hookz
March 14, 2023, 3:42pm
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Hello dear Garuda Linux forum. About two days ago, there was an update from glib2 version 2.74.6-1 to 2.76.0-1. I believe there were about 12 other updates included as well.
The next day when I started my laptop, I immediately noticed that the mouse icon was switching back and forth between normal and the hourglass. At the same time, all icons for apps/programs on the desktop were disappearing and reappearing briefly, then disappearing again and so on. Right-clicking on the desktop no longer brought up a context menu, and launching apps/programs from the desktop was also no longer possible. So I reverted the update using a snapshot.
Today, I took the trouble to update one program at a time, then rebooted each time, and lo and behold, the described error/bug always occurred when I updated glib2. Currently, all apps/programs have been updated except for glib2, and I no longer have any errors on my desktop. I wanted to ask if anyone has had similar experiences? I tried several different kernels, but the error occurred with all of them.
Here is my garuda-inxi (although without the latest version of glib2):
garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.2.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=ba56f824-905b-4446-b2a6-3eb12bddbe2d rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: MATE v: 1.26.0 info: mate-panel wm: marco v: 1.26.1 vt: 7
dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GF75 Thin 10UEK v: REV:1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-17F5 v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: E17F5IMS.103 date: 04/14/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 28.3 Wh (58.6%) condition: 48.3/51.3 Wh (94.2%)
volts: 11.6 min: 11.4 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-10750H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2791 high: 4901 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 2600 2: 4901 3: 2600
4: 2600 5: 2600 6: 2600 7: 2600 8: 2600 9: 2600 10: 2600 11: 2600 12: 2600
bogomips: 62399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 525.89.02
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 525.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-02) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Bison HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-11:6
chip-ID: 5986:211c class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
compositor: marco v: 1.26.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x286mm (40.00x11.26")
s-diag: 1055mm (41.55")
Monitor-1: HDMI-1-0 pos: primary,right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 82
size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: left res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 128
size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46") diag: 438mm (17.26") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 1-5:4
alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl chip-ID: 9886:0015
class-ID: 0300 bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Astro Gaming A50 type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.6-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Interface: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-14:7 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 253.73 GiB (26.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLQ1T0HALB-00000 size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: FXV7000Q temp: 17.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 427.52 GiB size: 427.52 GiB (100.00%)
used: 253.72 GiB (59.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 524 MiB size: 523 MiB (99.80%)
used: 908 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8
ID-3: /home raw-size: 427.52 GiB size: 427.52 GiB (100.00%)
used: 253.72 GiB (59.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 427.52 GiB size: 427.52 GiB (100.00%)
used: 253.72 GiB (59.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 427.52 GiB size: 427.52 GiB (100.00%)
used: 253.72 GiB (59.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.44 GiB used: 1.8 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 7.67 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C pch: 43.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 356 Uptime: 54m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.44 GiB
used: 7.78 GiB (50.4%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1750
libs: 537 tools: octopi,pamac,paru,trizen Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.3.25
Garuda (2.6.15-1):
System install date: 2022-12-16
Last full system update: 2023-03-12
Is partially upgraded: Yes
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units: accounts-daemon.service
HookZ-
hookz
March 14, 2023, 3:54pm
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P.S.: ChatGPT says:
sudo pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/glib2-2.74.6-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
This will roll back glib2 to the previous version. However, note that rolling back packages to an older version can potentially affect other dependencies and may compromise system stability, so you should make sure to have a backup of your data and proceed with caution.
hookz:
ChatGPT says
Actually, not bad ChatGPT, although in your case the extremely useful downgrade package has been installed so you don’t need to bother with the long-winded way.
sudo downgrade glib2
It makes managing your downgrades much easier.
ChatGPT was spot on with this one though:
hookz:
However, note that rolling back packages to an older version can potentially affect other dependencies and may compromise system stability, so you should make sure to have a backup of your data and proceed with caution.
That is especially true for a low-level package like glib2. Check out how many things depend on it:
pacman -Sii glib2
Repository : core
Name : glib2
Version : 2.74.6-1
Description : Low level core library
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GLib
Licenses : LGPL
Groups : None
Provides : libglib-2.0.so=0-64 libgio-2.0.so=0-64 libgmodule-2.0.so=0-64 libgobject-2.0.so=0-64 libgthread-2.0.so=0-64
Depends On : libffi libsysprof-capture pcre2 util-linux-libs zlib libffi.so=8-64 libmount.so=1-64
Optional Deps : gvfs: most gio functionality
libelf: gresource inspection tool
python: gdbus-codegen, glib-genmarshal, glib-mkenums, gtester-report
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Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 3.72 MiB
Installed Size : 23.22 MiB
Packager : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@archlinux.org>
Build Date : Thu 23 Feb 2023 03:56:21 PM EST
MD5 Sum : 1eaef59b1d05ee613b87a59becb79e7d
SHA-256 Sum : b9f5411edd8613cbca3e172cbf7359e1ea52b5ac6ade5826b974aa03fa7c8692
Signatures : 3B94A80E50A477C7
Most packages do not have such a massive “required by” section. Sometimes it’s fine to downgrade a package and hold it back for a while until a bug gets worked out or whatever, but really you should only be doing it when it’s a standalone package that isn’t tied into a bunch of dependencies. When such a huge package base is affected I would advise against it.
This is a big no-no:
This basically means your system is broken. In some cases binaries will be unable to find the libraries they are linked against, and it won’t be long before you run into problems.
It is better to run your system way out of date but not partially upgraded, than to bring in a partial upgrade with a smattering of fresh packages.
There are six open bug reports for glib at the moment here: Arch Linux Bugtracker:: All Projects: Tasklist You can read through those and see if you can learn anything more about what is going on, or just monitor the progress of the bug reports and see when they turn up a fix.
Other than that, unless you are desperate for an update that is coming down for another package I would just hold off on updating for now. Try again next week and see how it goes.
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