Solus Updates for Week 40, 2024

penny-farthing

Just to make sure I understood you correctly: does the META key correspond to the SUPER (Windows) key on the keyboard or is it another key?
In any case, pressing SUPER+L effectively locks the session without turning off the computer.

Also, just for your information, I processed a final Solus update today (6:50 PM, French time) that concerned apparmor, kernel v 6.10.11-303 and NVIDIA driver 560.35.03.
Despite this new update, there is nothing new regarding the problems related to the hibernate and suspend functions.
So, wait and see... and as I said above, as long as it doesn't prevent us from working on the computer, we have to know how to be patient.

WetGeek

penny-farthing does the META key correspond to the SUPER (Windows) key on the keyboard or is it another key?

Yeah, it's the "Win" key on some keyboards, and just the Windows icon on other keyboards. Same thing, though.

WetGeek

Sebastian the difference between suspend and hibernation is ...

That's something most of us probably already understand. But it's the difference between Standby and Hibernate that I asked about. Suspend is a category in Plasma's system settings, but not a command.

Which DE are you using? On Plasma, apparently the only way to use Standby is to Sleep first, and that doesn't help me, as I said. (See the image above.) The only apparent solution for me is to just lock the screen (META+L). Although it leaves the computer running, it works, and I don't need to restart 10 different applications in the morning, and try to remember where I was working in each of them.

MikeK61

I cant tell much about hibernate but im using standby for more than 2 years already without any issues ever.
Im on Plasma too and very happy like it works. I only have to enable VPN after wakeup but i dont use wifi.

WetGeek

MikeK61 I only have to enable VPN after wakeup but i dont use wifi.

So, you use a wired connection, then? And I'm curious how you're invoking standby on Plasma. I haven't found a way to do that without a sleep first, and that ruins it for me.

AlphaElwedritsch

MikeK61 I cant tell much about hibernate but im using standby for more than 2 years already without any issues ever.
Im on Plasma too and very happy like it works.
I only have to enable VPN after wakeup but i dont use wifi.

Absolutely the same here but Wi-Fi connection

SilverBird775

Plasma.

Selecting "Configure Audio Devices" in volume widget open blank "Sound" page in System Settings. Can be filled by switching settings pages back and forth.
(edit: FIXED) Networks widget shows extra entries, blanked lines as all-empty non-functional connections without configuration, nameless, and without properties. Based on their count it seems like they double visualize the existing ones but with null properties.

nazar

thanks, devs.

synth-ruiner

sHAKaJaada ha, cool to see what the process actually looks like. I saw this running on my laptop but I didn't have my glasses on and it was over in a few seconds 😆

Kiwimoose

Hi this update unfortunately makes my laptop boot either to a blinking line or I get the message failed to start lighten.service.

I have older (700 series) Nvidia graphics but don't have the proprietary driver installed.
Redoing usysconf run -f doesn't help unfortunately.

Kiwimoose

Kiwimoose that should be lightdm.service

ReillyBrogan

Kiwimoose does it work if you restart lightdm?

Kiwimoose

that did not work sadly. I did journalctl --unit=lightdm and got this: "Nvidia: failed to initialize the Nvidia kernel Module. Please see the system's kernel log for additional error messages(...)"
And then later:
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)

Staudey

Kiwimoose Are you sure you don't have the nvidia drivers installed? What does eopkg li | grep nvidia say? Are there any packages without "modaliases" in the name?

Kiwimoose

Damn sorry about that so apparently I had installed the driver while trying to fix this. However with the driver uninstalled it still only boots to a blinking line... made some photos of parts of journalctl that looked informative:

Kiwimoose

Kiwimoose a small heads up about this. Booting with nomodeset had the same result. Also with the failed to load module "nv" error (idk if that's even relevant). Also I've been running this install of Solus for a really really long time now (might even be a decade) and I believe that maybe the default display manager used to be gdm at one point and maybe that's causing issues? But no idea...

ReillyBrogan

Kiwimoose What is the output of sudo lsmod | sort?

Harvey

Cherry-picked firefox 131.0.2 for CVE-2024-9680

Animpacz

Harvey

I would like to briefly say how great I think your work is! Just returned home, I start my computer and immediately I am offered a "security update". The CVE number was published today and immediately the fix lands on my system. Incidents like these in particular always give me a secure feeling that I am in good hands with Solus. I have often found many and also current packages in the repository, even niche ones. Fairly up-to-date kernels and fast response to security incidents. These are reasons why I believe in Solus and recommend it to family and friends again and again. Many thanks to all of you, the whole team for your commitment!

Kiwimoose

ReillyBrogan thanks for the help! I'm a bit embarrassed to say that apparently the issue was me having run out of disc space during the upgrade. I noticed when trying to save a log as a text file. Then freeing up space, checking for broken packages + update and redoing usysconf triggers was enough. Sorry about that and thanks again for the speedy help!

EbonJaeger

Just did a mini-sync so we can re-spin testing ISOs.

brent

EbonJaeger the curious cat in me wants to know what was so urgent about Yaru on a Wednesday?

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