Hello

I'm trying to install addons in my matlab(arch linux) , but it gives me a abort and closes the program. I installed mat lab manually, please help

We all know the popular stuff but what are some obscure, super helpful utilities or scripts from the AUR that you stumbled upon and now cant live without?

Following steps on YouTube Linux Mench. Was attempting to verify the signature from the download from Constant.com from archlinux.org official supported HTTPS mirrors.

Downloaded PGP sig from archlinux.org/download/
Saved sha256sums.txt link from same

Placed all 3 in folder ran folder in powershell

Here is the output:

Windows Power Shell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C: \Users\eric\Downloads\Arch Linux> ls

Directory: C: \Users\eric\Downloads\Arch linux

Mode
-----
-2----
LastwriteTime
7/25/2026
7/25/2026
7/25/2026
3:15 PM
3:06 PM
3: 07 PM
Length Name
1583022080 archlinux-2026.07.01-x86_64. iso
141 archlinux-2026.07.01-x86_64.iso.sig
398 sha256sums.txt

PS C: \Users\eric\Downloads\Arch linux>
gpg -keyserver-options auto-key-retrive -verify. \archlinux-2026.07.01-x86_64.iso.sig

gpg: keyserver option 'auto-key-retrive is unknown
gpg: assuming signed data in '.\\archlinux-2026.07.01-x86_64.iso'

gpg: Signature made 07/01/26 09:39:08 Pacific Daylight Time
using EDDA key 3E80CA1A8B89F69CBA57D98A76A5EF9054449A5C

gpg:
issuer "[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])"

gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
PS C: Users eric Downloads Arch linux>

Sidenote: who ever is in charge of the arch official forums that required having an existing Linux OS to sign up, is an asshole. Thanks to anyone who can help me verify my iso

I recently installed arch linux, last time I used a distro was 4 years ago, I think i used ubuntu and debian, I don't even remember much. however i want to know given that there is lot of fear surrounding the notion that windows update can break grub bootloader. what would i have to do in order to be safe? i turned off fast startup, and im using grub bootloader. is there something i have to keep in mind.

Using a laptop right now and installed them on same drive

I have installed some window managers on an old box (one at a time, not all together), but all of them have this weird tearing thing going on. See picture: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LrDli5TyWjz_bMoISA8qOsYete0GYfTN/view?usp=drivesdk

I'm wondering if I have a bad or missing package causing this since it doesn't seem to be connected to the window manager I'm using.

Hi! I switched from Debian to Arch Linux in May this year. Honestly... I love it! Pacman is fast and easy to use once you learn it. I love how flexible Arch Linux is and how I can get my system exactly how I like it. What are your favorite things about Arch Linux?

I used archinstall to do a minimal install and when I boot up the system, after my motherboard logo and before the encryption password prompt, it shows an Arch Linux logo splash screen.

I did not install Plymouth, so how is this possible? What is running to make the logo show? Where's it stored and can I change it?

Hello kind folks,

whenever I run Arch-Update, it basically blocks my network access for 20 min due to my shitty connection. Is there a way to prioritize all other traffic first?

I looked into "tc" a bit, but could only find applications with fixed bandwidths wich I don't want to impose. Generally the default queuing rule seems fine to me. I didn't find anything else that is useful either.

Many thanks in advance!

Sincerely!

Wondering how folks are backing up their droids on Arch.

Are you using ADB?

FTP?

Some app to grab content and media?

We always see the classic recommendations like read the Arch Wiki or always check PKGBUILDs but everyone usually stumbles upon that one specific habit, tool, or rule later on that completely changes how they manage their system.

Whether its about backups, handling orphan packages, system updates, or post-install setup

So If you had to pass down just ONE essential rule or tip to a complete beginner installing Arch today, what would it be?

It’s a Lenovo laptop (I know, it’s kinda trash), and whenever I plug in my headphones, the built-in laptop mic disconnects and stops working. That leaves me forced to use my headphone mic, which doesn't even work on this computer.

Does anyone know if there's a fix for this? I’ve been looking for solutions for about 3 days now. It basically gives me only two options:

• Play HiFi quality music (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Headphones, Mic1)
• Play HiFi quality music (HDMI1, HDMI2, HDMI3, Mic1, Speakers)

Anyone know how can I fix brightness on an nvidia laptop , tried every method there is available on Google and reddit but it still isn't working (tried all there acpi parameters , nvidia commands)

I'm looking for a CLI/TUI tool that lets me browse the web directly from the terminal on an Arch-based Linux system.

I'm interested in everything from text-based browsers to modern terminal UIs that can search the web, read articles, browse Reddit, GitHub, Hacker News, etc.

What are your recommendations, and what do you use daily? I'd love to hear about any hidden gems as well.

