What are the permissions of /var/tmp/pamac/dbs/sync/refresh_timestamp? I had a similar issue for a while, because the owner had switched to root at some point. It should be the user instead.
One way to fix this is to remove the file and recreate it by checking for updates under pamac.
In the process of checking on this my mouse froze .
I had to do a hard reset.
When I came back the dir tree only goes as far as tmp
Nothing after that.
The path points to a file, actually.
You can set the interval at which pamac checks for updates. I do not know why the indicator doesnβt pick these up right away.
Ive noticed the same on Stable. Icon doesnβt show updates unless you reboot or launch Pamac GUI & go to update tab, then they appear & topbar icon updates.
I use sleep a lot so I donβt see updates for many days after they are released unless I make an effort to check.
OK I think I know the answer.
My fault.
I have added the arcolinux repos as shown when I did my updates.
I didnβt mean to cause any issues but maybe I have mixing repos.
[demo@manjaro ~]$ sudo pacman -Syuu
[sudo] password for demo:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 161.0 KiB 184 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
extra 1850.0 KiB 985 KiB/s 00:02 [##############################################] 100%
community 7.5 MiB 2.18 MiB/s 00:03 [##############################################] 100%
multilib 168.3 KiB 241 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
arcolinux_repo 137.2 KiB 271 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
arcolinux_repo_3party 311.6 KiB 1337 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
arcolinux_repo_xlarge 38.3 KiB 192 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
chaotic-aur 2.1 MiB 1187 KiB/s 00:02 [##############################################] 100%
:: Some packages should be upgraded first...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) archlinux-keyring-20221213-1
Total Download Size: 1.12 MiB
Total Installed Size: 1.59 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.01 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
archlinux-keyring-20221213-1-any 1144.7 KiB 800 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [##############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [##############################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [##############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [##############################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [##############################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) upgrading archlinux-keyring [##############################################] 100%
==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg...
==> Disabling revoked keys in keyring...
-> Disabled 3 keys.
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: marginals needed: 3 completes needed: 1 trust model: pgp
gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 35 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
gpg: depth: 1 valid: 35 signed: 93 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 35m, 0f, 0u
gpg: depth: 2 valid: 74 signed: 28 trust: 74-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u
gpg: next trustdb check due at 2023-03-30
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: next trustdb check due at 2023-03-30
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Reloading system manager configuration...
(2/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: lib32-libva-mesa-driver: downgrading from version 22.2.5-1 to version 22.2.4-1
warning: lib32-mesa: downgrading from version 22.2.5-1 to version 22.2.4-1
warning: lib32-opencl-mesa: downgrading from version 22.2.5-1 to version 22.2.4-1
warning: mesa: downgrading from version 22.2.5-1 to version 22.2.4-1
warning: opencl-mesa: downgrading from version 22.2.5-1 to version 22.2.4-1
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: libglvnd will be installed before its mesa dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: nvidia-utils will be installed before its libglvnd dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: xorg-server will be installed before its libglvnd dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: nvidia-utils will be installed before its libglvnd dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: lib32-mesa will be installed before its lib32-libglvnd dependency
Packages (27) android-tools-33.0.3-3 archlinux-tweak-tool-git-22.12-05 google-chrome-108.0.5359.124-1 lib32-libglvnd-1.6.0-1
