[Stable Update] 2025-02-16 - Kernels, Firefox, Qt, KDE Gear, GNOME

Hello community, here we have another set of package updates.

This also marks the first update of the year of the Snake.

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Notable Package Updates

  • Kernels
    • addition of 6.14 and 6.13-rt series
    • including updates to the toolchain
  • updates to gcc and glibc
  • updates to GNOME 47.4 and Deepin
  • fcitx5 updates
  • Firefox 135.0
  • Thunderbird 128.6.0
  • Qt 6.8.2
  • KDE Gear 24.12.2
  • InputPlumber 0.44.0
  • OpenGamepadUI 0.35.8
  • Nginx 1.26.3 & 1.27.4
  • Curl 8.12.1

Additional Info

Python 3.13 info

:information_source: You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to libpython3.12.so.

Print a list of of packages that have files in /usr/lib/python3.12/ :

pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12/

Rebuild them all at once:*

pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12)

Use rebuild-detector to see if anything else needs to be rebuilt:

 checkrebuild

* It’s recommended to clean your build cache first with pamac clean --build-files

Info about AUR packages

:warning: AUR (Arch User Repository) packages are neither supported by Arch nor Manjaro. Posts about them in Announcements topics are off-topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.

For help with AUR packages, please create a new topic in AUR and a helpful volunteer may be able to assist you.

Get our latest daily developer images now from Github: Plasma, GNOME, XFCE. You can get the latest stable releases of Manjaro from CDN77.

Fresh preview ISOs including this update can be found here: Release 202502171051 · manjaro/release-review · GitHub


Our current supported kernels

  • linux54 5.4.290
  • linux510 5.10.234
  • linux515 5.15.178
  • linux61 6.1.127
  • linux66 6.6.75
  • linux612 6.12.12
  • linux613 6.13.1
  • linux614 6.14.0-rc1
  • linux66-rt 6.6.74_rt48
  • linux612-rt 6.12.8_rt8
  • linux613-rt 6.13_rt5

Package Changes (Fri Feb 7 08:16:17 CET 2025)

  • stable core x86_64: 60 new and 54 removed package(s)
  • stable extra x86_64: 1584 new and 1645 removed package(s)
  • stable multilib x86_64: 27 new and 22 removed package(s)

A list of all changes can be found here

  • No issue, everything went smoothly
  • Yes there was an issue. I was able to resolve it myself.(Please post your solution)
  • Yes i am currently experiencing an issue due to the update. (Please post about it)
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Known issues and solutions

This is a wiki post; please edit as necessary.
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Please RTFT (Read This Fine Thread) first before reporting the same issues over and over again!

Note: Do not forget to review your .pacnew files:

:arrow_right: 2025-02-16

Update only regular repository packages first, no AUR

Follow the best practice of first updating only regular repository packages, followed separately by AUR packages.

  1. Update regular repository packages first with
    • pamac update --no-aur
      or
    • sudo pacman -Syu
  2. Then, if needed, update AUR packages.

Failure to follow this practice may result in the installation of packages that you may not need, and may cause problems. For further details, see:

Keyboard layout issues / Update issues with fcitx5

If a system had sdl2 installed and AUR updates enabled, fcitx5 might be installed as a make dependency

It is recommended to remove fcitx5 and any other orphan packages following the update

pamac remove --orphans

Update issues with fcitx5

2025-02-04

Kernel 4,19 and 6.11 are EOL, 6.11 and 4.19 got removed from repos

Kernel 6.11 and 4.19 got marked [EOL] on kernel.org
Linux 6.11 and 4.19 have been removed from the repositories.
Please ensure your system use a supported kernel mhwd-kernel -l

PostgreSQL users should consider to prepare the change of major version 16→17

More info here and here

Update libpamac before installing the 2025-02-04 updates

Run sudo pacman -Sy libpamac in a terminal to make sure pamac-manager doesn’t crash during the update.

XFCE 4.20 may blank display after 5 mins idle time regardless of power management settings

Most likely this: Disable screen blanking

Call xfce4-screensaver-preferences and disable the screensaver.
xfce4-screensaver - Usage [Xfce Docs]

2024-12-16

Linux-Meta packages may prevent removal of linux611

Since we introduced the new meta packages to remove EOL kernels, as soon as we drop them from our repos, the newly EOLed linux611 kernel might be prevented to be removable due to possible installation of them when linux610 got removed.

