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[arch-general] System terribly slow
by riveravaldez 27 Oct '25

27 Oct '25

Hi, I'm looking for some advice trying to pinpoint why or where my system has becoming almost unusable slow. Searching the web I've found some hints but nothing precise enough. Maybe it's a failing HDD, but I'm first posting what I have until now in the hope someone can give some advice. Superficial symptoms are a general slowness. I'm using just IceWM and `startx` to initialize the GUI, and even logging into my account previous to that takes almost a minute to get done. Then any application I launch takes minutes to just start (from IceWM to firefox, from qtox to pcmanfm or geany, etc.). Even navigate the folders tree with pcmanfm takes 10 or more seconds just to show any folder content... Hope some of this helps: $ sudo journalctl -b -exp3 -- Journal begins at Thu 2021-12-02 23:59:31 -03, ends at Fri 2021-12-03 19:50:29 -03. -- dic 03 00:48:43 arch kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Asking for cache data failed dic 03 00:48:43 arch kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through dic 03 00:50:39 arch libvirtd[592]: cannot open directory '/home/dell/Software/VMs/TrisquelMini8': No existe el fichero o el directorio dic 03 00:50:39 arch libvirtd[592]: error interno: Falló al iniciar automáticamente el grupo de almacenamiento 'TrisquelMini8': cannot open directory '/home/dell/Softwar> dic 03 00:50:41 arch libvirtd[592]: No se encontró 'dmidecode' en ruta: No existe el fichero o el directorio dic 03 00:50:57 arch libvirtd[592]: No se encontró 'dmidecode' en ruta: No existe el fichero o el directorio dic 03 00:56:40 arch systemd[1]: Failed to start Disk Manager. Subject: A start job for unit udisks2.service has failed Defined-By: systemd Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel A start job for unit udisks2.service has finished with a failure. The job identifier is 1072 and the job result is failed. $ systemctl --state=failed UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION 0 loaded units listed. $ systemd-analyze Startup finished in 11.038s (kernel) + 1min 31.352s (userspace) = 1min 42.391s graphical.target reached after 1min 31.352s in userspace $ systemd-analyze blame 37.946s polkit.service 29.248s dev-sda1.device 28.827s systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service 24.692s udisks2.service 15.936s systemd-journal-flush.service 14.228s systemd-hwdb-update.service 13.930s ldconfig.service 13.502s upower.service 12.881s ufw.service 8.830s user(a)1000.service 7.556s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service 7.280s avahi-daemon.service 7.275s bluetooth.service 7.262s iwd.service 6.067s systemd-logind.service 6.058s systemd-machined.service 5.825s systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service 5.123s systemd-sysusers.service 4.569s systemd-udevd.service 4.511s systemd-resolved.service 4.281s systemd-networkd.service 3.724s systemd-journal-catalog-update.service 3.415s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-1d72b82c\x2d9c58\x2d4f57\x2d97a3\x2de29ff35a5632.service 2.959s systemd-modules-load.service 2.557s lm_sensors.service 2.503s systemd-random-seed.service 2.389s systemd-backlight@backlight:acpi_video0.service 1.983s dev-disk-by\x2duuid-84c91978\x2da09c\x2d4087\x2db60d\x2d86730d142f63.swap 1.967s systemd-backlight@leds:dell::kbd_backlight.service 1.563s systemd-timesyncd.service 1.457s systemd-update-utmp.service 1.287s systemd-udev-trigger.service 1.278s systemd-rfkill.service 1.219s alsa-restore.service 1.164s systemd-sysctl.service (...) $ systemctl status polkit.service ● polkit.service - Authorization Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/polkit.service; static) Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-12-03 00:50:28 -03; 19h ago Docs: man:polkit(8) Main PID: 613 (polkitd) Tasks: 12 (limit: 6993) Memory: 18.9M CPU: 1.032s CGroup: /system.slice/polkit.service └─613 /usr/lib/polkit-1/polkitd --no-debug dic 03 00:49:50 arch systemd[1]: Starting Authorization Manager... dic 03 00:50:05 arch polkitd[613]: Started polkitd version 0.120 dic 03 00:50:26 arch polkitd[613]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d dic 03 00:50:26 arch polkitd[613]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d dic 03 00:50:28 arch polkitd[613]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 6 rules dic 03 00:50:28 arch systemd[1]: Started Authorization Manager. dic 03 00:50:28 arch polkitd[613]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus $ systemctl status dev-sda1.device ● dev-sda1.device - Hitachi_HTS545025B9A300 ROOT Follows: unit currently follows state of sys-devices-pci0000:00-0000:00:1f.2-ata1-host0-target0:0:0-0:0:0:0-block-sda-sda1.device