(Test Update) 2026-02-13 – Kernels, BinUtils, COSMIC 1.0.6 – Test Updates

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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates.

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New in Manjaro GNOME!

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

Install to try it gnome-shell-extension-papirus-folders-colorizer from Add/Remove Software, sign out / sign in and activate Papirus Folder Colorizer from extensions.

Or, if you prefer the command line:

Install:

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

Activate the extension:

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

Sign out:

gnome-session-quit --logout

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

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

After the insurance 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 not load the driver, which may result in a broken graphics environment.

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

  • Install the official linuxXXX-nvidia-575xx, linuxXXX-nvidia-570xxor 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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Python 3.14 information

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

Print a list of packages that have files in them /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 rebuilding:

 checkrebuild

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

Information about AUR packages

:warning: AUR (Arch User Repository) packages are not supported by Arch or Manjaro. Posts about them Announcements topics are off topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.

For help with AUR packages, please create a new topic 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 from Manjaro from CDN77.

Our current supported kernels

  • linux510 5.10.250
  • linux515 5.15.200
  • linux61 6.1.163
  • linux66 6.6.124
  • linux612 6.12.71
  • linux618 6.18.10
  • linux619 6.19.0
  • linux61-rt 6.1.158_rt58
  • linux66-rt 6.6.116_rt66
  • linux612-rt 6.12.66_rt15
  • linux617-rt 6.17.5_rt7

Package Changes (2/13/26 10:45 AM)

  • test kernel x86_64: 55 new and 39 removed package(s)
  • test extra x86_64: 653 new and 649 removed package(s)
  • test multilib x86_64: 5 new and 5 removed package(s)

More details about the package changes can be found here

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  • Yes there was a problem. I was able to solve it myself.(Please post your solution)
  • Yes, I am currently experiencing a problem due to the update. (Please post about it)

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:arrow_right: 2026-02-13

2025-12-29

NVIDIA 590 driver allows Pascal and Maxwell support

With the update to driver version 590, the NVIDIA driver no longer supports Pascal (GTX 10xx) or Maxwell (GTX 9xx) GPUs

Impact: Updating the NVIDIA packages on systems with Pascal or Maxwell cards will not load the driver, which may result in a broken graphics environment.

Intervention required: Switch to a legacy driver to maintain support:
Install the official linuxXXX-nvidia-575xx, linuxXXX-nvidia-570xxor related DKMS packages. You can use nvidia driver assistant to find out which driver will best support your hardware.

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 target package
  • dotnet runtime
  • dotnet-sdk
  • dotnet-source-build-artifacts
  • dotnet target package

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

If you are affected by this and need the 9.0 packages, eg the following commands will update 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 installations

mkinitcpio v40, packaging changes and kernel install – Arch-dev-public – lists.archlinux.org
This only affects new installations as we cannot modify the hook files on existing installations.

To disable fallback image creation on older installed systems

  • alter PRESETS=('default' 'fallback') line up PRESETS=('default') in the respective .preset files in /etc/mkinitcpio.d/.
  • Regenerate initramfs – sudo mkinitcpio -P
  • Update Bootloader – 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 media handy for rescue purposes.

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Aha, I see that there is now at least one option for older nvidia cards:

               linux619-nvidia-470xx                    -         470.256.02-2

So I count that as progress, though I’ll probably just wait to update the kernel on my old laptop since it’s currently running linux618-nvidia-575xx

So, I hope it’s only a matter of time until the equivalent version linux619-nvidia-575xx.
On that note, will there eventually be a linux619-nvidia-580xx? I’ve heard there are some issues with it, but that’s what nvidia says is recommended for the discarded cards…
I personally had no problems with it before the update to 590.

Any reason why you want to use kernel 6.19? 6.18 is a long-term support kernel – it’s supported until at least December 2027 – and if your laptop is really that old, it might be better to stick with 6.18.

What’s the point of testing if it’s not to see if things work and to try to help fix or at least report what’s broken?
If I wasn’t willing to tinker and experiment a bit, I would run stable.
I usually also keep the latest LTS kernel installed on the side, just in case, as an update that makes my system unbootable has bitten me at the worst possible moment before – but that was before switching to manjaro.



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Well, I don’t know. Some people manage the test branch because they always want to The Latest and Greatest™. :man_shrugs:



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No problems. I simply found these filenames amusing:

extra/gst-plugins-bad         1.26.10-4                    1.26.10-5                       0.00 MiB       1.12 MiB
extra/gst-plugins-bad-libs    1.26.10-4                    1.26.10-5                      -0.02 MiB       2.86 MiB
extra/gst-plugins-base        1.26.10-4                    1.26.10-5                       0.00 MiB       0.21 MiB
extra/gst-plugins-base-libs   1.26.10-4                    1.26.10-5                       0.00 MiB       2.35 MiB
extra/gst-plugins-good        1.26.10-4                    1.26.10-5                       0.00 MiB       2.21 MiB
extra/gst-plugins-ugly        1.26.10-4                    1.26.10-5                       0.00 MiB       0.17 MiB




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Well, that’s what they are named after. :cowboy_hat_face:



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In Manjaro settings manager, kernel 6.18 is not marked as LTS on my installation. Is this a local issue or does the label still need to be attached?



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Designate a core as LTS in the manjaro-settings-manager requires an update of the manjaro-settings-manager package itself.

This is a result of the ad hoc way the software is written, and its developer chose to do it that way because new LTS kernels only come out once a year. :wink:

It is now with manjaro-settings-manager 0.5.8-8 coming soon.

That’s my POV, but not everyone does it for that reason.

So far testing is as stable as stable for me, with both test installations. One on the SSD from this computer, and on the SSD from the computer that died, running via USB. I’m posting from that install right now.



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Just tried plasma login manager and got stuck Graphics.target achieved
I can’t even ctrl+alt+f* out of this state, but Ctrl+Alt+Del works.
But in another boot, when I press Ctrl+Alt+F3 just before the login manager normally kicks in, it was able to start.

Found in the logs of the boot problem

фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop systemd(2028): Starting KDE Window Manager (Login Manager Version)...
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): No backend specified, automatically choosing drm
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop systemd(1): Starting Authorization Manager...
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop polkitd(2100): Started polkitd version 127
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop systemd(1): Started Authorization Manager.
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): Accepting client connections on sockets: QList("wayland-0")
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): Failed to open /dev/dri/card1 device (Device or resource busy)
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): Failed to open /dev/dri/card1 device (Device or resource busy)
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): Failed to open /dev/dri/card1 device (Device or resource busy)
фев 18 00:13:48 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): Failed to open /dev/dri/card1 device (Device or resource busy)
фев 18 00:13:49 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): Failed to open /dev/dri/card1 device (Device or resource busy)
фев 18 00:13:49 gl-laptop kwin_wayland(2098): Failed to open /dev/dri/card1 device (Device or resource busy)

PS:
Corrected by

systemctl unmask plymouth-quit.service  
systemctl unmask plymouth-quit-wait.service

I can’t remember when or why it was masked before.



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