[Testing Update] 2023-10-30 – Kernel 6.6, Linux-Firmware, KDE-Git, Python – Testing Updates
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Another testing branch update with some usual package updates for you.
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Notable Package Updates:
- We added the final 6.6 Kernel.
- linux-firmware got renewed
- Bash 5.2
- Usual KDE-git, Haskell and Python updates
Additional Info
Info about AUR packages
AUR (Arch User Repository) packages are neither supported by Arch nor Manjaro. Posts about them in Announcement topics are off-topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.
Get our latest daily developer images now from Github: Plasma, GNOME, XFCE. You can get the latest stable releases of Manjaro from CDN77.
Our current supported kernels
- linux419 4.19.297
- linux54 5.4.259
- linux510 5.10.199
- linux515 5.15.137
- linux61 6.1.60
- linux64 6.4.16 [EOL]
- linux65 6.5.9
- linux66 6.6.0
- linux61-rt 6.1.59_rt16
- linux64-rt 6.4.6_rt8
- linux65-rt 6.5.2_rt8
Package Changes (Mon Oct 30 14:50:11 CET 2023)
- testing core x86_64: 21 new and 21 removed package(s)
- testing extra x86_64: 114 new and 112 removed package(s)
- testing kde-unstable x86_64: 60 new and 58 removed package(s)
- testing multilib x86_64: 6 new and 6 removed package(s)
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amd-ucode 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
bash 5.1.016-3 5.2.015-1
bashrc-manjaro 5.1.016-3 5.2.015-1
linux-firmware 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-bnx2x 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-liquidio 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-marvell 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-mellanox 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-nfp 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-qcom 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-qlogic 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux-firmware-whence 20230810.7be2766d-1 20230918.3672ccab-1
linux66 6.6.0rc7-5 6.6.0-1
linux66-headers 6.6.0rc7-5 6.6.0-1
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dialog 1:1.3_20230209-1 1:1.3_20231002-1
gpgme 1.23.0-1 1.23.1-1
krb5 1.20.1-1 1.20.1-2
libnghttp2 1.57.0-1 1.58.0-1
python-gpgme 1.23.0-1 1.23.1-1
qgpgme-qt5 1.23.0-1 1.23.1-1
qgpgme-qt6 1.23.0-1 1.23.1-1
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linux66-acpi_call 1.2.2-0.12 1.2.2-1
linux66-bbswitch 0.8-0.12 0.8-1
linux66-broadcom-wl 6.30.223.271-0.12 6.30.223.271-1
linux66-nvidia-470xx 470.199.02-0.13 470.199.02-1
linux66-nvidia 535.113.01-0.11 535.113.01-1
linux66-r8168 8.052.01-0.9 8.052.01-1
linux66-rtl8723bu 20220818-0.12 20220818-1
linux66-tp_smapi 0.44-0.12 0.44-1
linux66-vhba-module 20211218-0.12 20211218-1
linux66-virtualbox-host-modules 7.0.12-0.6 7.0.12-1
lutris 0.5.14-1 0.5.14-2
linux66-nvidia-390xx - 390.157-1
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apprise 1.6.0-2 1.6.0-3
astyle 3.4.8-1 3.4.10-1
