[Stable Update] 2023-06-04 - Kernels, Gnome 44.1, Plasma 5.27.5, Python 3.11, Toolchain, Firefox

Dolphin
we have a bug with this last version 23.04.1-1 : dolphin does not remember open tabs
fixed with 23.04.1-2 in unstable


[TIPS] With this new systemd 253 :

A new LogFilterPatterns= option has been added for units. It may be used to specify accept/deny regular expressions for log messages generated by the unit, that shall be enforced by systemd-journald.
Rejected messages are neither stored in the journal nor forwarded. This option may be used to suppress noisy or uninteresting messages from units.
If the first character of the pattern is ā€œ~ā€, log entries matching the pattern should be discarded. This option takes a single pattern as an argument but can be used multiple times to create a list of allowed and denied patterns.

For example:

# /etc/systemd/system/user@.service.d/30-journalfilter.conf
[Service]
# no save messages with :
LogFilterPatterns=~QML
LogFilterPatterns=~org\.kde\.plasma
LogFilterPatterns=~QObject:
LogFilterPatterns=~QFont::
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After applying update, my shell was BASH.
To get back with ZSH:

type -a zsh ## find path to zsh
chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh ## change bash to zsh

See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/change-my-default-shell-in-linux-using-chsh/.

Note that default font color is not green anymore but white.
Just switch to ā€œBreathā€ profile in Konsole and set it by default to get your colors back.

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Update went smoothly. I had some Python 3.10 packages that needed rebuilding. A couple of notes:

  • rebuild-detector was not installed: I have a many years old install, so I installed it
  • the python-pep517 package that was installed was not found anymore, so I uninstalled it as it had no dependenciesā€¦ Iā€™ll see if anything breaks

Problems
Starting Firefox and LibreWolf suddenly takes a very long time. Like 30 seconds to 1 minute. Used to be a couple of seconds. Chromium starts pretty much instantly as before.

Edit: Okay, so I probably really needed the coffee. The workaround mentioned above under the known issues and solutions (replacing xdg-desktop-portal-gnome with xdg-desktop-portal-gtk) worked for my Cinnamon gtk-based desktop. Thanks @philm for reminding me to read the troubleshooting post.

Previous detailed problem report

Once started Firefox and LibreWolf work normally, no slowdowns. Also, when already running, new windows/tabs are normal speed. Itā€™s just starting the application when it is not yet running that is very slow after the update.

Update: confirmed with a second updated Manjaro install (laptop) that launching Firefox is now very slow.

Firefox gives no output when starting from the terminal, LibreWolf says:

Crash Annotation GraphicsCriticalError: |[0][GFX1-]: glxtest: VA-API test failed: no supported VAAPI profile found. (t=25.3851) [GFX1-]: glxtest: VA-API test failed: no supported VAAPI profile found.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
[ERROR glean_core] Error setting metrics feature config: Json(Error("EOF while parsing a value", line: 1, column: 0))
[Child 27338, Main Thread] WARNING: JSWindowActorChild::SendRawMessage (Conduits, ConduitClosed) not sent: !CanSend() || !mManager || !mManager->CanSend(): file /root/.local/share/bsys6/work/librewolf-113.0.2-1/dom/ipc/jsactor/JSWindowActorChild.cpp:57

No idea if that is related.

My inxi output
System:
  Host: bliep Kernel: 6.3.5-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 12.2.1 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.37 vt: 7 dm: LightDM
    v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Dell product: Inspiron 660 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0XR1GT v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
    v: A13 date: 05/22/2018
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-2320 bits: 64 type: MCP
    smt: <unsupported> arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1597 min/max: 1600/3300 cores: 1: 1597 2: 1597 3: 1597
    4: 1597 bogomips: 23965
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 ports: active: none
    empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-3,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102
    class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300 temp: 51.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi,crocus gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x317mm (40.00x12.48")
    s-diag: 1064mm (41.9")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 pos: right model: Dell E248WFP
    serial: G274H87O20CS res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76") diag: 611mm (24.1") modes: max: 1920x1200
    min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-A-1 pos: primary,left
    model: Samsung SMS24A450 serial: H4MC801052 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 518x324mm (20.39x12.76") diag: 611mm (24.1") modes: max: 1920x1200
    min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.3 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series
    (polaris10 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.3.5-1-MANJARO) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 7
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.3.5-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.70 status: off
  Server-4: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell
    driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 168c:0032 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: a6:6a:b9:04:60:85
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Dell driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: d4:be:d9:df:1c:f4
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: ASUSTek Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-1.1:3
    chip-ID: 0b05:17cb class-ID: fe01 serial: 5CF370A3C2BF
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: 5C:F3:70:A3:C2:BF
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 763.85 GiB used: 609.57 GiB (79.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: S3Z2NB1K357906P fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AAJS-56M0A0
    size: 298.09 GiB speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: N/A serial: WD-WCAV2W546492
    fw-rev: 3E01 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 456.88 GiB used: 347.65 GiB (76.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0
    mapped: cryptroot
  ID-2: /boot size: 511 MiB used: 250.8 MiB (49.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 52.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 492 mobo: 1016 gpu: amdgpu fan: 1151
Info:
  Processes: 255 Uptime: 17m wakeups: 0 Memory: available: 15.49 GiB
  used: 3.15 GiB (20.4%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical Compilers:
  gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: 1747 pm: pacman pkgs: 1737 pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.27
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Thanks @philm , but where is that new release 23.0 Ultima Thule? It doesnā€™t appear in download section?
and by the way the news in telegram channel is very poor!
Thanks again

