[Testing Update] 2020-12-07 - BREAKAGE EXPECTED - Kernels, Mesa 20.3, Python 3.9, Pamac 10

For me it was one of the first responses after starting the driver install. The installation worked all the same. Went and deleted the same folder afterwards.

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Done. snapper-gui 0.1.r7.gf0c67ab-1 is uploaded to unstable and testing.

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I had the same as above mentioned issues with the optimus-manager. Updating to 1.3.1-2 fixed the issue and everything is running same as in the previous version.

Persisting, unresolved issues from the last updates in Manjaro Gnome X11:

EDIT: confirmed on 2 devices

Updated an ultrabook and a desktop, both running the latest 5.10rc kernel, XFCE
No issues with the ultrabook

One issue with the desktop: when I unlock a previously locked session, the screen stays black.
Can switch to a different tty and run startx, but it is a big annoyance
Two Nvidia GPUs inside, two DP monitors attached. Nvidia driver 455.45.01.

Can anyone help me diagnose the problem ?

The update got a little interesting twist on my end because I had to intervene due to changing Nvidia drivers and kernels.

Before running the update, I decided to stick with kernel 5.8 and Nvidia 440 because I had doubts with running the later versions. The first thing that happened in the upgrade process was an error saying something about breaking dependencies with the Nvidia driver. I ran sudo pacman -Rsn linux58-nvidia-440xx based on this post, and the upgrade process continued.

I also installed rebuild-checker before the package upgrades, and only one package that may have been once included in the repositories was flagged.

After a reboot, although the boot screen said “Reached target graphical interface”, the mouse cursor and SDDM didn’t show until I ran sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-440xx and sudo mwhd -a pci nonfree 0300 on the TTY. Since then, I haven’t ran into new issues so far in terms of stability and apps breaking.

On a final note: I was hoping that a version of the proprietary Nvidia drivers newer than 440 will fix the dreaded mouse cursor flicking effect on Firefox and Electron-based apps, but apparently it still happens with Nvidia 455 and Linux 5.9.

Update: Animations in nearly all sites including this forum under Firefox appear to be choppier compared to before the upgrade. I think this has to do with the new Nvidia drivers, Linux 5.9, or both, and whatever the cause I am not happy about it.

So far I can note that it seems the drivers choice stays reasonable

Very old hardware support is dropped (340 gone), while a range of drivers, 390 - 435 - 455, seems to be available. Am I assuming correctly? Can we expect this list of available drivers to be kept in the long term?

The file didn’t get removed, and pacman said it was not owned by any package.

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Pamac 10 Beta tray icon shows that there are available package updates, even though I performed the updates.

Manjaro Gnome, X11
5.9.12-1-MANJARO

Thanks.

I’ve done all what you write, but after the same error :

dockx                               ✔  300  00:45:21 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/dockx", line 36, in <module>
    gi.require_version('Wnck', '3.0')
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 129, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available for version %s' %
ValueError: Namespace Wnck not available for version 3.0

After installing rebuild-detector it found one package from repos that needs rebuild:

[omano@omano-nvme ~]$  checkrebuild
foreign github-desktop-bin
extra   ruby-kwalify

I had to rebuild optimus-manager-git, this is the only issue I’ve encountered yet.

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3x xfce linux59 nvidia455 update done

checkrebuild
foreign	kvirc-git-nokde
extra	libpurple
foreign	libunity
foreign	navigraph-fms-data-manager-beta
extra	pidgin

ty for hard work

have graphics problems since update:

  • firefox shows blank region
  • planner has black box around app

(since i cant upload images…)
https://pasteboard.co/JDXnh5a.png
https://pasteboard.co/JDXnh5b.png

did an uninstall/reboot/install/reboot of the current nvidia 455 drivers - at least drivers are visible again in mhwd.
what to do next ?

Operating System: Manjaro Linux
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Kernel Version: 5.9.12-1-MANJARO
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-4930K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: GeForce GTX 780 Ti/PCIe/SSE2

thanks in advance

Try disable compositing with alt+shift+F12 and check if it affecting those apps.

Edit:
For Firefox, you might want to enable its Opengl compositor manually: Firefox/Tweaks - ArchWiki

Edit again:
Do not enable WebRender on Firefox with nvidia GPU. It seems broken atm. Use only Firefox OpenGL compositor if you want HW acceleration.

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systemd-resolved seems to be consuming around ~15% CPU at random times after the update, maybe a coincidence, will monitor further. Anyone experiencing that?

/edit: ah, pacnews… thx, overlooked them, so this explains the hiccups I had :exploding_head: :+1:

Hi.
libpurple in [extra] must also be rebuild.
$ checkrebuild
extra libpurple

The installation of the update went very well. I liked the way it was updated inux59-nvidia, linux59-headers and linux - utils.

I am using a MacBook Pro 13" mid 2010
The updated worked for me.
BUT if I switch to nouveau driver, the power management does not work anymore.
Additionally I have since long time the issue that wifi does not work after cold-boot. Only after I send my macbook to sleep and wake it up again, the wifi works. But that does not work with nouveau driver, as it does not wake up from sleep anymore, or better said it does not really go to sleep mode. Display turns off but sleep LED does not light up. Have to hold power button for several seconds to turn off. The legacy NVIDIA driver works fine.

Manjaro-hello does not work in combination with Pamac 10 Beta. It requires version 9.0.

~ >>> manjaro-hello                                                                                                               
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/manjaro-hello", line 409, in <module>
    hello = Hello()
  File "/usr/bin/manjaro-hello", line 172, in __init__
    manager.get_modules(self)
  File "/usr/bin/manjaro-hello", line 30, in get_modules
    app.load(window)
  File "/usr/bin/manjaro-hello", line 80, in load
    from application_utility.browser.application_browser import ApplicationBrowser
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/application_utility/browser/application_browser.py", line 26, in <module>
    from application_utility.config.hello_config import HelloConfig
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/application_utility/config/hello_config.py", line 25, in <module>
    from application_utility.browser.config import Config
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/application_utility/browser/config.py", line 27, in <module>
    from .data import Data
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/application_utility/browser/data.py", line 31, in <module>
    gi.require_version("Pamac", "9.0")
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gi/__init__.py", line 129, in require_version
    raise ValueError('Namespace %s not available for version %s' %
ValueError: Namespace Pamac not available for version 9.0'

I created an issue on gitlab: Manjaro-Hello does not run together with Pamac 10 Beta