xf86-video-fbdev
Have it set up is to boot straight in to kodi
This means the kodi.service file need to replace whatever login manager you have installled. In my case I would:
sudo systemctl disable lightdm.service
sudo systemctl enable kodi.service
They recommend removing custom configs in config.txt. We ran into an issue if a value was set with gpu_mem=.
My config.txt with a bit of overclocking:
over_voltage=5
arm_freq=2000
#gpu_mem=64 #disable this
initramfs initramfs-linux.img followkernel
kernel=kernel8.img
arm_64bit=1
disable_overscan=1
#enable sound
dtparam=audio=on
hdmi_drive=2
#enable vc4
dtoverlay=vc4-kms-v3d,cma-512
#max_framebuffers=2 #disable cause kodi uses more
dtoverlay=rpivid-v4l2
disable_fw_kms_setup=1
Some notes:
The default user will be kodi
kodi home directory will be /var/lib/kodi
So put test video in /var/lib/kodi/Videos so you can get to it
after setting up the video directory in kodi.
Upstream Notifications:
Older notifications
If you used the Manjaro ARM Installer or is using PinePhone or PineTab, you need to redo your passwords, because of an update to libxcrypt
:
Arch Linux - News: Sorting out old password hashes
The ghostpcl
and ghostxps
requires manual intervention (if you have these installed):
Arch Linux - News: ghostpcl>=9.53.2-2 and ghostxps>=9.53.2-2 updates require manual intervention
The nss
package requires manual intervention:
Arch Linux - News: nss>=3.51.1-1 and lib32-nss>=3.51.1-1 updates require manual intervention
The packages hplip
and firewalld
requires manual intervention:
Arch Linux - News: hplip 3.20.3-2 update requires manual intervention
Arch Linux - News: firewalld>=0.8.1-2 update requires manual intervention
Package Changes
(Fri Jan 7 21:13:52 CET 2022)
- arm-testing community aarch64: 2917 new and 2822 removed package(s)
- arm-testing core aarch64: 85 new and 79 removed package(s)
- arm-testing extra aarch64: 1195 new and 1189 removed package(s)
- arm-testing kde-unstable aarch64: 401 new and 401 removed package(s)
See the full package list here
Testers needed on arm-testing branch
We are in need of testers for our arm-testing and arm-unstable branches.
So if you are adventurous and want newer software quicker, we would love for you to help us test out the new packages in arm-testing branch.
All you have to do to switch to this branch is:
- Run this command to switch branch:
sudo pacman-mirrors -aS testing && sudo pacman -Syyu
. This will generate a new mirrorlist for you, sync your databases with the new mirror and update your system using the arm-testing branch.
We would then love for you to give feedback in our update posts in #arm:testing-updates. That way we can better find and fix bugs, before they hit arm-stable branch. Thank you!
- No issue, everything went smoothly
- Yes there was an issue. I was able to resolve it myself.(Please post your solution)
- Yes i am currently experiencing an issue due to the update. (Please post about it)
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