August 2025 - Arch-general - lists.archlinux.org

cp from internal SSD via USB 3 to external HDD is very slow
by Ralf Mardorf 26 Aug '25

26 Aug '25

Hi, I am copying from an internal SATA SSD via USB 3 to an external SATA WD Blue, a 3.5" CMR HDD. The first part “cp -ai /mnt/winos7/” (see [*1]) took about 70 minutes for 188 GiB, almost all files are quite small. The second part “cp -ai /mnt/winos10/” (see [*1]) should copy about 100 GiB small files + about 740 GiB for a single vbox vdi file. The about 100 GiB small files were copied and about 310 GiB of the vdi file were also already copied, at 03:30, so for about 410 GiB it took about 9 hours. I think this is taking far too long. Does anyone have an idea? FWIW ^Z was an oversight. I meant to press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal tab, and apparently pressed Ctrl+Z (German QWERTY keyboard). CPU Model: 6.191.5 "13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-13100" Memory Size: 32 GB For top see [*2]. • rocketmouse@archlinux ~ $ uname -r; cat /proc/cmdline 6.14.2-arch1-1 BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/disk/by-label/m1.archlinux ro ibt=off ipv6.disable=1 kvm.enable_virt_at_load=0 Regards, Ralf [*1] • root@archlinux /home/rocketmouse # date; cp -ai /mnt/winos7/{*txt,o10_share,winOS_2} /mnt/ua.fantec/w7_ipad_archive-winos7_not_included-2025-apr-14/winos7/; echo $?; date; cp -ai /mnt/winos10/ /mnt/ua.fantec/w10ipad_archive+winos10_is_included-2025-apr-14/; echo $?; date Mon 14 Apr 17:02:20 CEST 2025 0 Mon 14 Apr 18:13:45 CEST 2025 ^Z [1]+ Stopped cp -ai /mnt/winos10/ /mnt/ua.fantec/w10ipad_archive+winos10_is_included-2025-apr-14/ 148 Tue 15 Apr 02:56:03 CEST 2025 • root@archlinux /home/rocketmouse # fg 1 cp -ai /mnt/winos10/ /mnt/ua.fantec/w10ipad_archive+winos10_is_included-2025-apr-14/ [*2] top - 03:38:10 up 2 days, 17:21, 1 user, load average: 1.30, 1.26, 1.30 Tasks: 284 total, 1 running, 281 sleep, 2 d-sleep, 0 stopped, 0 zombie %Cpu(s): 1.8 us, 0.8 sy, 0.0 ni, 84.3 id, 12.9 wa, 0.1 hi, 0.1 si, 0.0 st MiB Mem : 31862.0 total, 316.4 free, 3401.6 used, 29130.6 buff/cache MiB Swap: 16383.0 total, 16382.5 free, 0.5 used. 28460.4 avail Mem PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 82310 rocketm+ 20 0 557740 60108 48756 S 10.3 0.2 0:18.00 roxterm 663 root 20 0 819996 107492 66704 S 7.0 0.3 17:40.51 Xorg 100095 rocketm+ 20 0 2587672 172912 117660 S 1.3 0.5 0:08.42 Isolated Web Co 87583 root 20 0 7440 6136 5516 D 1.0 0.0 14:05.38 cp 2078 rocketm+ 20 0 167504 41148 33812 S 0.3 0.1 4:47.97 parcellite 2697 rocketm+ 20 0 73.9g 806944 168776 S 0.3 2.5 11:00.17 evolution 96948 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.3 0.0 0:12.97 kworker/u32:4-events_unbound 100138 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.3 0.0 0:00.99 kworker/1:2-events 100195 rocketm+ 20 0 70.5g 163948 142808 S 0.3 0.5 0:00.67 WebKitWebProces 100326 root 20 0 0 0 0 I 0.3 0.0 0:01.75 kworker/u32:1-flush-8:80 100948 rocketm+ 20 0 12372 9836 7660 R 0.3 0.0 0:00.07 top 1 root 20 0 24012 15008 9320 S 0.0 0.0 0:26.64 systemd 2 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.23 kthreadd 3 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pool_workqu

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Arch General - is there a problem with posts
by Mike Cloaked 26 Aug '25

26 Aug '25

There have been no posts coming from the arch general mailing list for several months. Is there a problem with the server? -- mike c

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Availability of Icecast package for Raspberry Pi ?
by Dave 24 Aug '25

24 Aug '25

I run Arch Linux on a Raspberry Pi 4b with 4Gb and I would like to install "icecast" and possibly "darkice" but "pacman" reports "not found". Is it not available for this platform ?? If so is there an alternative?? Or am I missing something obvious ? Regards, Dave

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Forum outage (bbs.archlinux.org) due to cloud node outage
by gromit 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the Arch Linux forums which are usually found under https://bbs.archlinux.org are currently not reachable due to a fault of the underlying cloud node. This outage is unrelated to the issue with the DDoS attacks that were happening in the last few days. We'll monitor this issue and hope it is resolved soon! Cheers, Chris for the Arch Linux DevOps team > due to a current error, the cloud node (16421) and the cloud servers on it are not accessible. > > Type: Outage > State: in progress > Start: 2025-08-19, 11:26 PM UTC > > The following products are affected: > * Arch Linux: bbs.archlinux.org > > Go to the status report: > https://status.hetzner.com/incident/78264d4d-3c2a-4ecf-8e74-c417fafab59f

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KDE PIM is no longer usable
by S. Edah-Tally 17 Aug '25

