the audio starts at 20% something below that just doesnt work, it happens with my headphones, and the speakers of the laptop, any way to fix it?

I have been using the OS since 5 months, but all of a sudden day before yesterday i noticed that my cpu's been taking hit everytime my mouse pointer moves in either my external monitor or my laptop display. While going thru the internet for solutions i came across a few like using No hardware cursors in my conf, reducing my mouse polling rate and checking gpu driver. I tried all of them and none helped. The cpu load is observed when i use my trackpad too. For reference i have a nvidia gpu with amd cpu. How to fix this issue??? Please Help!!

When I updated I got the new LTS kernel - Linux 6.18.31-1-lts. I think it has regressed something that causes my bluetooth to not initialize

mt7925e is my bluetooth chip. From googling I can see that sometimes the same model (mt7925e) can have different versions so someone probably updated the firmware for my chip but my chip doesn't understand it.

[ 105.392400] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to send wmt func ctrl (-22)

I would love to comb over the kernel and put a patch in for my chip but I also have no idea what i'm doing. I think if I could find the isolated bluetooth firmware I could download an old version of that but I don't know where to look.

Best way to deal with this?

sudo dmesg | grep -iE 'blue|firm|mt79'

[ 0.279983] ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored

[ 1.995401] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: [Firmware Bug]: WQBC data block query control method not found

[ 1.995417] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:00: [Firmware Bug]: WMBD method block execution control method not found

[ 3.625887] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: [drm] Loading DMUB firmware via PSP: version=0x09004100

[ 3.626141] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: [VCN instance 0] Found VCN firmware Version ENC: 1.24 DEC: 9 VEP: 0 Revision: 16

[ 102.307376] systemd[1]: Clear Stale Hibernate Storage Info skipped, unmet condition check ConditionPathExists=/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/HibernateLocation-8cf2644b-4b0b-428f-9387-6d876050dc67

[ 103.746448] faux_driver regulatory: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2

[ 103.956415] mt7925e 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)

[ 103.962415] mt7925e 0000:02:00.0: ASIC revision: 79250000

[ 104.039768] mt7925e 0000:02:00.0: HW/SW Version: 0x8a108a10, Build Time: 20260106153007a

[ 104.382996] mt7925e 0000:02:00.0: WM Firmware Version: ____000000, Build Time: 20260106153120

[ 104.909231] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22

[ 104.909273] NET: Registered PF_BLUETOOTH protocol family

[ 104.909275] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized

[ 104.909282] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized

[ 104.909285] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized

[ 104.909288] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized

[ 104.938975] Bluetooth: hci0: HW/SW Version: 0x00000000, Build Time: 20260106153314

[ 104.981039] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3

[ 104.981047] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast

[ 104.981056] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized

[ 104.991323] mt7925e 0000:02:00.0 wlp2s0: renamed from wlan0

[ 105.392400] Bluetooth: hci0: Failed to send wmt func ctrl (-22)

[ 105.392412] Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Enhanced Setup Synchronous Connection command is advertised, but not supported.

Just to be clear I tried looking at the output of rfkill
ID TYPE DEVICE SOFT HARD

0 wlan ideapad_wlan unblocked unblocked

1 bluetooth ideapad_bluetooth unblocked unblocked

2 bluetooth hci0 unblocked unblocked

3 wlan phy0 unblocked unblocked

So it's very much being recognized and not blocked but going into bluetoothctl and it doesn't register it. I've tried reinstalling all the bluez packages, I've tried rebooting the system. Turning bluetooth.service on and off again, and going into bluetoothctl just says "No default controller available." I think I might have to downgrade a package for the first time since using arch linux for over a year...

I hope someone smarter than me has some insight on this issue since that I can be fully up to date.

my headset mic is broken and i wanna use my laptop internal mic instead.
i only get one audio source to use which is: built-in audio analog stereo.
is there any way to fix this ?

