Kenno
April 23, 2026, 2:15am
1
Hello,
I get an error message (authentification failed - I am confident i am inserting the correct password) when attempting to apply all app updates.
sudo pacman -Syu
warning: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 20: directive ‘SyncFirst’ in section ‘options’ not recognized.
:: Synchronizing package databases…
TROMrepo is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
chaotic-aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade…
there is nothing to do
CPU: 6-core Intel Core i5-9400 (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 800/800/4100 MHz
Kernel: 6.18.18-1-MANJARO x86_64 Up: 31m Mem: 4.2/7.56 GiB (55.5%)
Storage: 5 TiB (4.0% used) Procs: 266 Shell: Zsh inxi: 3.3.40
what to do?
Tio
April 26, 2026, 11:41am
2
Sorry for the late reply. I saw this on another machine but never on mine…
If you reboot will it work? Let me know so we can go from there on.
EDIT: Also see this Pamac upgrade -a and package manager: authentication failed without even typing my password - #2 by Aragorn - Software & Applications - Manjaro Linux Forum
Kenno
May 4, 2026, 3:29am
3
thanks @Tio I think it maybe a disk storage issue, I have cleaned it up and it seems to be ok.
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Kenno
May 21, 2026, 7:15am
4
@Tio updates continue to fail.
`sudo pacman -Syu`
warning: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 20: directive 'SyncFirst' in section 'options' not recognized.
:: Synchronizing package databases...
TROMrepo is up to date
core 153.6 KiB 835 KiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
extra 8.8 MiB 5.67 MiB/s 00:02 [######################] 100%
community is up to date
multilib 142.2 KiB 2.17 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
chaotic-aur 657.4 KiB 640 KiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
error: could not parse package description file 'linux66-nvidia-580xx-open-580.159.03-2/desc' from db 'extra'
warning: mint-themes: local (1:2.3.9-1) is newer than chaotic-aur (2.3.8-1)
warning: pacui: local (1:r1250.0d7f2fb-1) is newer than chaotic-aur (1.14-1.1)
warning: ttf-meslo-nerd-font-powerlevel10k: local (20230403-2) is newer than chaotic-aur (2.3.3-1.1)
error: failed to prepare transaction (invalid or corrupted database)
I have tried manjaro forums and most suggest force refresh but this did not work.sudo rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra.db
wiping sync directorysudo rm -rf /var/lib/pacman/sync/*
ignoring packagesudo pacman -Syu --ignore linux66-nvidia-580xx-open-580.159.03-2
disabling and then enabling chatoic AUR in configsudo nano /etc/pacman.conf
Any suggestions?
Tio
May 21, 2026, 11:27am
5
Kenno
June 8, 2026, 1:24am
6
Solved! All up to date now, not sure what i did but today i ran:sudo pacman - Syu
TROMrepo is up to date
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
chaotic-aur is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: qt5gtk2: local (1.0-4) is newer than TROMrepo (1.0-3)
warning: qt6gtk2: local (0.7-5) is newer than TROMrepo (0.7-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (116) alsa-card-profiles-1:1.6.5-2 aom-3.14.1-1
at-spi2-core-2.60.4-1 chromium-148.0.7778.215-1 cmake-4.3.3-1
device-mapper-2.03.41-1 easyeffects-8.2.4-1 evince-1:48.4-1
fakeroot-1.38.1-1 firefox-151.0.2-1 ghostscript-10.07.1-1
gpgme-2.1.0-1 gpgmepp-2.1.0-1 gssdp-1.6.5-1
gst-plugin-pipewire-1:1.6.5-2 gtk-nocsd-git-r218.08356a5-1
gupnp-1:1.6.10-1 gupnp-dlna-0.12.0-5 gvim-9.2.0511-1
haveged-1.9.22-1 iana-etc-20260511-1 js140-140.11.0-1
kirigami-addons-1.12.1-1 krb5-1.22.2-1 lib32-krb5-1.22.2-1
lib32-mesa-1:26.1.1-1 lib32-nettle-4.0-2
lib32-vulkan-intel-1:26.1.1-1
lib32-vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers-1:26.1.1-1
lib32-vulkan-radeon-1:26.1.1-1 libadwaita-1:1.9.1-1
libappimage-1.0.4.5-14 libde265-1.0.19-1
libedit-20260512_3.1-1 libgit2-1:1.9.4-1 libgme-0.6.5-1
libheif-1.22.0-2 libnautilus-extension-50.2.2-1
libopenmpt-0.8.7-1 libpipewire-1:1.6.5-2 libstemmer-3.1.0-1
libusb-1.0.30-1 libva-intel-driver-2.4.1-7
