System sometimes fails to wake from suspend

[Aragorn]

Welcome to the forum!

@tomass

I did update to 6.1.55-1-MANJARO (LTS) a few months ago (not sure if that’s when the issue started happening), and there was a problem that pacman seemed to be using the older kernel

What you are describing here-above doesn’t make any sense. pacman is a package manager; it does not “use” any kernel — not in the way you are describing, anyway.

Also, your system is not up to date. The kernel you are running has already been updated to 6.1.60-1 by now, and the rest of your system will quite possibly not be up to date either.

I also strongly suspect that you won’t have tended to your .pacnew files, which is why I’m going to be posting the following essay for you to consider…

[Consideration] Is Manjaro the right distribution for you?

Manjaro is NOT suitable for absolute beginners No, it’s not. And we — as the helpful community members of this forum — regularly have to explain this to the newcomers. Or at least, if we get the chance, because it is not exactly unheard of that a vocal newbie throws it out there themselves in a fit of frustration — if not arrogance or entitlement, because there’s a lot of that going round as well. So why is Manjaro not a distribution for absolute beginners? 1. Manjaro is a rolling-release d…