[Stable Update] 2022-01-02 - Kernels, Systemd, KDE Frameworks, Mesa, Xorg-Server, Wine, Python 3.10

[j77h]

No problem at all, for the system.

No problem for you if you remember the names of the packages, or can find them again.

When you want to use one of those pip packages again, just re-install it.
Remember to put --user in the command, and not sudo.

Using ‘pip freeze’ is for people who have lots of pip packages installed.
It gives you a list, so you don’t have to remember them all.

[Daniel-I]

@philm

A detailed list of all package changes can be reviewed here .

This package change link is different from previous Stable updates, in that it is comparing Stable to Testing. Is there a way we can generate our own diff, or can we request a compare of “Stable 2022-01-02” to “Stable 2021-12-16”?

[Nathan]

Small problem with SDDM scaling (as posted here: SDDM / login scaling broken after 2022-01-02 update). Previously scaled SDDM / login interface now tiny again on 4k screen.

[Jade1]

optimus-manager broker after update. Could not not run nvidia x-server.

systemctl status optimus-manager showed failed

Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo systemd[1]: Starting Optimus Manager Commands Daemon...
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo python3[1059]: /usr/bin/python3: Error while finding module specification for 'optimus_manager.hooks.pre_daemon_start' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'optimus_manager')
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo python3[1101]: /usr/bin/python3: Error while finding module specification for 'optimus_manager.hooks.pre_xorg_start' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'optimus_manager')
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo systemd[1]: Started Optimus Manager Commands Daemon.
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo python3[1111]: /usr/bin/python3: Error while finding module specification for 'optimus_manager.daemon' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'optimus_manager')
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo systemd[1]: optimus-manager.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo python3[1135]: /usr/bin/python3: Error while finding module specification for 'optimus_manager.hooks.post_daemon_stop' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'optimus_manager')
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo systemd[1]: optimus-manager.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 03 22:36:52 ja-clevo systemd[1]: optimus-manager.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'

As suggested in the update notes relating to python, I ran

> pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.9

and saw that optimus-manager was listed. I then ran

yay -S $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.9) --answerclean All

Started the optimus service and it started successfully but I still could not launch the nvidia x-server. I then rebooted my machine and all now works ok. I can launch nvidia x-server and optimus-manager works ok.

[subramani]

Stable update [2022-01-02] upgrade process went through smoothly without any glitch.

Rebuilding of AUR based python packages went through without any hassle.

The system is more responsive and has significant improvements in program load times.

This update resolved my laptop wake-up issues. I couldn’t put my finger on what resolved this issue though I was using the same kernel earlier.

When resuming from suspension in full disk encryption, the File system turns read-only

When resuming from suspension in full disk encryption, the File system turns read-only. Intel tiger lake nvme storage with LUKS full disk encryption. Running on Kernal 5.15.7-1. No swap partition or file. Any pointers? smartctl -l error /dev/nvme0 smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-linux-5.15.7-1-MANJARO] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF SMART DATA SECTION === Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 256 entries) No E…

[medmedin]

These two bugs are already fixed for stable branch :

KDE Window Decorations UI with Drag&Drop broken
KDE Plasma shows visual graphical errors

[fleanegan]

Hello, Thank you for your amazing work! I got the following problems since the update:

• The wifi connection is unstable (driver iwlwifi driverversion=5.10.89-1-MANJARO)
• Sudo password promts take a minute to appear
• GDM did not work, had to install lightdm

[callegar]

Looks like the update breaks sane with some HP devices supported by hplip requiring a plugin.

hp-plugin -i is needed.

[theonlyianwood]

I use a laptop with a dock with two screens with optimus-manager. After update the screen was blank.

Fixed by
sudo pamac remove optimus-manager
sudo pamac install optimus-manager

[AlanP]

Hi,

I have a big problem. I made the last updates (2022-01-02) on Manjaro Cinnamon version. Now, the system starts but the vendor logo blinks many times and nothings happens. I must reboot with the CTRL+ALT+Del keys. I have the last 5.10 and 5.4 kernel installed but It doesn’t work even if I’m in falling back mode. I tried to switch to console mode but it doesn’t recognize my login. What can I do ? I’m desperate. Is there a way with the usb live of Manjaro to solve the issue ? What’s wrong ?

Note: I’ve got a laptop with Optimus technology. Optimus-manager is installed.

Thank you very much for your help.

