<![CDATA[Arch Linux Forums]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/index.php Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:13:01 +0000 FluxBB <![CDATA[AUR connection issues (EOF/TLS errors)]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=309805&action=new seth wrote:

Because of the intermittency: Does it help to lower the MTU? (1280 or sth. like that)

Doesn't make a difference.

]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:13:01 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=309805&action=new <![CDATA[Cannot detect microcontroller - CH34X driver (6.3.1)]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285662&action=new jed_t wrote:

when I `dmesg -wH` is not detecting the device.

Please show full dmesg output after plugging the device.

jed_t wrote:

when I run `modinfo ch341` it shows ch341.

`modinfo` shows information about a module regardless of any device presence.

jed_t wrote:

I think this driver is not working for this device. Is there a way to prove my hypothesis?

Kernel should™ detect any working USB device regardless of driver.
Show output of

$ lsusb -tv

when device is plugged.

]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2026 02:06:08 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=285662&action=new <![CDATA[new AUR fix, please forward to get_iplayer Maintainer: alexmerry]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315149&action=new Please stop interleaving blank lines in your posts.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:42:44 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315149&action=new <![CDATA[Arch Linux, Nvidia RTX5070, KDE Wayland with external Dispaly]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315277&action=new Hello everybody,
my system:

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Host: 83JH (LOQ 17IRX10)
Kernel: Linux 7.2.6-arch2-1
Uptime: 44 mins
Packages: 2075 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.3.20
Display (DELD0F3): 2560x1440 in 31", 144 Hz [External]
Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma 6.7.5
Window Manager: KWin (X11)
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: Breeze (Light) [Qt], Breeze [GTK2/3]
Icons: breeze [Qt], breeze [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: breeze (60px)
Terminal: terminology 1.14.0
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700HX (16+12) @ 5.50 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Max-Q / Mobile [Discrete]
GPU 2: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics @ 1.60 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 3.94 GiB / 31.05 GiB (13%)
Swap: 0 B / 8.66 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 369.40 GiB / 922.35 GiB (40%) - btrfs
Local IP (enp8s0): xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx
Battery (L24B4PK4): 76% [AC Connected]
Locale: de_DE.UTF-8

Due the last upgrade of Arch with KDE 6.8, the is no support for X11 anymore. During Wayland session, I have no video connection to my external display.
Under X11 everything runs well.

Installed Nvidia drivers (over pacman), both in the version 615.71.09:
nvidia-open-dkms
nvidia-utils

Maybe you can help me.
Thanks in advance.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:30:16 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315277&action=new <![CDATA[[UPDATED]Cant Get Freedom In Internet (VPNs are not working)]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=313215&action=new I tried with `warp-cli` and config vpn and without VPN in new user. Its downloaded and installed first (even i open from the search bar and it was not using kde like main user) then tried a few times. Still failing.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 23:16:48 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=313215&action=new <![CDATA[Ethernet connection is slow to start]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315273&action=new here 20s before:

Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7185] NetworkManager (version 1.58.1-2) is starting... (boot:58e13119-8cc6-47e9-b159-d969991cdb63)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7188] Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf, /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity.conf, /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-carrier-timeout.conf, /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager-intern.conf
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd-logind[757]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Power Button)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd-logind[757]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Power Button)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd-logind[757]: New seat seat0.
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd[1]: Started User Login Management.
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7281] manager[0x5621b516f130]: monitoring kernel firmware directory '/lib/firmware'.
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7750] hostname: hostname: using hostnamed
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7750] hostname: static hostname changed from (none) to "Archbox"
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7752] dns-mgr: init: dns=default,systemd-resolved rc-manager=symlink
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7810] manager[0x5621b516f130]: rfkill: Wi-Fi hardware radio set enabled
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.7810] manager[0x5621b516f130]: rfkill: WWAN hardware radio set enabled
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd[1]: Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch.
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8072] Loaded device plugin: NMTeamFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.58.1-2/libnm-device-plugin-team.so)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8097] Loaded device plugin: NMBluezManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.58.1-2/libnm-device-plugin-bluetooth.so)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8102] Loaded device plugin: NMOvsFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.58.1-2/libnm-device-plugin-ovs.so)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8106] Loaded device plugin: NMAtmManager (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.58.1-2/libnm-device-plugin-adsl.so)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8114] Loaded device plugin: NMWifiFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.58.1-2/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8117] Loaded device plugin: NMWwanFactory (/usr/lib/NetworkManager/1.58.1-2/libnm-device-plugin-wwan.so)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8119] manager: rfkill: Wi-Fi enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8119] manager: rfkill: WWAN enabled by radio killswitch; enabled by state file
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8119] manager: Networking is enabled by state file
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8121] settings: Loaded settings plugin: keyfile (internal)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8140] dhcp: init: Using DHCP client 'internal'
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8143] manager: (lo): new Loopback device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/1)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox systemd[1]: Starting Network Manager Script Dispatcher Service...
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8159] device (lo): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'connection-assumed', managed-type: 'external')
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8161] device (lo): state change: unavailable -> disconnected (reason 'connection-assumed', managed-type: 'external')
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8168] device (lo): Activation: starting connection 'lo' (6e21a67c-0d32-447a-8c36-c12ff523939c)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8174] manager: (enp34s0): new Ethernet device (/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/2)
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8179] settings: (enp34s0): created default wired connection 'Wired connection 1'
Oct 20 16:19:06 Archbox NetworkManager[755]: <info>  [1792513146.8179] device (enp34s0): state change: unmanaged -> unavailable (reason 'managed', managed-type: 'external')

