ISSUE: garuda-update fails & garuda-update remote fix and remote fixall doesn’t solve the problem; updating mirror list doesn’t solve the problem ; refreshing keyring doens’t work, system date/time is accurate, pacman db is not locked, tried sudo rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/sync and it didn’t work; disabled wifi and running on ethernet to router (garuda-inxi at end)
garuda-update output
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda 11.2 KiB 59.9 KiB/s 00:00 [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
chaotic-aur 11.2 KiB 58.0 KiB/s 00:00 [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to synchronize all databases (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
error: GPGME error: No data
:: Synchronizing package databases...
chaotic-aur 11.2 KiB 20.9 KiB/s 00:01 [###################################################] 100%
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to synchronize all databases (invalid or corrupted database (PGP signature))
garuda-inxi output:
System:
Kernel: 6.16.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=f4979d2d-5c12-4d87-aa83-a4075856a103 rw rootflags=subvol=@
loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.17.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z790 PG-ITX/TB4
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: 13.02 date: 06/27/2024
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x12F
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 10 cores: 16 threads: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 24 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 2x4 MiB L3: 30 MiB desc: 1x30 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 799 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 799 2: 799 3: 799 4: 799
5: 799 6: 799 7: 799 8: 799 9: 799 10: 799 11: 799 12: 799 13: 799 14: 799
15: 799 16: 799 17: 799 18: 799 19: 799 20: 799 21: 799 22: 799 23: 799
24: 799 bogomips: 164044
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] vendor: ASRock
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2020-21 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1,
HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:a780 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 d-rect: 5760x3240
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: top-right model: Sceptre Z27 built: 2023 res:
mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 215% (2.15) to: 1786x1005 dpi: 163 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 pos: bottom-l model: Acer SB220Q serial: <filter>
built: 2020 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 75 scale: 114% (1.15) to: 1670x939
dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2 size: 476x268mm (18.74x10.55") diag: 546mm (21.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.1-arch1.5
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
device-ID: 8086:a780 memory: 60.9 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 25.2.1-arch1.5
device-ID: 8086:a780 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.1-arch1.5 (LLVM
20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: ASRock
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Generic USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:2
chip-ID: 26ce:0a08 class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.16.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi vendor: Rivet Networks
driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Aquantia AQtion AQC107S NBase-T/IEEE 802.3an Ethernet [Atlantic
10G] vendor: Sonnet driver: atlantic v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 4 port: N/A bus-ID: 3e:00.0 chip-ID: 1d6a:87b1 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp62s0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Intel Killer E3100X 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 6f:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:3101 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp111s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd,
wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:8 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
RAID:
Supported mdraid levels: raid0
Device-1: md0 maj-min: 9:0 type: mdraid level: raid-0 status: active
size: 95.9 GiB
Info: report: N/A blocks: 100561920 chunk-size: 512k super-blocks: 1.2
Components: Online:
0: nvme4n1p3 maj-min: 259:27 size: 32 GiB
1: nvme2n1p3 maj-min: 259:15 size: 32 GiB
2: nvme3n1p3 maj-min: 259:21 size: 32 GiB
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 14.55 TiB used: 4.23 TiB (29.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 38.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent
model: SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: RKT4B5.1 temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 maj-min: 259:7 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN850X 4000GB size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 624311WD temp: 70.8 C scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/nvme3n1 maj-min: 259:6 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN850X 4000GB size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 624311WD temp: 68.8 C scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/nvme4n1 maj-min: 259:8 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN850X 4000GB size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 624311WD temp: 57.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 256 GiB size: 256 GiB (100.00%) used: 163.12 GiB (63.7%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme4n1p4 maj-min: 259:28
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 2 GiB size: 2 GiB (99.80%) used: 338.2 MiB (16.5%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme4n1p2 maj-min: 259:25
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 2 GiB size: 2 GiB (99.80%) used: 312 KiB (0.0%)
fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme4n1p1 maj-min: 259:23
ID-4: /home raw-size: 256 GiB size: 256 GiB (100.00%)
used: 139.95 GiB (54.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme2n1p4 maj-min: 259:16
ID-5: /usr raw-size: 256 GiB size: 256 GiB (100.00%)
used: 16.38 GiB (6.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme3n1p4 maj-min: 259:22
ID-6: /var/log raw-size: 256 GiB size: 256 GiB (100.00%)
used: 163.12 GiB (63.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme4n1p4 maj-min: 259:28
ID-7: /var/tmp raw-size: 256 GiB size: 256 GiB (100.00%)
used: 163.12 GiB (63.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme4n1p4 maj-min: 259:28
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 256 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 1
dev: /dev/nvme3n1p5 maj-min: 259:24
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 62.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
ID-3: swap-3 type: partition size: 256 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 1
dev: /dev/nvme4n1p5 maj-min: 259:29
ID-4: swap-4 type: partition size: 95.9 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 2
dev: /dev/md0 maj-min: 9:0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 50.8 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.36 GiB
used: 11.84 GiB (19.0%)
Processes: 542 Power: uptime: 34m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 24.91 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 2371 pm: pacman pkgs: 2313 libs: 609 tools: gnome-software,
octopi, pamac, paru pm: appimage pkgs: 11 pm: flatpak pkgs: 47 Compilers:
clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
error: GPGME error: No data
error: GPGME error: No data
Garuda (2.8.2-2):
System install date: 2024-10-11
Last full system update: 2025-09-01
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
--- System Health Check Report ---
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✅ System health check passed. No issues found.
I also tried this command to get keyring and the file downloads ok (not sure where to put the file though, it’s a command copied from another newbie help request post)
sudo wget https://de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/x86_64/chaotic-keyring-20250614-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
--2025-09-06 11:25:22-- https://de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/x86_64/chaotic-keyring-20250614-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'
Resolving de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx (de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx)... 104.26.4.205, 172.67.71.42, 104.26.5.205, ...
Connecting to de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx (de-4-mirror.chaotic.cx)|104.26.4.205|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 303 See Other
Location: http://chaotic.pl4ygr0und.de/chaotic-aur/chaotic-aur/x86_64/chaotic-keyring-20250614-1-any.pkg.tar.zst [following]
URL transformed to HTTPS due to an HSTS policy
--2025-09-06 11:25:22-- https://chaotic.pl4ygr0und.de/chaotic-aur/chaotic-aur/x86_64/chaotic-keyring-20250614-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
Resolving chaotic.pl4ygr0und.de (chaotic.pl4ygr0und.de)... 85.214.22.79, 2a01:238:4214:fb00:105c:d7f1:7a9e:21b2
Connecting to chaotic.pl4ygr0und.de (chaotic.pl4ygr0und.de)|85.214.22.79|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 20623 (20K) [application/zstd]
Saving to: ‘chaotic-keyring-20250614-1-any.pkg.tar.zst’
chaotic-keyring-20250614-1-any.pkg.t 100%[====================================================================>] 20.14K 122KB/s in 0.2s
2025-09-06 11:25:23 (122 KB/s) - ‘chaotic-keyring-20250614-1-any.pkg.tar.zst’ saved [20623/20623]
