Hi All, I will start this one with `how busy I've been` excuse that I wasn't even aware about the ongoing **grub 2:2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-1** issue.

***

**Symptom**: Unable to boot system after upgrading to grub 2:2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-1

**Cause**: As per user "dalto" on FS#75701, this  seems to be related to the changes to 30\_uefi-firmware, where a call to fwsetup was added to the code.

**Resolution**: As on 31st Aug, there's no direct resolution to this issue, however there's a workaround, which is (also proposed by user dalto on 26th Aug 2022):

Either install Arch on a UEFI machine and follow the below steps after upgrade *or downgrade grub* on a non-uefi machine.

1\. Update grub

2\. Run `grub-install` followed by `grub-mkconfig`

3\. Reboot and it should work, if not then from the boot menu, select your boot partition (usually the name of your distro)

**Notes**:

The first bug report was registered on 22nd Aug 2022, link to the issue is: [FS#75763](https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75673)

The second report was on 26th Aug 2022, link to the issue is: [FS#75701](https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/75701#comment210566) (proposed work around can be found here)

Have a good one!

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How to enable power-management on WMs?

This has been a known issue for 
sometime and I didn't get time to address this properly. So what is the 
issue that I'm talking about?

Brief:

During the 
installation, when "swap with hibernate" option is selected, the 
installer fails to complete the installation, only a handful of such 
cases are known to me atm.

I am currently not aware of the cause 
behind this, it could very well be a "Calamares" issue, or could be some
 "dependency" issue, as there's no configuration changes done yet hence 
can't call it a configuration issue either, but I am not sure at this 
point as I didn't test it.

Solution ( alternative ):

There are two alternatives to this problem, that too, if you really want to use hibernation:

1.  Use "swap to file"

2.  Manual partition with swap enabled.

Remember
 that when you'll use "swap-to-file", you will have to make manual 
confiuration changes for the hibernation to actually work. Suspend will 
work oob. 

Hope that works.

Cheers!



Installer fails -- swap issue

This post is solely for pure 
arch-based systems such as Peux OS itself, that does not ship the custom
 mirror-list. When these pure arch-based systems are outdated the system
 upgrade process would become a little hectic for people who don't know 
what to do next, for example, if you use any couple of months ol Peux OS
 ISO then after installing the system, you most likely won't be able to 
update/upgrade the system.

The reason is simple, Arch routinely 
updates its mirror-list and keyrings, which when encounters the 
unmatched and outdated keyring or mirror-list in the system \[ that 
doesn't match with the one in the 'Servers'], fails to pull the database
 information into the system. At some point it might even  try to update
 the pgp key value during the upgrade process but would most likely 
fail.

The below steps would help you upgrade the outdated systems smoothly:

1.  Go to 

    [Pacman Mirrorlist Generator](https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/)

     website and select the country of your choice then generate the mirrorlist.

2.  Launch the terminal, then open the '

    **/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist**

    ' file with root privileges in the text editor of your choice. For example, if I want to use leafpad, I'd type: "

    **sudo leafpad /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist**

    " or to use kate, I'd type "

    **kate /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist**

    ".

3.  Remove the contents of the 

    **mirrorlist**


     file and paste the newly generated mirrorlist from Step 1 into this 
    file. Remove the hash symbols "#" in front of the lines that says "

    **Server**

    ". Save and exit.

4.  Now in the terminal, we will update the database and install the package "archlinux-keyring" using the command : "

    **sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring**

    ".

5.  Once done, populate the keys using the command : "

    **sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux**

    ", followed by "

    **sudo pacman -Syy**

    ".

6.  Now you should be good to go, run "

    **sudo pacman -Syu**

    " to upgrade the system.

**\*You may also start directly at Step 4, sometimes it is not necessary to update the mirrorlist at all. \***

If above steps doesn't work out for you, then you may reach out to me using the means listed in the '[Connect](https://peux-os.netlify.app/#con)' section.

Thanks!



How to update the outdated pure arch-based systems?

Hi All,

I am planning to release some of the Wayland Compositor ISOs. Even though the ISOs are **Stable**, I am still releasing them under **Beta**
 tag. I am still part of the crowd that heavily believes Wayland to be 
overestimated and that it still needs a lot of work. However, the 
progress has been great over the last couple of years. The sole reason 
behind releasing these as Beta is due to the belief mentioned above and I
 am sure that on most machines it may cause problems, especially the 
ones with NVIDIA graphics card as Wayland doesn't sit well with NVIDIA.

Another
 reminder, Wayland compositors has a bad reputation when it comes to 
running them on VMs, hence I'd suggest you try these on either live-usb 
or on a hardware other than your primary machine.

Please also note
 that I am deciding not to put the Beta versions on FOSSTorrents, as 
it'd be easy for me to take down the ISOs or upload a new one to test 
whenever I wish to, once the stability is confirmed, the stable ones 
would be available on FOSSTorrents. The maintainer does a lot of work 
along with maintaining the FOSSTorrents site with multiple projects in 
it, which is why I don't want to bother him with back to back 
beta-releases, which would happen anytime.

Any 
inputs/feedback/adjustments/advises related to Beta are warmly welcomed.
 Let me know via Discord/Telegram/Sourceforge, you may also drop a 
message to me on Twitter.

Have a great day!

\-DN-debug



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