[Stable Update] 2021-03-18 - Kernels, Plasma, Frameworks, LibreOffice, Firefox, Systemd

The update went smoothly apart from 2 issues, one which easily got fixed and it was that GRUB wouldn’t show AT ALL while booting, no kernel choosing, nothing. Easily fixed it by activating os-prober using the command in the common issues post, I’m not sure why grub would stop showing altogether just because it can’t find windows but eh it got fixed.

The other issue which i didn’t bother to research because it’s midnight is that the manjaro kernel manager just shows an install button in front of all the kernels, even the one i’m running

Which you can see here :

I’m not sure what causes this but i think it is relevant info that while installing i chose to not write to MBR and write the boot record to the disk manjaro itself is on, however before this update the tool worked fine. Also GRUB can find installed kernels, the manjaro tool can’t.

Use GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu to force the menu to appear. os-prober was disabled by default for security reasons.

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The computer freezes while building projects using gcc. Rolled back to the previous version using timeshift - everything became normal.
Update: switched to the 5.4 LTS kernel - the problems disappeared.

I can’t update my system because error happened at checking for file conflicts

(354/354) checking for file conflicts [##############################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
python-markdown: /usr/bin/markdown_py exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

please help me

No issues at all on two machines, thanks to the team.

To solve your issue, see this thread:

I opened an issue for you: @linux-aarhus

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It works. thank you so much

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Hi,

after restarting the PC the desktop doesn´t show up. Via F2+alt I can search and start programs, and I do see manjaros mouse and welcoming screen, but there is neither a wallpaper, symbols or a task bar.

Would be happy to get some clues.

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I couldn’t replicate the issue - Nonetheless I took the extra time to verify all code related to http requests and refactored all to use the Python requests lib - before it was a mix.

v4.20.0-2 has been pushed to unstable.

@linux-aarhus @philm Installed v4.20.0-2 from unstable. works fine for me. Big Thx!

btw: Version still prints:
sudo pacman-mirrors -v
Version 4.19.5

See Known issues and solutions post at the top here:

wget https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/k/kio/kio-5.79.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
sudo pacman -U kio-5.79.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
sudo echo "IgnorePkg = kio" >> /etc/pacman.conf
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Update made my bluetooth headphones choppy. I posted information here:

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Update on 12 Systems without Problems.

DK3

Reminder:

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4 posts were merged into an existing topic: At this stage, Pipewire is a pure disaster. (needed rant !)

Thanks. You saved my biscuits today. All works after following your solution.

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Sorry,no. See https://www.kernel.org/.

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Looks like the popping and slowdown of audio is being reported in the pulseeffects github project. So mahbe best thing we can do is share our experience and help test.

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Also install pacnew-chaser to recall any updates in conf files and meld them.

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