[Stable Update] 2021-06-14 - Kernels, Browsers, Mesa, Deepin, Systemd, Gnome Apps 40.2, Pipewire, Haskell

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This update reset all my KDE Plasma Virtual Desktops and Activities and some important sticky notes are lost :frowning: :sob:

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Normaly i do use trizen, but this time i followed philm’s advice and used pamac in the terminal

Luckily i have already moved on from kernel 4.19 to 5.10, 5.12 . And i do use noveau instead of nvidia, because “noveau” does detect both graphic-cards and does handle my 2-seat system well (nvidia-driver didn’t).
And zstd is already “my” standard for mkinitcpio.conf :sweat_smile:

# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"
#akf
COMPRESSION="zstd"

But again i had to delete 2 files :hammer: :hammer: to get my lightdm from black screen :black_large_square: to working :framed_picture: again.

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161

Hi All
On Dell Studio 1749 after this update I have lost the network totally (both WIFI and Ethernet). This seems to be an issue with the new kernel 5.10 becuase all is fine if I reboot and choose 5.4. on boot.
There are:
❯ inxi --network
Network: Device-1: Broadcom BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n driver: wl
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8168

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i did the update and all went fine;
i checked the mkinitcpio.conf file and it shows as follow:

# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"
#COMPRESSION="zstd"

should i un-comment “zstd”,or is it fine like that?

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Hi @linub

Manjaro rolled back to gzip as default with the release of mkinitcpio 30.2.

It is up to you to switch over to zstd

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164

thank you

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165

I had exactly the same issue. I booted a live disc of the latest edition (21.0.7) and restored my system from the terminal in the live session with Timeshift (timeshift -restore, then follow the prompts).

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Use zstd only if all your kernels are >= 5.10. Older kernels will not be able to decompress the zstd-initramfs and fail to boot.

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167

So isn’t Add/Remove Software a pamac gui app?

168

It is both gui or terminal (but i recommend terminal for updates)

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169

im on 5.10,but i’ll go with the default of Manjaro; gzip.
i don’t even know what’s that thing about :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: so i won’t mess with it for now.

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We found a way to make 4.19 kernels boot again. However, it seems to be a regression in 4.19 kernel series, which doesn’t got updated on how the libmount is mounting devices.

We will closely monitor the upstream issue and update system again with the proper patches or find a solution for 4.19 kernel. Otherwise we will have to drop that kernel series.

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171

3rd strike on mkinitramfs, nice /s

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5.4.123 belongs to package linux54. On upgrade of this package, old one is replaced with the new one. Manjaro is not *buntu and collects no trash.

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Probably because I haven’t had any issues with pacman that wouldn’t affect pamac. I see complaints about the reverse all the time.

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174

unless it does not boot for ‘reasons’ :wink:

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Please let us know as soon as possible. We will then install a different operating system on many of our older company computers.

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Everything good on cinnamon… i used the 5.4 and had no problem, maybe i was lucky to update later.
To be sure i installed the 5.10, better off to have more than a kernel, who knows…

177

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately my support for Manjaro is only the occasional donation (I was more active in surveying and trying to help out in the past but don’t anymore have the time actually). My point, that you obviously only perceived as “mere complaint” (because I was too short), is that I think that I can validly have the expectation from a stable branch (even if it is Arch based …) that the LTS kernels that are branded as “recommended” in the kernel manager, get their share of testing before release of the next stable update. That’s all.

If resources are spare, then I would recommend to do away support for some of the other special kernels, or just “unbrand” the LTS kernels as recommended (at least those that are not tested, because I would not recommend untested kernels).

My machine runs well with the 4.xx series, so why should I change gears? Now with the 5.10 running I have to rework the MX mouse wheel config … just a tiny example, and prior to the actual 5.10 and actual KDE Plasma, Plasma refused to even show up with the 5.xx series of kernels, while with 4.19.xy all was good. So I have become pretty conservative with updates, but still I like Manjaro, you know why? This install was initially done when kernel 4.4 was the newest one and I have it still running as my working horse… I have already seen that there is a workaround for systemd, so I say thank you devs, again (!!!). Best regards,
Benjamin

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I used to have an nvidia card, and, man, i had troubles and issues almost everyday, on every distro.
Then i bought an amd card, and in two years i barely had an issue, the kernel drivers just work with no need to install huge proprietary packs.

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