[dobedobedo]

Maybe try to boot with live media, and use it to chroot to your system.
Rolling back the optimus-manager seems to help.

Optimus manager doesn't work after upgrade

Hello, I temporary fix it doing a rollback (downgrade) from 1.4-3 to 1.4-1, I exec this command: sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/optimus-manager-1.4-1-any.pkg.tar.zst And now I have my two monitor working fine :D. I think this solution work temporary while Manjaro Team fix package. $optimus-manager --status …

[thingsiplay]

I just noticed that the program notify-send does not work anymore, after the update 2 days ago. I know it worked a few days ago, so it is probably something after the update. When I run the command notify-send "hello" in the terminal in example it should work, but it waits as if it would wait for input and never stops, until I control-c. Any idea how to troubleshoot and if this is related to the update? Some related info:

pamac search --files -q notify-send
needrestart
firejail
libnotify
```

[Noeliel]

I’ve just installed the update on my main machine and from what I can tell it went well for the most part.
Only thing I immediately noticed was that my mouse feels kind of “sluggish” now. When I move it smoothly, the cursor seems to lag/stutter ever so slightly. When I click and drag to select multiple files in my file manager (Thunar), the selection area most of the time does not appear immediately but only after one second or so. Anyone got any ideas?
I’m on XFCE (xorg) on a GTX 980Ti with proprietary drivers.

Edit: This persisted across reboots as well, however, strangely, after disconnecting and reconnecting the mouse the issue seems to be gone (for now). After a reboot it’s also still fine. Really weird

[PolGZ]

Regular update (with pamac) seemed fine (no apparent errors).

But after reading:

@philm

You may need to rebuild any AUR packages that install files to site-packages …

You may need to rebuild any Python packages you’ve installed from the AUR. To get a list of them, you can run:

pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.9

I followed the instruction and got 3 python 3.9 packages installed from the AUR. I checked one of them (auto-cpufreq) and I got an error. Therefore, I proceeded with the proposed solution to rebuild them all:

@philm

And to rebuild them all at once with an AUR helper such as yay, you can do:

yay -S $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.9) --answerclean All

I didn’t got any errors while doing so. Everything seems to work fine.

[vasmakk]

Hi all and best wishes for the new year!

Unfortunately after this update both blender 3.0 and blender 2.93.7 3D Viewport flashes while resizing. This is very annoying and probably has to do with the new mesa (or the new KDE). I tried deleting ~./cache* and Trolltech.conf file, but nothing changed. Same bug

The bug is easy to reproduce. Just try resizing the main window by dragging it. It happens on my laptop with nvidia graphics and on my desktop with integrated intel graphics.

Both computers running KDE Plasma

Any ideas ?
Thx

[ExBhal]

Since this update, my mic stops working as soon as I start an application that uses it like Discord or OBS. I then have to reboot if I want it to work again.

I know that my mic works before starting those applications because I can see activity when looking at the volume mixer and I don’t see any activity once I start one of those application.

Downgrading pipewire to 3.40-1 fixes the issue.

Edit: Looks like an issue is already opened with pipewire : https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/issues/1892

[Olli]

i’ll have to dig deeper what’s the cause, but after updating the cpu-load is very high and temperatures are at around 80°C while using the PC in the same manner as before.

[AlanP]

I think I’ve got a problem with kernel 5.10 and the last updates. If I can chroot the system, I will upgrade to the kernel to 5.15.

[nyhell]

pip (python package manager) was missing after update; (SOLVED)

Parts of the previous pip (for python3.9) was still present after the update not functioning (“no package owns /usr/lib/python3.9”), and pip3.10 was not automatically instsalled.

i’m using pip on a weekly basis, so it was most probably there before the update.

After reboot I reinstalled pip3.10 via the package manager (gui), because I wasn’t sure about the package’s name (python3-pip? python-pip3? python3-pip3? python3.10-pip?)

I install python-pip.
(i don’t know with manjaro whether it’s better to use the packange manager or install pip manually. Since this update wasn’t smooth, I’ll try to stick with the package-manager system; i think the previous was manually installed via getpip.py).

There was a real mess with previous pip3.9 executables litter (under ~/.local/bin/, in /usr/bin, multiple symlinks, real files, and stubs),
So I had to manually delete every pip* executable + remains.

then symlink /usr/bon/pip3.10 as /usr/bin/pip

pip now works again.