[Testing Update] 2026-04-07 - GNOME 50, Plasma 6.6.4, Firefox, Haskell

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Hello Manjaro user community, here we have another set of package updates. This might mark the start of the development cycle of the upcoming ‘Bian-May’ release series. With this we aim to update the default kernel to 7.0 series. Also there will be Plasma 6.6 series, KDE Gears 26.04 and GNOME 50 release series. XFCE will stay at 4.20 this release cycle. A release of ‘Bian-May’ can be expected end of April, beginning of May. Let us know any issues you may found thus far …

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New in Manjaro GNOME!

When choosing an accent color in Settings, the folder colors will now change automatically to match when using the Papirus Dark or Papirus Light icon theme.

To try it out, install gnome-shell-extension-papirus-folders-colorizer from Add/Remove Software, logout / login and enable Papirus Folder Colorizer from Extensions.

Or, if you prefer the command line:

Install:

sudo pacman -Syu gnome-shell-extension-papirus-folders-colorizer

Enable the extension:

 gnome-extensions enable papirus-folders-colorizer@NiffirgkcaJ.github.com

Logout:

gnome-session-quit --logout

Also, when applying accent colors from Layout Switcher settings, it will also set the matching folder color. Requires accent-color-change r172.c761c84-2 or newer.

KDE Plasma users with SDDM can now migrate to Plasma Login Manager

After ensuring plasma-login-manager 6.5.90-1 (or newer) is installed, run the following:

sudo pacman -Syu plasma-login-manager
systemctl disable sddm
systemctl enable plasmalogin
sudo pacman -R sddm-kcm sddm
NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal support

With the update to driver version 590, the NVIDIA driver no longer supports Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs or older.

Impact: Updating the NVIDIA packages on systems with Pascal, Maxwell, or older cards will fail to load the driver, which may result in a broken graphical environment.

Intervention required for Pascal/older users: Users with GTX 10xx series and older cards must switch to a legacy driver to maintain support:

  • Install the official linuxXXX-nvidia-575xx, linuxXXX-nvidia-570xx, or related DKMS packages.
  • Manjaro 26.0 Anh-Linh released
  • Manjaro Summit public Alpha now available
  • As of Linux 5.4.302, the 5.4 series is now EOL (End Of Life). Please install 5.10 LTS (Long Term Support) or 5.15 LTS.
  • As of Linux 6.16.12, the 6.16 series is now EOL (End Of Life). Please install 6.18 LTS (Long Term Support) and/or 6.12 LTS.
  • As of Linux 6.17.13, the 6.17 series is now EOL (End Of Life). Please install 6.18 LTS (Long Term Support) and/or 6.12 LTS.
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Notable Package Updates

Additional Info

Python 3.14 info

:information_source: You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to libpython3.13.so.

Print a list of of packages that have files in /usr/lib/python3.13/ :

pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.13/

Rebuild them all at once:*

pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.13)

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

  • linux510 5.10.252
  • linux515 5.15.202
  • linux61 6.1.167
  • linux66 6.6.133
  • linux612 6.12.80
  • linux618 6.18.21
  • linux619 6.19.11
  • linux70 7.0.0rc7
  • linux61-rt 6.1.166_rt61
  • linux66-rt 6.6.129_rt70
  • linux612-rt 6.12.74_rt16
  • linux617-rt 6.17.5_rt7

Package Changes (4/7/26 20:45 CEST)

  • testing core x86_64: 6 new and 6 removed package(s)
  • testing extra x86_64: 1597 new and 1676 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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[Testing Updates] 2026-04-06 - Kernels, Mesa, Godot, Haskell, ROCm, TexLive, Parental Controls
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Known issues and solutions

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2026-04-06

udev-usb-sync and kernel 7.0-rc

If you experience slow transfers to USB attached disks, remove the package udev-usb-sync. It is not known why the 7.0 kernel causes this. There may be a regression of some sort. Awaiting the final release of the 7.0 kernel before jumping to conclusions.

See [Unstable Update] April 2026 thread for more info

Previous testing threads:

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I appreciate this distribution. The little details like teaching me how to change from SDDM to Plasma Login Manager and uninstalling the old package? That’s just great. And the fact that out-of-box I get HDR and VRR support is also fun.

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Just found a minor issue a couple of hours after updating.

firefox v149.0.2 on my Plasma Wayland system doesn’t allow me to to select text in the address bar. The first click of the mouse highlights the full address, however a second click of the mouse to select part of the text or move the cursor to the end of the address (using either my keyboard or the mouse) causes the cursor to freeze in one place on the line (usually near the middle of the URL address).

