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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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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 13 Aug '25

13 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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