[Stable Update] 2021-05-06 - Kernels, Mesa, VirtualBox, LxQt 0.17, Deepin, Gnome Apps 40.1

grub seems to have borked something, i switched to linux512 and removed linux58 and linux511 but grub still thinks linux58 is installed.

$ mhwd-kernel -li              
Currently running: 5.12.1-2-MANJARO (linux512)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux510
* linux512
* linux54

yet

Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.8-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.8-x86_64-fallback.img

No, grub sees the kernel and initramfs in /boot. Delete those manually.

well did not something break, as every time previously it has been removed automatically? Maybe incompatibility between mhwd-kernel or grub and linux512 ?

No.
The package removal of a kernel package should trigger a pacman hook (/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/60-mkinitcpio-remove.hook) which in turn calls the /usr/share/libalpm/scripts/mkinitcpio-remove script which should remove those remnants.
Don’t know what went wrong on your system.

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Am I the only who has problems with “Print Screen” button after this update?

On KDE, “Print Screen” button on keyboard does nothing now (it used to capture screenshots with Spectacle in the past). I even re-configured keyboard shortcuts via settings - no luck. No matter what I do, “Print Screen” button alone doesn’t work anymore. If I configure shortcut to use SOME_OTHER_BUTTON + “Print Screen”, it works fine.

PrtSc still working for me on KDE.

It isn’t a recommended LTS kernel yet. This is my primary work computer, I don’t change my kernel very often.

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My Manjaro Gnome PC doesn’t boot after the update. It had kernel 5.9 on it and it said it was removing it but I guess it didn’t replace it with anything? Just reading the notes here and yeah I guess it’s end of life now. I usually have LTS kernels but I guess I forgot to change it after a new install a few months back.

Anyway I’ve got a UEFI install and it just hangs at the motherboard manufacturer’s logo screen. I can reboot with Ctrl + Alt + Del but that seems like about it. Should I boot from install media and jump into my current install and do something?

Could you post a screenshot with your keyboard shortcuts for Spectcacle, please? System Settings > Shortcuts > Spectacle

@toxpal, here is a screenshot of my Spectacle shortcuts:

Thank you, your config is exactly the same as mine. for some reason, it doesn’t work for me, no matter if Spectacle is running or not. Worked just fine in the past


After some more tests, I now believe it’s related to Spectacle itself. Even after I open it manually, clicking “Take a new Screenshot” sometimes closes Spectacle. I mean not minimizing to tray or showing a selection window for screenshot, but closing the app. When I re-open Spectacle manually, it instantly gets minimized and displays a selection window for screenshot.

LTS kernels are always usually recommended. @nightmare-2021 apparently forgot to add that. :wink: See below :point_down:

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I haven’t forgotten that, but the 5.10 kernel is deliberately not recommended for now :wink:

The reason is that it has not yet achieved sufficient stability and a lot is still being tinkered with.
You can see it in the many fixes - kernel updates come twice a week.

So it doesn’t matter if I set the kernel to recommended - that doesn’t make it any better.

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Firefox just does not allow me to search after restart or boot for couple min. internet connectivity is not an issue as chromium works fine and all any other internet apps just work

maybe linux-latest should be renamed linux-latest-lts to prevent confusions? Then also a linux-latest could be provided as convenience, and the dependencies currently for it could move over to -lts

You are right.
For me, for example, the 5.10 kernel is malfunctioning with my trackpad touchpad (Lenovo Thinkpad). Sometimes it is erroneously recognized as a mouse and I have to restart with modprobe:
modprobe -r psmouse
modprobe psmouse

However, I found the 5.10 kernel already installed in the latest manjaro iso.
Perhaps the iso should only contain a stable LTS kernel. A manjaro newbie may not know that you can install more than one kernel and maybe leave manjaro after seeing that as soon as installed it doesn’t work well 


Probably some extension or theme is not working good.
Have you tried to start Firefox in safe mode and disabling each extension, one at a time, to find the culprit?
This link may help you.

However, I found the 5.10 kernel already installed in the latest manjaro iso.
Perhaps the iso should only contain a stable LTS kernel

The reason for this is that the kernel 5.4 (last LTS) unfortunately causes problems with AMD CPUs.
That’s why we opted for kernel 5.10 - despite the shortcomings.

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Yeah,

I had a problem with this kernel on my PC which is not a super machine but is AMD, I agree

T+ = See you later

After the update my Xorg crashes. I found the problem to be the libepoxy package (upgrading from version 1.5.5 to 1.5.7 to be exact). Anyone else experiencing such issue? (KDE, AMDGPU)

If someone have an idea how to debug such issue please help me here Upgrading libepoxy from 1.5.5 to 1.5.7 results in Xorg crashing