I’ve downgraded to firefox v149.0.1 and added firefox & firefox-i18n-en-us to my ignore list for the time being. Hopefully a fix will arrive soon in v149.0.3.

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I just tested this on my Plasma Wayland system with Firefox 149.0.2 and it works as designed. I’ve an AMD GPU if that matters

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Maybe it is to do with my setup (I have my address box & search box separate), or it could be a conflicting add-on. I’ll install 149.0.2 again & see if it happens with add-ons disabled (firefox --safe-mode).

Edit: firefox 149.0.2 worked fine in --safe-mode, and now seems to be working as it should be with all add-ons enabled. None of my add-ons have been updated since yesterday, so I’m not sure what caused the issue. I’ll just blame it on a glitch.

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I am not seeing that on mine.

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Additional Packages to this one:

:: Package Changes (4/7/26 21:31 CEST)

  - testing extra x86_64:  26 new and 26 removed package(s)

:: Different overlay package(s) in repository extra x86_64

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             PACKAGE           2026-04-07           2026-04-08
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
gnome-shell-extension-background-logo              49.0-1               50.0-1
     gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect                 71-1     71+27+g35bc599-1
              manjaro-gnome-settings           20260221-1           20260221-2
                        plasma-setup              6.6.3-1              6.6.4-1


:: Different sync package(s) in repository extra x86_64

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             PACKAGE           2026-04-07           2026-04-08
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                              bazaar             0.7.12-2             0.7.13-1
                                gvim           9.2.0315-1           9.2.0316-1
        haskell-contravariant-extras            0.3.5.4-7            0.3.5.4-8
                       haskell-hasql           1.6.1.1-15           1.6.1.1-16
    haskell-hasql-dynamic-statements           0.3.1.2-14           0.3.1.2-15
             haskell-hasql-implicits          0.1.0.5-333          0.1.0.5-334
         haskell-hasql-notifications          0.2.0.5-105          0.2.0.5-106
                  haskell-hasql-pool           0.8.0.2-15           0.8.0.2-16
           haskell-hasql-transaction           1.0.1.2-15           1.0.1.2-16
haskell-template-haskell-compat-v0208           0.1.9.5-3            0.1.9.6-1
                           postgrest            10.1.0-15            10.1.0-16
                       python-cogapp              3.5.1-1              3.6.0-1
                python-dogpile.cache              1.4.0-1              1.4.1-1
              python-huggingface-hub            1:1.8.0-1            1:1.9.1-1
                   python-jsonpickle              4.0.2-1              4.0.3-1
                python-keystoneauth1             5.11.0-1             5.11.1-1
                  python-marshmallow             3.22.0-1             3.23.0-1
                    python-maxminddb              2.8.1-1              2.8.2-1
                    python-mongomock              4.1.1-1              4.1.2-1
                 python-openstacksdk              4.7.0-1              4.8.0-1
                                 vim           9.2.0315-1           9.2.0316-1
                         vim-runtime           9.2.0315-1           9.2.0316-1
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Whenever I get these glitches with Firefox, create a new profile and re-synchronise to make sure it’s not something in the fresh code vs old profile.

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Manjaro Gnome (NVIDIA): Overview animation is a bit stuttery after upgrading.

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Not surprisingly, broke tons of extensions since it included the update to gnome-shell 50. Every one that broke for me was fixed by updating metadata.json to include “50”:

Bing Wallpaper
Clipboard Indicator
Drive Activity Indicator
GSConnect
No overview at startup
Open Bar
Status Area Horizontal Spacing
Pamac Updates Indicator

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Were you ever able to resolve this stuttering issue? I’ve got a friend with a similar setup (Gnome, nVidia), but he’s running Fedora and he’s got a similar thing going on.

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Unfortunately, the stuttering persists. Haven’t really tried anything yet. I had a similar issue on my old machine (also Gnome + Nvidia) when Gnome got rid of the X session. Back then it resolved after a few updates.

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For me the internal microfon is not working anymore.
If in use, the symbol is on the panel. It is ON, on 100%
But no function. Loudspeaker are working.
Plasma 6.6.4, Kernel 6.18 + 6.19, pipewire

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I had an issue with Firefox 149.0.2 concerning the address bar selection, too. Suddenly, after hours of browsing, I was not able to use the the address bar. It just didn’t accept any input. But, I am on GNOME 49 Wayland, still. See also 2031130 - Toolbar buttons and address bar stop functioning.

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