17 Aug '25

Hello, After yesterday's upgrade, all KDE PIM applications fail to show data. The eventually load but no data from the backend is retrieved. > $ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LANG="C.UTF-8" kontact > > kf.coreaddons: "Could not load plugin from > /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/pim6/kontact/kontact_knotesplugin.so: Impossible > de charger la bibliothèque > /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/pim6/kontact/kontact_knotesplugin.so : > /usr/lib/libKPim6AkonadiNotes.so.6: undefined symbol: > _ZNK5KMime7Content8contentsEv" > org.kde.pim.kontact: Error loading plugin > "/usr/lib/qt6/plugins/pim6/kontact/kontact_knotesplugin.so" "Impossible > de charger le module externe à partir de > /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/pim6/kontact/kontact_knotesplugin.so : Impossible > de charger la bibliothèque > /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/pim6/kontact/kontact_knotesplugin.so : > /usr/lib/libKPim6AkonadiNotes.so.6: undefined symbol: > _ZNK5KMime7Content8contentsEv" > $ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LANG="C.UTF-8" akonadictl status > Akonadi Control: stopped > Akonadi Server: running > Akonadi Server Search Support: available (Remote Search) > Available Agent Types: akonadi_archivemail_agent, > akonadi_birthdays_resource, akonadi_contacts_resource, > akonadi_davgroupware_resource, akonadi_etesync_resource, > akonadi_ews_resource, akonadi_ewsmta_resource, > akonadi_followupreminder_agent, akonadi_google_resource, > akonadi_ical_resource, akonadi_icaldir_resource, akonadi_imap_resource, > akonadi_indexing_agent, akonadi_knut_resource, akonadi_kolab_resource, > akonadi_maildir_resource, akonadi_maildispatcher_agent, > akonadi_mailfilter_agent, akonadi_mailmerge_agent, > akonadi_mbox_resource, akonadi_migration_agent, > akonadi_mixedmaildir_resource, akonadi_newmailnotifier_agent, > akonadi_notes_agent, akonadi_openxchange_resource, > akonadi_pop3_resource, akonadi_sendlater_agent, > akonadi_unifiedmailbox_agent, akonadi_vcard_resource, > akonadi_vcarddir_resource > $ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LANG="C.UTF-8" akonadictl stop > Akonadi is not running. > $ LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 LANG="C.UTF-8" akonadictl start > Akonadi is already running. There seems to be 2 distinct problems: - kontact is looking for knotes libraries while knotes has been discontinued - akonadi is in an inconsistent state. Thank you for having a look into that.

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Arch Linux services unavailable
by Leonidas Spyropoulos 16 Aug '25

16 Aug '25

Hello, As you might be aware some of our services (AUR [0], Forums [1], main website [2]) are currently affected by a DDoS attack. We are aware of the issue and are actively working on mitigation efforts. We are working with our data center operator and various network security providers, and we are aware of the community offers to help. We appreciate your patience and will provide periodic keeping technical detail internal for security reasons. Thanks, The Arch Linux DevOps Team [0]: https://aur.archlinux.org/ [1]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/ [2]: https://archlinux.org/

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AUR web site down? Can't reach aur.archlinux.org?
by David C Rankin 15 Aug '25

15 Aug '25

Devs, Don't know if there is an issue, but just tried to reach the AUR nvidia-390xx page to update status that 6.16.0 confirmed no changes required -- and I can't reach the page? I tried the main page too https://aur.archlinux.org and same result. I pinged it and got 66% packet loss. Is there a known or new issue? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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Proposal: Announcing VLC package split on Arch-announce
by Ameyama Izumi 12 Aug '25

12 Aug '25

Hello, The VLC package in [extra] was recently split into multiple subpackages (vlc, vlc-plugin-*, vlc-gui-*, etc.). This change adjusts dependencies, separates plugins, and alters installation paths. It affects not only VLC users but also other packages and third-party scripts that depend on VLC. This change has already caused multiple issues for me and others I know. Because the update may cause missing functionality, playback failures, or broken dependencies, and given its wide impact, I suggest posting an announcement on the Arch-announce mailing list so users are aware of the change before updating and can make necessary adjustments. Ameyama Izumi

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archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service failed
by Łukasz Michalski 05 Aug '25

05 Aug '25

Today archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync.service failed on all my servers: Aug 05 18:00:00 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[138804]: Refreshing key 262A58EC6C51F7EA395B2E2DFDC3040B92ACA748 with UID antiz(a)archlinux.org... Aug 05 18:00:00 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[138999]: gpg: error retrieving 'antiz(a)archlinux.org' via WKD: Network error Aug 05 18:00:00 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[138999]: gpg: error reading key: Network error after manual retry: Aug 05 20:00:35 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[215497]: Refreshing key 14E46FE5FD69F2E287E244DB632C3CC0D1C9CAF6 with UID bgyorgy(a)archlinux.org... Aug 05 20:00:35 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[215702]: gpg: error retrieving 'bgyorgy(a)archlinux.org' via WKD: General error Aug 05 20:00:35 universe archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync[215702]: gpg: error reading key: General error Errors are for all keys that needs to be refreshed. Anyone seeing this? How to fix it? Regards, Łukasz

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Next steps for non-x86 contributions?
by Fermín Olaiz 04 Aug '25

04 Aug '25

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right mailing list, please let me know if I'm missing anything :) I've been doing some reading around the Arch Linux Ports RFC [1] and I must say I'm super excited about this idea. I would like to help but I'm a bit lost as to where to go. Last thing I found was Levente's mail in arch-dev-public [2], and if anything I think I could be helpful with anything related to the tooling and underlying infrastructure. I would eventually like to apply for maintainership status and help with packaging but I don't see myself with enough experience yet. Is there anyone coordinating those efforts? What would be some areas where help would be needed? Anyways, thank you all for bringing the distro forward! Fermín Olaiz. [1] https://rfc.archlinux.page/0032-arch-linux-ports/ [2] https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/arch-dev-public@lists.archlinux.o…

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