[Stable Update] 2025-07-12 - Kernels, Systemd, GNOME, NVIDIA, Plasma, Firefox, VLC splits

[wytek]

I can’t update getting the following error

could not satisfy dependencies:

• removing lib32-libjpeg-turbo breaks dependency ‘lib32-libjpeg-turbo’ required by lib32-gdk-pixbuf2
• removing lib32-libjpeg-turbo breaks dependency ‘libjpeg.so=8-32’ required by lib32-libtiff

[alexH]

I do not consider it as an actual issue but I kde Application Launcher did not display the highlight when hovering over an item. Deleting plasmashell folder inside .cache fixed the issue for me.

[RuKsu]

Should I report it here? Well…
Just faced a mirror issue solved by running the command sudo pacman-mirrors -f && sudo pacman -Syu (via TTY).

Pacman was reporting that the mirror.komelt.dev was too slow before the update sudo pacman -Syu (I did it via TTY) and I confirmed in https://repo.manjaro.org/ that it is N/A.

So far the Stable Update status is “No issue, everything went smoothly”.

Sorry about if I post this message in wrong topic .

[kyrindorx]

Hey folks, thx for the update! What the status about the rollout of KDE Plasma 6.4.x? Its done, when its done?

[beermad]

A couple of notes that may be relevant to some users.

1. Darktable no longer honours changes to the UI, so if, for example, you close certain panels, or expect the filter panel to reopen in the same condition, this will be ignored. The only solution I’ve found at present is to downgrade it. I’ve raised an upstream bug about this.
2. The crash when restoring files using backintime has reappeared with the latest update. To fix this, comment out line 82 of /usr/share/backintime/qt/restoredialog.py.

[peiner85]

Ok, no more black screen, the system boots on kernel 6.15. However, both the Plymouth screen and the lightdm login manager have a low resolution. When I log in to the system, I have my selected resolution still (1920x1080). I don’t know what’s going on, but let’s just say that apart from what I wrote earlier, the system is running normally.

[41a]

After the upgrade, the system does not wake up from sleep. The notebook LED shows the typical sleep LED status. Opening the notebook lid - nothing happens. Also pressing on power - nothing happens. Only a hard reset works to reboot the system.

Any suggestions what could be the reason for this? Kernel 6.6, on a Lenovo T470 hardware.

[fbt89]

@Arrababiski

VLC

I’m on a intel system and VLC wouldn’t play any videos with the error "codec not found. vlc-plugin-ffmpeg was not installed, doing so fixed it

[mereo]

Yes, the stable branch focuses on stability, which is why KDE in the stable branch was updated to version 6.3.6. Currently, KDE 6.4 is in the unstable branch: Branch compare for Manjaro.

[wuschel109]

@wytek You might want to

1. remove orphans
   sudo pacman -Qtdq | sudo pacman -Rns -
   Maybe the 32 bit library is not used any more.
2. Try again

If that fails and this is the ONLY dependency issue, you might want to try
sudo pacman --nodeps -Syyu

But please beware: This MIGHT break your system!

The more recommendable way is to check which applications needs lib32-libjpeg-turbo and remove that application and the 32 bit library.

[Vidar]

Strange output after the update and restart:

LC_ALL=C sudo pacman -Syu                                                                 ✔
[sudo] password for vidar:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: ksystemstats: local (6.4.0-1) is newer than extra (6.3.6-1)
there is nothing to do

ok, there is nothing to do, but …

[Aragorn]

@Vidar

warning: ksystemstats: local (6.4.0-1) is newer than extra (6.3.6-1)

For this particular update, you should use…

sudo pacman -Syuu

I’ve already mentioned this higher up the thread.

[Vidar]

@Aragorn

sudo pacman -Syuu

thx @Aragorn , sorry, have this before no readed at all

[tenebra]

I had the same problem, VLC refused to play any videos (only audio). What eventually helped was deleting the cache and the settings: .cache/vlc, .local/share/vlc and .config/vlc

[Arrababiski]

@tenebra

I had the same problem, VLC refused to play any videos (only audio).

Solution is in message #14:

[Stable Update] 2025-07-12 - Kernels, Systemd, GNOME, NVIDIA, Plasma, Firefox, VLC splits

Initially couldn’t play matroska videos with VLC, due to previously-mentioned change to plugins. Solved by installing vlc-plugins-all, which is probably over the top, but makes sure I don’t get caught out with missing plugins for other files. This update also fixes the problem with AMD firmware for kernel 6.15.

@fbt89

I’m on a intel system and VLC wouldn’t play any videos with the error "codec not found. vlc-plugin-ffmpeg was not installed, doing so fixed it

I also installed vlc-plugin-ffmpeg and VLC showed an error with H265 files. Installing vlc-plugins-all package was the definitive solution for me.

[wytek]

Thanks, Doing the --nodeps update seems to have worked without reprecusions for now

[Gareth42]

Updated with -Syuu as previously mentioned. Everything went smoothly. I tested VLC and it seems to work fine without needing to install anything.

[Mountain.Man]

Installing vlc-plugins-all fixed VLC for me as well.

[DrRevert]

Hi, after the update the GPU passthrough in QEMU/KVM stopped working for me. Windows guests are unable to use the device because of the error 43.

EDIT: It appears that the kernel upgrade from 6.12.34-1 to 6.12.37-1 is the culprit. From what I found online, people are reporting that kernel 6.12.x is breaking their current GPU passthrough setups mostly with AMD cards.
EDIT 2: Switching to another kernel (6.15.6-1) worked for me, at least for now.