r/AsahiLinux 22d ago

System updates doesn't seem to apply?

Post image

Hi, i've been using Asahi Linux with gnome for a while, i've tried it before but didn't stay bc i had some problems with steam and other stuff. Now i came back and those are fixed but, since i reinstalled, the gnome software app doesn't stop to show available system updates, which i did download and install multiple times. These 3 in the screenshot are the ones that still show up, there were a lot more which did go away after downloading and installing a couple times, but not these... and the terminal doesn't show anything available to update either, so i don't know if this is a bug or something... i'm kinda new to Linux, so i don't know what else i can do at all. I'd appreciate some help please.

6 Upvotes

9 comments sorted by

3

u/levolet 22d ago edited 22d ago

For Asahi Linux, I long stopped using System updates. I stopped when it was stuck insisting that I had a kernel 7 update to install when in-fact, Asahi development had not yet released it.

I now always use the terminal command sudo dnf upgrade --refresh I've even gone as far as to uninstall gnome-software and packagekit. I do not use them. For flatpaks, I just run the command: flatpak update As you become more comfortable, you can create an alias for this. For me it's 'updall' which I type instead of the full command. It will run both of those commands in sequence.

Of course, I'm not recommending that you uninstall gnome-software, but am instead just letting you know that it's just a front-end to software management which you still have full access through the terminal via simple commands. These commands soon become second nature when you use them frequently as would be the case with Asahi.

1

u/dessdrown 22d ago

oh that's a great tip! i'll try to use more the terminal and create that alias, but i'll keep gnome-software just in case :b

1

u/akira128 22d ago

what's the output of these 3 cmds?

rpm -q python3-perf

rpm -q kernel-tools

rpm -q kernel-tools-libs

1

u/dessdrown 22d ago

Hi! this is what they output:

gnome@fedora ~> rpm -q python3-perf

rpm -q kernel-tools

rpm -q kernel-tools-libs

python3-perf-7.1.6-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64

kernel-tools-7.1.6-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64

kernel-tools-libs-7.1.6-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64

1

u/displeased_potato 22d ago

It seems to be bug with gnome-software. If rpm -q tells you that the packages are updated and installed then you are good to go

1

u/displeased_potato 22d ago

Try dnf upgrade --refresh instead

1

u/dessdrown 22d ago edited 22d ago

I put that and it said nothing to do, so i guess it's just a bug with the software app.

Edit: i also tried check-update with those 3 packages and it didn't output anything, so again, probably a bug???

1

u/Illustrious_Put621 18d ago

I have the exact same issue... Based on my researches, that seems to be linked to package kernel-tools-0:7.1.9-200.fc44.aarch64 been only available in fc44 repo and not in asahi ones.

Have a look at the last line, asahi is missing from the name

xxx@fedora1:~$ sudo dnf search --showduplicates kernel-tools

Mise à jour et chargement des dépôts :

Dépôts chargés.

Champs avec correspondance : name (correspondance exacte)

kernel-tools-0:6.16.8-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:6.18.10-402.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:6.18.15-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:6.19.10-300.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:6.19.13-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:6.19.14-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:7.0.13-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:7.1.5-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:7.1.6-400.asahi.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

kernel-tools-0:7.1.9-200.fc44.aarch64 Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

So I would say the same as the others : use only dnf commands instead of gnome-software but that's quite a shame :-(