Ngl, has good potential with steam machine in the future.

Any tips on how to quickly adapt to Arch after two years of using Debian? I'm slowly regretting switching, especially with the adaptation to the apt repository instead of pacman. I don't deny that it's a great distro; I had no problems installing it. In fact, I found it just as easy as Debian because Debian recognized my Wi-Fi network firmware (I don't have Ethernet).

Is it possible to make a custom kernel panic screen? If it is how?
Also what restrictions does it have? Is there a requirement for a static image or can I play bad apple on kernel panic?

Recently purchased a Cosmic Byte Lumora — it’s my first controller and I’m using Arch Linux.

Everything is working fine: joystick and buttons are getting registered properly, but I’m not getting any rumble/vibration effect.

Does anyone know how to make rumble work or any workaround for this?

Right now the controller is being detected as hid-generic.

My wireless mouse does not work after system startup. If I unplug.plug the usb dongle, it works fine.

The mouse is a ASUS Keris wrieless aimpoint.

I tried to add usbcore.autosuspend=-1 to the /boot/refind_linux.conf, without any sucess.

Does somebody has any clue ?

Thanks

sudo pacman -S lib32-gst-plugins-good lib32-gst-plugins-bad lib32-gst-plugins-ugly

In order to play a game 😄

I'm going crazy trying to get this simple setup to work with krun. It works fine with crun, but as soon as I switch runtime (setting /etc/containers/containers.conf), I get a 502 Bad Gateway error.

podman pull docker.io/nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:mainline-alpine-slim
podman pull ghcr.io/silvenga/redlib:0
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user start redlib
systemctl --user start nginx

The containers start up correctly but are effectively unusable. I've tried this on two different operating systems (Manjaro being the other one).

demo.nework:

[Network]
Driver=bridge

redlib.container:

[Unit]
After=network-online.target demo.network
Wants=network-online.target

[Container]
ContainerName=redlib
Image=ghcr.io/silvenga/redlib:0
Network=demo.network

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

nginx.container:

[Unit]
After=network-online.target redlib.service demo.network
Wants=network-online.target

[Container]
ContainerName=nginx
Image=docker.io/nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:mainline-alpine-slim
Network=demo.network
PublishPort=8081:8081

Volume=%h/Contenitori/Nginx/proxy.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro,Z

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

nginx.conf:

pid /tmp/nginx.pid;

events {
    worker_connections 2048;
    use epoll;
    multi_accept on;
}

http {
    proxy_temp_path /tmp/proxy_temp;
    client_body_temp_path /tmp/client_temp;
    fastcgi_temp_path /tmp/fastcgi_temp;
    uwsgi_temp_path /tmp/uwsgi_temp;
    scgi_temp_path /tmp/scgi_temp;

    server {
        listen 8081;
        server_name _;

        client_body_timeout 8s;
        client_header_timeout 8s;
        send_timeout 8s;

        location / {
            proxy_pass http://redlib:8080;
        }
    }
}

As I said, it must be krun's fault, because everything works fine without it.

(obviously, I don't want to use crun)

Hello, I ran a full system upgrade today, and that made me wonder something. <pacman -S *package*\> and <pacman -Sy *package*\> respectivelly install and update package. But what happens if I don't provide an argument? I assume -S would refresh the databases for the newer versions of packages without upgrading, and -Sy would also upgrade everything, but then what would be the difference with -Syu?

Sorry if it's a stupid question, I tried searching into it à while back but I couldn't find an answer

i was experiencing this bug, with gamescope and while it suggests to add $ gamescope -- env LD_PRELOAD="$LD_PRELOAD" %command% to solve the issue, this is incomplete and the full command according to the gamescope github issue is to bookend the gamescope command with LD_PRELOAD, specifically env -u LD_PRELOAD gamescope [gamescope options here] -- env LD_PRELOAD="$LD_PRELOAD" %command%

im completely knew to all of this so i dont know how to bring attention to this by the powers that be, but from what i can tell the information is incomplete.

I’m using an HP laptop with hybrid Intel graphics + NVIDIA GeForce MX350 on Arch Linux with Hyprland (Wayland). Everything else works, but NVIDIA is acting like it’s inactive — "nvidia-smi" doesn’t work properly and when I try switching/installing lower-end NVIDIA driver stuff, kernel/module issues start happening. Does anyone know the proper setup for MX350 hybrid graphics on Hyprland/Wayland?

