[Unstable Update] April 2025

Announcements Unstable Updates
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Welcome to the new monthly unstable branch thread.

Recent News

Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

2025-04-17 - Andrew Crerar

Valkey, a high-performance key/value datastore, will be replacing redis in the [extra] repository. This change is due to Redis modifying its license from BSD-3-Clause to RSALv2 and SSPLv1 on March 20th, 2024.

Arch Linux Package Maintainers intend to support the availability of the redis package for roughly 14 days from the day of this post, to enable a smooth transition to valkey. After the 14 day transition period has ended, the redis package will be moved to the AUR. Also, from this point forward, the redis package will not receive any additional updates and should be considered deprecated until it is removed.

Users are recommended to begin transitioning their use of Redis to Valkey as soon as possible to avoid possible complications after the 14 day transition window closes.

– Arch Linux - News: Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

  • As of Linux 6.13.12, the 6.13 series is now EOL (End Of Life). Please install 6.14 stable and/or 6.12 LTS (Long Term Support).

Notable Package Changes

Known Issues

Chrome/Chromium-based browsers and GNOME 48 - Global Shortcuts

If you have extensions who use shortcuts installed on these browsers, you’ll face an issue of many dialogs opening when the browser starts, it’s quite annoying. The bug has been reported and fixed, but the commit is not yet on a stable release.

The workaround for now, is to disable the feature via --disable-features=GlobalShortcutsPortal

– https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/1jfejor/psa_chromechromiumbased_browsers_and_gnome_48/

python-gobject 3.52 breaks multiple apps (libpeas related)

Python plugins for programs like Gedit and Rhythmbox currently will not be loaded in the current state.

python-gobject 3.52 breaks multiple apps (libpeas related) (#3) · Issues · Arch Linux / Packaging / Packages / pygobject · GitLab

Additional Info

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Last year, my main manjaro operation was testing throughout the year. This year, I decided to continuously maintain the stable branch on New Year’s Day.

But I changed my policy. I decided to operate it on unstable. Thank you.

I’m vaguely thinking that UNSTABLE might be fine for my HW configuration and DE. It’s easier to follow the benefits of improvements in the latest kernel (mainly FS, btrfs, bcachefs, etc.).

I have multiple backups and snapshots as talismans.

Updates come in several times a day. Good job.

maxi 
$ maxi -kmsgei
maxi v0.7.18 (17.12.2024)
Currently running: 6.14.1-1-MANJARO (linux614)
 linux612 vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64∑ebbd~6999 initramfs-6.12-x86_64.img=35M fallback=126M∑<sha?>
 linux614 vmlinuz-6.14-x86_64∑9e9e~cffb initramfs-6.14-x86_64.img=33M fallback=125M∑<sha?>
 linux66  vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64 ∑ebea~6f05 initramfs-6.6-x86_64.img =30M fallback=78M ∑<sha?>
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Latest set of updates broke KDE Wayland for me: wallpaper missing and no panel/taskbar, but window switching, applications, and the runner are all functional.

plasmashell --replace and other attempts at restarting plasmashell were unsuccessful in fixing it and I had to roll back the update via Timeshift.

Did not see anything suspect in the journal over a couple of reboots with the issue persisting.

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  • Did you empty ~/.cache/ before updating?
  • Are you using an Nvidia graphics adapter?
  • Are you using a possibly unmaintained third-party theme?
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  • No, I did not
  • No: running AMD integrated graphics
  • No: breath dark stock theme

Removing ~/.cache and updating through a TTY did the trick. Thanks!

Have only had to do this on the major Plasma 5 → Plasma 6 upgrade before.

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Haruna has no context menu (right click the video) since a few updates.

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I can confirm that is also the case in Testing branch. Installing haruna-git doesn’t fix the issue. Running haruna from a terminal results in the following error when the mouse is right-clicked:

unknown() : qrc:/qt/qml/org/kde/haruna/qml/Main.qml:228: TypeError: Cannot read property 'popup' of null
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about amd-pstate-epp and kernel 6.14.2

new energy balance_performance appears , and you have also
Preferred Core Support and Ranking return

cpupower frequency-info
analyse du CPU 1 :
  driver: amd-pstate-epp
  CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
  CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
  energy performance preference: balance_performance
  limitation matérielle : 550 MHz - 4.65 GHz
  régulateurs disponibles : performance powersave
  tactique actuelle : la fréquence doit être comprise entre 1.74 GHz et 4.65 GHz.
                  Le régulateur "powersave" est libre de choisir la vitesse
                  dans cette plage de fréquences.
  current CPU frequency: 3.33 GHz (asserted by call to kernel)
  boost state support:
    Supported: yes
    Active: yes
  amd-pstate limits:
    Highest Performance: 166. Maximum Frequency: 4.65 GHz.
    Nominal Performance: 132. Nominal Frequency: 3.70 GHz.
    Lowest Non-linear Performance: 62. Lowest Non-linear Frequency: 1.74 GHz.
    Lowest Performance: 20. Lowest Frequency: 550 MHz.
    Preferred Core Support: 1. Preferred Core Ranking: 186.
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Scribus 1.6.3 needs to be rebuilt against poppler 25.04.0

Screenshot_20250416_015630

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It already was with 1.6.3-5, however it seems it was left behind in the Arch Extra-Testing repo. I created an issue.

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There is a new NVIDIA driver.

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We normally do not update to beta drivers.

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You can follow the discussions and feedback for that driver here: 575 BETA release feedback & discussion - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums

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:information_source: Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

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hwinfo has updated to 24.0, but manjaro-settings-manager still requires libhd.so.23.

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It just needs a rebuild against hwinfo 24.0 . I just built it and it works fine. If your need is urgent then you can take that route or just wait for the official rebuild.

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hwinfo rebuilds will be coming along shortly along with NVIDIA drivers.

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fixed with the new releases of haruna and mpvqt

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depmod: ERROR: zstd: Restored data doesn't match checksum
depmod: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /lib/modules/6.14.3-1-MANJARO/kernel/drivers/media/rc/ir-sanyo-decoder.ko.zst: Invalid argument
depmod: ERROR: zstd: Restored data doesn't match checksum
depmod: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /lib/modules/6.14.3-1-MANJARO/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/intel/intel-hid.ko.zst: Invalid argument

reinstall without any errors

hmm today

depmod: ERROR: zstd: Restored data doesn't match checksum
depmod: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /tmp/mkinitcpio.VISLLd/root/lib/modules/6.12.24-1-MANJARO/extramodules/nvidia-uvm.ko.zst: Invalid argument
depmod: ERROR: zstd: Restored data doesn't match checksum
depmod: ERROR: zstd: Restored data doesn't match checksum
depmod: ERROR: zstd: Restored data doesn't match checksum
depmod: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /tmp/mkinitcpio.VISLLd/root/lib/modules/6.12.24-1-MANJARO/extramodules/nvidia.ko.zst: Invalid argument
depmod: ERROR: zstd: Restored data doesn't match checksum

what is wrong ?

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check if any change is apply on kernel & drivers 3Rd party with checksum
the checksum is not the same