libxfce4windowing-4.20.6-1 libxmlb-0.3.27-1
linux-firmware-amdgpu-20260519-1
linux-firmware-atheros-20260519-1
linux-firmware-broadcom-20260519-1
linux-firmware-cirrus-20260519-1
linux-firmware-intel-20260519-1
linux-firmware-mediatek-20260519-1
linux-firmware-nvidia-20260519-1
linux-firmware-other-20260519-1
linux-firmware-radeon-20260519-1
linux-firmware-realtek-20260519-1
linux-firmware-whence-20260519-1 linux612-6.12.91-1
linux612-headers-6.12.91-1 linux618-6.18.33-1
linux618-headers-6.18.33-1 linux70-7.0.10-1
linux70-headers-7.0.10-1 lvm2-2.03.41-1
manjaro-zsh-config-0.26-4 mesa-1:26.1.1-2 meson-1.11.1-3
mhwd-nvidia-580xx-580.159.04-1 mint-themes-1:2.4.0-1
nautilus-50.2.2-1 openexr-3.4.12-1 pacui-1:r1256.36b0b45-1
perl-file-mimeinfo-0.37-1 perl-html-parser-3.85-1
perl-http-daemon-6.17-1 perl-www-robotrules-6.03-1
perl-xml-libxml-2.0212-1 perl-xml-parser-2.59-1
pipewire-1:1.6.5-2 pipewire-alsa-1:1.6.5-2
pipewire-audio-1:1.6.5-2 pipewire-jack-1:1.6.5-2
pipewire-pulse-1:1.6.5-2 pipewire-session-manager-1:1.6.5-2
python-certifi-2026.05.20-1 python-idna-3.16-1
python-lxml-6.1.1-1 python-lxml-html-clean-0.4.5-1
python-more-itertools-11.1.0-1 python-snowballstemmer-3.1.0-1
python-soupsieve-2.8.4-1
python-trove-classifiers-2026.5.20.19-1
qt5-base-5.15.19+kde+r96-1 qt5-declarative-5.15.19+kde+r23-1
qt5-graphicaleffects-5.15.19-1 qt5-multimedia-5.15.19+kde+r2-1
qt5-quickcontrols-5.15.19-1 qt5-quickcontrols2-5.15.19+kde+r5-1
qt5-speech-5.15.19+kde+r1-1 qt5-svg-5.15.19+kde+r5-1
qt5-tools-5.15.19+kde+r3-1 qt5-translations-5.15.19-1
qt5-wayland-5.15.19+kde+r55-1 qt5-x11extras-5.15.19-1
qt6-declarative-6.11.1-2 rsync-3.4.3-1 thunderbird-151.0-1
util-linux-2.42.1-1 util-linux-libs-2.42.1-1 vapoursynth-75-3
vim-runtime-9.2.0511-1 vulkan-intel-1:26.1.1-2
vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers-1:26.1.1-2 vulkan-radeon-1:26.1.1-2
wget-1.25.0-5 xfsprogs-7.0.1-1
zsh-theme-powerlevel10k-1:1.20.15-1
Total Installed Size: 3299.71 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 45.19 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(116/116) checking keys in keyring [######################] 100%
(116/116) checking package integrity [######################] 100%
(116/116) loading package files [######################] 100%
(116/116) checking for file conflicts [######################] 100%
(116/116) checking available disk space [######################] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/4) Creating Timeshift snapshot before upgrade...
Wrong paramater in /etc/timeshift-autosnap.conf. Using minHoursBetweenSnapshots=18
Mounted '/dev/nvme0n1p5' at '/run/timeshift/10804/backup'
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Creating new snapshot...(RSYNC)
Saving to device: /dev/nvme0n1p5, mounted at path: /run/timeshift/10804/backup
Linking from snapshot: 2026-05-22_12-47-48
Syncing files with rsync...
75.35% complete (00:00:17 remaining)
222.59% complete (00:00:00 remaining)
Created control file: /run/timeshift/10804/backup/timeshift/snapshots/2026-06-08_08-35-23/info.json
RSYNC Snapshot saved successfully (149s)
Tagged snapshot '2026-06-08_08-35-23': ondemand
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/tmp/timeshift-iUnE0eKb/1780879073807621820: line 10: status: No such file or directory
Mounted '/dev/nvme0n1p5' at '/run/timeshift/10945/backup'
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Removing '2026-05-03_15-17-35'...
Removed '2026-05-03_15-17-35'
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-7.0-x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-6.18-x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-6.12-x86_64.img
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme0n1p1@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
Root filesystem isn't btrfs
If you think an error has occurred, please file a bug report at "https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs"
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
/usr/bin/grub-probe: warning: unknown device type nvme0n1.
done
(2/4) Removing linux initcpios...