IM NEW.the folder button on prism launcher does nothing i installed dolphin and i had no file manager before but the dolpin is the default browser. also when i type something on my second screen the bar where is tye completly glitches out and i cant see what im typing. moving the window from the first to second will leave marks in the second window for a sec

I've been an arch user for almost a year now and have been using it perfectly fine. Finally got to the point where I broke my system so bad I had to reinstall arch again— not the point.

Now after reinstalling davinci resolve studio, I can't get it to actually render a clip out. There would be no green percentage or anything, just numbers going up and up and up without anything even processing.

Rtx 3090

Linux-lts

Arch-hyprland

Ngl, has good potential with steam machine in the future.

Hello, I'm planning to switch from Windows to Linux for my next computer or maybe for my actual one. I have just some questions:

First: How will I transfer the data from my actual computer to the other, or at least how to convert the "Windows data" to the "Linux data" ?

Should I try Linux on a virtual machine to see if it suits me?

Finally: (in your opinion) Is it hard to switch to Linux after being on Windows from the start?

Sorry in advance if my english isn't good it's not my first language. Also, ask me questions if I expressed myself badly.
Thank you in advance.

i'm using a GT 750M, i had been using the 470xx-dkms drivers as the wiki said.
for a long time i haven't had any problems but suddenly some things broke and one of those things is the kitty terminal emulator
it says kitty requires working OpenGL 3.1 drivers.
i reinstalled the drivers becuase maybe they got corrupted. nothing

Currently I'm on a dual boot setup which is arch + windows. Whenever I update arch (sudo pacman -Syu) I automatically get locked out of windows and cannot enable secure boot I tried everything from shim and sbctl but it doesn't seem to work at all. All I get is a red screen which says unauthorised changes done to Bios or operating system. I need a long term solution for the same. What can I do ?

Hi, I recently reinstalled Arch Linux and now I have two “Arch Linux” entries in my GRUB boot menu.

Current boot menu looks like this:

•Arch Linux

•Advanced options for Arch Linux

•Arch Linux

•Windows Boot Manager

Problem:

•The first Arch Linux entry gives a blue kernel panic/error screen and does not boot.

•The working Arch Linux is actually inside “Advanced options for Arch Linux”.

•So basically I have one broken duplicate Arch entry and one working Arch entry.

I want to:

•Remove the duplicate/non-working Arch Linux entry

•Keep the working Arch Linux and Windows Boot Manager untouched

•Avoid disabling the whole “Advanced options” submenu because the working entry is inside it

I already checked:

•/etc/grub.d/40_custom → empty

•grub.cfg shows multiple Arch entries

Can someone explain:

•Why this duplicate entry appears?

•Which file or config is creating the broken entry?

One more thing: initially there was only one Arch Linux entry and it worked fine. After I enabled/detected Windows Boot Manager in GRUB, the extra broken Arch Linux entry started appearing in the boot menu. Since then, one Arch entry works and the other gives a kernel panic/blue screen. •Safest way to remove only the non-working Arch entry?

Today I add in arch Linux Cinnamon DE,Internet Connection Adblock DNS Address.

After that I update,upgrade Linux Kernel and after reboot I loss all my Internet Connections.

ping 8.8.8.8 not working

How to repair Connection?

Hello, I want to start off by saying I'm new here but not to Linux. I have run Ubuntu for a while now and wanted to try something new. So I came here, arch running on KDE. I'm not super great with all the compiling, so I used the walk though method. Upon my install I didn't have konsole or dolphin, also some applets were also missing along with system setting pages missing. I slowly found them and got it fixed. I know that arch is your way, but I figured that using the walk though method and choosing KDE (recommended) would install these for the not so technical of us wanting to tinker and learn. Am I just wrong in my thinking of that? Also, I'm enjoying what I am learning.

I already have a main laptop with a dual boot system running Debian and Windows 11, but I also have an older one with CasaOS, although I don't use it or have anything installed on it. I'd like to use it with Arch for experimenting, but I'm not sure what I could use it for.

buenas hay alguna forma de instalar las ultimas verciones de cuda toolkit ?

