[Stable Update] 2023-12-10 - Kernels, Plasma, Phosh, Systemd, Cinnamon, Gnome, libpamac

[Arrababiski]

Kernel 6.6.5-1: if I switch on wifi (RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter) in NetworkManager and then switch off, the computer becomes unresponsive. No network (neither wireless nor wired), mouse moves but buttons do nothing. With prior kernel (6.6.3) had no problems. I have to use REISUB to restart, if I repeat wifi on/off again, the computer also freezes. Then switched to kernel 5.15.142 and everything works fine again so it must be something 6.6 kernel related, I will stay on 5.15 and wait for next 6.6 update.

[stenosis]

I can conform the problem on my machine too. Shutdown/Restart/Suspend does not work anymore expect on the latest 6.7.0rc kernel.

[Yochanan]

We’re going a bit off-topic here, by the way.

[BaaBob]

+1 - I got this too.

[Fafnir]

thank you, that do the trick.

[orkutmuratyilmaz]

I’ve solved mine with this one too. Thank you:)

[Siddhu]

How did you switch the kernel… I’m not able to boot into the desktop.

[cscs]

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[philm]

@Arrababiski

Kernel 6.6.5-1: if I switch on wifi (RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter) in NetworkManager and then switch off, the computer becomes unresponsive.

Here are the changes of 6.6.4 and 6.6.5. 6.6.5 introduced those patches:

-rw-r–r–	r8169-fix-deadlock-on-rtl8125-in-jumbo-mtu-mode.patch	2011	logstatsplain
-rw-r–r–	r8169-prevent-potential-deadlock-in-rtl8169_close.patch

check if 6.7 series works.

Upcoming 6.6.6 may have those additional patches:

-rw-r–r–	r8152-add-rtl8152_inaccessible-checks-to-more-loops.patch	2545	logstatsplain
-rw-r–r–	r8152-add-rtl8152_inaccessible-to-r8153_aldps_en.patch	1414	logstatsplain
-rw-r–r–	r8152-add-rtl8152_inaccessible-to-r8153_pre_firmware.patch	1397	logstatsplain
-rw-r–r–	r8152-add-rtl8152_inaccessible-to-r8156b_wait_loadin.patch	1378	logstatsplain
-rw-r–r–	r8152-hold-the-rtnl_lock-for-all-of-reset.patch	3467	logstatsplain
-rw-r–r–	r8169-fix-rtl8125b-pause-frames-blasting-when-suspended.patch	2889	logstatsplain

All kernels of 6.6 series can also been found on our github project: Releases · manjaro-kernels/linux66 · GitHub

[Abog]

I also got this error…

error: tensorflow-opt-cuda: signature from "Sven-Hendrik Haase <sh@lutzhaase.com>" is invalid
:: File /var/cache/pacman/pkg/tensorflow-opt-cuda-2.15.0-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst is corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)).
Do you want to delete it? [Y/n] ^C
Interrupt signal received

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Moderator edit: In the future, please use proper formatting: [HowTo] Post command output and file content as formatted text

[1efaf7d71a8637c6800a]

Are the shutdown problems with the LTS kernels >515 also on suspend/hibernate/resume actions?

[samo_dadela]

postgresql seems to have been updated - the database needs upgrading…
I just deleted mine and recreated it.

[Arrababiski]

@philm

check if 6.7 series works.

I’m testing 6.7.0rc4-6 now and everything seems to work fine, wifi can be switched on-off over and over without freezes.

[ivoshm]

Looks like the “Wifi causing hangup” problem is more generic than specific to a particular chipset:

• RTL8192EE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter - [Stable Update] 2023-12-10 - Kernels, Plasma, Phosh, Systemd, Cinnamon, Gnome, libpamac - #46 by Arrababiski
• TPLINK Archer T4U RTL8822BU - Several problems after 2023.12.10 Stable Update
• Broadcom BCM4331 (Macbook Pro) - Wifi not working and system freezes after 2032.12.10 Stable Update (MBP)
• Broadcom BCM4360 - WiFi problems after 2032.12.10 Stable Update
• and even me with MEDIATEK MT7922

But it looks like the problem is currently mitigated in 6.7 branch … more tests needed.

[philm]

Kernel 6.1.66-1 is also affected. Any tree that back-ported 7e7efdda6adb wifi: cfg80211: fix CQM for non-range use that does not contain 076fc8775daf wifi: cfg80211: remove wdev mutex (which does not apply cleanly to 6.6.y or 6.6.1) will be affected. Upstream solution so far: [PATCH] wifi: nl80211: fix deadlock in nl80211_set_cqm_rssi (6.6.x) — Linux Stable Kernel Updates

[beermad]

If anyone other than me is using rtl-sdr dongles (quite possibly not, as they’re fairly niche), the latest update introduces a change which seems to cause problems in some circumstances. There’s a new group “rtlsdr” and it seems this causes problems unless a user accessing the dongles has been added to that group.
I need to do a little more testing to confirm adding the user to rtlsdr is the final fix (I have to wait until some radio timeshifting jobs release my dongles). I’ll come back with my answer in a few hours.

[Edit]: this does seem to solve the problem.

[flux]

@philm

KDE Gear 23.08.4 got added

Not so. Dolphin, Gwenview, Kate etc are still at 23.08.3.

[philm]

Upstream released new kernels as we speak with the offending patch reverted. I simply triggered those: [Regression] 6.1.66, 6.6.5 - wifi: cfg80211: fix CQM for non-range use