This is a very strange and annoying issue I am having. My system is randomly (or at least I haven’t figured out what triggers this yet) removing fonts from my cache. I’m using a bitmap font in Alacritty and all of a sudden when I least expect it… I open a terminal a the font is wrong. If I grep fc-list at that point, the font I was using is removed from my system. I can get it back with fc-cache --force but this is really stupid.
I am not sure if this is happening to other fonts or only to new bitmap fonts I install, but I have only noticed it with the new bitmap fonts because it keeps killing the one I am using with Alacritty.
Does anyone know what on earth would cause this? I have already tried sym linking 70-yes-bitmaps.conf in fontconfig, but even before that it had no issue with installing bitmap fonts… probably because it already had 10-scale-bitmap-fonts And they persist through reboots just fine. I just can’t figure out what the pattern is.
KDE Dr460ized Gaming Edition, X11 session.
System:
Kernel: 6.8.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=e47b5a22-506c-4573-b60f-520b613f7533 rw rootflags=subvol=@
splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
drm.edid_firmware=DisplayPort-0:/edid/Samsung-EDID-RGB.bin intel_iommu=on
iommu=pt vfio-pci.ids=10de:1d01,10de:0fb8 plymouth.enable=0
disablehooks=plymouth ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.0.0
wm: kwin_x11 tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: Z690 AERO D v: -CF
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z690 AERO D serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F28
date: 12/14/2023
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: 0x122
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 16 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 24 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: 3246 high: 5300 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 5300 2: 800 3: 5161
4: 800 5: 5300 6: 800 7: 5300 8: 800 9: 800 10: 5300 11: 5300 12: 800
13: 4354 14: 800 15: 5300 16: 800 17: 4197 18: 4205 19: 4206 20: 4199
21: 4203 22: 4201 23: 4196 24: 800 bogomips: 164044
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6950 XT] vendor: XFX driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DP-2
empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73a5
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: vfio-pci v: N/A alternate: nouveau non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-02; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d01
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4.1:7
chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
Device-4: MacroSilicon USB Video
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4.4:9 chip-ID: 534d:2109
class-ID: 0300
Device-5: Elgato Systems GmbH Game Capture HD60 X
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-2.1:4
chip-ID: 0fd9:0082 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-6: AVerMedia USB Device driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-3.2:8
chip-ID: 07ca:0110 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1184x571mm (46.61x22.48")
s-diag: 1314mm (51.75")
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,top-left model: Samsung
serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 52 gamma: 1.2
size: 1872x1053mm (73.7x41.46") diag: 801mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 pos: bottom-r model: DP2VGA V221
built: 2015 res: 640x240 hz: 60 dpi: 64 gamma: 1.2
size: 256x192mm (10.08x7.56") diag: 690mm (27.2") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1024x768 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.4-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (radeonsi
navi21 LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.8.4-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:73a5
memory: 15.62 GiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 13 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 6950 XT (RADV NAVI21) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.4-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:73a5 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.4-arch1.2 (LLVM
17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: NVIDIA GP108 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: vfio-pci alternate: snd_hda_intel pcie: speed: Unknown lanes: 63
link-max: gen: 6 speed: 64 GT/s bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb8
class-ID: 0403
Device-4: PreSonus Audio AudioBox USB driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB
rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12.3:18
chip-ID: 194f:0302 class-ID: 0103
Device-5: Giga-Byte 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: 1-2:2
chip-ID: 0414:a00b class-ID: 0300
Device-6: Razer USA Gaming Webcam [Kiyo] driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4.1:7
chip-ID: 1532:0e03 class-ID: 0102
Device-7: MacroSilicon USB Video
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4.4:9 chip-ID: 534d:2109
class-ID: 0300
Device-8: Emagic Soft- und Hardware GmbH Unitor8 driver: snd-usb-audio
type: USB rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-8.4.2:23
chip-ID: 086a:0001 class-ID: ff00
Device-9: Elgato Systems GmbH Game Capture HD60 X
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-2.1:4
chip-ID: 0fd9:0082 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-10: AVerMedia USB Device driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-3.2:8
chip-ID: 07ca:0110 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.8.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.4 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 Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Aquantia AQC113C NBase-T/IEEE 802.3an Ethernet [Marvell
Scalable mGig] vendor: Gigabyte driver: atlantic v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 2 port: N/A bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1d6a:14c0
class-ID: 0200 temp: 46.0 C
IF: enp9s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Gigabyte driver: igc v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 0a:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp10s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 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: 1-14:21 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 13.88 TiB used: 2.37 TiB (17.1%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB 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: 620331WD temp: 57.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:4 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN770 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 731100WD temp: 54.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/nvme2n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN770 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 731100WD temp: 57.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HUS724040ALA640
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: AA70 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: SanDisk model: X110 2.5 7MM 256GB
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 412 scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-8: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HMS5C4040BLE640
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5700 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A5D0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 1.32 TiB (72.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 2.1 MiB (0.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.32 TiB (72.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.32 TiB (72.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 1.32 TiB (72.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 62.62 GiB used: 381.2 MiB (0.6%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 24
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 48.0 C
mem: 52.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.62 GiB used: 6.54 GiB (10.5%)
Processes: 547 Power: uptime: 6m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 25.01 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2403 libs: 619 tools: octopi,paru,yay
Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash
v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.24-1):
System install date: 2023-05-03
Last full system update: 2024-04-09
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
Update:
I figured out what is doing this… it’s Electron.
I uninstalled all my Electron apps. The only one I really need is Upscayl, which is using the latest Electron, and it doesn’t seem to kill my fonts.
Caprine on the other hand… I finally figured out just starting it would wipe out my fonts. It’s using an old Electron, 27. I submitted a bug on their github. I barely use facebook messenger anyway, so I’ll just use the website when I need to.
