[Stable Update] 2020-11-22 - Kernels, Pamac, Gnome, Jade, OnlyOffice, Xorg-Server

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No errors or warnings seen when the update was run using the GUI.

  • But i notice there is a /etc/default/grub.pacnew
    It must have been generated by a previous update i guess (looking at the date), so i just remove it and keep current one.
    (I don’t even use grub to boot, but instead use sd-boot :wink:)
    --- /etc/default/grub	2020-11-23 08:57:34.697374551 +0300
+++ /etc/default/grub.pacnew	2020-11-13 00:06:56.000000000 +0300
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
-GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
-#GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
-GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
+GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
+GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
-GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 sysrq_always_enabled=1"
+GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet udev.log_priority=3"
 GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
 
 # If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
 # line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
-#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"
+GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
 
 # Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
 GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
@@ -30,21 +29,21 @@
 # Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
 GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
 
-# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
-# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
+# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter 
+# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx" 
 #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
 
 # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
 GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
 
-# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors.  Used by normal and wallpaper
+# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors.  Used by normal and wallpaper 
 # modes only.  Entries specified as foreground/background.
 GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-gray/black"
 GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="green/black"
 
 # Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
 #GRUB_BACKGROUND="/usr/share/grub/background.png"
-GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt"
+#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"
 
 # Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
 #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

/reboot :crossed_fingers:
(seems to have booted :fireworks::rofl:)

Notable changes i had to perform since a fresh install from the LiveUSB image before all these updates:

  1. Related to keeping the system time in sync with my timezone:
    timedatectl set-ntp true
  2. Related to configuring ethernet network using SystemD instead of NetworkManager in combination with using 👩‍🏫[HowTo] DNS based advertising filter using Bind9 :
    sudo ln -sf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
    systemctl enable --now systemd-resolved
  3. Related to nVidia in combination with Suspend/Resume/Hibernate:
    systemctl enable nvidia-{suspend,resume,hibernate}
  4. Steam issues:
    • Related to upgrade video-nvidia-440 → video-nvidia-455
      [linux59] Steam games not working
    • Related to Shader Pre-Cacheing needing disabled.
      [BUG] Lingering and high CPU usage
      (Still hapening so still disabled)
    • Related to silent startup:
      Change the command line of “Startup and Shutdown → Autostart → Steam” to read /usr/bin/steam-runtime -silent %U
  5. Maybe more, will add if i remember.
    (I didn’t mention stuff needed to use sd-boot instead of grub)
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