[Testing Update] 2024-09-13 - Kernel, Qemu, Systemd, Plasma, KDE Gear, Virtualbox

Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. This also marks the preview cycle of 24.1 release also to been known as Xahea. Preview ISOs can be downloaded from here. They are split-archives, so combine them when extracting.

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Notable Package Updates

Additional Info

Nvidia driver downgrade

Nvidia drivers got downgraded to 550.100, therefore update with sudo pacman -Syuu. If you want to stay on the 555 driver series you may either switch to unstable or install nvidia-dkms via: sudo pacman -U https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/pool/overlay/nvidia-dkms-555.58.02-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst. More info about Nvidia drivers here:

555 release feedback & discussion - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums
550.78 release feedback & discussion thread - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums

Python 3.12 info

:information_source: You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to libpython3.11.so. :information_source:

Print a list of of packages that have files in /usr/lib/python3.11/ :

pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.11/

Rebuild them all at once:*

pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.11)

* Note that if any fail to build, you’ll have to rebuild what’s remaining one or a few at a time.

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

checkrebuild
Info about AUR packages

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Our current supported kernels

  • linux419 4.19.322
  • linux54 5.4.284
  • linux510 5.10.226
  • linux515 5.15.167
  • linux61 6.1.110
  • linux66 6.6.51
  • linux610 6.10.10
  • linux611 6.11.0
  • linux61-rt 6.1.108_rt40
  • linux66-rt 6.6.49_rt41
  • linux610-rt 6.10.2_rt14

Package Changes (Fri Sep 13 05:51:49 CEST 2024)

  • testing core x86_64: 23 new and 24 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 1363 new and 1358 removed package(s)
  • testing multilib x86_64: 9 new and 9 removed package(s)

Overlay Changes

  • testing core x86_64: 42 new and 44 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 168 new and 190 removed package(s)
  • testing multilib x86_64: 2 new and 2 removed package(s)

A list of all package 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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Check if your mirror has already synced:

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Known issues and solutions

This is a wiki post; please edit as necessary.
Please, consider subscribing to the Testing Updates Announcements RSS feed


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: 2024-09-13

:warning: Linux 6.9 is EOL

Linux 6.9 is EOL and has been removed from the repos.

Suggestion is to install latest LTS; i.e.,

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66
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

2024-08-04

pulseaudio-ctl requires pulseaudio and is not compatible with pipewire

If one is using PipeWire, one will need to remove pulseaudio-ctl if prompted during the update as it’s only compatible with pulseaudio

2024-07-14

Nvidia driver downgrade

Nvidia drivers got downgraded to 550.100, therefore update with sudo pacman -Syuu. If you want to stay on the 555 driver series you may either switch to unstable or install nvidia-dkms via: sudo pacman -U https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/pool/overlay/nvidia-dkms-555.58.02-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst. More info about Nvidia drivers here:

555 release feedback & discussion - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums
550.78 release feedback & discussion thread - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums

2024-07-01

The sshd service needs to be restarted after upgrading to openssh-9.8p1

2024-07-01 - Robin Candau

After upgrading to openssh-9.8p1, the existing SSH daemon will be unable to accept new connections (see Can't login after openssh 9.8p1-1 upgrade, MUST restart sshd (#5) · Issues · Arch Linux / Packaging / Packages / openssh · GitLab).
When upgrading remote hosts, please make sure to restart the sshd service using systemctl try-restart sshd right after upgrading.

We are evaluating the possibility to automatically apply a restart of the sshd service on upgrade in a future release of the openssh-9.8p1 package.

– Arch Linux - News: The sshd service needs to be restarted after upgrading to openssh-9.8p1

Previous testing threads:

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Oh no, I went ahead and updated this morning (should have checked here first!). Am I going to have issues later when I try to update again?

Thanks.

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IMHO; If your system is working fine for now, awesome. Expect package updates later. If no package updates later, then you did a full update and we’re just waiting for Phil to update the OP.

FROM NOW ON, while on a non-Stable Branch, check here first before you accidentally leave yourself with a non-booting system.

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at the end , we go with

  • new grub version
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I wish I had read this first. I had to do a Timeshift roll back from the command line. Damn.

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Welcome to the world of Testing where packages as well as your ability to recover are tested :smiley:

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I have, on a more than one occasion, taken a gamble. Luckily, this wasn’t one of those occasions. It’s no biggie for me, though, I’m swimming in backups.

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I accidentally upgraded. lol
This is a BTRFS installation for testing purposes. testing branch.

It rebooted successfully. I’m taking separate backups and snapshots (btrfs), so I don’t really care.

It contains grub-2.12-6-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.
I boot grub from the main one (ext4 stable branch), so it doesn’t affect me in this case.

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So is it finally safe to update?

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I’d say it’s “finally time to test the update” :+1:t3:

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what are these comments even referencing about it not being safe to update?

The initial first post of the thread, telling NOT to update for now (with no real explanation why).

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Comment on the unstable announcement thread about issues:

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Fortunately it was safe for me on Plasma already last night (20 hours ago)
 adding my confession to the list, usually I read first or just leave it until I’m ready - but I was feeling kinda rushed last night and just started the update before my shower, and read the ‘No Nike’ thread after


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I tried a few minutes ago but got a failed to commit because of a URL issue. That said, I am also having router problems and a new router is supposed to arrive on Monday
so that may be it.

Maybe post the error you get. Maybe refresh mirrors and retry.

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So far so good, tested sleep 1x so far with no freeze (intel hd graphics), will report if anything changes.

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i get this error today ( sunday 15/09 10h25 )

résolution des dépendances

avertissement : impossible de résoudre « nvidia-utils=560.35.03 », une dépendance de « linux610-nvidia »
:: Le paquet suivant ne peut ĂȘtre mis Ă  jour Ă  cause de dĂ©pendances insolubles :
      linux610-nvidia

version install is still nvidia-utils 550.107.02-1 for others kernels
is there any build in run with new drivers nvidia ?

There’s already a separate thread about this issue.

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