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You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to libpython3.12.so.
Print a list of of packages that have files in /usr/lib/python3.12/ :
pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12/
Rebuild them all at once:*
pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12)
Use rebuild-detector to see if anything else needs to be rebuilt:
checkrebuild
* It’s recommended to clean your build cache first with pamac clean --build-files
Info about AUR packages
AUR (Arch User Repository) packages are neither supported by Arch nor Manjaro. Posts about them in Announcements topics are off-topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.
For help with AUR packages, please create a new topic in AUR and a helpful volunteer may be able to assist you.
We’d like to raise awareness about the rsync security release version 3.4.0-1 as described in our advisory ASA-202501-1.
An attacker only requires anonymous read access to a vulnerable rsync server, such as a public mirror, to execute arbitrary code on the machine the server is running on. Additionally, attackers can take control of an affected server and read/write arbitrary files of any connected client. Sensitive data can be extracted, such as OpenPGP and SSH keys, and malicious code can be executed by overwriting files such as ~/.bashrc or ~/.popt.
We highly advise anyone who runs an rsync daemon or client prior to version 3.4.0-1 to upgrade and reboot their systems immediately. As Arch Linux mirrors are mostly synchronized using rsync, we highly advise any mirror administrator to act immediately, even though the hosted package files themselves are cryptographically signed.
All infrastructure servers and mirrors maintained by Arch Linux have already been updated.
Kernel 6.11 and 4.19 has been marked End Of Life (EOL) on kernel.org
2024-11-27
Partial Cinnamon 6.4 updates
Linux Mint is currently preparing Cinnamon 6.4. The Arch Maintainers went ahead and released some Cinnamon packages which got already tagged 6.4. However, it seems this will break your installation of your Cinnamon desktop. We will monitor the situation and might downgrade to 6.2 packages if needed, before we do a stable branch update. Your feedback regarding Cinnamon overall is highly appreciated.
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.
Thanks for the tip, I tested it but it doesn’t seem to have anything in common with my problem. Even with the kernel parameter, the W11 guest won’t start. Only disabling the 3D acceleration helps.
There is some discussion on the Virtualbox forum here: VirtualBox 7.1.6 released - virtualbox.org . I’ve gotten good support from the forum people in the past. I wanted to go in there and start a thread about this bug outside of the general release thread but my long idle ID no longer works. I tried to resurrect or create new, but, Oracle Being Oracle, nothing so far has worked.
I also tested with kernel 6.6, but it didn’t help. I also suspected that my Meteorlake XE GPU seems to be difficult under Linux, the video hardware acceleration has been broken for several months. The post by @dad23innj means I’m not alone with the problem.
@philm
I also believe that it can work without 3D acceleration and wait.