If you want to remove the kernel now, please add modules like linux-meta and linux-nvidia-meta to your removal list.

Example:

sudo pacman -R linux611 linux611-nvidia linux-meta linux-nvidia-meta

More fancier cmd:

sudo pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qq linux611 | sed ‘s/611//’ | sed -e ‘s/$/-meta/’) $(pacman -Qq linux611)

You can find more information about it here: Find a proper solution to automate EOL kernel removal via ALPM (#13) · Issues · Release plan / Packaging · GitLab

Critical rsync security release 3.4.0

2025-01-16 - Robin Candau

We’d like to raise awareness about the rsync security release version 3.4.0-1 as described in our advisory ASA-202501-1.

An attacker only requires anonymous read access to a vulnerable rsync server, such as a public mirror, to execute arbitrary code on the machine the server is running on. Additionally, attackers can take control of an affected server and read/write arbitrary files of any connected client. Sensitive data can be extracted, such as OpenPGP and SSH keys, and malicious code can be executed by overwriting files such as ~/.bashrc or ~/.popt.

We highly advise anyone who runs an rsync daemon or client prior to version 3.4.0-1 to upgrade and reboot their systems immediately. As Arch Linux mirrors are mostly synchronized using rsync, we highly advise any mirror administrator to act immediately, even though the hosted package files themselves are cryptographically signed.

All infrastructure servers and mirrors maintained by Arch Linux have already been updated.

– Arch Linux - News: Critical rsync security release 3.4.0

2024-12-06

Nvidia 470xx driver may cause black screen and cursor on Plasma with Wayland

When you try to use Wayland with the Nvidia 470xx driver you may have an activated a ghost screen, which leads to a so called ghost screen.

You can still use the right-click context menu and go to screen settings. Choose your other screen as primary and deactivate your ghost screen. Else you can use X11, which should not have that issue. More information about it here: Help testing Nvidia drivers with Kernel 6.12 - #20 by Arrababiski

2024-11-30

Plasma 6.2 might create a black screen when using X11 and default theme

For a while we are tracking the following bug of Plasma 6.2: 483163 – Sometimes on X11 with compositing turned on, black lock screen when using Breeze Plasma style, but controls are all there and remain interactive. There seems to be a regression when using X11 and the default theme breeze. A workaround is to use some other variant of Breeze or use Wayland. People who have issues could comment on that bug report in a polite and helpful way, so the KDE developers may fix it soon.

GTK4 apps may not start due to Vulkan GSK Renderer by Default on Wayland

With GTK 4.16 release GNOME switched to Vulkan GSK Renderer by default. When you have not setup Vulkan support properly your GTK4 apps might not work as expected. Also users with Nvidia drivers might have issues, such as people using RasberryPi and older hardware. You can override it by setting the GSK_RENDERER=ngl or GDK_DISABLE=vulkan environment variable in /etc/environment file. For much more older PCs even GSK_RENDERER=gl is recommended. To boost rendering you can also set GDK_GL_DISABLE=buffer-storage, so the ngl renderer would perform similar to what you knew from GNOME 46.

Graphical interface might not start due to missing libpixbufloader-svg.so

Seems there was a so-name naming change within librsvg: 2.58.90: -/_ switch in the name of the pixbuf loader? (#1075) · Issues · GNOME / librsvg · GitLab. To fix it issue: sudo gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache
More information here: After today's update my machine is stuck on loading lightdm, no TTY access possible either - #36 by Photon

Pamac might not find AUR database

It is a known bug to have a message like this:

Failed to read AUR data from /var/lib/pacman/sync/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz : Error opening file /var/lib/pacman/sync/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz: No such file or directory

You can fix it by doing this: pamac upgrade --aur --force-refresh --dry-run
If it does not work that way try without --dry-run parameter.

Cursor sizes may vary when Wayland is used

If you enabled global scaling in Wayland within Plasma 6, especially with a fractional scale like 2.5x, cursor sizes would be a mess across various apps. For more information see this blog post: Cursor Size Problems In Wayland, Explained - KDE Blogs

Cinnamon 6.4 might change the default theme to a dark one

With Cinnamon 6.4 a lot of changes were made. The theme is significantly darker and offers more contrast than previous versions. Objects within the interface are now rounded, and a gap has been introduced between applets and the panel, giving the desktop environment a modern and polished appearance.