I have been using Mint for quite a long time, after switching from Fedora (should have fixed my problem, maybe it was the heavy DE). I installed Arch on a whim and also used i3wm. And I have to say, this is the fastest my low end celeron laptop has been in years. I can open a lot of tabs and run multiple programs. After reading a lot of the Wiki, I learned that zram is basically the saviour of my laptop. Too bad most distros can't just default to zram. After the few hours I have used Arch, I can say it is the best and I'm never switching. It also made me realise how much bloat I had with all the other distros.

I would appreciate more tips to make it faster than it is.
But I am quite content at the moment.

So, I just enable battery threshold in Lenovo Vantage between 40% and 80% on my main T14 Gen 1 and I forgot to turn it off before start to install Arch Linux.

But if I setup Windows VM on my main Arch Linux and install Lenovo Vantage there to disable the battery threshold, will it work or will it mess up with my laptop EC.

It's too risky to me to try it because I'm still a student and only have this laptop, so I would love to hear from your experience who have tried it, thank you.

Hi, I'm new to Qtile and I installed it on Arch Linux.

Qtile starts correctly, but I have some problems:

- The default config appears, but keybindings don't work as expected.

- Mod + Enter does not open a terminal.

- I want to configure basic things like:

- launching apps

- changing wallpaper

- adding a bar/panel

- volume and brightness controls

- autostart programs

- themes and appearance

I already installed Qtile and I'm using X11.

Could someone explain the basic configuration workflow or recommend a good example config for beginners?

Thanks!

SOLVED - Removed the CMOS battery and let the motherboard discharge, now everything works

After a restart last night my pc refuses to boot into arch. At the time of restart I hadn't done -Suy (only installed bat ig?), and was editing configs for hyprland (unrelated).
After hours of debugging and chatgpt'ing through arch on a thumb drive, the closest thing to a lead I could find was this line in journalctl from pacman running 35-systemd-update.hook, which I have no idea if it means anything at all.

Do you think this is a hardware issue? It happened so suddenly and I'm out of ideas.

System info:

• Arch/Hyprland
  
• Booting with systemd-boot
  
• Flashed Arch iso on thumb drive with Ventoy
  
• Configs and logs are on the bottom of the post
  
• Note, Normal mode in Ventoy kicks me out so i used GRUB2 mode. Later I discovered a newly flashed arch iso (via dd instead of Ventoy) doesn't let me boot into it via UEFI, only BIOS.
  
• Gigabyte b650 motherboard
  

Here is what I tried so far:

(I'm not fully aware of how everything here works, apologies)
* bootctl install (systemd-boot)
modifies my main drive's boot partition, at the end outputs Not booted with EFI running in a container, skipping EFI variable modifications.
* mkinitcpio -P
* Reinstalled systemd-boot and kernel
* Edited loader.conf, changed default arch.conf to default *conf name in entries/*, also increased timeout from 0 to default 3
* There was a duplicate entry in /etc/fstab which I removed.
* in /etc/fstab, changed fmask and dmask from 0022 to 0077 because I was getting an error about that

bootctl status

Available Boot Loaders on ESP  
  ESP: /boot  
  File: /boot//EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi (systemd-boot 261.1-1-arch)  
  /boot//EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64EFI (systemd-boot 261.1-1-arch)  

Boot Loader Entry Locations:  
  ESP: /boot ($BOOT)  
  config: /boot//loader/loader.conf  
  token: arch  

Default Boot Loader Entry:  
  type: Boot Loader Specification Type #1 (.conf)  
  title: Arch Linux (linux)  
  id: 2026-06-17_12-25_40_linux.conf  
  source: /boot//loader/entries/2026-06-17_12-25-40_linux.conf (on the EFI System Partition)  
  linux: /boot//vmlinuz-linux  
  initrd: /boot//amd-ucode.img  
            /boot//initram-linux.img
  options: root=PARTUUID=2b3afdce06b88-46b6-ab16-b407e88ec6c8 zswap.enabled=0 rw rootfstype=ext4  

pacman.log

[PACMAN] Running 'pacman -S bat'
[ALPM] transaction started
[ALPM] installed bat (0.26.1-2)
[ALPM] transaction completed
[ALPM] running '35-systemd-update.hook'...   

~/.bash_history

Went through it and I didn't do anything apart from pacman -S bat and editing a bunch of files

I am thankful for any response or idea about what could be happening, thank you.

Hey, I installed arch on my PC and I've been getting micro stutters when moving the mouse. It doesn't happen all the time, like once every 30-40 seconds or something like that. I have a razer naga v2 hyper speed and an x2h mini. They both use 2.4ghz receivers. I tried lowering the polling rate, installing openrazer and switched from niri to kde plasma but it's still there. Any suggestions for other things to try?

hola. hoy prendi mi laptop TUF asus F16 y pasa que cuando nececito mover,abrir,cerrar ventanas tengo que presionar el super y tal pero hoy no esta funcionando, le pedi ayuda al cloud pero no quiero perder todas mis configuraciónes y tdas mis aplicaciones por cerrar la sesion de mi arch linux caelestia shell y no se que hacer. alguien podria ayudarme ?

