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kasu1590:
1. Shutdown Problems
Whenever I try to shut down Manjaro, it frequently doesn’t complete the process. This issue has been persistent since installation. I’m not seeing any specific error messages, so I’m not sure what’s causing the system to hang during shutdown.
Session restore on login is currently broken in Plasma and prevents it from shutting down properly. You need to disable it — set it to start with an empty session — and reboot.
kasu1590:
2. Partition Access Issues
I’m also experiencing issues with partition access. I’m using KDE Plasma, and while I can successfully mount partitions, I’m often prompted for authentication to access them. Ideally, I’d like my user to access /run/media without needing sudo, but the system currently doesn’t allow this.
Please see the following two elaborate tutorials.
Difficulty: ★★★☆☆
Note: This post is meant as a tutorial. Please do not post on this thread regarding any problems you’re having with permissions, but start a new thread instead. Thank you.
PREAMBLE: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
If you are new to the world of GNU/Linux ─ and especially if you come from the Microsoft Windows ecosystem ─ then you will undoubtedly have already noticed that GNU/Linux handles permissions and storage volumes quite differently from what you might be used to …
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆
1. INTRODUCTION
Microsoft Windows started its life as a graphical user interface on top of MS-DOS, a 16-bit single-user, single-tasking operating system that in turn originated as 86DOS, an unauthorized 16-bit rewrite (by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer) of Digital Research’s originally 8-bit CP/M operating system. Both CP/M and MS-DOS were at the time developed for computers that did not support any other storage media than floppy disks.
Considering this legacy, Microsof…
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