[Testing Update] 2024-11-16 - Kernels, Mesa, Systemd, LxQt 2.1, Libreoffice

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2024-11-13

v86d has been dropped from Manjaro repositories and is no longer required for mhwd

Re: Unstable Update MHWD disussion

If pamac GUI options Enable AUR support and Check for updates are enabled, users should check the package list before agreeing to update and un-check AUR packages

2024-11-01

KVM default behavior change on module loading in kernel 6.12

In kernel 6.12, KVM initializes virtualization on module loading by default. This prevents VirtualBox VMs from starting. In order to avoid this, either add kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0 parameter into kernel command line or unload the corresponding kvm_XXX module. Initial support for 6.12 kernel series was added with Virtualbox 7.1.4.

More info about that in the Linux mailing list

2024-10-20

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

sddm login problems with multiple monitors
  • bug report
  • login only works on secondary monitor
  • switching sddm theme to maldives works around the issue

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

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