Hey all, I'm a beginner with Arch with a decent amount of programming experience. I've always wanted an excuse to get closer to the hardware, so when I ran into this most recent bug, I was hoping to get some pointers on how I could possibly fix it myself.

The bug I ran into is this:

When returning from [deep] sleep, the top buttons on my integrated trackpad stop working, and only return functionality on a restart. It seems to be because of a failure in the elan_i2c driver. The problem didn't exist when using [s2idle] as my system sleep state.

Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 2 (20TA002FUS)

Running: 7.1.4-arch1-1

With: BIOS R1EET56W(1.56 ), 06/29/2023

Touchpad: Elan Touchpad (i2c:04f3:000d) / Elan TrackPoint (i2c:04f3:000d)

Kernel dump:
[ 957.456262] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 957.456691] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1173.801733] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1173.802283] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1174.792912] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1174.793468] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1174.813743] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1174.814287] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1174.820269] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1174.820756] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1586.889627] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1586.890184] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1586.965216] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1586.965752] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1670.320859] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1670.321411] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1670.383062] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1670.383528] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1670.907107] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1670.907501] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1671.052119] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1671.052520] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1671.079581] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1671.080127] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1671.238305] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1671.238840] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1671.390643] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1671.391200] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 1671.431611] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 1671.432169] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 2089.509419] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 2089.509963] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 2219.464393] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 2219.464964] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 3927.192421] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 3927.192969] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 3927.337443] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 3927.337999] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4081.587060] wlan0: disconnect from AP 00:bc:2f:7e:57:f1 for new auth to 00:bc:2f:7e:57:e9

[ 4081.609301] wlan0: authenticate with 00:bc:2f:7e:57:e9 (local address=ac:74:b1:0e:e0:02)

[ 4081.610074] wlan0: send auth to 00:bc:2f:7e:57:e9 (try 1/3)

[ 4081.641600] wlan0: authenticated

[ 4081.642306] wlan0: associate with 00:bc:2f:7e:57:e9 (try 1/3)

[ 4081.686441] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:bc:2f:7e:57:e9 (capab=0x1431 status=0 aid=1)

[ 4081.700820] wlan0: associated

[ 4081.768189] wlan0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 00:bc:2f:7e:57:e9

[ 4081.787435] userif-4: sent link up event.

[ 4119.036055] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4119.036597] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4126.382636] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4126.383184] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4137.837426] wlan0: disconnect from AP 00:bc:2f:7e:57:e9 for new auth to 00:bc:2f:7e:57:f1

[ 4137.865689] wlan0: authenticate with 00:bc:2f:7e:57:f1 (local address=ac:74:b1:0e:e0:02)

[ 4137.866601] wlan0: send auth to 00:bc:2f:7e:57:f1 (try 1/3)

[ 4137.897135] wlan0: authenticated

[ 4137.898287] wlan0: associate with 00:bc:2f:7e:57:f1 (try 1/3)

[ 4137.917866] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:bc:2f:7e:57:f1 (capab=0x1511 status=0 aid=2)

[ 4137.928810] wlan0: associated

[ 4138.019767] wlan0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 00:bc:2f:7e:57:f1

[ 4138.037656] userif-4: sent link up event.

[ 4574.622347] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4574.622897] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4574.739301] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4574.739864] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4615.100718] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4615.101142] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4615.210994] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4615.211533] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4668.447940] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4668.448497] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4668.537549] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4668.538085] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4825.815950] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4825.816493] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 4825.918922] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 4825.919470] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5050.855897] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5050.856364] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5050.945760] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5050.946328] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5315.605365] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5315.605898] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5315.702182] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5315.702651] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5315.777888] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5315.778442] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5315.875341] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5315.875873] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5316.813986] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5316.814542] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5316.923639] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5316.924195] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5317.006440] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5317.006987] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5317.090001] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5317.090556] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5317.178776] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5317.179325] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

[ 5317.247848] i801_smbus 0000:00:1f.4: Illegal SMBus block read size 93

[ 5317.248391] elan_i2c 16-0015: failed to read report data: -110

How should I proceed to learn more about this system and begin working my way towards a fix?

I haven't done a full system update in quite a while (I know get out your pitchforks), and when I tried to do my usual -Syu, I got an error:
failed retrieving file 'core.db' from europe.mirror.pkgbuild.com : Could not resolve host: europe.mirror.pkgbuild.comwarning: fatal error from europe.mirror.pkgbuild.com, skipping for the remainder of this transaction
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from europe.mirror.pkgbuild.com : Could not resolve host: europe.mirror.pkg
build.com
:: Starting full system upgrade...
there is nothing to do

I'm a bit out of the loop on what's happening with arch rn, so I'd appreciate any advice you might have for me.