[Stable Update] 2020-08-22 - Kernels, Deepin, KDE-git, Firefox, Pamac, Nvidia 450, KDE Apps 20.08

ksystemlog is compiled against systemd 246 series. We didn’t update to that series yet. Let us see how far our tests went and if we can update systemd. Issue is only minimal.

Are the bluetooth issues fixed in this version of the 5.8 kernel? TIA.

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Thanks! I tried everything and this is the only way you can remove the 440xx (or even the 450xx) drivers.

I did try again and you could actually install the hybrid graphics once you install first video-modesetting, both via tty but the problem was even it says that it’s removing the 440xx or 450xx drivers, it really wasn’t and it was throwing a script error like some here. So yes, you need to manually remove the old drivers first via pacman or pamac. Weird behavior.

Does anyone know why GnuCash 4.1 has been left out of the last 2 stable updates? It was released on 7/26, almost a month ago, and was just a bug-fix release in the new 4.x series. Seems like it would be an easy send through.

Is there somewhere I can check to see status / get answers on package questions like this?

Same issue for me as reported here Sound from speakers no sound from 3.5mm jack-audio

inxi -Axza

Summary
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:1f.3 
  chip ID: 8086:a348 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.1-3-MANJARO

inxi -F | rg snd

Summary

Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS driver: snd_hda_intel

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as i attempt to run this update it is prompting me to install mhwd-nvidia-450xx. i run a AMD system and have amdgpu running. i recently moved to AMDGPU…is mhwd-nvidia part of the default install and im just now noticing? i usually skim through what gets updated and have never seen this before… thoughts?

havent ran update yet…want to get this answered first

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Updating went smooth.

Faced some minor issues when upgrading to nvidia 450xx drivers

  • Un-installation of nvidia 440xx driver was not straightforward as it required removal of package ‘linux-latest-nvidia-440xx’ using pacman
  • After uninstall (of 440), the installation of 450xx was success but it was not loaded on reboot so had to reinstall 450xx driver & then added below config to /etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf
    Option "RegistryDwords" "EnableBrightnessControl=1"
    Rebooted again & it worked

I had no issues during the update although it did pull in an additional Nvidia driver. This is odd because I don’t have an Nvidia GPU. I’m on a Syster76 Darter Pro, which has integrated graphics only.

Still having the problem described here:

i got the same…i use AMDGPU

Because Arch just updated it to 4.1 today. It’s now in the Manjaro unstable repo and will be in the next stable update.

After the update 2020-08-22 I cannot play Urban Terror anymore. When I start the game (should start in full screen) only a black window opens with sound of game and whole desktop freezes. Then I must kill the game from console and when return back to desktop my resolution is changed (becomes much smaller) and consequently all opened windows are resized with parts off the screen. The issue is present on kernels 4.19 and 5.8 and I use XFCE DE with Nvidia-430xx-bumblebee GPU driver. I have never had before an issue with Urban Terror on Manjaro. I haven’t tested much other things after the update. SM Player and Firefox seem to work fine.

I had little issues with nvidia 450.x drivers, but there is the solution.
I want to install new nvidia 450xx, but i can't remove 440x-prime drivers

Cinnamon 5.4 update went smooth, all is good. Thanks Manjaro team for yet another smooth update.

excellent update on plasma -

kernel 5.8 appears significantly faster / snappier / don’t know how to really test this.

Off-Question: With the ongoing discussion on grub, how do i know whether my system is susceptible? Does this apply to all grub users? What are the potential consequences of not doing the upgrade? I have a luks encrypted system and would not want to reinstall given all the time it takes to tweak the configuration.

You have all the nvidia drivers installed. You can check it out by typing mhwd-nvidia in pamac GUI or in the terminal with pacman -Ss

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Yea I noticed that after my comment but forgot to go back.

I found that the problem is caused by some changes in the HDA Realtek code in the Linux kernel since version 5.7.10. These changes have also been extended to all LTS kernel versions.

At the moment there are 2 ways how to “temporarily” solve this problem:

  1. Compile and install kernel 5.7.9
  2. Compile any new kernel with a small patch, which somehow, but solves this problem (the patch needs to be customized for each laptop separately)

I’m currently trying to figure out exactly what change in the code caused this problem, but it will take some time.

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