# General system

**URL:** https://forum.endeavouros.com/c/general-system/5.md

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## [Contribute to Development for EndeavourOS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/contribute-to-development-for-endeavouros/1225)

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**Author:** [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/contribute-to-development-for-endeavouros/1225 "2025-03-21T15:35:49Z")

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We do keep an open structure and working directly together with the EndeavourOS-Community. So everyone is welcome to contribute to the creation of our installer ISO and for the little Repository packages, we need to giv…

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## [Welcome on the General system category](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11)

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**Author:** [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/welcome-on-the-general-system-category/11 "2021-11-14T19:59:09Z")

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Over here you can post questions and useful tips regarding packages and apps on the EndeavourOS repo and Pacman.

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## [Piper-tts-bin 2023.11.14-2 legit?](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/piper-tts-bin-2023-11-14-2-legit/82136)

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**Author:** [@Moonbase59](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Moonbase59)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/piper-tts-bin-2023-11-14-2-legit/82136 "2026-10-24T17:59:55Z")

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While updating today, my piper-tts-bin 2023.11.14-1 was due for an upgrade to 2023.11.14-2 but some piper-tts.sh couldn’t be verified. The AUR shows some relatively new maintainer/packager. Is this somehow fishy? The y…

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## [Geforce GTX 1060](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/geforce-gtx-1060/82134)

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**Author:** [@moxdrox](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/moxdrox)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/geforce-gtx-1060/82134 "2026-10-24T17:23:48Z")

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I reinstalled my system. DE is Gnome. And now i’m not able to play games on steam. I installed all the nvidia-580xx packages with no success :frowning: aur/lib32-opencl-nvidia-580xx 580.196.07-1 (+32 1.36) \[18h57m\] (In…

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## [Sudden huge drop in performance in full screen native games ! (AMD GPU ) Plasma 6.8.1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/sudden-huge-drop-in-performance-in-full-screen-native-games-amd-gpu-plasma-6-8-1/82121)

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**Author:** [@morgancox](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/morgancox)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/sudden-huge-drop-in-performance-in-full-screen-native-games-amd-gpu-plasma-6-8-1/82121 "2026-10-24T16:55:53Z")

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Hi. Im not sure what update has done this but i’m getting a huge drop in performance all of a sudden in any native Linux game when running in fullscreen . I.e Valheim and War thunder. - also warthunder shows as runnin…

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## [Linux kernel 7.3 Released](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/linux-kernel-7-3-released/82132)

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**Author:** [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/linux-kernel-7-3-released/82132 "2026-10-24T14:21:52Z")

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─❯ uname -r 7.3.0-xanmod1-1-edge-x64v3

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## [🎮 What games are you playing?](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/what-games-are-you-playing/6838)

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**Author:** [@Alexander](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Alexander)\
**Replies:** 2172\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/what-games-are-you-playing/6838 "2026-10-24T14:20:41Z")

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I tried Xonotic, but it’s too advanced for me, I can barely last a minute.

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## [Archcanary — a layered security scanner for Arch-based Linux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/archcanary-a-layered-security-scanner-for-arch-based-linux/80837)

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**Author:** [@made-lief](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/made-lief)\
**Replies:** 352\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/archcanary-a-layered-security-scanner-for-arch-based-linux/80837 "2026-10-24T12:09:39Z")

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Hey everyone, I’ve been building archcanary, a layered security scanner for Arch-based systems (developed and tested mainly on Mabox, should work on any Arch-based distro). “Layered” because it’s not one check — it stac…

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## [Significant performance drop in any native Linux game when the system cursor is not in focus](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/significant-performance-drop-in-any-native-linux-game-when-the-system-cursor-is-not-in-focus/82120)

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**Author:** [@Convert](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Convert)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/significant-performance-drop-in-any-native-linux-game-when-the-system-cursor-is-not-in-focus/82120 "2026-10-24T09:50:24Z")

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In any native game, when the cursor disappears, stuttering starts and the GPU load drops video of this happening This does not happening with a proton, anyone have any ideas why its like that?