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is in testing (xdg-desktop-portal-gnome bug) but not here ?

Update went smoothly but now my Logitech mouse is moving reaaaaly slow in plasma desktop :confused:

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What is the point of a stable branch if bugs successfully reach it? :thinking: :thinking: :thinking:

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zsh is broken
Since the profile has changed, have to switch to the old one

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that python guide is ridiculously complex, what are my chances if i just run the update, and re-install all packages i use?

we can easily bypass it ! we can change a package for another :wink:

for zsh is in post #4 (edit: or ok for use old profil)

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Yes, there might be slow starts of applications when a certain package got installed as dependency. See troubleshoots for help.

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Itā€™s useful if you have too many (AUR and pip) packages to remember.

No problem.
If you have so few python (AUR and pip) packages you can remember them all, thatā€™s the easy way.

EDIT: added ā€œ(AUR and pip)ā€

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Will be a fix for zsh, or will stay as it is??
I dont see speed issues so far

It doesnā€™t fix Dolphin

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I changed the text a little to hopefully make it clear that the guide is for 3rd party packages like from the AUR. With the system update regular packages provided by use have been updated against python 3.11 already.

@philm Any chance that dolphin 23.04.1-2 will be brought in soon?

@papajoke Thanks for the warning.
I keep about 24 Dolphin windows open, across 6 desktops,
with about 10 tabs in each, and they re-open automatically when I log on.

Itā€™s how I easily find the various things Iā€™m working on,
coz I couldnā€™t figure out how to use KDE tools that say they do this kind of thing. :wink:

That is why we have the testing branch and rely on community feedback. Some issues only get detected in the stable branch as more people use it. The dolphin issue should been fixed with dolphin-23.04.1-1.1. Regarding ZSH we are still working on a proper fix.

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But these are noticeable, albeit minor, bugs in popular applications :melting_face:

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I am experiencing problems with tuxedo-control-center especially its dkms kernel modules with gcc version 13:

DKMS make.log for tuxedo-keyboard-3.2.3 for kernel 5.15.114-1-MANJARO (x86_64)
So 04 Jun 2023 10:13:29 CEST
make -C /lib/modules/5.15.114-1-MANJARO/build M=/var/lib/dkms/tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.3/build modules
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: gcc (GCC) 12.2.1 20230201
  You are using:           gcc (GCC) 13.1.1 20230429
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.3/build/./src/clevo_wmi.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.3/build/./src/tuxedo_keyboard.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.3/build/./src/clevo_acpi.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.3/build/./src/tuxedo_io/tuxedo_io.o
  CC [M]  /var/lib/dkms/tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.3/build/./src/uniwill_wmi.o
cc1: error: cannot load plugin ./scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.so: ./scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.so: undefined symbol: tree_code_type
cc1: error: cannot load plugin ./scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.so: ./scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.so: undefined symbol: tree_code_type
cc1: error: cannot load plugin ./scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.so: ./scripts/gcc-plugins/structleak_plugin.so: undefined symbol: tree_code_type

Maybe this is related to:
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108634

I installed the previous gcc-12 and tried to install the dkms kernel modules again with:

export CC=gcc-12
dkms autoinstall

But it also failed with the same error as before.

Does anybody know how to switch the gcc-version for dkms make?

Telegram-desktop stopped working/launching.
What else, the tray no longer displays charging correctly, the icon is superimposed on the font (in i3wm, I use it by default.)

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