Loaded: loaded Active: active (plugged) since Fri 2021-12-03 00:49:12 -03; 19h ago Device: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1 Notice: journal has been rotated since unit was started, output may be incomplete. $ systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service ○ systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service - Cleanup of Temporary Directories Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service; static) Active: inactive (dead) since Fri 2021-12-03 01:03:52 -03; 19h ago TriggeredBy: ● systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer Docs: man:tmpfiles.d(5) man:systemd-tmpfiles(8) Process: 1473 ExecStart=systemd-tmpfiles --clean (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1473 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 185ms dic 03 01:03:23 arch systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories... dic 03 01:03:52 arch systemd[1]: systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service: Deactivated successfully. dic 03 01:03:52 arch systemd[1]: Finished Cleanup of Temporary Directories. $ systemctl status udisks2.service ● udisks2.service - Disk Manager Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/udisks2.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-12-03 00:59:51 -03; 19h ago Docs: man:udisks(8) Main PID: 1129 (udisksd) Tasks: 5 (limit: 6993) Memory: 3.2M CPU: 23.045s CGroup: /system.slice/udisks2.service └─1129 /usr/lib/udisks2/udisksd dic 03 00:59:26 arch systemd[1]: Starting Disk Manager... dic 03 00:59:26 arch udisksd[1129]: udisks daemon version 2.9.4 starting dic 03 00:59:51 arch systemd[1]: Started Disk Manager. dic 03 00:59:54 arch udisksd[1129]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the system message bus $ systemctl status systemd-journal-flush.service ● systemd-journal-flush.service - Flush Journal to Persistent Storage Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-journal-flush.service; static) Active: active (exited) since Fri 2021-12-03 00:48:59 -03; 19h ago Docs: man:systemd-journald.service(8) man:journald.conf(5) Process: 283 ExecStart=journalctl --flush (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 283 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 15ms dic 03 00:48:43 arch systemd[1]: Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage... dic 03 00:48:59 arch systemd[1]: Finished Flush Journal to Persistent Storage. $ systemctl status systemd-hwdb-update.service ● systemd-hwdb-update.service - Rebuild Hardware Database Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-hwdb-update.service; static) Active: active (exited) since Fri 2021-12-03 00:48:57 -03; 19h ago Docs: man:hwdb(7) man:systemd-hwdb(8) Process: 279 ExecStart=systemd-hwdb update (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 279 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 1.746s dic 03 00:48:57 arch systemd[1]: Finished Rebuild Hardware Database. $ journalctl -b -u systemd-journald.service -- Journal begins at Thu 2021-12-02 23:59:31 -03, ends at Fri 2021-12-03 20:49:18 -03. -- dic 03 00:48:43 arch systemd-journald[271]: Journal started dic 03 00:48:43 arch systemd-journald[271]: Runtime Journal (/run/log/journal/431f639f382e4bad8a43628868f2fc6c) is 8.0M, max 292.4M, 284.4M free. dic 03 00:48:44 arch systemd-journald[271]: Time spent on flushing to /var/log/journal/431f639f382e4bad8a43628868f2fc6c is 7.561088s for 798 entries. dic 03 00:48:44 arch systemd-journald[271]: System Journal (/var/log/journal/431f639f382e4bad8a43628868f2fc6c) is 16.0M, max 2.4G, 2.4G free. $ journalctl -b -u systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\\x2duuid-1d72b82c\\x2d9c58\\x2d4f57\\x2d97a3\\x2de29ff35a5632.service -- Journal begins at Thu 2021-12-02 23:59:31 -03, ends at Fri 2021-12-03 20:52:36 -03. -- dic 03 00:49:18 arch systemd[1]: Starting File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/1d72b82c-9c58-4f57-97a3-e29ff35a5632... dic 03 00:49:21 arch systemd-fsck[485]: HOME: limpio, 208781/13107200 ficheros, 37165716/52398592 bloques dic 03 00:49:21 arch systemd[1]: Finished File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/1d72b82c-9c58-4f57-97a3-e29ff35a5632. $ journalctl --verify PASS: /var/log/journal/431f639f382e4bad8a43628868f2fc6c/user-1000.journal 3b84d8: Data object's entry array not sorted File corruption detected at /var/log/journal/431f639f382e4bad8a43628868f2fc6c/system.journal:915878 (of 16777216 bytes, 56%). FAIL: /var/log/journal/431f639f382e4bad8a43628868f2fc6c/system.journal (Mensaje erróneo) $ journalctl --disk-usage Archived and active journals take up 24.0M in the file system. Maybe it's pertinent to mention that I've just cleaned up /var/log/journal to rule out storage issues. Any help will be most welcome. Thanks a lot in advance.

