Error message spam in garuda-update "pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff"

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Hi,
in today’s update I noticed a spam of the string “pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff” - should I be worried? What is it?

garuda-update log

...
(12/16) Reloading GVFS config...
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1eeff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffc7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
pkill: not a hex string: fffffffd7fc1feff
(13/16) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
...

inxi:

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=d88457ba-19e0-4e7e-bd0a-28fdf8e88d7c rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Console: pty pts/2 DM: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: SYWZ model: S200 Series serial: N/A
    uuid: 03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009 UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5.12 date: 11/07/2019
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Illuminated Living-Room Keyboard K830 serial: <filter>
    charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Xeon E-2176M socket: BGA1440 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Coffee Lake level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF8
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 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: 3543 min/max: 800/4400 base/boost: 2600/8300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: performance volts: 0.8 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 3543 2: 3543 3: 3543 4: 3543
    5: 3543 6: 3543 7: 3543 8: 3543 9: 3543 10: 3543 11: 3543 12: 3543 bogomips: 64797
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Coffee Lake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics P630] driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5
    process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: DP-1 off: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-2,HDMI-A-2,HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e94 class-ID: 0300
  Display: unspecified server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 compositors:
    1: kwin_wayland 2: xcompmgr driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris
    gpu: i915 tty: 292x73
  Monitor-1: DP-1 model: ViewSonic VX2718-2KPC serial: <filter> built: 2021 res: 2560x1440
    dpi: 108 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 model: Optoma 1080P serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 gamma: 1.2
    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 inactive: wayland,x11
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1 note: console (EGL sourced)
    renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics P630 (CFL GT2), llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 4 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD Graphics P630
    (CFL GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:3e94 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a171 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b3 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: br-138ea73eaec0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: br-317a5e87fa29 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: br-42e7e466dbdc state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-4: br-58af5d54062d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-5: br-7f770b3d2ece state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-6: br-8518418b8dd9 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-7: br-a77a9c6225a6 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-8: br-b7cecd1bdaaa state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-9: br-deea05c4316a state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-10: docker0 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-11: veth113f808 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-12: veth147d0be state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-13: veth1b42dc2 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-14: veth1d119d3 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-15: veth32fa785 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-16: veth4f1c2f9 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-17: veth70b0513 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-18: veth9d08202 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-19: veth9ff8eb9 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-20: vetha144334 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-21: vetha936a9a state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-22: vethadf90ae state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-23: vethb2b6127 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-24: vethb5ade77 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-25: vethecb3f6b state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-26: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-27: wg0-mullvad state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, nginx, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: TP-Link UB5A Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2.4.4:7 chip-ID: 2357:0604 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1 lmp-v: 10 status:
    discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: c0104
  Device-2: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: N/A type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e000
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 253.48 GiB (13.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P5SSD8 size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: P4CR324 temp: 53.9 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 1y 224d 13h cycles: 114 read-units: 800,791,520 [410 TB]
    written-units: 193,206,518 [98.9 TB]
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 58.9 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 92d 12h cycles: 513 read-units: 207,601,964 [106 TB]
    written-units: 53,274,021 [27.2 TB]
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 92.31 GiB size: 92.31 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.28 GiB (37.1%) fs: btrfs
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 301 MiB size: 300.4 MiB (99.79%) used: 584 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
    block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:4
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 92.31 GiB size: 92.31 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.28 GiB (37.1%) fs: btrfs
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 92.31 GiB size: 92.31 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.28 GiB (37.1%) fs: btrfs
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 92.31 GiB size: 92.31 GiB (100.00%) used: 34.28 GiB (37.1%) fs: btrfs
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 23.36 GiB used: 2.62 GiB (11.2%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
    maj-min: 259:6
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C pch: 64.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 24 GiB available: 23.36 GiB used: 7.3 GiB (31.2%) igpu: 64 MiB
  Processes: 569 Power: uptime: 8d 14h 19m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 9.33 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1618 libs: 424 tools: octopi,pacseek,paru Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1
    Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: pty pts/2 (SSH) inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
  System install date:     2024-05-04
  Last full system update: 2025-01-26 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            logrotate.service 
  Total system updates:    634
  --> Updates per week:    16
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TL;DR: It’s probably fine to just ignore this. If you run into any issues accessing files or using your file manager after updating the grvs package and seeing these error messages, go ahead and restart your computer and it should be back to normal.

The gvfs package provides a Pacman hook that reloads the GVFS configuration after the installation, upgrade, or removal of any package that affects files in the usr/share/gvfs/ directory. It does this by signaling the gvfsd process.

gvfsd.hook · main · Arch Linux / Packaging / Packages / gvfs · GitLab

[...]
Exec = /bin/sh -c 'pkill --signal USR1 --require-handler --exact gvfsd || true'

Due to an upstream change, there is currently a bug in procps which causes pkill to incorrectly parse numeric input as base 17 instead of base 16 (that’s what causes the “not a hex string” message). Here is the relevant issue for that:

See also this issue:

Since the hook is not working correctly, it can be assumed gvfsd is not getting restarted as intended when these files are updated. As a workaround, the GRVS daemon could be manually restarted after updating the grvs package, or we can just reboot or log out/log back in.

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