Nvidia: drivers might not work with 6.12 kernel

See also this open issue: 6.12: drm_open_helper RIP · Issue #712 · NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules · GitHub Nvidia provided a patch and shipped it in their 550.135 driver. More information here: Patch for 565.57.01 + Linux kernel 6.12 - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums.

We also patched 470xx and 390xx driver series as needed. Based on the current feedback, it seems that 470xx and 390xx drivers might not work at all with 6.12 kernel. 390xx got its last update by end of 2022, and we managed to keep it alive with kernel patches. If you have a legacy gpu you may consider to use the FOSS nouveau driver or exchange the GPU for a newer hardware.

Those who face issues with current provided drivers, may politely voice-up at the Nvidia developer forums in a civil manner and report their issue there: »»»»»»»»»» If you have a problem, PLEASE read this first «««««««««« - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums

2024-10-13

Kernel 6.10 is EOL, 6.10 and 6.9 removed from repos

Kernel 6.10 has been marked [EOL] on kernel.org
Linux 6.9 and 6.10 have been removed from the repositories.
Please ensure your system use a supported kernel mhwd-kernel -l

2024-10-10

Steam games may not launch

Those who have issues with steam games may check this thread for help: Steam games won't launch after 2024-10-10 stable update

Electron apps may crash and flatpak apps may not start

It got reported that electron apps may crash. Also flatpaks might not work. Most likely fixed via adwaita-icon-theme-legacy 46.2-3. More information about it here

2024-10-01

Introducing linux-meta package to deal with EOL kernels more automated

Since we got several reports about issues around linux69 removal we created meta packages called linux-meta and packages for the extramodules. It will detect end of life Kernels and replace them with the current recommended kernel. For now with linux610 series. Please report back if you have any issues with this provided solution.

Users with Nvidia graphic cards may get unbootable systems into graphical environments

Since we removed the linux69 kernel from our repositories and most users will use pamac to update their systems, there is a chance that you may land in a TTY after you reboot your system. Here is why:

  • pamac has an auto-conflict resolution and might have put the linux69-nvidia package on the removal list.
  • you only had linux69 as your kernel installed, since it got shipped by default in Manjaro 24.0 ISOs
  • you rebooted your system without noticing that possible issue

How to fix:

  • first don’t panic and log in to your TTY with your user name and password
  • then install a kernel like 6.6 LTS or 6.10 to your system via: sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66 or sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux610
  • then install the nvidia drivers via: sudo mhwd --auto pci ${DRIVER} 0300
VirtualBox: might show an error message after update to 7.1

You may have an error message like this: Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object. The application will now terminate.Callee RC%3ANS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005). Simply restart the application

Random QML widgets and System Settings pages failing to launch in Plasma settings


 until Qt’s QML cache folder is cleared (if you do this, please save it first and attach it to the bug report).

System freeze on suspend

A feature in systemd 256 freezing a user session when suspending may freeze the system.

The issue is most prominent with Nvidia systems but reports exist that it may affect other systems as well.

System freezes for 60 seconds and then wakes back up or hangs after waking up

Since systemd v256, systemd freezes user.slice before sleeping. This process can fail due to kernel bugs, particularly when KVM is in use.[13][14]

Messages in the logs will contain Failed to freeze unit 'user.slice' before sleep. When such an issue occurs, trying to login (start another session) would fail with pam_systemd(process:session): Failed to create session: Job 9876 for unit 'session-6.scope' failed with 'frozen'.

To temporarily revert back to the old behavior, edit systemd-suspend.service, systemd-hibernate.service, systemd-hybrid-sleep.service, and systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service with the following drop-in:

[Service]
Environment="SYSTEMD_SLEEP_FREEZE_USER_SESSIONS=false"

– Power management/Suspend and hibernate - ArchWiki

KDE Plasma hangs on Shutdown, Restart and Logout

With KDE Plasma 6.1, the session saving feature can make Plasma hang.
A workaround is to disable it in System settings > Session > Desktop Session, by choosing “Start with an empty session”.