I think i need to buy another cable....

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:57:20 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315273&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Issues with linux-firmware-amdgpu 20260910-1]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=314887&action=new some closure on my brigthness slider missing!

Seems to have been a change on KDE. Now that yet another change landed, i see they were moving things around.

in the Settings > display window, you have an option "Brightness: [X] Control hardware brightness with DDC/CI"

Ironically, with this setting ON, I get no slider or control. With it off, i can then control my monitor with DDC via the applet slider smile go figure.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:44:04 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=314887&action=new <![CDATA[fontconfig-2:2.18.x - broken fonts?]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=313799&action=new For anyone who might still be struggling with this, fixing this is pretty easy. I created a file at 

~/.config/fontconfig/conf.d/99-default-fonts.conf

, with these contents:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "urn:fontconfig:fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>
  <!-- Sans-Serif Fallbacks -->
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
      <string>Arial</string>
      <string>Noto Sans</string>
      <string>Liberation Sans</string>
      <string>DejaVu Sans</string>
    </edit>
  </match>

  <!-- Serif Fallbacks -->
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
      <string>Liberation Serif</string>
      <string>Noto Serif</string>
      <string>DejaVu Serif</string>
    </edit>
  </match>

  <!-- Monospace Fallbacks -->
  <match target="pattern">
    <test qual="any" name="family"><string>monospace</string></test>
    <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
      <string>Liberation Mono</string>
      <string>Noto Sans Mono</string>
      <string>DejaVu Sans Mono</string>
    </edit>
  </match>
</fontconfig>

You can specify whichever fonts you want. Then clear font cache using 

fc-cache -f -r -v

. And you should be good to go.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:32:32 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=313799&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Unique machine-id for diskless clients]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312561&action=new I've been playing with this problem since I first posted about it, and I finally came up with a solution. On the server, I made /srv/arch/etc/machine-id an empty file, and then I set its attribute in the file system to be immutable using

sudo chattr +i /srv/arch/etc/machine-id

Now, when each client boots, /etc/machine-id is not writable. Then, the client automatically writes its machine-id locally to a tmpfs at /run/machine-id, and bind mounts it to /etc/machine-id. The actual file /srv/arch/etc/machine-id file remains empty.

Thanks everyone for your help. Marking as solved...

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:31:55 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=312561&action=new <![CDATA[KDE vs Xresources]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315272&action=new As mentioned, same here (and there's https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315192 )
But wget still works, so

Description Nate Graham 2020-06-06 19:44:50 UTC
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with Qt 5.15 and all KDE software built from today's git master.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Set scale factor to 200%
2. Reboot

OBSERVED RESULT
Default 24px cursor is incredibly tiny and hard to find. You need to manually set it to 48px in the cursor KCM to make it the right size. And if you prefer a larger cursor (as I do) you're out of luck.

EXPECTED RESULT
The cursor size automatically scales with the systemwide scale factor. So for example a 24px cursor would get drawn at 48px when using a 200% scale factor. A 48px cursor would get drawn at 96px. And so on.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-06-06 21:46:28 UTC
X11 is affected; Wayland is not.
Comment 2 phrxmd 2020-06-14 09:18:27 UTC
There is an underlying X issue here. You can see this from how cursor scaling depends on the window the cursor is over. E.g. if you set cursor size to 48px in the cursor KCM, the cursor still reverts back to tiny when you hover over an Xterm. Other applications where I'm observing this is the Brave browser where I'm now typing this, or the SoftMaker office package.