atuin 17.0.0-1 17.0.1-1
avogadrolibs 1.98.0-2 1.98.0-3
avogadrolibs-qt5 1.98.0-2 1.98.0-3
b4 0.12.3-1 0.12.4-1
broot 1.26.1-1 1.27.0-1
browserpass-chromium 3.7.2-2 3.8.0-1
browserpass-firefox 3.7.2-2 3.8.0-1
buildah 1.32.0-1 1.32.1-1
cargo-semver-checks 0.24.1-1 0.24.2-1
ceres-solver 2.2.0-1 2.2.0-2
chezmoi 2.40.3-1 2.40.4-1
cilium-cli 0.15.10-1 0.15.11-1
coin-or-cgl 0.60.8-1 0.60.8-2
coin-or-clp 1.17.9-1 1.17.9-2
coin-or-mp 1.8.4-5 1.8.4-6
containerd 1.7.7-1 1.7.8-1
ddcutil 1.4.1-1 2.0.0-1
deepin-daemon 6.0.23-1 6.0.23-2
directx-shader-compiler 1.7.2212-1 1.7.2308-1
docker 1:24.0.6-1 1:24.0.7-1
docker-compose 2.22.0-1 2.23.0-1
endless-sky 0.10.2-1 0.10.4-1
endless-sky-high-dpi 0.10.2-1 0.10.4-1
feeluown-netease 0.9.7-1 0.9.8-1
fzf 0.42.0-1 0.43.0-1
gauche 0.9.12-1 0.9.13-1
giac 1.9.0.65-1 1.9.0.67-1
git-cliff 1.3.1-1 1.4.0-1
gopls 0.13.2-1 0.14.0-1
gpxsee 13.8-1 13.10-1
hy 1:0.26.0-3 1:0.27.0-1
i3-wm 4.22-4 4.23-1
kalzium 23.08.2-1 23.08.2-2
krita-plugin-gmic 3.2.4.1-3 3.2.4.1-4
libavif 1.0.1-3 1.0.1-4
liblsp-r3d-glx-lib 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
libmatemixer 1.26.0-1 1.26.1-1
libmateweather 1.26.0-1 1.26.2-1
libmatio 1.5.23-3 1.5.24-1
libpano13 2.9.21-4 2.9.21-5
libxdp 1.4.0-1 1.4.1-1
libyuv r2322+3aebf69d-1 r2426+464c51a0-1
limine 5.20231024.0-1 5.20231029.0-1
lsp-plugins 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
lsp-plugins-clap 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
lsp-plugins-docs 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
lsp-plugins-ladspa 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
lsp-plugins-lv2 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
lsp-plugins-standalone 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
lsp-plugins-vst 1.2.12-1 1.2.13-1
mate-desktop 1.26.1-1 1.26.2-1
mate-system-monitor 1.26.0-1 1.26.1-1
mate-user-guide 1.26.0-1 1.26.2-1
naev 0.10.6-1 0.10.6-2
node-gyp 9.4.0-1 9.4.1-1
octave 8.3.0-4 8.3.0-5
open-vm-tools 6:12.3.0-1 6:12.3.5-1
openbsd-netcat 1.225_1-1 1.226_1-2
orbiton 2.65.2-1 2.65.3-1
orbiton-gtk3 2.65.2-1 2.65.3-1
orbiton-nano 2.65.2-1 2.65.3-1
owl-lisp 0.2.1-1 0.2.2-1
pnpm 8.10.0-1 8.10.0-2
podofo 0.10.1-1 0.10.2-1
podofo-tools 0.10.1-1 0.10.2-1
powerdevil 5.27.9-1 5.27.9-2
python-autopage 0.5.1-2 0.5.2-1
python-bitcoinlib 0.12.0-1 0.12.2-1
python-cairosvg 2.7.0-1 2.7.1-1
python-calmjs.parse 1.3.0-4 1.3.1-1
python-celery 5.3.1-1 5.3.4-1
python-cvxopt 1.3.2-1 1.3.2-3
python-identify 2.5.30-1 2.5.31-1
python-mysql-connector 8.1.0-1 8.2.0-1
python-networkx 3.1-1 3.2.1-1
python-pikepdf 8.5.2-1 8.5.3-1
python-pipx 1.2.0-1 1.2.1-1
python-pygls 1.1.1-1 1.1.2-1
python-pypng 0.0.21-4 0.20231004.0-1
qgis 3.32.3-2 3.34.0-1
qutebrowser 3.0.0-1 3.0.2-1
rclone 1.64.0-1 1.64.2-1
repo 2.36-1 2.39-1
restic 0.16.0-1 0.16.1-1
rio 0.0.25-1 0.0.26-1
rio-terminfo 0.0.25-1 0.0.26-1
sile 0.14.12-1 0.14.13-1
suitesparse 7.2.2-1 7.3.0-1
sway 1:1.8.1-1 1:1.8.1-2
systray-x-common 0.9.5-2 0.9.6-1
systray-x-kde 0.9.5-2 0.9.6-1
