I need help with the latest mkinitcpio.conf.pacnew file

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old

HOOKS=(base udev autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont resume block filesystems fsck)```

new

HOOKS=(base systemd autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard keymap sd-vconsole block filesystems fsck)```

i see two differences; consolefont vs sd-vconsole and resume vs nothing.

do i need to change or add something?

inxi 
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.61-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=2c155c12-a203-4f76-83f3-c5a47e892804 rw
    resume=UUID=906e149c-5c8b-4b11-91fd-041805a54c5a udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.3 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.20.0
    wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI D4 v: Rev 1.xx
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
    Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 1805 date: 10/30/2024
CPU:
  Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xB7 (183) stepping: 1
    microcode: 0x132
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 10 cores: 16 threads: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2
    st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
    KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 24 MiB desc: 8x2 MiB, 2x4 MiB L3: 30 MiB desc: 1x30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/5300:5400:4200 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: performance cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
    4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800
    14: 800 15: 800 16: 800 17: 800 18: 800 19: 800 20: 800 21: 800 22: 800
    23: 800 24: 800 bogomips: 164088
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
    conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nvidia v: 580.105.08 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
    non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2 empty: DP-1, DP-3,
    HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:24c9 class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 model: VG27AQML1A serial: <filter> built: 2023 res:
    mode: 2560x1440 hz: 240 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
    drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia
    x11: drv: nvidia inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 580.105.08
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.328 layers: 6 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 580.105.08 device-ID: 10de:24c9
    surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.61-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
    status: active tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-93-gbe2efb status: active
    with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 700 Series CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a70 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I226-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 07:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:125c class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel RST Volume Management Device Controller driver: vmd v: 0.6
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:a77f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 101.92 GiB (5.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 39.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B2QJXD7 temp: 38.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 922.42 GiB size: 906.86 GiB (98.31%)
    used: 101.92 GiB (11.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 332 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:8
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 29.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1440 libs: 396 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.06 GiB used: 3.12 GiB (10.1%)
  Processes: 415 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.4 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
    v: 5.3.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.40 ```
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My HOOKS() were basically the same as yours. I replaced the hooks completely with the new recommendations from the .pacnew file. There was a warning during boot that annoyed me, so I removed sd-vconsole and put back consolefont.

It seems to be working as expected, but now with a slightly faster boot. Of course, that would likely be attributed to also removing Plymouth.

If you wish to know more about these hooks, there is a list at the following link with descriptions:

Regards.

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i’m not sure but sd-vconsole seems to be related to encryption(which i don’t use) and Resume to resume from hybernation.

it seems fine to me as it is,

i’ll leave it like that.

Thanks.

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Neither do I, however sd-console seems to be a repacement for keymap and consolefont – the only thing mentioned about encryption relates to it’s position in the array:

Here, the systemd hook replaces the resume for hibernation (as well as several other hooks). I also saw a forum post briefly that suggested this might not be a good idea for everybody. I’m afraid I didn’t keep the link.

Regards.

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the .pacnew contains the new defaults

the difference between what you have and the new default is only the “resume” hook

put it in between “sd-vconsole” and “block”

make a copy of your original file, so you can go back if you want to for some reason

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Just to be clear, the change is as of now not obligatory. The new defaults are a optimisation, but the old ones still work. Besides, there is the exact same topic already.

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And they are redundant. See my post here.

The resume hook is no longer needed if you have the systemd hook.

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Correct - thank you for the reminder!
I just looked at the table here again:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mkinitcpio#Common_hooks

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