Last update somehow reset "/etc/locale.gen"

Cvlc · 2022-04-06 15:15:04

Hi

I couldn't log in after the last update, GDM would freeze after entering password, so that I could not even switch to a TTY and had to reboot.
After trying a couple times, I rebooted and went straight to a TTY, and there were scores of error messages in journalctl complaining about not finding the default locale. I managed to login to an X session (default is wayland), and was greeted with "you've logged in with a new language, to you want to change default folder names (e.g. Home/Pictures etc...)".
The wayland session still froze, so I switched back to a TTY and inspected "/etc/locale.gen" and indeed all languages were commented out. I uncommented US and my default, generated the locales and I can now login properly.

Any idea what could cause that ? I did a full upgrade (first update in about 2 weeks) and updated a couple AUR packages as well.

Thanks !

Scimmia · 2022-04-06 15:17:40

Are you running something to try to automatically handle .pacnew files? A glibc version update would have created one.

Cvlc · 2022-04-06 17:07:39

Hi thanks, no just running pacdiff after updates. There was no pacnew after this update.

Strange thing, I just rebooted and now login crashes again…

Cvlc · 2022-04-06 18:08:39

I can still login on an X session but not on wayland...

$ sudo journalctl -p 3 -xb
avril 06 18:59:24 archlinux kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [\_SB.PC00.PEG0.PEGP._DSD], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20211217/dswload2-326)
avril 06 18:59:24 archlinux kernel: ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name lookup/catalog (20211217/psobject-220)
avril 06 18:59:24 archlinux kernel: pci 0000:00:07.0: DPC: RP PIO log size 0 is invalid
avril 06 18:59:31 aquarius systemd-udevd[618]: could not read from '/sys/module/pcc_cpufreq/initstate': No such device
avril 06 18:59:32 aquarius gnome-session-binary[905]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_bus_get_sync: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
avril 06 18:59:32 aquarius gnome-session-binary[905]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_bus_get_sync: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
avril 06 18:59:33 aquarius NetworkManager[754]: <error> [1649264373.0342] iwd-manager[0x55a14404c130]: IWD device named wlan0 is not a Wifi device
avril 06 18:59:39 aquarius systemd-homed[726]: Activation failed: Required key not available
avril 06 18:59:39 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: Failed to remove UUID: Authentication Failed (0x05)
avril 06 18:59:39 aquarius kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x c24 failed: -110
avril 06 18:59:39 aquarius kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x0408 tx timeout
avril 06 19:00:18 aquarius systemd-homed[726]: Authentication failed: Required key not available
avril 06 19:00:26 aquarius systemd-homed[726]: Authentication failed: Required key not available
avril 06 19:00:28 aquarius gdm-password][1680]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
avril 06 19:00:31 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: Failed to remove UUID: Authentication Failed (0x05)
avril 06 19:00:31 aquarius kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: command 0x0408 tx timeout
avril 06 19:00:31 aquarius kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0x c24 failed: -110
avril 06 19:00:31 aquarius kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: unexpected event for opcode 0x0408
avril 06 19:00:36 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down
avril 06 19:00:41 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down
---> avril 06 19:02:04 aquarius systemd[1312]: Failed to start GNOME Shell on Wayland.
░░ Subject: L'unité (unit) UNIT a échoué
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ L'unité (unit) UNIT a échoué, avec le résultat failed.
avril 06 19:02:12 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down
avril 06 19:02:17 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down
avril 06 19:02:48 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down
avril 06 19:08:06 aquarius systemd-homed[726]: Authentication failed: Required key not available
avril 06 19:37:34 aquarius systemd-homed[726]: Authentication failed: Required key not available
avril 06 20:02:26 aquarius systemd-homed[726]: Authentication failed: Required key not available
avril 06 20:02:31 aquarius gdm-password][2908]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
avril 06 20:02:34 aquarius gdm-launch-environment][800]: GLib-GObject: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
avril 06 20:02:39 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down
avril 06 20:02:44 aquarius bluetoothd[708]: src/profile.c:record_cb() Unable to get Hands-Free Voice gateway SDP record: Host is down
avril 06 20:05:23 aquarius systemd-homed[726]: Authentication failed: Required key not available

Strange !

[edit]
Apparently disabling Gnome extensions fixes it. I can't figure out the link between this and locale.gen though....

Last edited by Cvlc (2022-04-06 18:22:02)

Scimmia · 2022-04-06 22:17:17

Do you have some kind of automatic backup system that could be screwing with it?

seth · 2022-04-07 07:27:01

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Audit_ … ies_access

Cvlc · 2022-04-07 09:26:44

Sorry, my post wasn’t very clear, locale.gen is not being reset anymore. Gnome hangs in the same way it did if I enable extensions though.

I’m going to revert to a previous snapshot, check locale.gen, then do the full update again. I had errors related to locales while updating so I’m thinking maybe locale.gen was already borked and that messed with the update in different places.

[edit]
Updating to Gnome 42 seems to have solved the login problem, I can enable extensions again.
As for locale.gen... I guess it will remain a mystery

Last edited by Cvlc (2022-04-07 14:32:50)

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#1 2022-04-06 15:15:04

Last update somehow reset "/etc/locale.gen"

#2 2022-04-06 15:17:40

Re: Last update somehow reset "/etc/locale.gen"

#3 2022-04-06 17:07:39

Re: Last update somehow reset "/etc/locale.gen"

#4 2022-04-06 18:08:39

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