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the archlinux torrent
by Jude DaShiell 03 Jul '24

03 Jul '24

Having downloaded the torrent and burned the iso to a dvd I verified the torrent using sha256sum but apparently that wasn't enough since the installation broke part of the way through which means I ought to have used the gpg verification that is available online. What is done with those asc files to verify a download? I used lftp with no options on the command line and maybe that was also a mistake on my part. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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How to start mplayer with radio (.pls) url over ssh and have it play?
by David C. Rankin 02 Jul '24

02 Jul '24

All, I know little about audio, but I'm trying to help my kids configure a radio stream. I normally use this media box via X desktop, but wanted to just play the stream via mplayer starting it over ssh -- that didn't work no matter what -ao I specify. However, if I open an x-term on the box from the desktop and enter the same url there - presto, the sound plays, and everything works. Since I normally use this box headless, how do I start mplayer over ssh and have the sound play on the remote box? Entering the following through the x-term from the desktop works just fine: mplayer -loop 0 -playlist http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/pls/KDAQHD2.pls (it's classical) Is there a config somewhere where I can tell it to start mplayer the same from ssh as it does when started from the desktop? Following troubleshooting from the Sound Wiki, running 'pactl list sinks' over ssh while the desktop is playing the audio stream, I get: $ pactl list sinks Sink #1 State: RUNNING Name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo Description: Built-in Audio Analog Stereo Driver: module-alsa-card.c Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz Channel Map: front-left,front-right Owner Module: 19 Mute: no Volume: front-left: 41944 / 64% / -11.63 dB, front-right: 41944 / 64% / -11.63 dB balance 0.00 Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor Latency: 29816 usec, configured 31247 usec Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY Properties: alsa.resolution_bits = "16" <snip> Can I use this information when starting mplayer over ssh to have it play sound through that boxes (the remotes) speakers? I've tried '-ao alsa' when starting over ssh, but still no sound. If I missed something in the wiki -- I missed it. Any help appreciated. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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JDK/JRE and older Java versions
by Peter Nabbefeld 01 Jul '24

01 Jul '24

Hello, as a Java developer, I sometimes need to do compatibility checking using older versions, often using JRE, while I need a JDK for development. When I tried to update arch linux now, I found I cannot start any update because the update is blocked by setting JRE and JDK as conflicting packages. I tried to only install JDK 21, but the update is still being blocked because of my older versions of the JRE. Why do You block any software installation? I don't like the idea to enforce me to use any specific software, or to remove any specific one. Is there any possibility to remove the lock-in? Kind regards, Peter

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git server changes - how to allow https AND ssh now that /srv/git/xxx.git must be owned by http?
by David C. Rankin 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

