[Testing Update] 2025-12-13 - KDE Gear, Cosmic 1, NVIDIA

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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. Welcome to our new development cycle of Manjaro 25.1.0, code-named ‘Anh-Linh’.We will focus on Plasma 6.5 series and will introduce GNOME 49, maybe Cosmic 1.0 (Beta).

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Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

2025-04-17 - Andrew Crerar

Valkey, a high-performance key/value datastore, will be replacing redis in the [extra] repository. This change is due to Redis modifying its license from BSD-3-Clause to RSALv2 and SSPLv1 on March 20th, 2024.

Arch Linux Package Maintainers intend to support the availability of the redis package for roughly 14 days from the day of this post, to enable a smooth transition to valkey. After the 14 day transition period has ended, the redis package will be moved to the AUR. Also, from this point forward, the redis package will not receive any additional updates and should be considered deprecated until it is removed.

Users are recommended to begin transitioning their use of Redis to Valkey as soon as possible to avoid possible complications after the 14 day transition window closes.

– Arch Linux - News: Valkey to replace Redis in the [extra] Repository

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Notable Package Updates

Additional Info

Python 3.13 info

:information_source: You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to libpython3.12.so.

Print a list of of packages that have files in /usr/lib/python3.12/ :

pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12/

Rebuild them all at once:*

pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12)

Use rebuild-detector to see if anything else needs to be rebuilt:

 checkrebuild

* It’s recommended to clean your build cache first with pamac clean --build-files

Info about AUR packages

:warning: AUR (Arch User Repository) packages are neither supported by Arch nor Manjaro. Posts about them in Announcements topics are off-topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.

For help with AUR packages, please create a new topic in Support > AUR and a helpful volunteer may be able to assist you.

Get our latest daily developer images now from Github: Plasma, GNOME, XFCE. You can get the latest stable releases of Manjaro from CDN77.

Our current supported kernels

  • linux54 5.4.302 [EOL]
  • linux510 5.10.247
  • linux515 5.15.197
  • linux61 6.1.159
  • linux66 6.6.119
  • linux612 6.12.62
  • linux617 6.17.12
  • linux618 6.18.1
  • linux61-rt 6.1.158_rt58
  • linux66-rt 6.6.116_rt66
  • linux612-rt 6.12.57_rt14
  • linux617-rt 6.17.5_rt7

Package Changes (12/12/25 17:36 CET)

  • testing core x86_64: 18 new and 18 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 710 new and 741 removed package(s)
  • testing multilib x86_64: 5 new and 5 removed package(s)

A list of all changes can be found here.

  • No issue, everything went smoothly
  • Yes there was an issue. I was able to resolve it myself.(Please post your solution)
  • Yes i am currently experiencing an issue due to the update. (Please post about it)
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Known issues and solutions

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Please RTFT (Read This Fine Thread) first before reporting the same issues over and over again!

Note: Do not forget to review your .pacnew files:

:arrow_right: 2025-12-13

2025-12-09

.NET packages may require manual intervention

2025-12-11 - George Rawlinson

The following packages may require manual intervention due to the upgrade from 9.0 to 10.0:

  • aspnet-runtime
  • aspnet-targeting-pack
  • dotnet-runtime
  • dotnet-sdk
  • dotnet-source-built-artifacts
  • dotnet-targeting-pack

pacman may display the following error failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) for the affected packages.

If you are affected by this and require the 9.0 packages, the following commands will update e.g. aspnet-runtime to aspnet-runtime-9.0:

pacman -Syu aspnet-runtime-9.0

pacman -Rs aspnet-runtime

– Arch Linux - News: .NET packages may require manual intervention

2025-11-10

mkinitcpio v40 disabled fallback image creation for new installs

mkinitcpio v40, packaging changes and kernel-install - Arch-dev-public - lists.archlinux.org
This is only affects new installs as we can’t change the hook files on existing installs.