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## [Apply a Clonezilla fix for a Ventoy disk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/apply-a-clonezilla-fix-for-a-ventoy-disk/82092)

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**Author:** [@roger64](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/roger64)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/apply-a-clonezilla-fix-for-a-ventoy-disk/82092 "2026-10-24T08:25:18Z")

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Some days ago, a Ventoy bug happened which impacted the launching of my Clonezilla isos from my Ventoy disk. The Ventoy author issued a correction immediately which seems to be successful. However, I am at a loss how to…

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## [KeepassXC 2.8.0](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/keepassxc-2-8-0/82095)

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**Author:** [@moxdrox](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/moxdrox)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/keepassxc-2-8-0/82095 "2026-10-24T07:38:34Z")

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The new release brings finally Auto-Type on Wayland. The new release brings a lot of long-awaited new features, many bugfixes, and several security updates. Among the major features are the migration from Qt5 to Qt6, A…

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## [Older version of signal-desktop installed](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/older-version-of-signal-desktop-installed/82125)

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**Author:** [@Leigh](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Leigh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/older-version-of-signal-desktop-installed/82125 "2026-10-24T06:13:39Z")

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Hi! On my mum’s EOS (in UK, I am in Portugal), her signal-desktop is not being updated: sorry for blur, but it says signal desktop v 8.32, but installed 8.15 she has done yay to update would a sudo pacman -Syyu he…

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## [Can't delete swapfile](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-delete-swapfile/82123)

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**Author:** [@ionmich](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ionmich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/cant-delete-swapfile/82123 "2026-10-24T03:04:47Z")

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There is a file called swapfile in my root directory that was created two months ago and last modified on the same date. I have no idea how it got there. When I try to delete it as root it fails. \[root@Desk ion\]# rm /sw…

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## [Flashing BIOS](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/flashing-bios/82105)

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**Author:** [@ionmich](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ionmich)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/flashing-bios/82105 "2026-10-24T01:59:43Z")

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Can anybody confirm that fwupd actually works? It’s include in the current Edeavour version.

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## [Clonezilla USB stopped booting](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/clonezilla-usb-stopped-booting/82063)

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**Author:** [@ionmich](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ionmich)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 12:07am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/clonezilla-usb-stopped-booting/82063 "2026-10-24T00:07:04Z")

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I used it several days ago and it worked, but today I get an error saying…Failed to open \\EFI\\BOOT\\mmx64.efi - Not Found. I looked for solutions on the Internet and followed the instructions for but failed. SecureBoot is…

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## [Nokia Game Controller 5000 rumbles!](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nokia-game-controller-5000-rumbles/82124)

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**Author:** [@Grothesk](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Grothesk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/nokia-game-controller-5000-rumbles/82124 "2026-10-23T22:36:29Z")

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I reverse-engineered the rumble protocol of the Nokia Game Controller 5000 and wrote a Linux FF proxy daemon — force feedback now works in Steam The Nokia Game Controller 5000 (GC5000) is a Bluetooth gamepad (1D5A:1802)…

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## [Reboot into Firmware Interface After (Partial?) Update](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/reboot-into-firmware-interface-after-partial-update/82118)

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**Author:** [@saveme](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/saveme)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/reboot-into-firmware-interface-after-partial-update/82118 "2026-10-23T19:26:37Z")

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Hi. I ran an update this morning (reflector-simple → eos-rankmirrors → yay), got up to use the restroom, and came back to a weird situation where I was on my lock screen for some reason (it shouldn’t do that automaticall…

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## [Wifi adapter won't connect after update](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wifi-adapter-wont-connect-after-update/82003)

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**Author:** [@YSt](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/YSt)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/wifi-adapter-wont-connect-after-update/82003 "2026-10-23T19:23:57Z")

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Atheros ath9k chipset wifi usb dangle stopped working after update. It powers up, gets warm, but won’t connect. the thing is there is also an interface problem on xfce, like black desktop (only with custom wallpaper; if…

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## [Bad screen tearing on dgpu monitors after php update](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/bad-screen-tearing-on-dgpu-monitors-after-php-update/82112)

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**Author:** [@R121](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/R121)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/bad-screen-tearing-on-dgpu-monitors-after-php-update/82112 "2026-10-23T19:12:59Z")

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like, really bad, looks like datamoshing i tried to downgrade the nvidia driver, which is at 615, but the downgrade list only shows up to 580? it only happened after i updated the day of the funny php problem

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## [Startup stuck on ‘a start job is running for /dev/disk/by-uuid.’](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/startup-stuck-on-a-start-job-is-running-for-dev-disk-by-uuid/82065)

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**Author:** [@Jahndoh001](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Jahndoh001)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/startup-stuck-on-a-start-job-is-running-for-dev-disk-by-uuid/82065 "2026-10-23T16:04:57Z")

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Howdy, I updated my system today using yay, and the first point of confusion was when I booted into my system and it was completely black, something I realized was due to the discontinuation of x11. I attempted to switch…

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## [QCA9377 generates PCIe AER RxErr/BadDLLP errors](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/qca9377-generates-pcie-aer-rxerr-baddllp-errors/82046)

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**Author:** [@eight](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/eight)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/qca9377-generates-pcie-aer-rxerr-baddllp-errors/82046 "2026-10-23T06:02:53Z")

