Hello Christian, and thank you for your comments.
I have currently rolled back the updates because for the past week I have needed to get other work done which required me to have access to the NTFS Data volume and I didn’t have time to work on trying to solve this “technical” problem. But not, the pamac gui tells me that there are 156 updates available, and I would like get back to seeing whether I can solve this problem.
I had also put the original post regarding this problem on the LinuxQuestions forum and got some advice from “teckk”. His approach was similar to yours; he also suggested trying to fix the mouning problem rather than trying to find which update was causing it and eliminating that update. You can see the correspondence here.
The correspondence includes my attempt to mount the NTFS Data volume using teckk’s console commands and the error message I received. If I understand the situation correctly, to mount that volume, the system wants a file starting libhd.so.21 in the folder /usr/liib/ . That file is owned by a package called hwinfo, which is one of the packages being updated. When the update is performed, libhd.so.21.82 is replaced by libhd.so.22.1, and so the mount doesn’t work any more. Now, the pamac gui (also called “add/remove software”) gives information about the packages and shows that hwinfo is required by manjaro-settings-manager, which in turn is required by manjaro-settings-manager-kcm, which was explicitly installed. Does that mean anything to you?
By the way, I am running Manjaro KDE, not Gnome. The NTFS Data partition is set to automount on boot. (Does that mean that it is in the fstab file?)
And finally:
[martin@Martin-Manjaro-Desktop ~]$ sudo sudo lsblk -f
[sudo] password for martin:
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core/13308
loop1
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/acrordrdc/62
loop2
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2538
loop3
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/bare/5
loop4
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/apple-music-electron/2
loop5
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1534
loop6
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161
loop7
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core/13425
loop8
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/nordvpn-electron/1
loop9
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/2409
loop10
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop11
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/polar-bookshelf/86
loop12
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-6-stable/14
loop13
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-6-stable/19
loop14
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime/316
loop15
squash 4.0 0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/wine-platform-runtime/315
sda
└─sda5
ntfs Data B850C07750C03DBE 647.1G 65% /mnt/Data
sdb
├─sdb1
│ vfat FAT32 3212-D76F
├─sdb2
│
├─sdb3
│ ntfs Windows10 2E3414DD3414A9BB
├─sdb4
│ ntfs 38966543966502AC
├─sdb5
│ swap 1 9f251590-1722-47cf-a22c-5803566606c2
├─sdb6
│ vfat FAT32 BOOTEFI BBF6-4F95 418M 18% /mnt/BOOTEFI
├─sdb7
│ swap 1 82fcc5b1-e3f9-4981-b227-697757080f73
├─sdb8
│ ext4 1.0 Manjaro 20.0 19429b29-fa52-4671-86a7-733968f2fe77 50.9G 60% /mnt/Manjaro 20.0
│ /
├─sdb9
│ ext4 1.0 Mint_20_Cinnamon
│ 5e5cf470-6c81-41c3-90a0-3baa90260015 74.8G 18% /mnt/Mint_20_Cinnamon
├─sdb10
│
├─sdb11
│ ext4 1.0 OpenSuse_TW_KDE
│ 75bc9100-9646-476b-b3d8-965052927a0a
├─sdb13
│ vfat FAT32 LINXEFIBOOT A278-608E
├─sdb14
│ ext4 1.0 3da46309-c17f-4e64-a817-c50fa0546691
└─sdb16
btrfs fedora_localhost-live
ca0cc87e-3f9e-4f5b-a359-75181f079d21
sdc
├─sdc1
│ ntfs Seagate_3Tb-NTFSpart
│ 0D8B15FB0D8B15FB 524.9G 79% /mnt/usb-Seagate_Expansion_Desk_NA4LVLXX-0:0-part1
└─sdc2
ext4 1.0 Seagate_3TB-ext4
7efa6249-10ce-4cb3-8b06-c0380c9ae000 93.4G 64% /mnt/usb-Seagate_Expansion_Desk_NA4LVLXX-0:0-part2
sdd
└─sdd1
exfat 1.0 FreeAgent G 2088-5B7E 786.9G 72% /mnt/wwn-0x5000c500354aa885-part1
sde
sr0
[martin@Martin-Manjaro-Desktop ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA DT01ACA2
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: E26609FF-3BD4-47BF-BB33-AB127E01832F
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda5 2048 3907028991 3907026944 1.8T Microsoft basic data
Disk /dev/sdb: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk model: CT1000MX500SSD1
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: F05E330D-AC4C-4950-AC27-40A2AE41FCFA
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 206847 204800 100M EFI System
/dev/sdb2 206848 239615 32768 16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdb3 239616 209954925 209715310 100G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb4 1952481280 1953521663 1040384 508M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sdb5 209956864 232910847 22953984 10.9G Linux swap
/dev/sdb6 232910848 233959423 1048576 512M Microsoft basic data
/dev/sdb7 233959424 267513855 33554432 16G Linux swap
/dev/sdb8 267513856 574953471 307439616 146.6G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb9 574953472 784668671 209715200 100G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb10 784668672 784685055 16384 8M Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb11 784685056 957997055 173312000 82.6G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb13 1168685056 1169733631 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/sdb14 957997056 960094207 2097152 1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb16 960094208 1168676863 208582656 99.5G Linux filesystem
Partition table entries are not in disk order.
Disk /dev/sdc: 2.73 TiB, 3000592977920 bytes, 732566645 sectors
Disk model: Expansion Desk
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0002c0f9
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1 2048 650521087 650519040 2.4T 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sdc2 * 650521088 732566527 82045440 313G 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdd: 2.73 TiB, 3000592977920 bytes, 732566645 sectors
Disk model: FA GoFlex Desk
Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0a5a3bf3
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1 * 63 732564062 732564000 2.7T 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Disk /dev/loop0: 113.89 MiB, 119418880 bytes, 233240 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 68 KiB, 69632 bytes, 136 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop2: 55.56 MiB, 58261504 bytes, 113792 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop3: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop4: 86.52 MiB, 90726400 bytes, 177200 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop5: 81.26 MiB, 85209088 bytes, 166424 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop6: 164.76 MiB, 172761088 bytes, 337424 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop7: 113.99 MiB, 119525376 bytes, 233448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop9: 55.54 MiB, 58232832 bytes, 113736 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop8: 237.26 MiB, 248786944 bytes, 485912 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop10: 91.69 MiB, 96141312 bytes, 187776 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop11: 164.15 MiB, 172122112 bytes, 336176 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop12: 322.9 MiB, 338583552 bytes, 661296 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop13: 322.95 MiB, 338636800 bytes, 661400 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop14: 346.97 MiB, 363827200 bytes, 710600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop15: 347.09 MiB, 363945984 bytes, 710832 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
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