ttf-sarasa-gothic 0.42.3-1 0.42.4-1
ukui-control-center 3.0.4-8 3.0.4-9
urh 2.9.4-4 2.9.5-1
utf8cpp 3.2.3-1 4.0.1-1
v2ray-domain-list-community 20231025154305-1 20231028115119-1
vim-ansible 3.3-2 3.4-1
xdp-tools 1.4.0-1 1.4.1-1
yosys 0.32-1 0.34-1
goverlay - 0.9.1-3
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akonadi23.08.1.r13190.gb50106819-123.08.2.r13203.g876cc48e3-1
akonadi-contacts23.08.1.r3621.g48ccfbc0-123.08.2.r3632.g46031294-1
akonadi-import-wizard23.08.1.r2017.gf6aaff8-123.08.2.r2028.gcbe7562-1
akonadi-mime23.08.1.r1937.ge614e6f-123.08.2.r1945.g9c1a3fc-1
akonadi-search23.08.1.r1484.gcdf2234-123.08.2.r1533.g92050f2-1
akregator23.08.1.r6857.g8c29d080-123.08.2.r6871.gb0f46085-1
angelfish23.08.1.r1406.g605f8dd-123.08.1.r1415.ga71eb0d-1
breeze-icons5.111.0.r2054.gbf0bb880-15.111.0.r2055.g27275e34-1
calendarsupport23.08.1.r947.gb9bc0fc-123.08.2.r953.gb96a890-1
grantlee-editor23.08.1.r1015.g6304592-123.08.2.r1019.g54055f9-1
kaddressbook23.08.1.r6519.g29436eb8-123.08.2.r6532.gbc1653e9-1
kalarm23.08.1.r8658.gfb3f060c-123.08.2.r8678.ge91e2568-1
kasts23.08.1.r1416.gcda3f72-123.08.1.r1418.g73f8f7a-1
kcalc23.08.1.r1782.gaa96ec6-123.08.2.r1803.g9676483-1
kcolorscheme5.111.0.r150.g99b0f11-15.111.0.r151.g682c58e-1
kconfig5.111.0.r1208.gca14f2c3-15.111.0.r1210.g968e8ae3-1
kconfigwidgets5.111.0.r974.g040c7261-15.111.0.r977.g218e58c1-1
kcoreaddons5.111.0.r1928.g93d427dc-15.111.0.r1932.gb7d9fac3-1
kguiaddons5.111.0.r569.g9857742-15.111.0.r569.g9857742-2
kholidays1:5.111.0.r1211.gb437656-11:5.111.0.r1213.gf507e22-1
kidentitymanagement23.08.1.r4201.g4da4e228-123.08.2.r4207.ge1c00b08-1
kio5.111.0.r6651.g922667ff6-15.111.0.r6652.ge48eb2dfc-1
kirigami-addons1:0.11.0.r128.g52904eb-11:0.11.0.r129.gf87e863-1
kirigami25.111.0.r4214.g59d197a4-15.111.0.r4216.g77dd9532-1
kitinerary23.08.2.r3342.gd5c6e6cf-123.08.2.r3345.g654d3a2f-1
kmail23.08.1.r27367.gd9b35f2ea-123.08.2.r27426.gb65a1278c-1
kmail-account-wizard23.08.1.r1062.g3bd722f-123.08.2.r1076.gd3560fd-1
kmailtransport23.08.1.r2035.g7fe6185-123.08.2.r2039.ge7be628-1
knotes23.08.1.r4046.gf76b3b82-123.08.2.r4056.g043296bc-1
konsole23.08.1.r9191.g2240bf301-123.08.2.r9244.ge5a0e7778-1
kontact23.08.1.r5852.g045dbb76-123.08.2.r5869.g79c38d23-1
kpimtextedit23.08.1.r2005.g2ccaf65-123.08.2.r2011.gd23e019-1
kservice5.111.0.r1209.gf424bd3a-15.111.0.r1209.gf424bd3a-2
kunitconversion5.111.0.r556.g66d8dd3-15.111.0.r557.g7506a3f-1
kwallet5.111.0.r1338.gd4278125-15.111.0.r1338.gd4278125-2
kwidgetsaddons5.111.0.r1207.g9758bab4-15.111.0.r1208.g63326b9c-1
kwindowsystem5.111.0.r957.g7ca140e-1 -
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libgravatar23.08.1.r572.gbef9418-123.08.2.r577.gdf0e76f-1
libkmahjongg23.08.2.r576.gedf7724-123.08.2.r587.gfd478fd-1
libksieve23.08.1.r2086.gf259905c-123.08.2.r2093.g7b2157be-1
mailcommon23.08.1.r1592.g1d842a11-123.08.2.r1601.g5eadad0b-1
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pim-sieve-editor23.08.1.r1878.gfbba76c-123.08.2.r1889.gd36230a-1
pimcommon23.08.1.r2230.gf477e40a-123.08.2.r2236.g2bf5c06c-1