Session auto login can't be re-enabled for X11

Once session auto login for X11 gets disabled, it can’t be re-enabled in settings.
A workaround is to edit the /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf file and replace Session=Plasma (X11) by Session=plasma

2024-09-09

System freeze on suspend

A feature in systemd 256 freezing a user session when suspending may freeze the system.

The issue is most prominent with Nvidia systems but reports exist that it may affect other systems as well.

System freezes for 60 seconds and then wakes back up or hangs after waking up

Since systemd v256, systemd freezes user.slice before sleeping. This process can fail due to kernel bugs, particularly when KVM is in use.[13][14]

Messages in the logs will contain Failed to freeze unit 'user.slice' before sleep. When such an issue occurs, trying to login (start another session) would fail with pam_systemd(process:session): Failed to create session: Job 9876 for unit 'session-6.scope' failed with 'frozen'.

To temporarily revert back to the old behavior, edit systemd-suspend.service, systemd-hibernate.service, systemd-hybrid-sleep.service, and systemd-suspend-then-hibernate.service with the following drop-in:

[Service]
Environment="SYSTEMD_SLEEP_FREEZE_USER_SESSIONS=false"

– Power management/Suspend and hibernate - ArchWiki

Previous stable update threads:

Good morning!

Xfce, all fine.

A note:

To remove (3):
nodejs-lts-dubnium
lib32-sdl2
sdl2

And these three packages has been replaced by their counterpart:

nodejs
lib32-sdl2-compat
sdl2-compat

I had these orphans:

http-parser
lsscsi
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After the update, pamac-manager doesn’t start anymore:

(pamac-manager:7033): IBUS-WARNING **: 09:34:49.315: Unable to connect to ibus: Die angegebene Adresse ist leer
Speicherzugriffsfehler (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

Good morning! No issue, just minor confusion. Got new applet from new package fcitx5. Had to install kcm-fcitx5 to be able to configure it. Still unsure what new functionality it brings, if I need it or if I can uninstall it if not.

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Pushed some initial fixes to this update.

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Another seamless update. Thanks team.

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A post was split to a new topic: Error rebuilding rtl8821au-dkms-git

Good to hear that it worked well for you.

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Not really related to this update, but since some updates in the past few months, pamac doesn’t show new updates when opening the “Updates” tab, I need to do “Refresh database” from the menu to get new updates.

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same. also the system won’t remember my keyboard layout changes after reboot in both manjaro and plasma settings.

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After updating and rebooting I can’t get a wired IP address except wireless.

$ inxi -n
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V driver: igc
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 1c:83:41:31:16:66
  Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: 10:6f:d9:28:de:95

I tried to fix the issue but don’t know where to start.

Try to install older kernel series.

Performed the update with no perceived issues.
Now just updated for the initial fixes. All still good, Thanks!

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I booted the following kernels but no luck.

  • 5.15
  • 6.1
  • 6.6
  • 6.12

wpa_supplicant 2.11-3 still doesn’t work on my MacBook Pro, can’t connect to wifi with password. After updating to 2.11-3, I had to downgrade back to 2.10-8.

After rebooting my router I can get the IP address for the wired interface.
Thank you.

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Needed to add fcitx5-configtool (+ fcitx5-qt ) in KDE if I want to configure keyboard layouts throughout the settings or in GUI.

Lost my previously set flag icons and shortcut for keyboard layouts in panel , but get a bunch of new settings as well.

If I wanted to get my previous set-up (with icons for languages in panel), needed to re-enable it in panel settings. Funny thing is, if input method and keyboard layout are turned on at the same time, random mix could happen when changing layouts throughout the shortcut keys
 I guess one of them needs to be turned off


NEW:
After restart, Keyboard Layouts did not worked. Neither through icon, nor with shortcuts. I needed to reconfigure it, but settings was not applied after the restart. Also, different behavior with GTK (SciTE) and KDE (Kate) editors


For me solution was to remove fcitx5 and xcb-imdkit. Then everything regarding keyboard was back to normal.

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IÂŽm using KDE with Wayland. For input method I was using IBus. Now Fcitx5 came in and IBus isnÂŽt working anymore.

My problem now is that I use “US Intl. with dead keys”, but (dead tilde) only works in GTK applications on Wayland. For it to work on QT as well I had to use IBus before, which now isn®t working anymore.

Not sure what to do now.

EDIT: Solution for me was to kick Fcitx5 out of my system and stick with IBus.

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