lib32-libva-mesa-driver-22.2.4-1 lib32-mesa-22.2.4-1 lib32-opencl-mesa-22.2.4-1 lib32-xz-5.2.10-1 libglvnd-1.6.0-1
libmpc-1.3.0-2 linux60-6.0.13-1 linux60-acpi_call-1.2.2-18 linux60-headers-6.0.13-1
manjaro-kde-settings-20220130-2 mesa-22.2.4-1 mhwd-nvidia-525.60.11-2 nvidia-dkms-525.60.11-2
nvidia-utils-525.60.11-2 opencl-mesa-22.2.4-1 psmisc-23.6-1 svt-av1-1.4.1-1 thunderbird-102.6.0-1
xorg-server-21.1.5-1 xorg-server-common-21.1.5-1 xorg-xhost-1.0.9-1 xscreensaver-6.06-1 xz-5.2.10-1
Total Download Size: 763.16 MiB
Total Installed Size: 1884.73 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: -15.19 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
google-chrome-108.0.5359.124-1-x86_64 127.6 MiB 11.6 MiB/s 00:11 [##############################################] 100%
nvidia-dkms-525.60.11-2-x86_64 44.5 MiB 1817 KiB/s 00:25 [##############################################] 100%
thunderbird-102.6.0-1-x86_64 51.7 MiB 2.05 MiB/s 00:25 [##############################################] 100%
archlinux-tweak-tool-git-22.12-05-x86_64 23.0 MiB 9.31 MiB/s 00:02 [##############################################] 100%
xscreensaver-6.06-1-x86_64 9.6 MiB 1612 KiB/s 00:06 [##############################################] 100%
svt-av1-1.4.1-1-x86_64 2047.2 KiB 562 KiB/s 00:04 [##############################################] 100%
android-tools-33.0.3-3-x86_64 1795.2 KiB 1166 KiB/s 00:02 [##############################################] 100%
xz-5.2.10-1-x86_64 381.4 KiB 1109 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
xorg-server-21.1.5-1-x86_64 1779.1 KiB 775 KiB/s 00:02 [##############################################] 100%
libglvnd-1.6.0-1-x86_64 355.2 KiB 360 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
psmisc-23.6-1-x86_64 250.7 KiB 205 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
lib32-libglvnd-1.6.0-1-x86_64 202.7 KiB 364 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
linux60-6.0.13-1-x86_64 165.4 MiB 4.41 MiB/s 00:37 [##############################################] 100%
linux60-acpi_call-1.2.2-18-x86_64 103.5 KiB 122 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
lib32-xz-5.2.10-1-x86_64 89.1 KiB 138 KiB/s 00:01 [##############################################] 100%
libmpc-1.3.0-2-x86_64 83.9 KiB 286 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
xorg-server-common-21.1.5-1-x86_64 31.8 KiB 104 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
manjaro-kde-settings-20220130-2-any 29.5 KiB 171 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
mhwd-nvidia-525.60.11-2-any 22.3 KiB 47.1 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
xorg-xhost-1.0.9-1-x86_64 12.0 KiB 58.0 KiB/s 00:00 [##############################################] 100%
linux60-headers-6.0.13-1-x86_64 33.1 MiB 813 KiB/s 00:42 [##############################################] 100%
nvidia-utils-525.60.11-2-x86_64 301.3 MiB 3.72 MiB/s 01:21 [##############################################] 100%
Total (22/22) 763.2 MiB 9.40 MiB/s 01:21 [##############################################] 100%
(27/27) checking keys in keyring [##############################################] 100%
(27/27) checking package integrity [##############################################] 100%
(27/27) loading package files [##############################################] 100%
(27/27) checking for file conflicts [##############################################] 100%
(27/27) checking available disk space [##############################################] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/4) Removing linux initcpios...
(2/4) Remove upgraded DKMS modules
==> dkms remove --no-depmod nvidia/525.60.11 -k 5.19.17-2-MANJARO
==> dkms remove --no-depmod nvidia/525.60.11 -k 6.0.12-1-MANJARO
(3/4) Remove DKMS modules
==> dkms remove --no-depmod ax88179_178a-dkms/1.20.0 -k 6.0.12-1-MANJARO
==> dkms remove --no-depmod vboxhost/7.0.4_OSE -k 6.0.12-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 6.0.12-1-MANJARO
(4/4) Remove Thunderbird Distribution Settings
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/27) upgrading xz [##############################################] 100%
( 2/27) upgrading android-tools [##############################################] 100%
( 3/27) upgrading xorg-server-common [##############################################] 100%
( 4/27) upgrading xorg-server [##############################################] 100%
( 5/27) upgrading nvidia-utils [##############################################] 100%
If you run into trouble with CUDA not being available, run nvidia-modprobe first.
