[Update] 2016-1-5

Netrunner Rolling Rolling 2016.01
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[size=medium]Manjaro 15.12 update-pack 1:[/size]

Included in this update:
grub - bug fix
Plasma 5.5.2 - bug fix
QT5 - bug fix
Some major changes went into PHP7.
Updated linux firmware.
New haskell and python packages added to the repositories.

Supported Kernels:
Linux310 3.10.94
Linux312 3.12.51
Linux313 3.13.11.32
Linux314 3.14.58
Linux316 3.16.7.21
Linux318 3.18.25
Linux319 3.19.8.12
Linux41 4.1.15
Linux42 4.2.8
Linux43 4.3.3
Linux44 4.4-rc8

This update also includes the usual Archlinux upstream fixes as of Tue Jan 5, 2016

You can use Discover Updater, Octopi or the command line for this update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Official Manjaro forum thread: https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=29821.0

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Cool smooth update no hiccups. Last 2 updates been really smooth for me.

Tho do have that annoying occasional few times a day a slight quick flickering of screens.

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With this update everything went fine, exept for plasma-shell:

QQmlComponent: Component is not ready
Error: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/loader.qml:1:1: Unexpected token ' # This is a sample configuration file for commit-access-control.pl. ^ Error: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/loader.qml:1:8: Expected token{’
# This is a sample configuration file for commit-access-control.pl.
^
Error: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/loader.qml:1:11: Expected token :' # This is a sample configuration file for commit-access-control.pl. ^ Error: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/loader.qml:1:13: Expected token,’
# This is a sample configuration file for commit-access-control.pl.
^
Error: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/loader.qml:1:20: Expected token ,' # This is a sample configuration file for commit-access-control.pl. ^ Error: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/loader.qml:1:34: Expected token;’
# This is a sample configuration file for commit-access-control.pl.
^
Error: file:///usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/loader.qml:1:39: Expected token `:’
# This is a sample configuration file for commit-access-control.pl.
^
kf5.kcoreaddons.desktopparser: Error: Could not find [Desktop Entry] group in “/usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop//metadata.desktop”
kf5.kcoreaddons.desktopparser: Error: Could not find [Desktop Entry] group in “/usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop//metadata.desktop”
kf5.kcoreaddons.desktopparser: Error: Could not find [Desktop Entry] group in “/usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop//metadata.desktop”
kf5.kcoreaddons.desktopparser: Error: Could not find [Desktop Entry] group in “/usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop//metadata.desktop”
kf5.kcoreaddons.desktopparser: Error: Could not find [Desktop Entry] group in “/usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop//metadata.desktop”

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Log file and/or terminal output errors happen all the time, they are usually harmless.
Are getting to the desktop at all?
Please describe in detail what is happening other than just error messages.
Are you sure you received all of the updates?
Just to be sure use this command the terminal:

sudo pacman -Syyu
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i have just updated the packages incl. plasma 5.5.2 , everything ran smooth, gave Y to all questions, but after the update i cannot start Plasma Shell. It is just black screen. All other programs are running fine, but just with no desktop.
Thanx

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sudo pacman -Syyu

:: Synchronizing package databases…
netrunner 14.2 KiB 237K/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
core 134.7 KiB 898K/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
extra 1905.7 KiB 4.26M/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
community 3.4 MiB 3.29M/s 00:01 [########################] 100%
multilib 174.9 KiB 3.16M/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade…
there is nothing to do

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So the panel is there?
Was there an error message typed across the desktop?

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No, no panel at all, no plasma shell, no panel. just the rest of the apps. No error was typed.

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Then plasma shell isn’t crashing then or there would be an error message.
What display drivers are you using?
Also, did you change any settings for the compositor?
Could you please attach your .xsession-errors file.

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I am with prop nvidia and didn’t change anythig about the compositor.
Here is the .xsession-errors file http://download.tuxfamily.org/hummer/.xsession-errors

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Looks like you had a broken update.
Try reinstalling the plasma-desktop.

 sudo pacma -S plasma-desktop

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=197289

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Thanx a lot. Reinstalling it fixed the problem.

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No problem.