Hey all, there’s been a number of posts on this issue lately, and some in the past, often relating to package server updates. I’ve tried the recommended pacman command fixes but the message that local is newer is still coming through. So I tried my own downgrade fix and in the output at least, the problem is solved. Can I expect any breakage from my approach? You can see it below…
(inxi at end of post)
original message:
--> Refreshing mirrorlists using rate-mirrors, please be patient..🍵
:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda downloading...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
multilib downloading...
chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: kf6-servicemenus-rootactions: local (1.1.0-5) is newer than chaotic-aur (1.1.0-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
my downgrade fix:
🔴] × sudo pacman -Syy kf6-servicemenus-rootactions
warning: downgrading package kf6-servicemenus-rootactions (1.1.0-5 => 1.1.0-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (1) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size
chaotic-aur/kf6-servicemenus-rootactions 1.1.0-5 1.1.0-1 0.00 MiB 0.02 MiB
Total Download Size: 0.02 MiB
Total Installed Size: 0.07 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
kf6-servicemenus-rootactions-1.1.0-1-any 21.4 KiB 33.7 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Rejecting pacman transaction if running in snapshot...
(2/2) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 718
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) downgrading kf6-servicemenus-rootactions [------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/6) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/6) Foreign/AUR package notification
=> No foreign/AUR packages found.
(3/6) Orphaned package notification...
gcab 1.6-2
js115 115.16.1-1
libsmbios 2.4.3-7
wpebackend-fdo 1.14.3-1
(4/6) Checking for .pacnew and .pacsave files...
.pac* files found:
/etc/locale.gen.pacnew
/etc/pacman.conf.pacnew
/etc/makepkg.conf.d/rust.conf.pacnew
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew
/etc/updatedb.conf.pacsave
Please check and merge
(5/6) Performing snapper post snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 719
(6/6) Syncing all file systems...
downgrade fix output: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
chaotic-aur is up to date
--> Refreshing mirrorlists using rate-mirrors, please be patient..🍵
:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda downloading...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
multilib downloading...
chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do
System updated! 🐧
Press enter to exit
my inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.11.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b71c31f1-55e9-4354-a076-2d2364f5e63d rw rootflags=subvol=@
nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia.NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=0 quiet loglevel=3
ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.7.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506QM_TUF506QM
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA506QM v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: FA506QM.314
date: 01/07/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 46.8 Wh (61.2%) condition: 76.5/90.2 Wh (84.8%)
volts: 15.5 min: 15.9 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: not charging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
microcode: 0xA50000C
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB
desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1600 min/max: 400/4463 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 1600 2: 1600 3: 1600
4: 1600 5: 1600 6: 1600 7: 1600 8: 1600 9: 1600 10: 1600 11: 1600 12: 1600
13: 1600 14: 1600 15: 1600 16: 1600 bogomips: 102214
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 560.35.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
off: DP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series /
Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5
code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: HDMI-A-1
off: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300
temp: 47.0 C
Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:2 chip-ID: 322e:202c
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.3
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: nvidia,amdgpu d-rect: 4480x1440 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 pos: right res: 1920x1080 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.5-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
renoir LLVM 18.1.8 DRM 3.59 6.11.5-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1638
memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.295 layers: 8 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.2.5-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:1638 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia
v: 560.35.03 device-ID: 10de:2520 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2
type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.2.5-arch1.1 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir Radeon High Definition
Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.1
chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
driver: N/A alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x,
snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps,
snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-4: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.6
chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.11.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.6 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK 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: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:4 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.19 TiB used: 1009.91 GiB (30.9%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Samsung
model: MZVLQ512HBLU-00B00 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: FXM7201Q temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 41.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EAVS-00D7B1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1.75 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 70 GiB size: 70 GiB (100.00%) used: 49.79 GiB (71.1%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 23.6 MiB (9.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:6
ID-3: /home raw-size: 70 GiB size: 70 GiB (100.00%)
used: 49.79 GiB (71.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 70 GiB size: 70 GiB (100.00%)
used: 49.79 GiB (71.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 70 GiB size: 70 GiB (100.00%)
used: 49.79 GiB (71.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.03 GiB used: 30.8 MiB (0.2%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 59.9 C mobo: 34.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 48.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.03 GiB used: 6.82 GiB (45.4%)
Processes: 425 Power: uptime: 41m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 5.93 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon,
upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: 1528 pm: pacman pkgs: 1496 libs: 464 tools: octopi,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 32 Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish
v: 3.7.1 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-08-27
Last full system update: 2024-10-28 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
, or just wait and see?
