[Unstable Update] September 2024 Edition

update pacman.log
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[2024-09-12T21:47:45+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux61 (6.1.109-2 -> 6.1.110-1)
[2024-09-12T21:47:47+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux61-headers (6.1.109-2 -> 6.1.110-1)
[2024-09-12T21:47:47+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux61-nvidia (560.35.03-5 -> 560.35.03-6)
[2024-09-12T21:47:48+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux610 (6.10.9-2 -> 6.10.10-1)
[2024-09-12T21:47:51+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux610-headers (6.10.9-2 -> 6.10.10-1)
[2024-09-12T21:47:52+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux66 (6.6.50-2 -> 6.6.51-1)
[2024-09-12T21:47:54+0200] [ALPM] upgraded linux66-headers (6.6.50-2 -> 6.6.51-1)
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update kernel with error ! after reboot…hang on
[ OK ] Reached target Graphical Interface.

Kernel failed with linux6.10.10-1 and linux6.6.51-1 ← NO nvidia update?
/usr/lib/modules/ without extramodules !

Only linux6.1.110-1 started with GUI. ← and nvidia update ?!

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There are known server issues currently which will be addressed as soon as humanly possible. We have team members on three continents in various time zones, so please bear with us.

FYI, as of about 10 minutes ago, all new kernels and modules are now available. It may take some time for all mirrors to update.

EDIT: Server issues were resolved and it’s even responding faster. :grin:

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7 hours past from your post, but last update kicked me to console. Is this because of Friday, 13th?

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as at such times its best you refreshed the mirror-list before trying to update again, with;

sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 10
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No - just bad luck.

If your system is still alive (from my comment above)

pacman -Qqn | pacman -Syu -

technically the command creates a list of native packages and feed them into pacman for reinstall - this could fix your issue.

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Manjaro Tools linux66-nvidia is no longer in the repo’s ,but it is still in Packages-Mhwd.
Removing this affects lib32-nvidia-utils. Removing both makes the tools build though I suspect lib32-nvidia-utils Is very much needed?

:question:

How did you arrive at that conclusion?

 $ mbn info linux66-nvidia -q
Branch         : unstable
Name           : linux66-nvidia
Version        : 560.35.03-6
Repository     : extra
Build Date     : Fri 13 Sep 2024 08:32:00 
Packager       : Philip Mueller <philm@manjaro.org>

Branch         : testing
Name           : linux66-nvidia
Version        : 550.107.02-5
Repository     : extra
Build Date     : Fri 13 Sep 2024 06:13:01 
Packager       : Philip Mueller <philm@manjaro.org>

Branch         : stable
Name           : linux66-nvidia
Version        : 550.107.02-4
Repository     : extra
Build Date     : Mon 26 Aug 2024 19:02:05 
Packager       : Philip Mueller <philm@manjaro.org>

I searched for Linux66-nvidia in pamac and it was not there, just checked now and it is back. no Idea what happened? But it was manjaro-tools that could not find it.

As the comment by @Yochanan says - there has been an issue with the package deployment service - I don’t know - that may have caused some issues - perhaps missing packages - in any case it should be solved now.

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That’s hilarious :rofl:

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And this will mean:
The kernel and the initramdisk have been deleted, but not recreated.
No kernel → not bootable :man_shrugging:

:footprints:

I had this errors when upgrading virtualbox:

Updating virtualbox (7.0.20-1 -> 7.1.0-1)... VBoxManage: error: Failed to create the VirtualBox object!
Error when configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc VBoxManage: error: Code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) - Operation failed (extended info not available) Error when configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc VBoxManage: error: Most likely, the VirtualBox COM server is not running or failed to start.
Error configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc
Error: virtualbox-ext-vnc: command not executed correctly
Configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc...
0%...NS_ERROR_FAILURE
Error configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc
VBoxManage: error: Failed to install "/usr/share/virtualbox/extensions/VNC-7.1.0.vbox-extpack"
Error configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc
VBoxManage: error: Extension pack 'VNC' is already installed. In case of a reinstallation, please uninstall it first
Error configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc
VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component ExtPackManagerWrap, interface IExtPackManager
Error configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc
VBoxManage: error: Context: " RTEXITCODE handleExtPack(HandlerArg*)" at line 2099 of file VBoxManageMisc.cpp
Error configuring virtualbox-ext-vnc
Error: virtualbox-ext-vnc: command not executed correctly
Updating virtualbox-guest-iso (7.0.20-1 -> 7.1 .0-1)...
Updating virtualbox-guest-utils (7.0.20-1 -> 7.1.0-1)...
Updating virtualbox-sdk (7.0.20-1 -> 7.1.0-1)...
Running post-transaction hooks...

