cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=“ManjaroLinux”
DISTRIB_RELEASE=“23.0.0”
DISTRIB_CODENAME=“Ultima Thule”
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=“Manjaro Linux”
XFCE 4.18, GTK 3.24.37, Kernel 5.15.114-2-MANJARO
snap --version
snap 2.59.4
snapd 2.59.4
series 16
WAYLAND 1.22.0-1
xorg-server 21.1.8-1
pulsewire 1:0.3.70-2
Running in virtual machine powered by VirtualBox 6.1.44.
What is the only (proper) Manjaro-XFCE stock set of packages forming graphical/desktop environment and to be present in distribution?
I mean for Manjaro 23.0.0 XFCE how does default graphical environment look like - which package composition does it present?
Manjaro machine user/admin here had eventually messed up with composition of packages related to graphical/desktop environment in past. Manjaro freezes heavily when host’s microphone is attached to Manjaro 1, or other usage sound-area takes place.
In course of trouble shooting following was found: 2
Jun 19 21:24:52 host xdg-desktop-por[1695]: Failed to create settings proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome: Timeout was reached
Jun 19 21:25:32 host systemd[1277]: xdg-desktop-portal.service: start operation timed out. Terminating.
Jun 19 21:25:32 host systemd[1277]: xdg-desktop-portal.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Jun 19 21:25:32 host systemd[1277]: Failed to start Portal service.
Jun 19 21:26:01 host dbus-daemon[1291]: [session uid=1000 pid=1291] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
Jun 19 21:26:02 host dbus-daemon[1291]: [session uid=1000 pid=1291] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
Time-stamp of above log corresponds to point of time when Manjaro got durable freez-up upon enabling microphone
host-side for this virtual machine.
- Sometimes, speaker generates crackle noises as well while no audio/voice is played back.
- There are errors/problem reports in web this area however it was not possible to draw direct conclusions for the case here.
Following track above we found in graphical package management colorful mixture of environment favors and wonder if all found are really necessary that one Manjaro XFCE machine. E.g.
xdg-desktop-portal
xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
It is hard to make found composition of packages more transparent by finding real redundancies and removing unnecessary ones. Every try to streamline composition fails as every candidate to remove shows reverse dependencies where we get unsure if it is good idea to remove that particular package, or we are sure it is valid dependency upwards.
In web reports of problems regarding pipewire, or xdg or gtk-layer (or such) were found. We could however draw no conclusions for this machine based on those reports.
Was it good idea to populate Manjaro 23.0.0 with snap and snap apps? snap seems to introduce heavy new package dependencies to this Manjaro which weren’t present without snap.
System:
Kernel: 5.15.114-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=faa32b82-f503-456b-a174-68decd0843af ro quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Virtualbox System: innotek GmbH product: VirtualBox v: 1.2
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: Oracle Corporation type: 1
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Oracle model: VirtualBox v: 1.2 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: innotek GmbH v: VirtualBox date: 12/01/2006
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-4570 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4
level: v2 built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60)
stepping: 3 microcode: N/A
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB
desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB
desc: 2x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3193 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 3193 2: 3193 bogomips: 12774
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT Host state unknown
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Unknown: Dependent on hypervisor status
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: VMware SVGA II Adapter driver: vmwgfx v: 2.19.0.0 ports:
active: Virtual-1 empty: Virtual-2, Virtual-3, Virtual-4, Virtual-5,
Virtual-6, Virtual-7, Virtual-8 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 15ad:0405
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-2:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8511
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver:
X: loaded: vmware unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: vmwgfx
display-ID: :0.0 note: <missing: xdpyinfo/xrandr>
Monitor-1: Virtual-1 size-res: N/A modes: max: 0x0 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW High Definition Audio vendor: SigmaTel
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:05.0 chip-ID: 8086:2668
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k5.15.114-2-MANJARO status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Network:
Device-1: Red Hat Virtio network driver: virtio-pci v: 1 modules: virtio_pci
port: 6020 bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 1af4:1000 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s3 state: up speed: -1 duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI type: network bridge
driver: piix4_smbus v: N/A modules: i2c_piix4 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:07.0
chip-ID: 8086:7113 class-ID: 0680
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 95.79 GiB used: 403.67 GiB (421.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK
size: 31.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.0 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK
size: 60.03 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.0 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: VirtualBox model: VBOX HARDDISK
size: 4 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 59.53 GiB size: 58.42 GiB (98.13%) used: 22.01 GiB (37.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
ID-3: /home raw-size: 31.76 GiB size: 31.15 GiB (98.08%)
used: 6.29 GiB (20.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
Src: lm-sensors+/sys Message: No sensor data found using /sys/class/hwmon or
lm-sensors.
Info:
Processes: 193 Uptime: 25m wakeups: 669 Memory: available: 7.61 GiB
used: 1.99 GiB (26.2%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: 1005 pm: pacman pkgs: 978
libs: 303 tools: pamac pm: snap pkgs: 27 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.27