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mactemporal

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Registered: 2023-07-08

Posts: 13

[Solved] System is acting really strange since last update

Hello,
Yesterday I updated my system like usual (pacman -Syu ans yay -Syu) such as :

[2025-10-02T14:42:34+0200] [ALPM] upgraded openssl (3.5.3-1 -> 3.5.4-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:34+0200] [ALPM] upgraded coreutils (9.7-1 -> 9.8-2)
[2025-10-02T14:42:34+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gpgme (2.0.0-1 -> 2.0.1-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:34+0200] [ALPM] upgraded arch-install-scripts (29-1 -> 31-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:34+0200] [ALPM] upgraded archlinux-keyring (20250807.1-1 -> 20250929-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:35+0200] [ALPM] upgraded bspwm (0.9.10-4 -> 0.9.11-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:35+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gd (2.3.3-8 -> 2.3.3-9)
[2025-10-02T14:42:35+0200] [ALPM] upgraded harfbuzz (11.5.1-1 -> 12.1.0-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded pango (1:1.57.0-1 -> 1:1.57.0-2)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gdk-pixbuf2 (2.44.2-1 -> 2.44.3-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gtk-update-icon-cache (1:4.20.1-1 -> 1:4.20.2-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded mesa (1:25.2.3-2 -> 1:25.2.4-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gtk3 (1:3.24.50-1 -> 1:3.24.51-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gspell (1.14.0-2 -> 1.14.1-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded gtk4 (1:4.20.1-1 -> 1:4.20.2-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded harfbuzz-icu (11.5.1-1 -> 12.1.0-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded iproute2 (6.16.0-2 -> 6.17.0-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-harfbuzz (11.5.1-1 -> 12.1.0-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-openssl (1:3.5.3-1 -> 1:3.5.4-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-mesa (1:25.2.3-2 -> 1:25.2.4-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded libutf8proc (2.10.0-1 -> 2.10.0-2)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded noto-fonts (1:2025.09.01-1 -> 1:2025.10.01-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded openssh (10.0p1-5 -> 10.0p1-6)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-beautifulsoup4 (4.13.5-1 -> 4.14.2-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded python-gobject (3.54.2-2 -> 3.54.3-1)
[2025-10-02T14:42:36+0200] [ALPM] upgraded sxhkd (0.6.2-4 -> 0.6.3-1)
[2025-10-02T14:43:02+0200] [ALPM] upgraded betterbird-fr-bin (140.3.0esr-1 -> 140.3.1esr-1)
[2025-10-02T14:43:02+0200] [ALPM] upgraded betterbird-fr-bin-debug (140.3.0esr-1 -> 140.3.1esr-1)
[2025-10-02T14:43:02+0200] [ALPM] upgraded librewolf-bin (1:143.0.0_1-1 -> 1:143.0.3_1-1)
[2025-10-02T14:43:02+0200] [ALPM] upgraded librewolf-bin-debug (1:143.0.0_1-1 -> 1:143.0.3_1-1)

After this update and a reboot many things started to go wrong.
- Librewolf now has a classic minimize, fullscreen and close button tabbar even though I'm using BSPWM.
And also for some reason uses it's own notification system now?
Every time Librewolf sends a notification, the app freezes for like 3 seconds and display a notification that is not Dunst.

- Betterbird does not launch and shares the same problems as Librewolf

- Thunar refuses to launch.
When pressing the assigned sxhkd key nothing happens.
Launching through the terminal does noting exept printing :

Failed to register: Timeout was reached

after some time.
But launching as root works such as using `dbus-run-session thunar`.
Using `killall thunar && thunar` also works but only one time.

- Rofi does not display icons
BUT it displays icons when prompting the exact same command used by sxhkd in the terminal???

By that I tried downgrading gtk3, gtk4, gtk-update-icon-cache (I thought it was some GTK issue), bspwm, librewolf-bin
But to no avail.

NOTA : My laptop that basically uses the same config as my desktop also has the exact same problems after updating.
I'm kind of (clearly) lost here, does anybody have any clue? Thank you for your attentions!

EDIT : Oh and it seems like xorg-xset does not detect screen activity when playing a Youtube video on Librewolf.

Last edited by mactemporal (2025-10-04 13:09:25)

JimmyRoberts

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Registered: 2018-05-22

Posts: 5

Re: [Solved] System is acting really strange since last update

The latest bspwm is causing issues. Try downgrading bspwm and reboot.
https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/issues/1533

mactemporal

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Registered: 2023-07-08

Posts: 13

Re: [Solved] System is acting really strange since last update

I swear I downgraded it before and noting changed. But only downgrading it now works?
Anyway...
Thank you very much! 

IgnorePkg   = bspwm

AND STAY HERE!