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

[jpalko]

I bumped into this one:
FS#73208 - Systemd-homed fails with systemd-250

Trying to solve it now, hopefully quickly.

EDIT: Seems like the link states, downgrading to 249 solves the issue. So, I ran

pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/systemd-249.7-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

and now I could login to that system.

As a further detail, this didn’t happen on my laptop yesterday where the LUKS encrypted storage doesn’t have a dedicated drive, only on my two desktops that have dedicated disk storage for my user home.

[akya]

Everything is working except Kodi hanging up after the start. Hope the bug mentioned above gets fixed soon.

[Manfrago]

@Yochanan

Issues with AUR packages are off topic in Announcement threads.

The optimus manager was moved to the AUR with the last update. Just a strange coincidence?

[karpaz]

I have problem too,
My two monitors stopped working … NVIDIA offloading was broken with kernel ?
My optimus-manager is broken with new kernel.

Some minor problems with pip libraries … fixed with uninstall and install again … especially shodan shodan · PyPI

Fix roll back to LTS 5.10.89-1 version.
Don’t know if it’s needed, but I also reinstalled optimus-manager

[Petrarca]

ulauncher ist not working anymore. Error reported is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ulauncher", line 27, in <module>
    from ulauncher.main import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ulauncher'

I have no idea what that means…

I re-installed ulauncher and it’s working again; so this issue is resolved.

[D.Dave]

Since this update (I guess due the new systemd) I got a lot of errors/warnings never seen before and the boot time is increased.

The errors/warnings:

gen 03 13:59:58 manjaro systemd[1]: Journal Audit Socket was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionSecurity=audit).
gen 03 13:59:58 manjaro systemd[1]: Create List of Static Device Nodes was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionFileNotEmpty=/lib/modules/4.14.260-1-MANJARO/modules.devname).
gen 03 13:59:59 manjaro systemd[1]: Journal Audit Socket was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionSecurity=audit).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Journal Audit Socket was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionSecurity=audit).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Repartition Root Disk was skipped because all trigger condition checks failed.
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: First Boot Wizard was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionFirstBoot=yes).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: First Boot Complete was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionFirstBoot=yes).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Rebuild Hardware Database was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionNeedsUpdate=/etc).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Create System Users was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionNeedsUpdate=/etc).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Virtual Machine and Container Storage (Compatibility) was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionPathExists=/var/lib/machines.raw).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Rebuild Dynamic Linker Cache was skipped because all trigger condition checks failed.
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Store a System Token in an EFI Variable was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderFeatures-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Commit a transient machine-id on disk was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionPathIsMountPoint=/etc/machine-id).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Rebuild Journal Catalog was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionNeedsUpdate=/var).
gen 03 12:59:59 hal9000 systemd[1]: Update is Completed was skipped because all trigger condition checks failed.
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Rebuild Dynamic Linker Cache was skipped because all trigger condition checks failed.
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Store a System Token in an EFI Variable was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/LoaderFeatures-4a67b082-0a4c-41cf-b6c7-440b29bb8c4f).
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: First Boot Wizard was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionFirstBoot=yes).
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: First Boot Complete was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionFirstBoot=yes).
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Rebuild Hardware Database was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionNeedsUpdate=/etc).
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Rebuild Journal Catalog was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionNeedsUpdate=/var).
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Commit a transient machine-id on disk was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionPathIsMountPoint=/etc/machine-id).
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Repartition Root Disk was skipped because all trigger condition checks failed.
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Create System Users was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionNeedsUpdate=/etc).
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Update is Completed was skipped because all trigger condition checks failed.
gen 03 13:00:00 hal9000 systemd[1]: Manage Sound Card State (restore and store) was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionPathExists=/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf).

And the slow boot time is due systemd-binfmt.service which now tooks about two seconds during system startup.

EDIT:

I also get:

dbus-daemon[956]: writing oom_score_adj error: Permission denied
dbus-daemon[962]: writing oom_score_adj error: Permission denied
dbus-daemon[1002]: writing oom_score_adj error: Permission denied

But systemd-oomd.service, on my system, is disabled.

[cscs]

Never was an issue - part of using the AUR is rebuilding packages after certain system updates.