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Greetings, Recently I had noticed that my journalctl -r output has been plagued with log spam from the kernel and I am confused as to what could have caused this. For now, I wish to temporarily pause this log spam spec…

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## [Eos-packagelist --install KDE-Desktop # gave me unexpected output](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/eos-packagelist-install-kde-desktop-gave-me-unexpected-output/82075)

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**Author:** [@Marvin](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Marvin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/eos-packagelist-install-kde-desktop-gave-me-unexpected-output/82075 "2026-10-23T05:10:27Z")

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Sorry, more eos-packagelist util questions … As mentioned elsewhere, i want to move from COSMIC. $ sudo eos-packagelist --install KDE-Desktop # unexpected output \[sudo\] password for me: :: Synchronising package datab…

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## [Modified Arch power profile daemon PKGBUILD for Intel systems](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/modified-arch-power-profile-daemon-pkgbuild-for-intel-systems/82025)

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**Author:** [@Echoa](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Echoa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/modified-arch-power-profile-daemon-pkgbuild-for-intel-systems/82025 "2026-10-22T17:01:57Z")

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Long time no see folks, time for a pkgbuild i threw together to fix a frustration i had with PPD. I dont really use EOS anymore but some of you around here might find this useful. to copy some of my reddit post on this …

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## [Warning about conflict betweeen jack2 and pipewire-jack only when using yay, and I do not actually have jack2 installed](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/warning-about-conflict-betweeen-jack2-and-pipewire-jack-only-when-using-yay-and-i-do-not-actually-have-jack2-installed/82051)

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**Author:** [@laughingblue](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/laughingblue)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/warning-about-conflict-betweeen-jack2-and-pipewire-jack-only-when-using-yay-and-i-do-not-actually-have-jack2-installed/82051 "2026-10-22T13:30:30Z")

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When I run yay -Syu, I eventually get the message :: jack2-1.9.22-2 and pipewire-jack-1:1.6.9-1 are in conflict (jack). Remove pipewire-jack? \[y/N\] Pressing N leads to the transaction failing. Pressing Y yields: :: re…

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## [User does not display on boot up](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/user-does-not-display-on-boot-up/82081)

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**Author:** [@ionmich](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ionmich)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/user-does-not-display-on-boot-up/82081 "2026-10-22T11:54:20Z")

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Not serious as at the moment I am the only user, but my user name does not display. I can log in using my password. I have an older 4:3 monitor set to 1152x864. Can’t send a snapshot.

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## [Errors on EOS mirros 11/08/2026](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/errors-on-eos-mirros-11-08-2026/80949)

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**Author:** [@Stephane](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Stephane)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/errors-on-eos-mirros-11-08-2026/80949 "2026-10-22T07:54:44Z")

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i report theses mirrors on error , that cant be reached ==\> Warning about https://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch (curl code 7): Failed to connect, the mirror may be currently offline. ==\> Warning…

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## [2nd Monitor does not display after update](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/2nd-monitor-does-not-display-after-update/82089)

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**Author:** [@x-105](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/x-105)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2026, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/2nd-monitor-does-not-display-after-update/82089 "2026-10-22T03:12:07Z")

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2nd Monitor isn’t being detected and display lags after turning on 2nd monitor after update. \[UserPC@User-PC ~\]$ sudo pacman -Syu \[sudo\] password for {user}: :: Synchronizing package databases... endeavouros is up to …

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## [ARCH NEWS! ca-certificates-mozilla AND php / php-legacy](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/arch-news-ca-certificates-mozilla-and-php-php-legacy/82078)

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**Author:** [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/arch-news-ca-certificates-mozilla-and-php-php-legacy/82078 "2026-10-21T20:02:08Z")

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I have no idea if the php issue affects me or not. I’m guessing that the Mozilla issue affects many. Either way, I’m not sure how to update either. Am I correct in assuming that the ca-certificates-mozilla issue is …

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## [Disable/delete snapshots](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/disable-delete-snapshots/82067)

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**Author:** [@ionmich](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ionmich)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/disable-delete-snapshots/82067 "2026-10-21T18:10:46Z")

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How do I disable all snapshots and delete what’s neen saved?

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## [Fix for keyboard backlight issue on ASUS TUF laptops](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fix-for-keyboard-backlight-issue-on-asus-tuf-laptops/82079)

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**Author:** [@Dinomonster](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Dinomonster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fix-for-keyboard-backlight-issue-on-asus-tuf-laptops/82079 "2026-10-21T18:05:30Z")

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Hi guys! I managed to get my TUF’s keyboard backlight working following these instructions on GitHub: I can confirm that permanent solution works perfectly on ASUS TUF Gaming A16 FA608PP-QT033W, so it should work als…

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