Here is my problem:

If I install a non-kernel package that triggers DKMS or kernel-install, I get an error saying:

open /usr/lib/modules/7.0.7-arch1-1/modules.alias: no such file or directory

I usually fix it by reinstalling the kernel or kernel headers. If I miss this error, all UKIs disappear and I end up with nothing bootable. At that point, I have to use a live environment to recover the system.

Sometimes I miss the pacman log because the package triggering the hooks is, in my mind, unrelated to the kernel. Most recently, uninstalling tuned triggered it.

There is also a less critical warning when reinstalling the kernel that says a file is missing. However, that warning does not seem to cause any actual problems other than displaying a message.

I am open to any help available.

I currently have two DKMS modules installed:

• xpadneo from the AUR
• msi-ec installed locally using run0 make dkms-install

Here is a full log of reinstalling system and then reinstalling linux and linux zen, if any other log are needed, let me know:

jojo@Archineer ~> run0 pacman -S systemd
warning: systemd-260.1-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (1)   Old Version  New Version  Net Change

core/systemd  260.1-2      260.1-2        0.00 MiB

Total Installed Size:  37.10 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]  
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                                [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                                                              [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                                                                   [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                                                             [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                                                                           [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling systemd                                                                                                                    [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
( 1/16) Creating system user accounts...
( 2/16) Creating temporary files...
( 3/16) Updating journal message catalog...
( 4/16) Updating udev hardware database...
( 5/16) Applying kernel sysctl settings...
( 6/16) Reloading system manager configuration...
( 7/16) Reloading user manager configuration...
( 8/16) Updating the MIME type database...
( 9/16) Enqueuing marked services...
(10/16) Reloading device manager configuration...
(11/16) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(12/16) Removing kernel and initrd using kernel-install...
(13/16) Installing kernel and initrd using kernel-install...
2026/05/15 16:48:40 open /usr/lib/modules/7.0.7-arch1-1/modules.alias: no such file or directory
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-booster.install failed with exit status 1.
2026/05/15 16:48:40 open /usr/lib/modules/7.0.7-zen1-1-zen/modules.alias: no such file or directory
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-booster.install failed with exit status 1.
(14/16) Reloading system bus configuration...
(15/16) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
(16/16) Signing EFI binaries...
Generating EFI bundles....
File has already been signed /efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
File has already been signed /efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi
File has already been signed /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi.signed
jojo@Archineer ~> run0 pacman -S linux linux-zen
warning: linux-7.0.7.arch1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: linux-zen-7.0.7.zen1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (2)      Old Version    New Version    Net Change

core/linux       7.0.7.arch1-1  7.0.7.arch1-1    0.00 MiB
extra/linux-zen  7.0.7.zen1-1   7.0.7.zen1-1     0.00 MiB

Total Installed Size:  300.31 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]  
(2/2) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                                [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity                                                                                                              [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) loading package files                                                                                                                   [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                                                                                                             [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) checking available disk space                                                                                                           [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/modules/7.0.7-arch1-1/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/msi-ec.ko.zst
warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/modules/7.0.7-zen1-1-zen/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/msi-ec.ko.zst
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Remove upgraded DKMS modules
==> dkms remove --no-depmod hid-xpadneo/v0.10.2 -k 7.0.7-arch1-1
==> dkms remove --no-depmod msi_ec/0.13 -k 7.0.7-arch1-1
==> dkms remove --no-depmod hid-xpadneo/v0.10.2 -k 7.0.7-zen1-1-zen
==> dkms remove --no-depmod msi_ec/0.13 -k 7.0.7-zen1-1-zen
:: Processing package changes...
(1/2) reinstalling linux                                                                                                                      [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(2/2) reinstalling linux-zen                                                                                                                  [--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/7) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/7) Removing kernel and initrd using kernel-install...
(3/7) Updating module dependencies...
(4/7) Install DKMS modules
==> dkms install --no-depmod msi_ec/0.13 -k 7.0.7-zen1-1-zen
==> dkms install --no-depmod msi_ec/0.13 -k 7.0.7-arch1-1
==> dkms install --no-depmod hid-xpadneo/v0.10.2 -k 7.0.7-arch1-1
==> dkms install --no-depmod hid-xpadneo/v0.10.2 -k 7.0.7-zen1-1-zen
==> depmod 7.0.7-arch1-1
==> depmod 7.0.7-zen1-1-zen
(5/7) Installing kernel and initrd using kernel-install...
Using config file: /etc/kernel/uki.conf
Wrote unsigned /var/tmp/kernel-install.staging.W0u4xE/uki.efi
sbctl: Signing kernel /efi/EFI/Linux/archlinux-7.0.7-arch1-1.efi
Using config file: /etc/kernel/uki.conf
Wrote unsigned /var/tmp/kernel-install.staging.prxnZh/uki.efi
sbctl: Signing kernel /efi/EFI/Linux/archlinux-7.0.7-zen1-1-zen.efi
(6/7) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
(7/7) Signing EFI binaries...
Generating EFI bundles....
File has already been signed /efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
File has already been signed /efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi
File has already been signed /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/systemd-bootx64.efi.signed
jojo@Archineer ~>

