Known issues and solutions
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Pamac Update Indicator is black/invisible/blurry
See here for more information. Nothing to be concerned about.
System takes a long time to boot
If you’ve got errors like Failed to start Network Manager Wait Online. you can try removing systemd from passwd and group in /etc/nsswitch.conf as described here
I think I’ve some font problems
With the update of fontconfig some major rules how fonts get applied changed. Make sure that your system has ttf-dejavu installed. A more in depth explanation can be found here.
Gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell is currently incompatible with wayland
… and causes the system to freeze when the first window is tiled and can render it unbootable. Solution is a hard reset and disabling either pop shell or wayland. If the system becomes unbootable, use a live USB to edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf to disable wayland and reboot.
telegram is not following gtk theme anymore
Settings > Advanced > System integration > Use system window frame
LibreOffice Fresh (at least Writer) is generally unresponsive (tab & Enter keys not working and other issues)
Leave all configuration files, extensions, etc. in place. Replace LibreOffice Fresh with LibreOffice Still.
Older issues
(2020-05-19) systemd 245.5 and old Plymouth
If you have an older Manjaro installation from 2017 or so, you might still have Plymouth installed. If you hadn’t updated it from AUR, it is recommended to remove Plymouth before you attempt to update systemd. If for some reason you updated already and now have issues, login to a TTY and disable Plymouth:
- Ctrl + Alt + F3 and login
- sudo pacman -R plymouth
- you may want to check if the wanted display manager still works and enable its service if needed.
For more details and possible further steps on Plymouth removal see Plymouth - Manjaro Linux In particular you need to remove the “plymouth” hook from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and rebuild your initramfs.
Search the forum for additional Plymouth troubleshooting. 0.9.4.r269.g23afdeb-2 should fix the issue.
(2020-04-19) System with amdgpu won’t reboot or power off correctly
This was a kernel regression and has been patched in 5.4.33-2, 5.5.18-2, and 5.6.5-2. Check again for updates.
Report any AUR breakage here.