GPGME error: No data & failed to synchronize all databases (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))

nunonun · 21 October 2021 22:23

Greetings!

I’m on KDE Plasma, stable branch.
I’ve come across with the error reported in the title after my last update of Manjaro. When I run sudo pacman -Syyu, I get the following:

error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
:: Synchronising package databases...
core                                  170,9 KiB  99,0 KiB/s 00:02 [------------------------------------] 100%
extra                                1900,3 KiB  2,17 MiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------] 100%
community                               6,8 MiB  4,65 MiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------] 100%
multilib                              175,2 KiB   350 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------] 100%
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to synchronize all databases (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))

I’ve tried all solutions proposed in the forum plus a few more I found in the Internet, all without avail. Those include updating the mirrors, repopulating keys, checking “pacman.conf”… In particular, I tried the long solution proposed here.
Nothing works, that is, I keep receiving those error messages every time I run pacman or paru.

How can I solve the problem?

Here is the output of inxi -Fazy:

System:
Kernel: 5.14.10-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64
root=UUID=7237cc4d-9ab7-410c-90c4-b8c90e2b10df rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: N/A wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4180Q3U v: ThinkPad T420
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 4180Q3U serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO
v: 83ET82WW (1.52 ) date: 06/04/2018
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 23.1 Wh (98.3%) condition: 23.5/56.2 Wh (41.9%)
volts: 12.4 min: 10.8 model: SANYO 45N1001 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Unknown
CPU:
Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-2640M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F
cache: L2: 4 MiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 22338
Speed: 3046 MHz min/max: 800/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3046 2: 3046
3: 3046 4: 3046
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T420 driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony integrated camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-1.6:6 chip-ID: 04f2:b221 class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x2100 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 507x554mm (20.0x21.8")
s-diag: 751mm (29.6")
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 131 size: 310x174mm (12.2x6.9")
diag: 355mm (14")
Monitor-2: DP-3 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 518x324mm (20.4x12.8")
diag: 611mm (24.1")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB GT2)
v: 3.3 Mesa 21.2.3 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.10-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T520
driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wwp0s29u1u4i6 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM2045B (BDC-2.1) type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-1.4:4 chip-ID: 0a5c:217f class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.55 TiB used: 1.54 TiB (43.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS541010A9E680
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: A7G0 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
model: WD My Book 1130 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1008 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Samsung model: HD400LD
size: 372.61 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 0000 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 65.37 GiB size: 63.84 GiB (97.67%) used: 34.29 GiB (53.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 400.39 GiB size: 393.11 GiB (98.18%)
used: 304.77 GiB (77.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 96.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 4539
Info:
Processes: 353 Uptime: 11h 2m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.52 GiB
used: 7.65 GiB (49.3%) Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 12.0.1 Packages: 2100 pacman: 2092 lib: 440 flatpak: 0
snap: 8 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.07

bogdancovaciu · 22 October 2021 05:49

Try this

linux-aarhus · 22 October 2021 07:01

[root tip] Mitigate and prevent GPGME error when syncing your system

nunonun · 22 October 2021 08:00

Thanks for the reply, @bogdancovaciu.
There was progress! I didn’t get the nasty error messages and pacman updated a couple of packages.
However, a notification from Package Manager appeared with nine updates available. Issuing a paru or a pacaur -Syyu didn’t update anything, i.e., I got a message saying “there is nothing to do”.
So, I opened the Add/Remove Software app, and tried to update those packages from there. I got the following error message:

Apparently, I’m on the right track. What’s the best to do from here?

bogdancovaciu · 22 October 2021 08:08

That looks to me as an outdated mirror, but most likely following @linux-aarhus root tip would set things up and solve the issue.

nunonun · 22 October 2021 08:21

You’re right, @linux-aarhus root tip did solve the problem!
Thank you both for your help.

system · 24 October 2021 22:22

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