[Stable Update] 2021-09-24 - Kernels, LibreOffice, Browsers, Pipewire, RHVoice, KDE Frameworks, Mesa

philm · 24 September 2021 20:00

Known issues and solutions

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New issues:

Update breaks dependencies

The first port of call when having dependency problems is to try to update your mirrors then try again.

The quick solution:

sudo pacman-mirrors --geoip && sudo pacman -Syyu

The long-term solution:
- Check the mirrors for your country and the closest neighbouring country
- Execute:
```
sudo pacman-mirrors --country YourCountry,NeighbouringCountry --interactive
```
- select the green mirrors that are fastest with ↑ and ↓ on your keyboard and space to select them
- Tab to the OK button
- Press Enter
- Execute:
```
sudo pacman -Syyu
pamac upgrade
```
- Check again for no errors, hit Y Enter

QTile minimizes windows

floating_layout rules in a dict was deprecated a while ago

KDE Window Decorations UI with Drag&Drop broken

When going to System-Settings → Window Decorations → Titlebar Buttons the UI interface doesn’t allow you to drag and drop buttons any more.

Bug already raised and being tracked here

Firefox mixes languages

Clear your profile cache : Help → More troubleshooting information → Clear startup cache
If that does not work, create a new profile. See here how to do so while keeping your bookmarks, extensions and customization.

Brave segfaults / crashes

Reinstalling Brave fixes the issue.

Older Issues:

You might have issues to install this update by missing Maintainers keys

A possible solution might be:

sudo rm -r /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
sudo pacman-key --init
sudo pacman-key --populate manjaro
sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux
sudo pacman -Syvv manjaro-keyring  # just to test for key-problems, as this would fail

However, we recommend to remove the signatures of the failed packages in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/ and get the replaced ones from the Build-Server:

sudo rm -v /var/cache/pacman/pkg/*.sig
sudo pacman -Syvv

nVidia 4xx PRIME on kernel >= 5.5 has no audio

If you are using an nVidia card with the proprietary prime driver and you get no audio through the HDMI port or the USB devices of the card don’t work it’s because they have been disable due to a power management bug in the kernel. This bug has been fixed in recent updates, so if you are running a kernel with version >= 5.5 and the 4xx version nVidia driver you can fix those problems by editing the file /etc/udev/rules.d/90-mhwd-prime-powermanagement.rules and commenting the following lines in this way.

To go from this:

# Remove NVIDIA USB xHCI Host Controller devices, if present
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x0c0330", ATTR{remove}="1"

# Remove NVIDIA USB Type-C UCSI devices, if present
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x0c8000", ATTR{remove}="1"

# Remove NVIDIA Audio devices, if present
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x040300", ATTR{remove}="1"

to this:

# Remove NVIDIA USB xHCI Host Controller devices, if present
#ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x0c0330", ATTR{remove}="1"

# Remove NVIDIA USB Type-C UCSI devices, if present
#ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x0c8000", ATTR{remove}="1"

# Remove NVIDIA Audio devices, if present
#ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="pci", ATTR{vendor}=="0x10de", ATTR{class}=="0x040300", ATTR{remove}="1"

execute this:

sudo sed -Ei '/"0x040300"/s/^/#/' /etc/udev/rules.d/90-mhwd-prime-powermanagement.rules
sudo sed -Ei '/"0x0c8000"/s/^/#/' /etc/udev/rules.d/90-mhwd-prime-powermanagement.rules
sudo sed -Ei '/"0x0c0330"/s/^/#/' /etc/udev/rules.d/90-mhwd-prime-powermanagement.rules

Freetype2 update may break applications

Freetype2 update may break applications such as Steam. For Steam the latest stable client update resolves the issue.

You might be blocked updating when using pacman due to some libcanberra packages.

Simply remove those packages: sudo pacman -Rdd lib32-libcanberra-pulse lib32-libcanberra-gstreamer libcanberra-pulse libcanberra-gstreamer. We recommend to use pamac anyway, which does this automatically: pamac update

Compiz packages got dropped from our repositories

Compiz packages like compiz-easy-patch got dropped from our repositories. Due to protobuf update you may need to rebuild that package locally on your end. Compiz-easy-patch removed from repos

wget now always outputs “SSL_INIT” to stderr every time it is run.

Issue tracked here: GNU Wget - Bugs: bug #61125

vboxdrv error messages of systemd from log `journactl -b -p 3`

I got the error messages of systemd from log journactl -b -p 3 after this update:

 systemd-udevd[329]: vboxdrv: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:1 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrv".
 systemd-udevd[335]: vboxdrvu: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:2 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrvu".
 systemd-udevd[338]: vboxnetctl: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:3 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxnetctl".
 systemd-udevd[322]: vboxdrv: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:1 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrv".
 systemd-udevd[343]: vboxdrvu: /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules:2 Only network interfaces can be renamed, ignoring NAME="vboxdrvu"..

