[Testing Update] 2026-03-11 - Kernels, Plasma, KDE Gear, COSMIC, NVIDIA, LibreOffice

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I pushed missing packages to this update. I also retriggered the CI. Most likely all 6.5.6 should be present now already …

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I didn’t notice that, I ran kinfo and saw the number went up… so I ASS-U-MEd it was done… but for sure, it has disappeared into the ether… in pamac-gui I see 6.5.5.-1

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Thanks @philm . I just successfully updated to plasma-desktop v6.5.6:

[2026-03-12T16:45:07+1100] [ALPM] upgraded plasma-desktop (6.5.5-1 -> 6.5.6-1)
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With gnome-control-center moving to version 49.5-1 the issues mentioned in thread Bluetooth connection leads to gnome crash are finally solved.

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Having an issue with pipewire or wireplumber that prevents me from connecting a hardware MIDI controller (M-Audio Keystation 88 MK3) output to other nodes’ inputs following the updates, previously working just fine. Can’t use the pw MIDI Bridge or ALSA nodes in qpwgraph, qjackctrl, helvum or cables, so it isn’t just a qpwgraph thing.

Anyone else experienced this?

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Happy to report that Magnet Links can be added again in transmisson-gtk 4.1.1.

Though there are several other bugs that aren’t as severe…

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When trying to update I get the follow error: unable to satisfy dependency ‘plasma-keyboard’ required by plasma-meta.

I have tried changing the mirrors but I don’t find a plasma-keyboard package even if I search manually via the pacman -Ss plasma-keyboard command or in the GUI.

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My search results:

pacman -Ss plasma-keyboard
extra/plasma-keyboard 0.1.0-1
    Virtual Keyboard for Qt based desktops

Try this:

sudo pacman -S plasma-keyboard

If this doesn’t resolve the issue, please create a new Support topic, and provide system information, logs and any other detail that might be useful.

Regards.

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Remove plasma-meta. You will lost nothing.
It just the package

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Thanks this worked.
Strangely I still can’t see the plasma-keyboard package even with different mirrors.
Is it meant to be in the testing branch mirrors?
I don’t need it, just curious if I somehow have an issue that might return later.

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Ah, that was missed as there was no 6.5.6 release. plasma-keyboard 0.1.0-1.0 will be available shortly.

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It’s not, at least not yet.

There is a new version of plasma-keyboard – it looks like it’s in Unstable but hasn’t reached Testing (yet).

mbn info plasma-keyboard -q
Branch        : archlinux
Name          : plasma-keyboard
Version       : 6.6.2-1
Repository    : extra
Build Date    : Wed 04 Mar 2026 07:59:44
Packager      : Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
Branch        : unstable
Name          : plasma-keyboard
Version       : 6.6.2-1
Repository    : extra
Build Date    : Wed 04 Mar 2026 07:59:44
Packager      : Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
Branch        : stable
Name          : plasma-keyboard
Version       : 0.1.0-1
Repository    : extra
Build Date    : Sat 08 Nov 2025 00:20:34
Packager      : Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
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Great thanks! All working perfect here after removing plasma-meta anyway :slight_smile:

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Actually the FIRST TIME in six years of using Manjaro I’ve ever had a problem caused by an AUR package. It had installed a wireplumber 4.0 compatibility library that was causing problems with the wireplumber upgrade from 3/11. So if anybody else has this issue, check to see if you installed pwvucontrol from the AUR and if so, remove it and you’ll be good.

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pamac is still buggy, dont use it, stick to pacman

zsh: terminated pamac upgrade
it just stops middle installation and breaks your system

I write this note as I dont see this problem in the known issues

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I believe the problem is pamac-manager GTK4. I still have the GTK3 version on 2 of my computers, and i experience no problems at all. While on the other hand after I installed the GTK4 version on this machine, it crashed the system during or apparently at the end of the update.

Personally, since the GTK3 version is or will be deprecated, I’ll be moving to Octopi for a Graphical package manager (for distro packages and the AUR) and dealing with flatpaks seperately

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ISOs including this update: Release 202603140543 · manjaro/release-review · GitHub Please test and give feedback …

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With kernel 6.19 I had problems with the behavior of the mouse wheel of my Logitech G502 X in KDE Plasma (extremely slow scrolling, sometimes turning the wheel one notch wasn’t recognized at all…).

The workaround I found here - blacklisting the hid_logitech_hidpp module - resolved the issue for me.

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