To disable fallback image creation on older installed systems

  • Change PRESETS=('default' 'fallback') line to PRESETS=('default') in the respective .preset files in /etc/mkinitcpio.d/.
  • Regenerate initramfs - sudo mkinitcpio -P
  • Update boot loader - sudo update-grub

Warning
Disabling all fallback initramfs generation will deprive you of another option to boot into the system in case a default initramfs fails. Before proceeding, make sure you have a bootable installation medium for rescue purposes on hand.

2025-09-28

2025-09-27

Heads up: Gnome 49 is here and wayland is the default.

Previous testing threads:

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There is an error while building dkms modules for evdi (displayport):

sudo dkms install --no-depmod evdi/1.14.11 -k 6.18.1-1-MANJARO
[sudo] Passwort für joerg: 
Sign command: /usr/lib/modules/6.18.1-1-MANJARO/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub

Building module(s)...(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=6.18.1-1-MANJARO all INCLUDEDIR=/lib/modules/6.18.1-1-MANJARO/build/include KVERSION=6.18.1-1-MANJARO DKMS_BUILD=1

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.18.1-1-MANJARO (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/evdi/1.14.11/build/make.log for more information.

make.log says:

evdi_modeset.c: In Funktion »evdi_cursor_atomic_update«:
evdi_modeset.c:346:39: Fehler: »struct drm_device« hat kein Element namens »struct_mutex«
  346 |                 mutex_lock(&plane->dev->struct_mutex);
      |                                       ^~
evdi_modeset.c:372:41: Fehler: »struct drm_device« hat kein Element namens »struct_mutex«
  372 |                 mutex_unlock(&plane->dev->struct_mutex);
      |  

...

evdi_gem.c: In Funktion »evdi_gem_mmap«:
evdi_gem.c:405:24: Fehler: »struct drm_device« hat kein Element namens »struct_mutex«
  405 |         mutex_lock(&dev->struct_mutex);
      |                        ^~
evdi_gem.c:433:26: Fehler: »struct drm_device« hat kein Element namens »struct_mutex«
  433 |         mutex_unlock(&dev->struct_mutex);

Solved by re-installing evdi-dkms

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I still facing this sound issues under GNOME with kernel 6.18. Sound issues even happen if I watch a video on Youtube and scroll down to the comments. Obviously not a major thing, but a bit annoying.

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I have also experienced sound issues at times. I normally run 4 different work spaces with sound in one, futures and crypto realtime charts in others. One of the things I almost habitually do now is change the cpu governor with

cpupower -c all frequency-set -g performance

from an su shell. I think in my case its being somewhat limited hardware wise, system is a Lenovo Neo 50 q 13th generation core I5 with 24GB RAM. This might be a workaround for you. Also note I run GKrellm and keep an eye on system temps FWTW. Hope this helps you for a temporary workaround.

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Thanks, I appreciate the hint, but it has nothing to do with my CPU performance profile. I got quite a strong CPU, so I would assume simple video sound without any other load on the system should not ran into performance issues.

I rather assume it has something to do with the way content is handled which is not in the visual view port, like switching workspace or scrolling away the video player. Might be some Wayland AMD thingy, I suppose.

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after updating, my xfce panel keeps (inconsistently) autohiding, even though that is disabled. being drawn behind the desktop.

edit: and a gui terminal window is unusable. it keeps trying to draw the desktop OVER the window, and takes several seconds to switch back with every keypress. it’s even flickering if i set that window to always on top.

edit 2: 580 release feedback & discussion - #924 by scott-nv - Linux - NVIDIA Developer Forums

edit 2.5: the reporter above is on 6.18 but i am on 6.12

edit 3: i downgraded all the relevant nvidia packages to 580.105 (and matching kernel) and the problems are resolved. (yes, partial updates are not supported.)

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Sound issues here too. Crackles all the time. :confounded_face: Update:
I rolled back the update and just updated the kernels. Rebooted and now no sound issues. On to dig deeper.

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can you help me to do the same downgrading? I am not very experienced in the terminal judo )

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