Solution:

Edit the file /lib/udev/rules.d/60-vboxdrv.rules

#KERNEL=="vboxdrv", NAME="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"
#KERNEL=="vboxdrvu", NAME="vboxdrvu", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0666"
#KERNEL=="vboxnetctl", NAME="vboxnetctl", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"

KERNEL=="vboxdrv", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"
KERNEL=="vboxdrvu", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0666"
KERNEL=="vboxnetctl", OWNER="root", GROUP="root", MODE="0600"

SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", ACTION=="add", RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor $attr{bDeviceClass} vboxusers"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh $major $minor $attr{bDeviceClass} vboxusers"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", ACTION=="remove", RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh --remove $major $minor"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="remove", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", RUN+="/usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxCreateUSBNode.sh --remove $major $minor"

or ignore these messages from the log.

Firefox VAAPI doesn't work

Can be fixed by removing the entire Firefox profile and settings
All Firefox settings will be reset to default!

~/.mozilla
~/.cache/mozilla
~/.pulse

Even older issues:

`signal-desktop-beta` doesn't want to build and fails with an error

Solution:

     pamac remove signal-desktop-beta
     pamac install signal-desktop

Steam breaks completely and only shows a black screen

Steam only displays a black screen in place of WebView elements such as the store & library panels. The issue is caused by an update to freetype2, so the easiest way to solve the problem is to opt into the Steam beta client
Downgrading the freetype2 to version 2.10.4 would be a bad idea with something as important as freetype2 as other packages may break.

Icon handling in `obmenu-generator` is broken

Error message:

obmenu-generator -i
Can't locate object method "init" via package "Gtk3" at /bin/obmenu-generator line 386.

Solution:

     pamac install perl-gtk3

No audio after Pulseaudio v15 update

Try clearing the databases in your home folder of any old settings by executing:

rm ~/.config/pulse/*.tdb ~/.config/pulse/cookie

Reboot afterwards.

Nextcloud problem and workaround

Problem:
After upgrading mariadb to 10.6.3-1 and executing

sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service && sudo mariadb-upgrade -u root -p

Nextcloud doesn’t work anymore showing several errors, all of them related to “InnoDB refuses to write tables with ROW_FORMAT=COMPRESSED or KEY_BLOCK_SIZE.”

Workaround:
In /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf under section [mariadb] put:

innodb_read_only_compressed=0

Workaround found here: Arch Forum - [SOLVED] Issues on nextcloud 22.0.0 and mariadb 10.6

KDE logo in splash screen instead of Manjaro logo

Backup / remove the old ksplashrc file
mv ~/.config/ksplashrc ~/.config/ksplashrc.bak
Go to System Settings
Type in Splash
Click on Splash Screen
Select and Apply your desired splash screen

Telegram fails to open

Telegram fails with:

(telegram-desktop:6166): Telegram-WARNING **: 15:46:00.533: Application was built without embedded fonts, this may lead to font issues.
(telegram-desktop:6166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 15:46:00.619: cannot register existing type 'GtkWidget'
(telegram-desktop:6166): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 15:46:00.619: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed
(telegram-desktop:6166): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 15:46:00.619: cannot register existing type 'GtkBuildable'
(telegram-desktop:6166): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 15:46:00.619: g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (interface_type)' failed
(telegram-desktop:6166): GLib-CRITICAL **: 15:46:00.619: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed
(telegram-desktop:6166): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 15:46:00.619: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed
(telegram-desktop:6166): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 15:46:00.619: g_type_register_static: assertion 'parent_type > 0' failed

Upgrade to at least version Version 2.8.11-2.0 as that should fix the bug by executing:

pamac upgrade

KDE krunner and Alt+F1 issues

Symptoms:

krunner does not work, no popup when typing on empty desktop and Alt+F2 shows an empty transparent window within a subdued black frame.
application launcher doesn’t open with Alt+F1, and when opened with mouse, the entries in the menu don’t work (restart, shutdown etc.).

Solution:

Reboot through sudo reboot
remove from ~/.config :
- kglobalshortcutsrc
- krunnerrc
- plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
change global theme and login screen to Breeze and reboot
login on tty and rm -rf ~/.cache
login on graphical screen
change global theme and login screen to Breath2 and reboot

KDE Plasma theme uses low contrast colors, harder to read

Symptoms:

You normally use a dark Plasma theme and notice that text on your Plasma menus, widgets, and tray are more difficult to read due to a lower contrast (light grey on dark grey).
This is due to the newly applied Breath2 2021 Dark Plasma theme.

Solution:

Switch back to your previously used Breath2 Dark or Breath Dark theme to bring back higher-contrast text.
System Settings → Appearance → Plasma Style

Dolphin fails to open Konsole using context menu action

Install kinit package.

pamac install kinit