(3/4) Remove DKMS modules
==> dkms remove --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 6.12.90-1-MANJARO
==> dkms remove --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 7.0.9-1-MANJARO
==> dkms remove --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 6.18.32-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 6.12.90-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 7.0.9-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 6.18.32-1-MANJARO
(4/4) Refreshing the chaotic-aur keyring...
==> Appending keys from chaotic.gpg...
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: next trustdb check due at 2026-08-21
:: Processing package changes...
( 1/116) upgrading alsa-card-profiles [######################] 100%
( 2/116) upgrading iana-etc [######################] 100%
( 3/116) upgrading aom [######################] 100%
( 4/116) upgrading util-linux-libs [######################] 100%
( 5/116) upgrading krb5 [######################] 100%
( 6/116) upgrading at-spi2-core [######################] 100%
( 7/116) upgrading libedit [######################] 100%
( 8/116) upgrading mesa [######################] 100%
( 9/116) upgrading libstemmer [######################] 100%
( 10/116) upgrading util-linux [######################] 100%
( 11/116) upgrading device-mapper [######################] 100%
( 12/116) upgrading chromium [######################] 100%
New optional dependencies for chromium
qt6-base: Qt support [installed]
( 13/116) upgrading cmake [######################] 100%
( 14/116) upgrading qt6-declarative [######################] 100%
( 15/116) upgrading libpipewire [######################] 100%
( 16/116) upgrading pipewire [######################] 100%
( 17/116) upgrading libusb [######################] 100%
( 18/116) upgrading pipewire-audio [######################] 100%
( 19/116) upgrading pipewire-session-manager [######################] 100%
( 20/116) upgrading pipewire-jack [######################] 100%
( 21/116) upgrading libopenmpt [######################] 100%
( 22/116) upgrading vapoursynth [######################] 100%
( 23/116) upgrading kirigami-addons [######################] 100%
( 24/116) upgrading pipewire-pulse [######################] 100%
( 25/116) upgrading easyeffects [######################] 100%
( 26/116) upgrading gpgme [######################] 100%
( 27/116) upgrading ghostscript [######################] 100%
( 28/116) upgrading gpgmepp [######################] 100%
( 29/116) upgrading evince [######################] 100%
( 30/116) upgrading fakeroot [######################] 100%
( 31/116) upgrading firefox [######################] 100%
( 32/116) upgrading gssdp [######################] 100%
( 33/116) upgrading gst-plugin-pipewire [######################] 100%
( 34/116) upgrading gtk-nocsd-git [######################] 100%
( 35/116) upgrading gupnp [######################] 100%
( 36/116) upgrading gupnp-dlna [######################] 100%
( 37/116) upgrading vim-runtime [######################] 100%
( 38/116) upgrading gvim [######################] 100%
( 39/116) upgrading haveged [######################] 100%
( 40/116) upgrading js140 [######################] 100%
( 41/116) upgrading lib32-krb5 [######################] 100%
( 42/116) upgrading lib32-nettle [######################] 100%
( 43/116) upgrading lib32-mesa [######################] 100%
( 44/116) upgrading vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers [######################] 100%
( 45/116) upgrading lib32-vulkan-mesa-implicit... [######################] 100%
( 46/116) upgrading vulkan-intel [######################] 100%
( 47/116) upgrading lib32-vulkan-intel [######################] 100%
( 48/116) upgrading vulkan-radeon [######################] 100%
( 49/116) upgrading lib32-vulkan-radeon [######################] 100%
( 50/116) upgrading libxmlb [######################] 100%
( 51/116) upgrading libadwaita [######################] 100%
( 52/116) upgrading libappimage [######################] 100%
( 53/116) upgrading libde265 [######################] 100%
( 54/116) upgrading libgit2 [######################] 100%
( 55/116) upgrading libgme [######################] 100%
( 56/116) upgrading libheif [######################] 100%
( 57/116) upgrading libnautilus-extension [######################] 100%
( 58/116) upgrading libva-intel-driver [######################] 100%
( 59/116) upgrading libxfce4windowing [######################] 100%
( 60/116) upgrading linux-firmware-whence [######################] 100%
( 61/116) upgrading linux-firmware-amdgpu [######################] 100%
( 62/116) upgrading linux-firmware-atheros [######################] 100%
( 63/116) upgrading linux-firmware-broadcom [######################] 100%
( 64/116) upgrading linux-firmware-cirrus [######################] 100%
( 65/116) upgrading linux-firmware-intel [######################] 100%
( 66/116) upgrading linux-firmware-mediatek [######################] 100%
( 67/116) upgrading linux-firmware-nvidia [######################] 100%
( 68/116) upgrading linux-firmware-other [######################] 100%
( 69/116) upgrading linux-firmware-radeon [######################] 100%
( 70/116) upgrading linux-firmware-realtek [######################] 100%
( 71/116) upgrading linux612 [######################] 100%
( 72/116) upgrading linux612-headers [######################] 100%
( 73/116) upgrading linux618 [######################] 100%
( 74/116) upgrading linux618-headers [######################] 100%
( 75/116) upgrading linux70 [######################] 100%
( 76/116) upgrading linux70-headers [######################] 100%
( 77/116) upgrading lvm2 [######################] 100%
( 78/116) upgrading zsh-theme-powerlevel10k [######################] 100%
