[Testing Update] 2024-10-20 - Kernels, Gnome 47.1, Mesa 24.2.5

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Notable Package Updates

  • Kernels
    • including firmware updates
  • Mesa 24.2.5
  • Gnome 47.1

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 6.1.114
  • linux66 6.6.56
  • linux610 6.10.14 [EOL]
  • linux611 6.11.3
  • linux612 6.12.0-rc3
  • linux61-rt 6.1.112_rt43
  • linux66-rt 6.6.53_rt44
  • linux610-rt 6.10.2_rt14

Package Changes (Sun Oct 20 11:43:46 CEST 2024)

  • testing core x86_64: 5 new and 5 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 888 new and 890 removed package(s)
  • testing multilib x86_64: 15 new and 14 removed package(s)

Overlay Package Changes

  • testing core x86_64: 21 new and 21 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 74 new and 77 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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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: 2024-10-20

Kernel 6.10 has been marked [EOL] on kernel.org

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”.

KDE 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

Previous testing threads:

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after this update (first one moving from palsma 6.1 series to 6.2) i have some weird bling sounds coming when my monitor loses connection and when it powers up again, much like when you add or remove usb device on windows. Even though i have system sounds turned off.

Is there some new sound thingy introduced that is separate from system sound theme?

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Yes, I noticed - these are notifications which now work for the monitor (or, in my case, the TV).

So yes, there is ‘some new sound thingy’.

It’s actually quite logical that plugged monitors count as hardware - I haven’t worked out if you can disable it.

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Is Mesa safe to update you think? I am on stable branch watching the results.

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Quite safe, IMHO. I’ve an AMD GPU tho

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Build initramfs on linux612 (6.12-rc3)

==> WARNING: No module containing the symbol 'drm_privacy_screen_register' found in: 'drivers/platform'

Will be fixed in mkinitcpio v40:

Just to hint pro users which use current rc Kernel and confused about this warning…