napcok
January 9, 2026, 1:12am
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There is discussion about that problem on Manjaro forum.
Since this was moved to its own thread, I’ve added some background for others who might land here. I did the Anh-Linh Preview update (using Add/Remove) and all was good but I went back to the video-nvidia-575xx driver due to screen/window...
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Seems like users affected use Pamac for system update.
It is always recommended to update your system from command line… either by pacman or yay .
sudo pacman -Syu
yay -N #to update only packages from official repos
yay #to also update AUR packages
what should I do to update the kernel from 6.1.159.1 to Linux 6.12.63-1-MANJARO as Muzqs said till seems to have the issue regarding add/remove
muzqs
January 9, 2026, 8:59am
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@Batmanx
If you want to install a new kernel and edit bootmenu.
sudo manjaro-settings-manager
Edit these lines in /etc/default/grub as root.
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
This gives a delay of 5 sec and shows you the menu.
After these change you need to update grub like
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
or
grub-update
Reboot system into desired kernel.
ps: and as @napcok said try to avoid Pamac gui and use terminal command instead to update your system.
muzqs
January 9, 2026, 9:16am
25
FYI
It is not a Pamac issue perse (i think).
All root GUI are affected. Like pkexec did not work too.
root login for password got shakie on the screen and disappears.
Personally I think wait for fix and install another kernel
ps: I never use pamac, always cli updates. and still got this issue.
This where I change timeout seconds is this correct?
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu - Shows the menu automatically ( this should be changed =10)
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=countdown - Shows a countdown timer ( this should be changed =0)
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden - Hides the menu (press Esc to show it) (This should be changed =-1 )
after Save the file (Ctrl+O, Enter, Ctrl+X in nano)
Update GRUB with your changes:
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
but to change to should the kernel I should do: sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
muzqs
January 9, 2026, 9:52am
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@Batmanx
There is a difference between the bootmenu and installing kernel.
The bootmenu part is just to make it easier for you to select a kernel at boot.
The menu is disabled by default. That’s why I added it.
Installing a kernel you do with manjaro-settings-manager.
Tip: Invest some time to read about how to manage kernels on manjaro
How to edit grub menu
How to update/install software from the terminal with pacman and yay
In short.
step 1:
install kernel with manjaro-settings-manager from the terminal
step 2: (optional)
edit grub menu
update-grub
RUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=‘Mabox’
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=‘quiet udev.log_priority=3’
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=“”
as you can see I did change as you said but still when I try to change to a different kernel the another image appears on the left side and it shatters all around then it disappears any help
please
I apoligize it worked from the sudo manjaro-settings-manager able to apply a new kernel
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updating the kernel to Linux 6.12.63-1 makes everthing work the add and remove and also the manjaro application utility thank for the help
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Can confirm, worked for me also. I was plagued with this issue too.
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