All, After recent git update, read only repos hosted on a local Apache server could no longer pull over https. (gitweb remained fine) Repositories closed read/write over ssh were fine. On the server the repositories under /srv/git were owned david:david (me). However, after the git change, git refused to serve over https unless the directories under /srv/git were owned by http. Fine, change made - but now repos cloned read/write over ssh fail because the directory under /srv/git is no longer owned by me. How do you make git repositories hosted on my local server allow clone/pull over https AND allow me to still close read/write over ssh? Catch 22, unless /srv/git/xxx.git is http:http, https fails unless /srv/git/xxx.git is david:http, ssh fails Anybody else caught be this? The server is configured per https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Git_server and the scm-git.com links. The "Note: Make sure that Apache can read and write to your repositories." seems incomplete. It's not just "read and write" it is "must own" for https and "can't own" for ssh? How to solve? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Request to cherry-pick commit fixing RMB issue for Non-Removable Media in Linux Kernel 6.10-rc4
by J. Gerhards 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Hi all, as of linux v6.9.*, a regression has been introduced where the removable media bit (RMB) was set for all devices that are hot-pluggable. The bit does not accurately indicate that a device is removable. Therefore, this issue has been addressed and fixed in commit `a6a75e`[0] which was merged under the tag 6.10-rc4[1]. Is it possible to cherry-pick `a6a75e` and release an update prior to the full 6.10 release? Thank you for your consideration. Best regards J. Gerhards [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?… [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/171856227442.1143.13572753599648338171.pr-track…

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can't generate key pair
by Jude DaShiell 18 Jun '24

18 Jun '24

gpg2 --full-gen-key breaks shortly after pass key is entered twice generating a Timeout error. I tried this with complex and simple keys and gpg2 times out in both cases. Would a configuration change help here? -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940.

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linux-6.9.4 or firmware broke monitor type/size detection for Dell box?
by David C. Rankin 15 Jun '24

15 Jun '24

Devs, Tonight's update to linux-6.9.4 and the firmware seems to have broken the monitor type/size detection on Arch. I have a older Dell box I use for a media center connected to a Samsung 59" TV. Arch has always properly detected it and configured itself for full HD resolution. After update tonight, it no longer does that. Instead both the console (I use startx) and fluxbox (or any other desktop) boots and starts at 800x600 or so -- which is quite unusable. Has something changed in the kernel image generation or in the new firmware that has caused this? I'm not sure what the dmesg output was before, it always just worked, but now I get: [ 1.574525] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console [ 1.600709] tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3324.978 MHz [ 1.600721] clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x2fed77ea564, max_idle_ns: 440795278175 ns [ 1.600739] clocksource: Switched to clocksource tsc [ 1.608956] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 1.608963] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [ 1.609861] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Initialized overlay support. [ 1.610256] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20230929 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 1 [ 1.630543] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device [ 1.630545] fbcon: Deferring console take-over [ 1.630547] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device This box is grub2/MBR, so if something changed there, that may also be the issue. Anybody have an idea what changed? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Nextclount 29.0.2 update - /etc/webapps/nextcloud/.htaccess.pacnew missing Arch webapp config?
by David C. Rankin 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