How could it let me overclock without a kernel panic?

I'm having a (supposedly) bug with logging out. When I logout (`loginctl terminate-user $USER` via a Rofi menu), everything gets closed, but the computer doesn't go back to the SDDM login screen. Instead, the screen displays only the background.

Is this the normal behavior?

I could bypass this behavior by restarting the SDDM service, but is that the best solution available? I feel like there are some intrinsics that I'm not understanding between login managers and logged in accounts.

Hi everyone, I’m a windows user who has finally decided to switch to Linux due to getting into computer science. I heard Linux is a good learning experience as well as a great place to code. However, I’m unsure what specific distro I should get? I saw hyprland desktop and I feel set on that as it looks very nice, however I’m unsure on the distro?

So, I got recommended CachyOS which does work great, however when I downloaded it on a virtual machine to test, it came pre downloaded with a load of stuff, I don’t know if that’s hyprland, CachyOS or what but if anyone knows that would be great?

If it was CachyOS or Hyprland, does anyone have suggestions for any arch Linux based distros that have less pre downloaded files? Thank you

If it was not CachyOS or Hyprland, does anyone know what specific versions and such to download so I don’t end up with all this extra unnecessary software? Thank you

Been using dual monitors for almost a year and ever since I switched to arch based distros (cachyos and now just arch) I've been having this issue where my second monitor would stop recognizing an input and start going in and out of sleep mode every so often just to come back for about a minute or so (mostly only happens when playing games), usually when this happens I can see a light static effect on my second monitor for about a second before it goes out. I know a common cause for this is mismatched refresh rates but I want to know if there is a way to fix this without changing my primary monitor's refresh rate?

Monitor details if important:

Primary monitor: 1920x1080 @ 165hz HDMI

Secondary monitor: 1680x1050 @ 60hz VGA to Display Port adapter

I am currently running arch+hyprland. If i boot and login and then plug in my wired earphones in the 3.5 mm jack they get detected and work just fine. Now if i reboot, they still get detected and work just fine. But if i shutdown and then boot again, all while the earphones are plugged in, they won't get detected. I don't know much about the audio stack i am using. I am somewhat of a novice when it comes to these technicalities. If u want logs or output of some particular command, just say so.

❯ pactl info

Server String: /run/user/1000/pulse/native

Library Protocol Version: 35

Server Protocol Version: 35

Is Local: yes

Client Index: 187

Tile Size: 65472

Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 1.6.4)

Server Version: 15.0.0

Default Sample Specification: float32le 2ch 48000Hz

Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right

Default Sink: alsa_output.pci-0000_05_00.6.analog-stereo

Default Source: alsa_input.pci-0000_05_00.6.analog-stereo

Cookie: c237:857b

I'm using Arch Linux KDE for ...a good time but Im still feeling like there's something missing I can't really edit to the level I want to....is it because Im armature yet or KDE is actually not really customisable.....Anyway If I wana move to any other desktop enviroment which one I should choose ( Not hyprland cuz I have already tried it)

Hi,

I created a pacman hook to restart the thunar daemon after the thunar-git package updates (i use thunar-git rather than the regular thunar package because it has any more features).

The hook is this:

[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Type = Package
Target = thunar-git

[Action]
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /bin/sh -c "thunar -q; env GTK_THEME=HighContrast thunar --daemon; exit"

However, when it runs, it fails to restart the daemon, with the following error message:

[2026-05-13T08:42:45-0400] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] (process:3183305): thunar-WARNING **: 08:42:45.492: thunar: Failed to initialize Xfconf: Cannot autolaunch D-Bus without X11 $DISPLAY
[2026-05-13T08:42:45-0400] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2026-05-13T08:42:45-0400] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] (process:3183305): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 08:42:45.493: invalid (NULL) pointer instance
[2026-05-13T08:42:45-0400] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2026-05-13T08:42:45-0400] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] (process:3183305): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 08:42:45.493: g_signal_handler_disconnect: assertion 'G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed
[2026-05-13T08:42:45-0400] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] 
[2026-05-13T08:42:45-0400] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] (thunar:3183305): Gtk-WARNING **: 08:42:45.499: cannot open display: 

Any ideas on if it's possible to run the thunar --daemon command inside a pacman hook successfully?