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purpose5.110.0.r1158.g627664d1-15.111.0.r1162.ga33d4a7b-1
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yakuake23.08.1.r1009.gca3b25d-123.08.2.r1039.gd1fed14-1
kate -23.08.2.r21086.g6dc7e8705-1
kross-interpreters -23.08.2.r725.gdef2cfe-1
kwrite -23.08.2.r21086.g6dc7e8705-1
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lib32-brotli 1.0.9-12 1.1.0-1
lib32-libdrm 2.4.116-1 2.4.117-1
lib32-libnghttp2 1.57.0-1 1.58.0-1
lib32-libsodium 1.0.18-2 1.0.19-1
lib32-vulkan-validation-layers 1.3.261.1-1 1.3.268.0-1
wine-nine 0.8-4 0.9-1
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Known issues and solutions
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Please RTFT (Read This Fine Thread) first before reporting the same issues over and over again!
2023-10-30
2023-10-21
Mechanical HDDs may not spin-down properly on shutdown
There might be a regression introduced with 6.6.0-rc4 which got also backported to 6.1.59 and 6.5.8 Kernels. There is a discussion with the author of the offending patch ongoing here.
ZFS package changes
ZFS extramodules; i.e., linuxXX-zfs, have been dropped from the repos. There have been recent difficulties building them and no one on the Manjaro Team uses ZFS.
Please install zfs-dkms instead. You will to need to manually remove the old 2.1.13 extramodule package(s) first to install the new 2.2.0 packages; i.e., with linux61:
sudo pacman -R linux61-zfs && sudo pacman -Syu zfs-dkms
Restarting gnome-shell using Alt+F2 and entering R, causes a crash
FS#79884 : [gnome-shell] Restarting gnome-shell using Alt+F2 and entering R, causes a crash
GNOME Extensions that target older GNOME versions will not work in GNOME 45
It is recommended to remove all third-party extensions before updating, then install the compatible versions after updating and rebooting. All Most extensions in the Manjaro repos are already updated.
2023-10-05
glibc-locales update requires manual intervention
If you had the old glibc-locales package from the extra repo installed, the update to the new core package will need manual intervention:
sudo pacman -Syu glibc-locales --overwrite /usr/lib/locale/*/*
2023-09-27
Changes to default password hashing algorithm and umask settings
2023-09-22 – David Runge
With shadow >=
4.14.0, Arch Linux’s default password hashing algorithm changed from SHA512 to yescrypt [1].Furthermore, the
umask[2] settings are now configured in/etc/login.defsinstead of/etc/profile.This should not require any manual intervention.
Reasons for Yescrypt
The password-based key derivation function (KDF) and password hashing scheme yescrypt has been chosen due to its adoption (readily available in libxcrypt, which is used by pam [3]) and its stronger resilience towards password cracking attempts over SHA512.
Although the winner of the Password Hashing Competition [4] has been argon2, this even more resilient algorithm is not yet available in libxcrypt [5][6].
