Known issues and solutions
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New issues:
Xorg-Server 21.1.2 breaks suspend/wake on systems with proprietry NVIDIA drivers
Issue in Xorg Bug Tracker
nvidia-390xx is not compatible to Xorg-Server 21.1.1 yet
For all those with that Xorg ABI error and having no /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Search for a file called /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-server_flags.conf. If it does not exist yet, create it. Amend the file and paste the well-known contents there:
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "IgnoreABI" "1"
EndSection
freetype2 update might result in font characters becoming squares
Donât worry, a relogin to your UI should fix it. We recommend to do the update in a TTY. Affected UIs so far: Gnome, Phosh, Cinnamon.
compiz packages like compiz-easy-patch got dropped from our repositories.
compiz packages like compiz-easy-patch got dropped from our repositories. Due to protobuf update you may need to rebuild that package locally on your end. Compiz-easy-patch removed from repos
Announcement for PipeWire users
Re-enable any per-user enabled pipewire-media-session.service manually:
You should re-enable any per-user pipewire-media-session.service manually to establish a new service alias for pipewire-session-manager.service added with 0.3.38.
systemctl --user enable pipewire-media-session
See the PipeWire Release Notes for more info
If you have installed Python packages via Pip: Do `pip freeze` BEFORE the update
If you have installed something via Pip, get this info before the python upgrade, as thereâs no easy way to get it afterwards.
pip freeze --user > pip_list_user.txt
/path/to/<venv_name>/python -m pip freeze -l > pip_list_<venv_name>.txt
NEVER use sudo with Pip,
Look for packages you could install from AUR instead, and if you still want some pip installs, do: pip install --user
Also, the list from âpip freezeâ includes version numbers,
so you might want to manually install afresh to get current versions.
pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.9 is quite different.
If you use it before the update, it will list many packages
that pacman will soon re-install for python 3.10,
so use it after the update, when it will get only AUR packages.
To use it with pikaur:
pikaur -S $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.9) --rebuild
Older Issues
OS prober does not run and add other operating systems*
To restore, please execute: echo GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false|sudo tee -a /etc/default/grub && sudo update-grub
For more information, see opening post in [Stable Update] 2021-03-08.
Nvidia card owners
- We simplified nVidia driver installation. This means we dropped legacy drivers.
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We recommend to switch over to Nouveau drivers if your card is mentioned here and the feature you need is not in red TO DO here for your particular card.
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If you however still need proprietary drivers, you may want to execute the following to ensure all parts of the nVidia drivers get installed properly:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
If proprietary drivers don't fix everything, please click the âș at the beginning of this line to view more info
- try installing kernel 5.4 LTS (Long Term Support)
- If that doesnât fix it, take a full system backup, go to a console using Ctrl+Alt+F2 and:
If you however still have issues with your Nvidia card, you may open a new thread in our forum: Graphics & Display - Manjaro Linux Forum or look at our tutorial on compiling old Nvidia drivers.
For AMD GPU users having a black screen with kernel 5.10
Due to a bug in the AMD drivers, please try the following first:
For GRUB:
- Open a terminal or a TTY
- Open
/etc/default/grub in your favourite CLI editor (nano vi, emacs`)
- Find the line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="
- Add
amdgpu.dc=0
- Save
- Execute
sudo update-grub and reboot
For systemd-boot:
- Open a terminal or a TTY
- Open
/boot/loader/entries/manjarolinux5.10.conf in your favourite CLI editor (nano vi, emacs`)
- Add
amdgpu.dc=0 to the end of the line options
- Save & reboot
For rEFInd:
- Open a terminal or a TTY
- Open
/boot/refind_linux.conf in your favourite CLI editor (nano vi, emacs`)
- Find the line:
"Boot using default options" "root=
- Add
amdgpu.dc=0
- Save & reboot
Possible 2 Min delay on shutdown with Gnome
- If you got the problem with shutdown delay (about 2min) on Gnome, here is a workaround:
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Edit /usr/lib/systemd/user/gnome-session-restart-dbus.service in your favourite editor as root and add Slice=-.slice as a line all by itself like this:
[Service]
Type=notify
Slice=-.slice
ExecStart=/usr/lib/gnome-session-ctl --restart-dbus
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Click this link For more information
Touchpad on a ThinkPad stops working
Restart again, please.
$PKGNAME warning: directory permissions differ on $Directoryname
followed by:
Filesystem: NNN package MMM
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The solution:
sudo chmod MMM DirectoryName
Where obviously MMM is the second number you see (the correct one)
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The explanation:
Your package expects the security permissions to be MMM but your system is set to NNN. This is just a warning (today) but to ensure you remain up-to-date with the latest and greatest security rules itâs advised to execute the above command.
Systemd error message: .slice: Failed to migrate controller cgroups
If you have a similar error message like this:
systemd[1004]: -.slice: Failed to migrate controller cgroups from /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user@1000.service, ignoring: Permission denied
⊠you may need to add this Grub parameter to your /etc/default/grub file in line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=true. To update your grub menu, call: sudo update-grub. For more information on that issue, see also Arch Forum.
Python 3.9 Requires Rebuilds
Instructions for quickly and easily rebuilding affected AUR packages:
# Install yay
sudo pacman -S --needed --noconfirm yay
# Rebuild AUR python packages
yay -S --noconfirm $(pacman -Qqo "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages")
libtraceevent>=5.9-1 update requires manual intervention
2020-10-23 - SĂ©bastien Luttringer
The libtraceevent package prior to version 5.9-1 was missing a soname link. This has been fixed in 5.9-1, so the upgrade will need to overwrite the untracked files created by ldconfig. If you get any of these errors
libtraceevent: /usr/lib/libtraceevent.so.1 exists in filesystem
when updating, use
pacman -Syu --overwrite /usr/lib/libtraceevent.so.1
to perform the upgrade.
Arch Linux - News: libtraceevent>=5.9-1 update requires manual intervention
OpenVPN connection times out
Workaround: downgrade openvpn (2.5.0-1 => 2.4.9-2).
For a proper solution follow this bug report on Arch Linux: FS#68480 : [openvpn] running unprivileged with iproute no longer working
PAM and PAMBASE got updated, which might prevent you from login
Due to updates from pambase and pam you might take care about any .pacnew files in /etc/pam.d as for example pam_tally, pam_tally2 and pam_cracklib got deprecated. Read in the ArchWiki about managing those files.
Typical issue:
For recovery, it is enough to boot with kernel option âsystemd.unit=rescue.targetâ, then proceed into /etc/pam.d and merge âsystem-authâ and âsystem-auth.pacnewâ
System takes a long time to boot
If youâve got errors like Failed to start Network Manager Wait Online. you can try removing systemd from passwd and group in /etc/nsswitch.conf as described here
Update: If you can see the line
dbus-daemon[1453]: [system] Connection has not authenticated soon enough, closing it (auth_timeout=30000ms, elapsed: 45146ms)
in in your dbus log ( journalctl -b -u dbus ), the new/better workaround is to switch cups from service to socket as described here:
systemctl disable cups.service
systemctl enable cups.socket
I think I've some font problems
With the update of fontconfig some major rules how fonts get applied changed. Make sure that your system has ttf-dejavu installed. A more in depth explanation can be found here.
Please RTFT (Read This Fine Thread) first before reporting the same issues over and over again!
You will need to rebuild any AUR packages that install files to site-packages.