This is on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with Qt 5.15, Plasma 5.19, Frameworks 5.70, Thinkpad Yoga X1 2560x1440 screen, scale factor set to 200%, cursor size set to 48px in the cursor KCM. Xft.dpi is set to 192 in .Xresources, and "xrdb -query all" reports Xcursor.size 48 (as set by the cursor KCM?).
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-07-07 19:47:36 UTC
*** Bug 423934 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Vlad Zahorodnii 2020-07-30 08:15:26 UTC
The problem is that kwin ignores the scale factor on X11. Not sure how we can fix this bug.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2020-07-30 12:55:52 UTC
Unhelpful comment: by making it respect the scale factor on X11! big_smile I'm here all week, folks...
Comment 6 Vlad Zahorodnii 2020-07-30 12:58:44 UTC
> Unhelpful comment: by making it respect the scale factor on X11!
We will break basically every application if we start honoring the scale factor.
Comment 7 Nate Graham 2020-07-30 13:00:53 UTC
Would it be possible to teach KWin how to respect the scale factor for things only under our control where we can make sure it doesn't break, then? E.g. the cursor, window decorations, the window decoration pop-up menu, etc.
Comment 8 Zamundaaa 2024-04-25 14:10:06 UTC
I think an inconsistent cursor size would be worse than just having the same wrong one always. It's not really fixable, and it works correctly on Wayland, so I'm closing this

Unrelated, and btw. also wrong.
KWin has nothing to do w/ that but the DE could configure a different cursor (size) depending on the DPI (so the GUI says 24px, but you're at 192 dpi or 200% scale so you're actually configuring the 48px version that will then get picked up by clients accordingly)
But that's also no longer relevant.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:23:56 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315272&action=new <![CDATA[[Solved] Netflix doesn't render in Google Chrome with hardware acc]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315262&action=new

Digging around on the internet a bit, https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/57885 might be the same issue and the workaround --disable-gpu-memory-buffer-video-frames also seems to work.

Indeed it works. Thanks for the lead.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:22:49 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315262&action=new <![CDATA[abb-agent — Synology Active Backup for Business agent for Arch (btrfs)]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315276&action=new The official Active Backup for Business Linux agent needs a kernel module that lags behind new kernels, and it does not back up btrfs. I wrote an unofficial agent in Rust that talks to an unmodified ABB server instead:

no kernel module: works on any distro and kernel (7.x too)
btrfs first-class: read-only snapshots, only blocks in use, every block verified against the btrfs checksums, subvolumes you can leave out; ext2/3/4 too, mounted or not
fast incrementals (about 30 s for a 1 TB desktop)
the device appears in the ABB console like any physical server; schedule, retention, bandwidth limits and scripts work as usual
bare-metal restore with Synology's recovery media or with abb-restore, a static binary with a text UI that runs from any live USB

https://github.com/rylos/abb-agent

AUR packages abb-agent / abb-agent-bin, release binaries for other distros.

Not affiliated with Synology. It is young: try it on a machine you can afford to test, and issues are welcome.

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:18:46 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315276&action=new <![CDATA[Why not use the namespace Draft ?]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315275&action=new Did you mean https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MintyDocs ?
The correct link is btw https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces (no trailing slash) and in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces#User it literally says

This page and subpages of it can be used by users to […] test and draft new content.

Edit: also you probably want to explain "why" because otherwise the answer to "why not" is "because no why"

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:29:47 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315275&action=new <![CDATA[[SOLVED] Plasma 6.8 update: kwin is forcibly drawing window frames]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315225&action=new Possibly, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315272

seth wrote:

overzealously

wink

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:54:58 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315225&action=new <![CDATA[ca-certificates-mozilla-3.131.1-1 removes emsign ECC certificates G3]]> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315274&action=new Due to an upstream key compromise (https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org … MMvs?pli=1) the G3 Root was removed from the ca-certificates-mozilla-3.131.1-1 package.

This is a pretty serious change and at a minimum, broke sync'ing from several upstream pacman mirrors; rit.edu among them.

I didn't see a notice go out for this change but it feels like somewhat of a big deal. Am I just impatient?

]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:16:03 +0000 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=315274&action=new