The php package has been updated to version 8.0. Please refer to the upstream migration guide. As some applications are not compatible with PHP 8 yet we provide a php7 package which can be installed alongside version 8. Packages that depend on PHP reflect this update and will require php7 if needed. You might need to update your configuration accordingly. PHP 7 binaries and configuration have the “7” suffix:
Note that support for php7 will be limited and likely be dropped in about a year depending on how soon the majority of applications will be compatible with version 8.
Google has announced that they are going to block everything but Chrome from accessing certain Google features (like Chrome sync) starting on March 15. This decision by Google is going to affect Arch’s chromium package a bit earlier, on March 2, when Chromium 89 gets released.
We know for sure that data syncing will stop working (passwords, bookmarks, etc.). Other features such as geolocation or enhanced spell check might continue to function for a bit longer. Extensions integrating with Google Drive might misbehave and LibreOffice will lose access to documents stored there.
Other distros such as openSUSE and Fedora have already removed the soon-to-be-limited API keys from their Chromium 88 packages. Fedora’s advisory provides a great deal of perspective on this and I also found this Hackaday post to be quite informative.
We recommend to switch over to Nouveau drivers if your card is mentioned here and the feature you need is not in red TO DOhere for your particular card.
If you however still need proprietary drivers, you may want to execute the following to ensure all parts of the nVidia drivers get installed properly:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
If proprietary drivers don't fix everything, please click the â–ş at the beginning of this line to view more info
For AMD GPU users having a black screen with kernel 5.10
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Due to a bug in the AMD drivers, please try the following first:
For GRUB:
Open a terminal or a TTY
Open /etc/default/grub in your favourite CLI editor (nano vi, emacs`)
Find the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="
Add amdgpu.dc=0
Save
Execute sudo update-grub and reboot
For systemd-boot:
Open a terminal or a TTY
Open /boot/loader/entries/manjarolinux5.10.conf in your favourite CLI editor (nano vi, emacs`)
Add amdgpu.dc=0 to the end of the line options
Save & reboot
For rEFInd:
Open a terminal or a TTY
Open /boot/refind_linux.conf in your favourite CLI editor (nano vi, emacs`)
Find the line: "Boot using default options" "root=
Add amdgpu.dc=0
Save & reboot
Possible 2 Min delay on shutdown with Gnome
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If you got the problem with shutdown delay (about 2min) on Gnome, here is a workaround:
Edit /usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-session-restart-dbus.service in your favourite editor as root and add Slice=-.slice as a line all by itself like this:
You get [PKGNAME] warning: directory permissions differ on [Directory name]
followed by:
Filesystem: NNN package MMM
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The solution:
sudo chmod MMM DirectoryName
Where obviously MMM is the second number you see (the correct one)
The explanation:
Your package expects the security permissions to be MMM but your system is set to NNN. This is just a warning (today) but to ensure you remain up-to-date with the latest and greatest security rules it’s advised to execute the above command.
Systemd error message: .slice: Failed to migrate controller cgroups
If you have a similar error message like this:
systemd[1004]: -.slice: Failed to migrate controller cgroups from /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service, ignoring: Permission denied
… you may need to add this Grub parameter to your /etc/default/grub file in line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=true. To update your grub menu, call: sudo update-grub. For more information on that issue, see also Arch Forum.
Python 3.9 Requires Rebuilds
Instructions for quickly and easily rebuilding affected AUR packages:
# Install yay
sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm yay
# Rebuild AUR python packages
yay -S --noconfirm $(pacman -Qqo "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages")
The libtraceevent package prior to version 5.9-1 was missing a soname link. This has been fixed in 5.9-1, so the upgrade will need to overwrite the untracked files created by ldconfig. If you get any of these errors
libtraceevent: /usr/lib/libtraceevent.so.1 exists in filesystem
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”
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 cups.service systemctl enable cups.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.
GDM does not start (black screen when booting gnome edition)
Log into your system via tty and depending on your use of Plymouth or bootsplash-systemd choose a option from this post
Pacman gives me a warning about dependency cycles.
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: bashrc-manjaro will be installed before its bash dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: mesa will be installed before its libglvnd dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: lib32-mesa will be installed before its lib32-libglvnd dependency
Something to worry about and if so, how do I best resolve it?
No need to worry/resolve: these are just warnings due to the order in which updates will get installed.
As long as everything finishes uninterrupted - all will be well.
$ spyder
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 568, in _build_master
ws.require(__requires__)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 886, in require
needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 777, in resolve
raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (decorator 5.0.7 (/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages), Requirement.parse('decorator<5'), {'spyder-kernels'})
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/spyder", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('spyder==5.0.0', 'gui_scripts', 'spyder')())
File "/usr/bin/spyder", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
return next(matches).load()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/metadata.py", line 77, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 790, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/spyder/app/start.py", line 34, in <module>
from spyder.utils.external import lockfile
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/spyder/utils/external/lockfile.py", line 31, in <module>
from spyder.utils.programs import is_spyder_process
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/spyder/utils/programs.py", line 29, in <module>
import pkg_resources
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3243, in <module>
def _initialize_master_working_set():
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3226, in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3255, in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 570, in _build_master
return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__)
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 583, in _build_from_requirements
dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment())
File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 772, in resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'decorator<5' distribution was not found and is required by spyder-kernels
I’m investigating
Edit: Seems I’m screwed, see in Spyder code the comment on line 40:
error: mesa: signature from "Laurent Carlier <lordheavym@gmail.com>" is invalid
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/mesa-21.0.3-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n]
error: failed to commit transaction (invalid or corrupted package)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
