July 2024 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

Re: this happens with pacman too
by Doug Newgard 31 Jul '24

31 Jul '24

> From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel(a)panix.com> > > Time to reinstall system. A quick scan through, I don't notice that many problems, certainly nothing that indicates the system needs reinstalled. Backup files being altered is normal, and permissions mismatches are not uncommon and don't necessarily indicate a problem. The mtree file issues are definitely a problem.

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Laptop Running Hot
by 2QdxY4RzWzUUiLuE＠potatochowder.com 31 Jul '24

31 Jul '24

Greetings, Lately (the past week or two?), my laptop has been running much hotter than usual, as experienced by my lap and reported by conky and sensors, even after a reboot and before I start X11, and when just idling. Previously, it had been running around 35 to 40 degrees Celsius. Now, it's more like 55 to 60. If I shut the lid and walk away for 10 or 15 minutes, it cools down. But when I open the lid and don't do anything else, the temperature rises again in a few minutes. This happens even when top reports 100% idle, and uptime shows the load average at 0.1±. After multiple lockups attributed to the nvidia 550 drivers a few months ago, I use nvidia-535xx-dkms. I run pacman -Syu daily. Sometimes, problems like this go away with the next kernel or driver(s) update, but that hasn't happened. I would include logs and version numbers, but I'm not sure where to start. :-) I checked the BBS, but I didn't immediately't see anything related. Any ideas? Thanks, Dan

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this happens with pacman too
by Jude DaShiell 30 Jul '24

30 Jul '24

:: Synchronizing package databases... core downloading... jenux downloading... extra downloading... multilib downloading... :: [1mSearching AUR for updates...[0m :: [1mSearching databases for updates...[0m :: 1 package to upgrade/install. 1 extra/bind 9.18.28-1 -> 9.20.0-1 ==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name) -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems ==> Sync Explicit (1): bind-9.20.0-1 :: Synchronizing package databases... core downloading... jenux downloading... extra downloading... multilib downloading... :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Packages (1) bind-9.20.0-1 Total Download Size: 2.02 MiB Total Installed Size: 6.86 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0.19 MiB :: Retrieving packages... bind-9.20.0-1-x86_64 downloading... checking keyring... checking package integrity... loading package files... checking for file conflicts... checking available disk space... :: Processing package changes... upgrading bind... ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipmmapped-0.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipmmapped.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtexluajit.so.2 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkpathsea.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libptexenc.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libffcall.so.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzip.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtrampoline.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsynctex.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzip-0.so.10 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipfseeko-0.so.12 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libffcall.so.0.1.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtrampoline.so.1.0.3 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpotrace.so.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipfseeko.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libptexenc.so.1 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtexlua53.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzip-0.so.11 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipfseeko-0.so.11 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipwrap-0.so.13.0.77 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipmmapped-0.so.10 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpaper.so.2.2.5 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtrampoline.so.1 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipfseeko-0.so.13 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipwrap.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpaper.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzip-0.so.13 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libcallback.so.1.0.4 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipmmapped-0.so.13.0.77 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkpathsea.so.6.4.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libavcall.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipfseeko-0.so.13.0.77 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libavcall.so.1 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipmmapped-0.so.11 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzip-0.so.12 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsynctex.so.2 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsigsegv.so.2.0.7 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libptexenc.so.1.4.6 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipmmapped-0.so.13 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipfseeko-0.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipwrap-0.so.13 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsigsegv.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipfseeko-0.so.10 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpaper.so.2 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpotrace.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libkpathsea.so.6 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libavcall.so.1.1.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtexluajit.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzip-0.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipwrap-0.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtexlua53.so.5.3.6 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzip-0.so.13.0.77 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsigsegv.so.2 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libcallback.so.1 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libsynctex.so.2.0.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtexlua53.so.5 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libtexluajit.so.2.1.0 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libffcall.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libcallback.so is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libzzipmmapped-0.so.12 is empty, not checked. ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libpotrace.so.0.0.6 is empty, not checked. :: Running post-transaction hooks... (1/4) Creating system user accounts... (2/4) Reloading system manager configuration... (3/4) Creating temporary files... (4/4) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... What I cannot figure out is why all of the ldconfig errors on empty files. Is something broken and if so what should be done to fix it? -- 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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Plasma upgrade from 5 to 6
by Andy Pieters 25 Jul '24

25 Jul '24

Hi all I have finally gotten round to updating my rolling release installation after a long delay. One of the final cycles in this catch-up [1] pulled in an upgrade from Plasma 5 to Plasma 6 Some things stopped working for me after that and I want to share with you what and how I solved them. 1. Graphical environment doesn't start because video driver is not loaded (dkms) I have a GTX 750 and even though dkms does a successful compilation and installation, this driver no longer automatically loads during startup. There may be other, better solutions, but what I did is [I'm using sddm] is: systemctl edit --full sddm in the section [Service] add an entry ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/modprobe nvidia-drm save and quit then reboot 2. no RDP in krcd -> install freerdp2 3. Fish works in kwrite and kate, etc, but not in develop -> install kio5_extras [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_Linux_Archive#How_to_restore_all_pack…

