From 376c1478ac2898d153cd8d7d1f09783cda436faa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Marczykowski-G=C3=B3recki?= Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 17:15:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify archlinux gui agent problem description Text by @jpouellet --- managing-os/templates/archlinux.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/managing-os/templates/archlinux.md b/managing-os/templates/archlinux.md index 7e74f913..7cbcfb42 100644 --- a/managing-os/templates/archlinux.md +++ b/managing-os/templates/archlinux.md @@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ The two lines that have just been added to /etc/pacman.conf should then be remov ### Package cannot be updated because of errors related to xorg-server or pulseaudio versions -Upgrading pulseaudio or xorg-server to a newer major version will break the Qubes GUI agent. Avoid upgrading these packages until such time that a future version of the GUI agent addresses this issue. - -Specifically, the gui-agent-linux component of Qubes-OS needs to be rebuilt using these last xorg-server or pulseaudio libraries. You can try to rebuild it yourself or wait for a new qubes-vm-gui package to be available. +The Qubes GUI agent must be rebuilt whenever xorg-server or pulseaudio make major changes. +If an update of one of these packages causes your template to break, simply [revert it](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/software-update-vm/#reverting-changes-to-a-templatevm) and wait for corresponding Qubes package updates to be available (or attempt to build them yourself, if you're so inclined). +This should not happen frequently. ### qubes-vm is apparently starting properly (green dot) however graphical applications do not appear to work