Did I need to uninstall “virtualbox-ext-vnc”? and then re-install it?

Answering my own question: yes! that’s whatt I did. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

VBoxManage: error: Extension pack 'VNC' is already installed. In case of a reinstallation, please uninstall it first

Not sure if it matters but I have had no issues with updating into this from Stable. Also, this or one of the last few Nvidia driver updates in this branch seems to have mostly fixed my weird stuttering/flickering in some games.

I ran into this same issue also. Here is some help for others running into this.

Symptoms

  • When pacman upgrades grub package, you see the following in logs[1]:

    [2024-09-11T17:58:15-0600] [ALPM] warning: /boot/grub/grub.cfg saved as /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave
    [2024-09-11T17:58:15-0600] [ALPM] upgraded grub (2.12-4 -> 2.12-6)
    [...SNIP...]
    [2024-09-11T17:58:18-0600] [ALPM] upgraded update-grub (2.12-4 -> 2.12-5)
    
  • On the next reboot, you get dropped into the grub > command prompt because the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file was renamed.

Solution

  1. At the grub > command prompt, use the configfile command to load the menu: configfile /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave
  2. Now select the Manjaro boot option from the menu
  3. After the OS boots
  • If you have a separate readonly /boot, or /boot/grub, then remount it read/write: sudo mount -o -o remount,rw /boot
  • Open a terminal and run: sudo mv /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave /boot/grub/grub.cfg
  • Run update-grub for good measure: sudo update-grub

  1. This is very easy to miss, as it’s a single line hidden in the pacman -Syu output amidst other messages. ↩︎

No, it wasn’t. The original grub.cfg was backed up as grub.cfg.pacsave, however during the update process, grub.cfg won’t exist until the hooks complete and it’s regenerated. That happens during a grub package update regardless, so whatever issue you had is not related to the Pacsave at all.

The original grub.cfg was backed up as grub.cfg.pacsave

At the filesystem level, a move is the same as a rename. pacman “backs up” the old file, and to do so it moves (renames) it. Same result :person_shrugging:

… however during the update process, grub.cfg won’t exist until the hooks complete and it’s regenerated. That happens during a grub package update regardless, so whatever issue you had is not related to the Pacsave at all.

For some reason, this didn’t happen in this instance. It’s not clear why, but only the 90-mkinitcpio-install.hook ran. If you’re curious, here’s the pacman log.

For what it’s worth, I saved the grub.cfg.pacsave and compared it with the new one generated with sudo update-grub, just to see if anything changed. It turns out, they were identical:

$ sudo sha256sum /boot/grub/grub.cfg*

193df1b33d33237b6da42236ff8fc163e11e00ca4feda60805bf88624413a315  /boot/grub/grub.cfg
193df1b33d33237b6da42236ff8fc163e11e00ca4feda60805bf88624413a315  /boot/grub/grub.cfg.pacsave
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Correct: drop of modules, drop of lib32. Was fixed later on. Things happened …

Virtualbox upgrade to 7.1.0-1 went well. All modules have been updated to 7.1.
Upon starting a VM, I get the following:

Display Error:
Failed to change display parameter.
The console is not powered up (setVideoModeHint).
Result Code:
E_ACCESSDENIED (0x80070005)
Component:
DisplayWrap
Interface:
IDisplay {4680b2de-8690-11e9-b83d-5719e53cf1de}

This occurs with all my VM’s upon start. Closing the Notification and all works just fine.

Updated to pacman-6.1.0-8 and merged the pacdiff for /etc/pacman.conf (specifically, the SyncFirst option).
I’m using rebuild-detector, and during the post-hook it reports that the SyncFirst option is unknown:

(3/3) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
warning: config /etc/pacman.conf line 20: unknown option 'SyncFirst'
warning: config /etc/pacman.conf line 20: unknown option 'SyncFirst'
[...]

Taking a look into it, it seems that the output is from pacconf.
Ping at @philm, since he did the pacman patches for SyncFirst yesterday.

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I was just coming here to report that. I can confirm the issue since I updated today. The setting exists in the package default config file pacman.conf.

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