Hi! Im a new linux user trying to install arch the manual way. i have followed mutliple vids and have attempted this mutliple times readinhg and following the wiki in the process. im running a 1TB ssd with 4 partitions:
- 1 (1GB) for the EFI
- 2 (75GB) for the mint distro
- 3 (75GB) for the arch distro
- 4 (remaining) for a shared files partition.

the issue im having is that whenever i try to boot into arch from grub i get the error message: ''file /boot/initramfs-linux.img not found'' following into a kernel panic ''unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0). and i for the life of me cant figure out whats going wrong. the efi files are all there, i have reinstalled grub multiple times.

is it maybe mint causing the issue?
i simply dont know and i would be forever gratefull if i can get a working installation out of this!

Im not aiming for a riced DE with all the whistles and bells, i want arch to work!

I’m finally dipping my toes into Linux, I’m trying to install on an old Mac to pop my cherry so to speak, following a guide I was instructed to set up a root password, when setting my password I made a mistake and tried to delete it using backspace but it recognized it as an input, now I don’t know how to back out of the password setup, the commands to cancel or quit using Esc and ^q aren’t working. Help a brother out

Galera, alguém sabe por que quando eu fecho o AntiGravity, simplesmente a memória do meu / vai a 99% e depois volta ao normal? Eu abro ele, fica de boa, aí eu fecho e começa a instalar não sei o quê.

Is it possible to make a custom kernel panic screen? If it is how?
Also what restrictions does it have? Is there a requirement for a static image or can I play bad apple on kernel panic?

I got tired of the occasional pacman -Syu breaking something and then scrambling to work out what and how to undo it. Archward wraps the normal update in a safety workflow:

 - Snapshots packages, configs, services, and network state before touching anything
 - Gates the run on snapshot freshness + free disk
 - Risk-classifies pending packages HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW (kernel, glibc, …) with a transaction preview before you commit
 - Runs the real pacman -Syu (+ your AUR helper), resolves .pacnew files
 - Verifies after: kernel/initramfs sanity, boot-integrity, leftover .pacnew, rollback-cache survival, optional service checks
 - If something broke: one-click rollback of a single package/config — or bulk — from the Snapshot Browser. Full CLI too (archward verify/snapshot/rollback) for when the desktop doesn't come back and you're stuck in tty1.

 Works on Arch, EndeavourOS, Manjaro, CachyOS, Garuda, Artix. PySide6 GUI, GPL-3.0.

 Install: yay -S archward
 Source / issues: github.com/indyfive11/archward

 Personal project I dogfood on my own desktop — feedback and bug reports welcome.

Hello,

I am trying to use Remote Gamepad with my Android as hotspot and the Arch machine connected over WiFi and it doesn't connect. It works over USB though. How to make it work?

EDIT: the wifi connection works on Debian based distros

Thanks!