( 79/116) upgrading manjaro-zsh-config [######################] 100%
( 80/116) upgrading meson [######################] 100%
( 81/116) upgrading perl-html-parser [######################] 100%
( 82/116) upgrading perl-http-daemon [######################] 100%
( 83/116) upgrading perl-www-robotrules [######################] 100%
( 84/116) upgrading perl-xml-parser [######################] 100%
( 85/116) upgrading python-certifi [######################] 100%
( 86/116) upgrading python-idna [######################] 100%
( 87/116) upgrading mhwd-nvidia-580xx [######################] 100%
( 88/116) upgrading mint-themes [######################] 100%
( 89/116) upgrading nautilus [######################] 100%
( 90/116) upgrading openexr [######################] 100%
( 91/116) upgrading pacui [######################] 100%
( 92/116) upgrading perl-file-mimeinfo [######################] 100%
( 93/116) upgrading perl-xml-libxml [######################] 100%
( 94/116) upgrading pipewire-alsa [######################] 100%
( 95/116) upgrading python-lxml [######################] 100%
( 96/116) upgrading python-lxml-html-clean [######################] 100%
( 97/116) upgrading python-more-itertools [######################] 100%
( 98/116) upgrading python-snowballstemmer [######################] 100%
( 99/116) upgrading python-soupsieve [######################] 100%
(100/116) upgrading python-trove-classifiers [######################] 100%
(101/116) upgrading qt5-translations [######################] 100%
(102/116) upgrading qt5-base [######################] 100%
(103/116) upgrading qt5-declarative [######################] 100%
(104/116) upgrading qt5-graphicaleffects [######################] 100%
(105/116) upgrading qt5-multimedia [######################] 100%
(106/116) upgrading qt5-quickcontrols [######################] 100%
(107/116) upgrading qt5-quickcontrols2 [######################] 100%
(108/116) upgrading qt5-speech [######################] 100%
(109/116) upgrading qt5-svg [######################] 100%
(110/116) upgrading qt5-tools [######################] 100%
(111/116) upgrading qt5-wayland [######################] 100%
(112/116) upgrading qt5-x11extras [######################] 100%
(113/116) upgrading rsync [######################] 100%
(114/116) upgrading thunderbird [######################] 100%
(115/116) upgrading wget [######################] 100%
(116/116) upgrading xfsprogs [######################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
( 1/18) Creating system user accounts...
( 2/18) Creating temporary files...
( 3/18) Reloading system manager configuration...
( 4/18) Reloading user manager configuration...
( 5/18) Updating the MIME type database...
( 6/18) Enqueuing marked services...
( 7/18) Reloading device manager configuration...
( 8/18) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
( 9/18) Updating module dependencies...
(10/18) Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 7.0.10-1-MANJARO
==> dkms install --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 6.18.33-1-MANJARO
==> dkms install --no-depmod broadcom-wl/6.30.223.271 -k 6.12.91-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 6.12.91-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 6.18.33-1-MANJARO
==> depmod 7.0.10-1-MANJARO
(11/18) Updating linux initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux612.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64 -g /boot/initramfs-6.12-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: '6.12.91-1-MANJARO'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
loadkeys: Unable to open file: au: No such file or directory
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-6.12-x86_64.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux618.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64 -g /boot/initramfs-6.18-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: '6.18.33-1-MANJARO'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
loadkeys: Unable to open file: au: No such file or directory
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-6.18-x86_64.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux70.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-7.0-x86_64 -g /boot/initramfs-7.0-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: '7.0.10-1-MANJARO'
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [kms]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
loadkeys: Unable to open file: au: No such file or directory
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-7.0-x86_64.img'
-> Early uncompressed CPIO image generation successful
==> Initcpio image generation successful
(12/18) Updating Grub-Bootmenu
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-7.0-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-7.0-x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-6.18-x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-6.12-x86_64.img
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme0n1p1@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
Root filesystem isn't btrfs
If you think an error has occurred, please file a bug report at "https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs"
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
/usr/bin/grub-probe: warning: unknown device type nvme0n1.
done
(13/18) Checking for old perl modules...
(14/18) Compiling GSettings XML schema files...
(15/18) Updating icon theme caches...
(16/18) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
foreign powerpill
foreign python-manjaro-sdk
(17/18) Updating the info directory file...
(18/18) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
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