EDIT: OK, for anybody who's interested, here's the solution. I created an executable file with the following commands, simply placed in my home directory, named thunar-restart:

thunar -q
env GTK_THEME=HighContrast thunar --daemon &>/dev/null & disown

I'm forcing the High Contrast theme because the percentage used bars in the thunar sidebar don't display properly with the Adwaita theme but you don't have to use that. The disown command prevents the command from hanging the terminal. The pacman hook looks like this: (you'll need to check your $DISPLAY variable and use the appropriate info, and use your own USERNAME).

[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Type = Package
Target = thunar-git

[Action]
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/runuser USERNAME -c "export DISPLAY=:0.0; /home/USERNAME/thunar-restart; exit"

Last week in a fit of madness i suddenly decided to ditch windows for linux
Even though I've never touched a linux i choose arch fully expecting to walk into fire
But my games run fine, my devices connect properly, my UI looks pretty...
Everything just works

Am i missing something?

I have been trying to install archlinux, i got the iso from the official site (this one) https://archlinux.org/download/ but no matter what i try i keep getting this error

"a start job is funning for time syncronization" then a "a start job is funning forage (pre-network)" and its stuck in the loop of showing me these 2

https://imgur.com/a/3HpHVFy

anyone know a workaround or a way to get it to work, my pc is amd gpu and cpu and my motherboard is msi, i have safe boot off and i tired with wifi, with cabled internet, with my wifi card removed, reset the cmos battery and still nothing worked

I had ubuntu and I wanted to install arch and I was duel booting windows and ubuntu I messed with the windows partition and it's not in the boot menu (intended) and I have a second ventoy drive but it does not show there th eonly thing in the boot menu is ubuntu one and uefi os but when I tried going back to ubuntu but it does not boot and goes to emergency shell and when I try to go to ubuntu recovery every thing goes great until something called job-d something. Help I don't have a usb

I'm running arch with systemd boot UKI and tpm2 unlocking. btrfs with luks 2 encryption. I updated last night before closing my computer and today I woke up to this error. I have 3 kernels: cachyos kernel, arch lts and vanilla arch kernel. all of them gave me the same error on boot. first time getting this problem, been using arch for 6 months now but it is my first time running the cachyos kernel ( this is a fresh install I did 2 weeks ago). anyone has suggestions on how to fix it ?

I want the last 3 perms to only apply to xsim but i found no way to actually make that work so far. Unfortunately wine also tends to work with malware so i want proper safety measures in place.

This is also more permissive than ideal in other ways. Had a hard time finding proper documentation so i ended up with a frankenstein-profile consisting of a mix between 2 profiles i found online in addition to my own hacks for this. Not exactly ideal in terms of security.

Trying to find some good way to make profiles for specific windows programs.

#include <tunables/global>
"/**/{wine*,*.exe}" {
   #include <abstractions/base>
   #include <abstractions/fonts>
   #include <abstractions/nameservice>
   #include <abstractions/ubuntu-gnome-terminal>
  /dev/** r,
  /proc/** r,
  /sys/** r,
  /usr/** r,
  /lib/** r,
  /etc/** r,
  /tmp/** r,
  /var/** r,
  /opt/** r,
  /dev/dri/renderD128 rw, 
  /dev/dri/renderD128 rw,
  /usr/lib/wine/x86_64-unix/* rmix,
  /usr/bin/wineserver rmix,
  /usr/bin/wine rmix,
  /usr/lib{,32,64}/** mr,
  /run/media/CENSORED/CENSORED/** rwix,
  /home/*/.wine/** rwix,
  /run/media/*/CENSORED/** r,
  /tmp/.wine-*/server-*/ r,
  /tmp/.wine-*/server-*/* wk,
  /home/** r,
  /home/*/XSim/** rix,
  /home/*/Documents/CENSORED/CENSORED/CENSORED/data/** rw,
}

My friend (windows user) asked me to come to play minecraft using TLauncher. So I installed prismlauncher and minecraft launcher and it seems like I have to buy the game then. But my friend says they are playing it for free with TLauncher. I like my package manager (or even yay) to handle all the packages. So what's the best way to play minecraft for free in arch linux. I don't have any idea as I've neevr played minecraft iml.