Devs, Nextcloud 29.0.2 update was released today and the /etc/webapps/.htaccess.pacnew config file is missing the entire config for the Archlinux webapp install. Applying the .htaccess.pacnew results in not being able to access the server with a forbidden error: [Thu Jun 06 20:58:10.130910 2024] [autoindex:error] [pid 17794] [client 192.168.6.104:52498] AH01276: Cannot serve directory /usr/share/webapps/nextcloud/apps/dashboard/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.php,index.html) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive The upper part is the same, but the lines from the bottom are removed: --- .htaccess.20240523 2024-06-06 20:55:04.132401657 -0500 +++ .htaccess.20240606 2024-06-06 08:57:25.000000000 -0500 @@ -108,29 +108,3 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8 Options -Indexes -#### DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE #### - -ErrorDocument 403 /nextcloud/index.php/error/403 -ErrorDocument 404 /nextcloud/index.php/error/404 -<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> - Options -MultiViews - RewriteRule ^core/js/oc.js$ index.php [PT,E=PATH_INFO:$1] - RewriteRule ^core/preview.png$ index.php [PT,E=PATH_INFO:$1] - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(css|js|mjs|svg|gif|png|html|ttf|woff2?|ico|jpg|jpeg|map|webm|mp4|mp3|ogg|wav|flac|wasm|tflite)$ - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/core/ajax/update\.php - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/core/img/(favicon\.ico|manifest\.json)$ - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(cron|public|remote|status)\.php - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/ocs/v(1|2)\.php - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/robots\.txt - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(ocs-provider|updater)/ - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/(acme-challenge|pki-validation)/.* - RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/richdocumentscode(_arm64)?/proxy.php$ - RewriteRule . index.php [PT,E=PATH_INFO:$1] - RewriteBase /nextcloud - <IfModule mod_env.c> - SetEnv front_controller_active true - <IfModule mod_dir.c> - DirectorySlash off - </IfModule> - </IfModule> -</IfModule> Restoring the .htaccess from the 5/23 update to 29.0.1 fixes the issue. Is this intended and are we supposed to reconfigure for this point release in some other way? https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nextcloud is silent and there was no install notice during the pacman update? If I'm supposed to reconfigure something and put the webapp config for Arch somewhere else, just let me know where. The nextcould forum isn't useful for the webapp install approach. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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virtualbox 7.0.16 and Windows 11 guest
by Ralf Mardorf 05 Jun '24

05 Jun '24

Hi, today I removed virtualbox6.1-bin 6.1.50 and installed virtualbox 7.0.16, because 6.1.50 doesn't work anymore [1] and I got rid of fixing virtualbox 6+ again and again. Doing a first short test a Windows 10 guest seems to run, but a Windows 11 guest seems to cause issues, at least a shutdown of the Windows 11 guest with _not_ updated guest additions didn't finish and locked the host or rather it was possible to push Ctrl+Alt+F2 and to run pkill VirtualBoxVM to get back a responding Arch Linux host. For other reasons I'm restoring another backup of Windows 11, which will take more than an hour, since the the vdi's size is > 700 GiB, so in the meantime I want to gather information. I will take a look at the settings mentioned by the Arch Wiki [2], [3]. Are there more settings I can check? It's an Intel CPU wit integrated GPU. • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ hwinfo --cpu | sort -u | grep Model Model: 6.191.5 "13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-13100" • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ hwinfo --memory | grep Size Memory Size: 32 GB Regards, Ralf [1] "Could you still start Windows guests with virtualbox6.1-bin 6.1.50-1 or do you also experience guru meditations? I'm currently trying extra/virtualbox 7.0.16-1, which gets rid of the gurus, but so far a Windows 11 guest is not doing well." - https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/virtualbox6.1-bin#comment-968033 [2] "4.11.1 Creating the virtual machine A VirtualBox virtual machine must be manually created. As of now do not add any storage device any disk to the virtual machine, it will be done manually later. Configure the virtual machine with the following settings (settings panel can be opened by clicking the "Settings" button in the main toolbar): View: System: Tab: Motherboard: mark Enable I/O APIC; mark Enable EFI; mark Hardware Clock in UTC Time if is your case. Tab: Processor: mark Enable PAE/NX; mark Enable Nested VT-x/AMD-V; Tab: Acceleration: Choose the paravirtualization interface Hyper-V from the drop down menu; mark Enable Nested Paging. Optionally you can enable also the following settings: View: Display Tab: Screen mark Enable 3D Acceleration. Note that it could cause glitches. Note: The Hyper-V setting is not required in order for the system to operate correctly, but it may help avoid licensing issues." - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VirtualBox#Creating_the_virtual_machine [3] "5.22 Random freezing in guests with Intel GPU With Intel CPU and graphics, allocating more processors for the guest can lower render performance, thus cause random freezing. Allocating less processors can help." - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VirtualBox#Random_freezing_in_guests_with_…

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