[Stable Update] 2020-08-28 - Kernels, Systemd, PAM, PAMBASE, KDE-git, Deepin, Pamac, Nvidia 450.66, LibreOffice 7.0

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Hello community,

Another stable branch update with some interesting updates for you!

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Checkout our latest Merch … #stayhome, #staysafe, #stayhealthy

  • LibreOffice got renewed to the latest releases: 6.4.6; 7.0.0
  • All our Kernels got updated
  • Systemd is at 246.2
  • pam and pambase got updated. This might need manual intervention from your end. See Troubleshoot guidelines!
  • We updated more of our KDE-git packages
  • Deepin pushed some newer packages
  • Pamac has some fixes added
  • Nvidia driver series had another update: 450.66
  • Mate got it’s first point-release in 1.24 series
  • gcc10 got updated to 10.2 and all Kernels got compiled against it
  • Usual Python and Haskell package updates and rebuilds

If you like following latest Plasma development you may also like to check out our current version of manjaro-kde-dev, which we build on a regular basis against kde-git master packages. Also check out our latest RC of Manjaro Mikah 20.1! XFCE, KDE and Gnome

Our current supported kernels

  • linux44 4.4.233
  • linux49 4.9.233
  • linux414 4.14.194
  • linux419 4.19.141
  • linux54 5.4.60
  • linux57 5.7.17
  • linux58 5.8.3
  • linux54-rt 5.4.59_rt36
  • linux56-rt 5.6.19_rt12

Package Changes (Sun Aug 23 17:42:12 CEST 2020)

  • stable community x86_64: 1136 new and 1124 removed package(s)
  • stable core x86_64: 66 new and 64 removed package(s)
  • stable extra x86_64: 454 new and 439 removed package(s)
  • stable multilib x86_64: 19 new and 19 removed package(s)

A detailed list of all package changes can be found here.

  • 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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Check if your mirror has already synced:

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Known issues and solutions

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dunst: /usr/bin/dunstify exists in filesystem (owned by dunstify)

dunstify has been depreciated for dunst. Uninstall dunstify before updating or update by:

sudo pacman -Syyu --overwrite /usr/bin/dunstify

PAM and PAMBASE got updated, which might prevent you from login

Due to updates from pambase and pam you might take care about any .pacnew files in /etc/pam.d as for example pam_tally, pam_tally2 and pam_cracklib got deprecated. Read in the ArchWiki about managing those files.

Typical issue:

For recovery, it is enough to boot with kernel option “systemd.unit=rescue.target”, then proceed into /etc/pam.d and merge “system-auth” and “system-auth.pacnew”

If you have however issues with pam or/and pambase please open a new thread in our dedicated support section.

Older Issues

System takes a long time to boot

If you’ve got errors like Failed to start Network Manager Wait Online. you can try removing systemd from passwd and group in /etc/nsswitch.conf as described here
Update: If you can see the line
dbus-daemon[1453]: [system] Connection has not authenticated soon enough, closing it (auth_timeout=30000ms, elapsed: 45146ms)
in in your dbus log ( journalctl -b -u dbus ), the new/better workaround is to switch cups from service to socket as described here:
systemctl disable org.cups.cupsd.service
systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.socket

I think I’ve some font problems

With the update of fontconfig some major rules how fonts get applied changed. Make sure that your system has ttf-dejavu installed. A more in depth explanation can be found here.

Gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell is currently incompatible with wayland

… and causes the system to freeze when the first window is tiled and can render it unbootable. Solution is a hard reset and disabling either pop shell or wayland. If the system becomes unbootable, use a live USB to edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf to disable wayland and reboot.

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Unable to update:
errore: impossibile eseguire l’operazione richiesta (file in conflitto)
dunst: /usr/bin/dunstify è già presente nel filesystem (appartiene a dunstify)
Si sono verificati degli errori, nessun pacchetto è stato aggiornato.

English translation:
error: unable to execute requested operation (file conflict)
dunst: /usr/bin/dunstify already present in filesystem (belongs to dunstify)
Errors occurred, no package have been updated.

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I guess you need to remove it and then proceed with the update

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Do i need to remove dunst or donstify?

EDIT:
dunst is marked as dependency for dunstify.

Thank you for your help!

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remover or rename dunstify. Or use --overwrite /usr/bin/dunstify when you update.

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No issues. Kernel 5.8, Cinnamon DE, AMD video.

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A small issue:
had to reboot the computer via console.

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I’m still not able to pull the update. maybe something wrong with my mirrors, but usually it takes only a few minutes.

edit: Never mind. Checked the mirror list, apparently some I use are no longer reachable, which is strange because I selected them only about 2 weeks ago. A never mind, updating now, looking forward to it!

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no issues here, didnt need to intervene with pom or pombase

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Same issue as some people here : dunstify error message. I removed dunstify and dunst. Upgrade. And then reinstall dunst. All is ok now.

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A post was split to a new topic: Rtl8821ce: Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.3-2

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(92/92) Prüfe auf Dateikonflikte [########################] 100%
Fehler: Konnte den Vorgang nicht durchführen (In Konflikt stehende Dateien)
dunst: /usr/bin/dunstify existiert im Dateisystem (gehört zu dunstify)
Fehler sind aufgetreten, keine Pakete wurden aktualisiert.

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Next time when posting CLI output, add export LANG=C before you run a command.
From that point onwards until you close the terminal, its output will be in English.

Kein Problem: Ich verstehe Deutsch…

And here is your solution (someone already mentioned this above):

:innocent:

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Hi, in my particular issue, the affected files were:

/etc/pam.d/system-login
/etc/pam.d/system-login.pacnew

The last one contains the same that the first, but without lines with pam_tally and pam_tally2

Use the pacnew version was enough to login again on reboot

Thanks in advance!

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Same here, update went ok, nothing about pom or pombase.
Rebooted and logged in, no problem

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Thanks Manjaro Team.

Is the release of the final version of Manjaro 20.1 near ?

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pam not good for me before install with 2 manjaro:

$grep -E "pam_tally|pam_cracklib" /etc/pam.d/*
/etc/pam.d/lightdm-autologin:auth        required    pam_tally.so file=/var/log/faillog onerr=succeed
/etc/pam.d/passwd:#password     required        pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3
/etc/pam.d/system-login:auth       required   pam_tally2.so        onerr=succeed file=/var/log/tallylog
/etc/pam.d/system-login:account    required   pam_tally2.so 

grep -E "pam_tally|pam_cracklib" /etc/pam.d/*
/etc/pam.d/passwd:#password     required        pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2 retry=3
/etc/pam.d/sddm-autologin:auth        required    pam_tally.so file=/var/log/faillog onerr=succeed
/etc/pam.d/system-login:auth       required   pam_tally2.so        onerr=succeed file=/var/log/tallylog
/etc/pam.d/system-login:account    required   pam_tally2.so

now all commented before update, I can run

and after merge .pacnew if exists / replace pam_tally2.so by pam_faillock.so

EDIT: no merge /etc/shadow or /etc/passwd !!! manjaro is break

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I had the same issue with dunst (/usr/bin/dunstify) and I’ve overwritten it like @chomsky suggested:

sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite /usr/bin/dunstify

Everything else was updated without issues :slight_smile:

Thank you :slight_smile:

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I used to have problems with mirrors just about every time I updated. Now I run sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack before updating. No problems since. :fireworks:

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