Configuring yescrypt
The
YESCRYPT_COST_FACTORsetting in/etc/login.defsis currently without effect, until pam implements reading its value [7]. If aYESCRYPT_COST_FACTORhigher (or lower) than the default (5) is needed, it can be set using theroundsoption of thepam_unix[8] module (i.e. in/etc/pam.d/system-auth).General list of changes
- yescrypt is used as default password hashing algorithm, instead of SHA512
- pam honors the chosen
ENCRYPT_METHODin/etc/login.defsand does not override the chosen method anymore- changes in the filesystem (>=
2023.09.18) and pambase (>=20230918) packages ensure, thatumaskis set centrally in/etc/login.defsinstead of/etc/profile[1] yescrypt – scalable KDF and password hashing scheme
[2] umask(1p) — Arch manual pages
[3] PAM – ArchWiki
[4] https://www.password-hashing.net/
[5] https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/pull/113
[6] Add support for Argon2 by maandree · Pull Request #150 · besser82/libxcrypt · GitHub
– Arch Linux – News: Changes to default password hashing algorithm and umask settings
2023-09-06
filesystem and bashrc-manjaro pacnews
With the filesystem 2023.09.03-1 and bashrc-manjaro 5.1.016-3 updates there may be pacnews for the following files if you have local modifications:
/etc/shells/etc/bash.bashrc
This would be a good time to test @Ste74’s new manjaro-pacnew-checker program. See Check and manage pacnew files for more info.
2023-08-25
ansible-core >= 2.15.3-1 update may require manual intervention
2023-08-19 – Robin Candau
As of
ansible-core 2.15.3, upstream moved documentation and examples to a separate dedicated repository (see the related changelogs).
This means that, starting from version2.15.3theansible-corepackage will stop shipping documentation and a default configuration example under/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg.Regarding the documentation, it is available online: https://docs.ansible.com/
As for the configuration file, as explained in the wiki, a base config can be generated with the following command:
ansible-config init --disabled > ansible.cfgAfter updating from
ansible-core<=2.15.2-1to >=2.15.3-1, everyone using a custom global Ansible configuration file stored under/etc/ansible/ansible.cfgwill have their configuration saved as apacsavefile.
To restore it, run the following command:
mv /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg.pacsave /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
– Arch Linux – News: ansible-core >= 2.15.3-1 update may require manual intervention
2023-08-04
Possible glibc 2.38 posix_memalign regression
There seems a performance regression of posix_memalign in Glibc-2.38. More info here: 30723 – Poor posix_memalign performance with long free lists
Workarounds:
You can try another malloc like mimalloc or jemalloc as workaround. Install mimalloc and start mpv with:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libmimalloc.so mpv
or
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libjemalloc.so mpv
For folks that dont want to change things too much … an apparent workaround is to set a lowish cache size:
mkdir -p ~/.config/mpv && printf 'ndemuxer-max-bytes=50MiBndemuxer-max-back-bytes=25MiBn' | tee -a ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
budgie-desktop >= 10.7.2-6 update requires manual intervention
When upgrading from budgie-desktop 10.7.2-5 to 10.7.2-6, the package mutter43 must be replaced with magpie-wm, which currently depends on mutter. As mutter43 conflicts with mutter, manual intervention is required to complete the upgrade.
First remove mutter43, then immediately perform the upgrade. Do not relog or reboot between these steps.
pacman -Rdd mutter43
pacman -Syu
Previous testing threads:
Something is wrong with my Valve Index after the update. It gets picked up as a monitor which causes slow boot times (probably because the system tries to do smth with it but fails) and produces considerable lag after login in kde (might be because of x11). The problem persists in Windows until you restart the Index from steam vr. Booting in Manjaro and restartingpowering off brings the problem back.
Hi Manjaro team,
since the forum for this release isn’t very busy, I thought I use this post to address 2 issues with the spyder-ide, which are related or semi-related to this release.
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the current versions of jedi and the python-lsp-server are to high to be accepted by the current
spyder 5.4.5. Can be fixed on the user level with pip:pip install jedi==0.17.2 python-lsp-server==1.7.4Of course, in order to use pip user-wide – i.e.: not restricted to a virtual environment – you need to explicitly allow it to break system packages. Otherwise pip will complain that it is used in an externally managed environment. In order to do this:
- create the file
~/.config/pip/pip.conf - add the following lines to the file:
[global] break-system-packages = true - create the file
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on Manjaro Gnome spyder freezes on startup. This can be fixed by adding the following lines to the beginning of
/usr/bin/spyder:import os os.environ['QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE'] = 'Fusion'I am sure there are better fixes for the issue, but this works for me.
To my knowledge this doesn’t happen on Manjaro KDE.