If you use GDM on Wayland, you might have to run systemctl enable --now nvidia-resume.service
( 6/27) upgrading libglvnd [##############################################] 100%
( 7/27) downgrading mesa [##############################################] 100%
( 8/27) upgrading archlinux-tweak-tool-git [##############################################] 100%
** This application is coming from ArcoLinux.
** It is meant to be working on that system.
** By renaming the tool from ArcoLinux Tweak Tool to
** ArchLinux Tweak Tool our aim is to broaden our scope.
** Following systems are supported.
** Arch Linux
** ArcoLinux
** Carli
** Alci
** Ariser
** EndeavourOS
** Garuda
** Manjaro
** Xerolinux
** ArchLinuxGUI
** Axyl
** RebornOS
** Archcraft
** CachyOS
** That gives us already 15 distros/isos.
** At a later stage we can add other Arch based distros.
** Sway is not supported
( 9/27) upgrading google-chrome [##############################################] 100%
==> NOTE: Custom flags should be put directly in: ~/.config/chrome-flags.conf
==> NOTE: The launcher is called: 'google-chrome-stable'
(10/27) upgrading lib32-xz [##############################################] 100%
(11/27) downgrading lib32-mesa [##############################################] 100%
(12/27) upgrading mhwd-nvidia [##############################################] 100%
(13/27) upgrading lib32-libglvnd [##############################################] 100%
(14/27) downgrading lib32-libva-mesa-driver [##############################################] 100%
(15/27) upgrading libmpc [##############################################] 100%
(16/27) downgrading opencl-mesa [##############################################] 100%
(17/27) downgrading lib32-opencl-mesa [##############################################] 100%
(18/27) upgrading linux60 [##############################################] 100%
(19/27) upgrading linux60-acpi_call [##############################################] 100%
> Updating module dependencies...
(20/27) upgrading linux60-headers [##############################################] 100%
(21/27) upgrading svt-av1 [##############################################] 100%
(22/27) upgrading manjaro-kde-settings [##############################################] 100%
(23/27) upgrading nvidia-dkms [##############################################] 100%
(24/27) upgrading psmisc [##############################################] 100%
(25/27) upgrading thunderbird [##############################################] 100%
(26/27) upgrading xorg-xhost [##############################################] 100%
(27/27) upgrading xscreensaver [##############################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
( 1/17) Creating system user accounts...
( 2/17) Reloading system manager configuration...
( 3/17) Reloading device manager configuration...
( 4/17) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
( 5/17) Updating module dependencies...
( 6/17) Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/525.60.11 -k 5.19.17-2-MANJARO
==> dkms install --no-depmod vboxhost/7.0.4_OSE -k 6.0.13-1-MANJARO
==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/525.60.11 -k 6.0.13-1-MANJARO
==> dkms install --no-depmod ax88179_178a-dkms/1.20.0 -k 6.0.13-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 5.19.17-2-MANJARO
==> depmod 6.0.13-1-MANJARO
( 7/17) Updating linux initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux60.preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.0-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-6.0-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: 6.0.13-1-MANJARO
-> Running build hook: [systemd]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [sd-vconsole]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-6.0-x86_64.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux60.preset: 'fallback'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.0-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-6.0-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 6.0.13-1-MANJARO
-> Running build hook: [systemd]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qla2xxx
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qed
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qla1280
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [sd-vconsole]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-6.0-x86_64-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful
( 8/17) Updating Kernel initcpios for Nvidia-DRM...
( 9/17) Updating Grub-Bootmenu
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /boot/grub/themes/tela/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.0-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-6.0-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-6.0-x86_64-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.19-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.19-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.19-x86_64-fallback.img
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme0n1p2@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Found ArcoLinux (rolling) on /dev/nvme0n1p6
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
/usr/bin/grub-probe: warning: unknown device type nvme0n1.
done
(10/17) Reloading system bus configuration...
(11/17) Updating fontconfig cache...
(12/17) Updating 32-bit fontconfig cache...
(13/17) Updating icon theme caches...
(14/17) Updating the info directory file...
(15/17) Copy Thunderbird Distribution Settings
(16/17) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
(17/17) Updating X fontdir indices...
Third party repos are not supportedβespecially repos designed for another distribution. On top of that, youβve added even more chaos by using the Chaotic-AUR repo as well.
Neither Manjaro nor ArcoLinux can provide you support for your Frankenstein system, unfortunately.