[cscs]

What version of systemd do you have?
pacman -Qs systemd

[D.Dave]

local/lib32-systemd 250-1
    system and service manager (32-bit)
local/systemd 250-5
    system and service manager
local/systemd-fsck-silent 239-1
    File system checks for SystemD (silent)
local/systemd-libs 250-5
    systemd client libraries
local/systemd-sysvcompat 250-5
    sysvinit compat for systemd
local/systemdgenie 0.99.0-4
    Systemd management utility

[toxpal]

Upgrade was fine for most parts, but one of python apps is broken now. I use Rummage ( Rummage - Rummage Documentation ) which is a cross platform search and replace tool (like GUI for grep) and it worked perfectly before. Right after upgrade, it didn’t start, so I re-installed app. Now it works, but GUI is terribly broken. This is how app should look like - https://facelessuser.github.io/Rummage/images/preview.png

This is how it looks after upgrade - rummage — ImgBB (notice tons of empty space at the bottom - this is where all the options should be). If I move mouse cursor over empty space, some options appear for a second and then disappear again. My guess it’s probably related to Python 3.10…

[DB9]

Systemd drop-in config for unit files in user context is not loaded when the drop-in directory is a symlink. Reported it as systemd issue. Drop-in config not recognized when .d directory for a unit is a symlink · Issue #21979 · systemd/systemd · GitHub

For now my workaround is to symlink the config files instead of the directories.

[Jazz]

After this update my Telegram icon doesn’t show the number of Unread Messages anymore.

KDE Plasma

#
# ~/.bash_profile
#
[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc
export LC_ALL="C"
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano
export QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=gtk
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1
export QT_AUTO_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTOR=0
[[ "$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP" == "KDE" ]] || export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="qt5ct"
[[ -f ~/.extend.profile ]] && . ~/.extend.profile

[lays147]

Hello. I’ve got a broken pip after the update.

➜  ~ pip                      
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pip", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('pip==20.3.4', 'console_scripts', 'pip')())
  File "/usr/bin/pip", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
    return next(matches).load()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 162, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 10, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/autocompletion.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main_parser.py", line 7, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/cmdoptions.py", line 25, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.progress_bars import BAR_TYPES
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/progress_bars.py", line 12, in <module>
    from pip._internal.utils.logging import get_indentation
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/logging.py", line 18, in <module>
    from pip._internal.utils.misc import ensure_dir
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 21, in <module>
    from pip._vendor import pkg_resources
ImportError: cannot import name 'pkg_resources' from 'pip._vendor' (/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/__init__.py)

Already followed some instructions to uninstall and install again, and no luck in there.

Commands that I’ve tried:

sudo pacman -Rns python-pip
yay -s python-pip
sudo paccache -r

Also, all my envs using python3.9 got broken, I have installed it again using yay.

[anon12891489]

sudo pacman -S python-pip

[koshikas]

@D.Dave

Since this update (I guess due the new systemd) I got a lot of errors/warnings never seen before and the boot time is increased.

AFAIK its just the way it is going forward and should be nothing of concern, systemd does a host of flag checks/decisions and all negative results has word “failed” in them.

@D.Dave

writing oom_score_adj error: Permission denied

[Testing Update] 2021-12-28 - Systemd 250, AMDVlk 2021.Q4.3, LibGLVND 1.4.0

Seems to be like this: systemd 250 error log / Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues / Arch Linux Forums

[federation]

@philm

If you have installed something via Pip, get this info before the python upgrade, as there’s no easy way to get it afterwards.

I have two or three packages installed via pip and I forgot to run this command…I haven’t noticed anything out of the ordinary so far but I’m curious about what types of problems I might bump into/what their workarounds are.

[lightsaber]

I cannot turn on Bluetooth after this update. The Bluetooth option is still there in Gnome menu but clicking it does nothing.

[jqv]

Use Cinnamon and this update seems to break my setup of nemo (did not start and no desktop icons), I had two aur packages I was not aware of (nemo-media-columns and nemo-compare), did a pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.9) --no-confirm
and all worked fine again after that.
Thank you for a great update!

[Yochanan]

@Jazz

export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="qt5ct"

Telegram is built with Qt6 now, see:

FS#73234 - [telegram-desktop] v3.4.2-2 Qt6 build does not apply the system tray icon theme