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Re: Package RSS feed problems?
by David C. Rankin 22 Jul '24

22 Jul '24

> Arch Admins, > > The last package update notification I received was xdg-desktop-portal-kde > 6.1.3-1 x86_64 sent Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:11:46 +0000 and arriving Fri, 19 Jul > 2024 05:16:15 -0500. > > Is there an issue with the RSS servers or did they change IP addresses > then? (which may have them blocked at the firewall) Disregard, Sorry for the noise. They started updating automagically again in Tbird? Go figure. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Re: libassuan 3.0.1-1 pulled from testing after crashing pacman
by Genes Lists 22 Jul '24

22 Jul '24

On Mon, 2024-07-22 at 09:29 +0200, David Runge wrote: > Hi all, > ... > have to use an installation media or static pacman to get back to > 3.0.0-1. > ... > David > Hey David - no worries these kind of things happen on occasion and it was only in testing, where users of which should mostly know how to recover from an occasional issue cropping up. It does bring up a question and am interested how you think about it. While pretty rare, there certainly can be occasions where an official static pacman could be pretty helpful to have. Its fairly non-trivial to build a static pacman since we don't have archive libs readily available for the 38 packages it depends on (at least that I can see). I wonder given the build tooling if : a) providing static pacman package would be a possibility? or b) provding 'archive' lib packages might be doable e.g. glibc-archive, openssl-archive, gpgme-archive ... Both seem painful: - (a) means either do (b) first or build archive versions of all 38 shared libs as part of pacman build. The latter approach is one taken by the AUR package. - (b) means changing the PKGBUILD of quite a lot of packages - and if we go this route then should it be done for other lib packages as well? Pro: While it's rarely needed it could be very useful. i.e. Protect against a Low frequency but high impact risk. Con: - A lot of work - is it worthwhile doing? - Can always boot install media for non-remote systems or use AUR package - its a lot of work for very small gain. thank you for all the work you and other devs/package managers do to keep Arch "-The-" stellar distro! -- Gene

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Package RSS feed problems?
by David C. Rankin 21 Jul '24

21 Jul '24

Arch Admins, The last package update notification I received was xdg-desktop-portal-kde 6.1.3-1 x86_64 sent Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:11:46 +0000 and arriving Fri, 19 Jul 2024 05:16:15 -0500. Is there an issue with the RSS servers or did they change IP addresses then? (which may have them blocked at the firewall) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Steam Accessibility
by Storm Dragon 15 Jul '24

15 Jul '24

Howdy, In Arch, Steam is completely inaccessible with Orca, nothing reads at all. It was fixed briefly last year, but broke again after about two weeks. I figured this was the company's doing, but I recently found out that it works on Void Linux. I have a couple of friends who run Void, and they can access it just fine with the --bigpicture flag. The weird thing is, as far as I know, it only works in Void, not any other distro. I know it's not working in Debian, Ubuntu, Slint, and Fedora. My question is, does anyone know what Void is doing different from literally everyone else to get this working, and is it something I can replicate in Arch? Just for the sake of completeness, I do have all the accessibility variables I know about enabled: # Accessibility variables export ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=1 export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1 export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 export QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1 export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 I also have lib32-at-spi: multilib/lib32-at-spi2-core 2.52.0-1 (170.5 KiB 648.7 KiB) (Installed) Thanks, Storm -- ⛈🐲

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Fwd: Resignation
by David C. Rankin 14 Jul '24

14 Jul '24

Florian, A sincere Thank You for your efforts. Arch is the better for it. Just checked and you beat me by 5 months. Original install date 2009-03-08.... Sad to see you go, but life does call. Good luck with what the future holds. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Resignation Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2024 21:14:27 +0200 From: Florian Pritz <bluewind(a)xinu.at> To: arch-dev-public(a)lists.archlinux.org Hi, Sadly I have no longer had the time necessary to properly handle master key holder and packager duties for a while now. I don't feel like it's fair to you guys and our users to keep this up any longer so I'm officially resigning now. Most pressing topics that come to mind for someone wanting to take over: * I hold a master key, so you'll need to find a new holder for that * perl 5.40 update * various bug reports on Gitlab for my packages * a few flagged packages Thanks for all the nice memories since "[2008-10-19 14:38] installed filesystem (2008.03-2)". While I will no longer be involved in Arch development, I'll still continue to use it and this nice, old install will also continue to live on. Hope to see you guys around :) Florian -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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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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