When I try to do a software upgrade using the GUI, I get this;
It could just be an issue with the mirrors; it seems some are a bit lax when it comes to syncing. Apparently the Global (or is that International?) mirrors are the most reliable and up-to-date.
If you post your system info this should also reveal which ones you’re using.
To this end, please provide the output of:
inxi -zv8
… please use the code formatting (the </> button at the top of the Reply window or the three backticks ``` on lines above and below the pasted output).
Note: This output is privacy-filtered using the above command. 
Cheers!
I’m not familiar with pamac or pamac-manager - the GUI tools you used.
I’d use pacman
(as opposed to: pamac - sounds similar, isn’t the same)
sudo pacman-mirrors -f
or
sudo pacman-mirrors -c germany
(or your preferred country or region)
to refresh the list of mirrors
Then use:
sudo pacman -Syu
see what you get …
Separate base system updates from updates to whatever you may have installed from AUR.
first the base system - then the rest
It’s worth noting I switched to the German mirrors some time back, as I was getting fed up waiting for the UK ones to sync!
I think there are more - and faster
and faster up to date ones
among them than the UK ones.
(I’m not judging - and I never tried the UK servers from here …
I did use them when I was there … some time ago)
It would probably be even be a decent choice to use them from South America or Australia - but I cannot actually know that.
That is what the -f flag is for - or the --continent flag …
I switched to Global and i am so far satisfied. Only one time they were broken (offline) for some minutes, rest of the time they sync first.
I use World wide, because my VPN exit node changes.
the point here was to refresh the list of mirrors before an update using these
not to “promote” a certain one in a specific area
System:
Kernel: 5.10.247-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=327c2667-593c-4f34-bde0-c950d7fad574 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.51 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: light-locker vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 3670 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Dell model: 0H4VK7 v: A01 serial: <superuser required> part-nu: 0868
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: Dell v: 1.5.9
date: 10/09/2018
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.6 GiB used: 2.03 GiB (26.8%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB speed:
spec: 2666 MT/s actual: 2400 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64
total: 64 manufacturer: 80AD000080AD part-no: HMA81GU6CJR8N-VK
serial: <filter>
Device-2: DIMM2 type: no module installed
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3-8100 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xB (11) microcode: 0xF6
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1554 min/max: 800/3600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 1554 2: 1554 3: 1554 4: 1554 bogomips: 28808
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb
ibpb_exit_to_user ibrs intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe
pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt
xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
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: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled,
RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e91
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Dell S2319H serial: <filter>
built: 2018 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2
chroma: red: x: 0.651 y: 0.337 green: x: 0.318 y: 0.612 blue: x: 0.149
y: 0.063 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
diag: 584mm (23") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080, 1920x1080i, 1600x900,
1280x1024, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x576i,
720x480, 720x480i, 640x480, 720x400
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Info: Tools: de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k5.10.247-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-93-gbe2efb status: active with:
1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 3000 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Dell Vostro 3470 driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0036 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:7 chip-ID: 0cf3:e005
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 4060
bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 92.67 GiB (9.9%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC45 scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: PLDS model: DVD+-RW DU-8A5LH rev: 6D1M
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.01 GiB size: 915.32 GiB (98.31%)
used: 92.67 GiB (10.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: 327c2667-593c-4f34-bde0-c950d7fad574
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: NO_LABEL
uuid: C6BA-9B19
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6:2 info: Sunplus Innovation USB Optical Wheel Mouse
type: mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 1bcf:0002 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard type: keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 413c:2113 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-8:4 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-14:7 info: Qualcomm Atheros type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 0cf3:e005 class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C pch: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1034
Repos:
Packages: 1844 pm: pacman pkgs: 1840 libs: 494 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 pm: snap pkgs: 4
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://mirror.dimensiondata.com/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 260
1: cpu: 18.6% command: brave pid: 24668 mem: 256.7 MiB (3.2%)
2: cpu: 11.0% command: brave pid: 24231 mem: 377.8 MiB (4.8%)
3: cpu: 10.7% command: brave pid: 24269 mem: 180.6 MiB (2.3%)
4: cpu: 4.2% command: xfce4-terminal pid: 24776 mem: 48.9 MiB (0.6%)
5: cpu: 3.0% command: brave pid: 24270 mem: 134.6 MiB (1.7%)
Memory top: 5 of 260
1: mem: 377.8 MiB (4.8%) command: brave pid: 24231 cpu: 11.0%
2: mem: 256.7 MiB (3.2%) command: brave pid: 24668 cpu: 18.6%
3: mem: 181.9 MiB (2.3%) command: brave pid: 24635 cpu: 1.9%
4: mem: 180.6 MiB (2.3%) command: brave pid: 24269 cpu: 10.7%
5: mem: 142.5 MiB (1.8%) command: brave pid: 24644 cpu: 0.6%
Info:
Processes: 260 Power: uptime: 7h 57m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 3.03 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.40
I updated the mirrors and ran
sudo pacman -Syu
It downloaded 2 updates and then I got this;
error: libvpl: signature from "Daniel Bermond <dbermond@archlinux.org>" is marginal trust
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libvpl-2.16.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] y
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Have you tried removing that manually?:
sudo rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libvpl-2.16.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
…?
This could be due to the polkit authorisation issue affecting kernels older than linux66.
Try installing a newer LTS kernel via the CLI:
For linux66:
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66
For linux612:
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux612
For linux618:
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux618
Reboot into the new kernel and see if you can do your update via the Software Centre.
Please copy and paste the error message (including several lines before and after it). Running the sudo pacman -Syu command again shouldn’t re-download the packages, so you won’t have to wait another hour & a half.
Edit: I see that you have just done the above request. There are some other topics in this forum with advice on dealing with the "Daniel Bermond <dbermond@archlinux.org>" signature issues:
(sorry I can’t spend longer on this at the moment, but I have to head out for an appointment in a few minutes)
sudo rm /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libvpl-2.16.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
[sudo] password for frjrv:
rm: cannot remove '/var/cache/pacman/pkg/libvpl-2.16.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst': No such file or directory
So it looks like the package manager did the deed already — as you selected “y” to delete it, but I’d have thought it would confirm this.
I think @scotty65 is right.
I downloaded linux66 and rebooted, and ran
sudo pacman -Syu
The result is the same;
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libvpl-2.16.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] y
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
I tried this solution (workaround?) from another thread;
Actually I removed the entire keyring folder
sudo rm -rf /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
then Re-initialize
sudo pacman-key --init
then
sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro
and at last
sudo pacman -Syu
That seemed to work (at least I got rid of Daniel Bermond!). I think I’m back in business; Thanks to all -FrJRV