After an system update in February xfmw4 fails to start if the file
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfwm4.xml
exists at login.
This applies to every userprofile, even newly created ones.
If the file is removed before reboot/shutdown, xfwm4 starts up fine. (I suspect it sometimes dies at sleep/suspend, but most of the time it doesn’t.)
Is there any way to revert all packages to the versions that were installed prior to the system update in February? (and uninstall those that were new, and reinstall those that were uninstalled?)
I do have a feeling this is related to display driver, but I can’t explain why I think so.
At startup when xfwm4 has failed to start, the .xsession-errors looks like this:
(xfwm4:1190): Gdk-WARNING **: 17:23:49.860: The program 'xfwm4' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
(Details: serial 2700 error_code 2 request_code 151 (GLX) minor_code 24)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
output of inxi --full --admin --filter --width
System:
Kernel: 6.6.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
root=UUID=c19de19e-0334-436b-abdb-5b1b7186b040 rw sysrq_always_enabled=1
apparmor=1 security=apparmor
resume=UUID=34df189e-17eb-4ffd-bd62-55f9055ef680 udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: light-locker,xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM
v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 8440p v: N/A
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 172B v: KBC Version 30.35 serial: <filter>
part-nu: VQ664EA#ABN uuid: 9c5b917a-c5dc-11df-9cd0-c2011e0d6060
BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68CCU Ver. F.60 date: 11/11/2015
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.9 Wh (99.7%) condition: 29.0/29.0 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 12.2 min: 10.8 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7 M 620 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere
gen: core 1 level: v2 built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 0x7
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1566 high: 2667 min/max: 1199/2667 boost: enabled
base/boost: 2651/2666 scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil
volts: 1.2 V ext-clock: 133 MHz cores: 1: 1199 2: 1199 3: 2667 4: 1199
bogomips: 21290
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GT218M [NVS 3100M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: nouveau
v: kernel non-free: series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL~2019-12-xx) last:
release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm
built: 2006-2013 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0a6c
class-ID: 0300 temp: 58.0 C
Device-2: Chicony HP Webcam [2 MP Macro] driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.5:4
chip-ID: 04f2:b15e class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37")
s-diag: 485mm (19.11")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x123e built: 2009 res: 1600x900
hz: 60 dpi: 132 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1600x900 min: 800x600
API: EGL v: N/A platforms: active: N/A inactive: x11
API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable for root.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard 5 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
chip-ID: 8086:3b56 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0be3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.19-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 6020 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10ea
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 44:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4238
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: brfjt state: up speed: -1 duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: brlyc state: up speed: -1 duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: brprt state: up speed: -1 duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: dumfjt state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: dumlyc state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: dumprt state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
RAID:
Device-1: z type: zfs status: ONLINE level: linear raw: size: 193 GiB
free: 132 GiB allocated: 61.5 GiB zfs-fs: size: 192.46 GiB free: 125.52 GiB
Components: Online:
1:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: raw: 238.47 GiB usable: 430.93 GiB
used: 88.14 GiB (20.5%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: MTFDBAK256MAG-1G1
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0005 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 29.3 GiB size: 28.67 GiB (97.86%) used: 21.36 GiB (74.5%)
fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 200 MiB size: 185.9 MiB (92.97%)
used: 140.6 MiB (75.6%) fs: ext2 block-size: 1024 B dev: /dev/sda2
maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 15.62 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 58.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 6 GiB available: 5.65 GiB used: 2.06 GiB (36.5%)
Processes: 279 Power: uptime: 20m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 2.25 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1394 libs: 444 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Bash (su) v: 5.2.26
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.33