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Welcome to the Manjaro Wiki!

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What's New - The Latest Changes

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Make GRUB menu & boot-up/down fonts bigger	24-Jan-18
Using autofs (automount) with NFS	02-Dec-17
How to use ALSA sound with applications that depend on Pulseaudio	6-Nov-17
Setting the Default Sound Device	20-Oct-17
Avidemux - Cutting out sections of video	15-June-17

Contents page

This page contains a list of all Wiki guides and tutorials sorted alphabetically. To see it click here.

Getting Started

Overview

Manjaro Overview Various articles to answer all your questions! Using Manjaro New to Manjaro? Start here for an overview!

On-Line and Support

Manjaro On-line Our blog, forum, Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook accounts. Manjaro IRC Additional direct support for Manjaro users.

Get Manjaro

Download Manjaro Where to find the latest and greatest 32 and 64 bit releases. Check a Downloaded ISO Image For Errors Check your Manjaro download for errors in Linux and Windows.

Installation

Burn an ISO File Burn Manjaro to CD/DVD or USB stick in Linux and Windows. Install Manjaro Installation and partitioning guides for beginners and experienced users.

Customisation and Configuration

Boot / Startup

BIOS and UEFI How to enable virtualisation, run Manjaro on Windows 8 systems, and more! Larger GRUB, Boot, and Shutdown Fonts A how-to for making the GRUB menu as well as boot-up & shutdown process fonts bigger. Useful for high-resolution displays.

DEs, DMs, & WMs

Display Managers / Login Screens Install, configure, or even bypass MDM, GDM, KDM, SDDM, LXDM, and SLiM Desktop Environments and Window Managers Install popular desktops and apply a range of desktop-specific configuration

Manjaro Settings Manager

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Manjaro Settings Manager Here you can set your Language, User Account, Kernel, Time and Date, and your Graphics Card Drivers.

Software Management

Repositories and Servers Change repositories, find the fastest mirrors, etc. Pacman Instructions for using the Package Manager & other terminal based package managers. Graphical Software Managers There's a range of user-friendly software managers available! Arch User Repository Learn about and use the AUR.

Network / Internet

Internet Browsers Security, Customisation, and Configuration. Security & Anonymity & Firewalls Articles not related to specific browsers. Turn OFF IPv6 For security & other reasons you may want to disable IPv6. NTP - Setting up Windows NTP Solve the Windows using Local Time Problem . Set DNS and-or Nameservers Prevent DNS or nameservers from being overwritten in resolv.conf. Sync dynamic IP with openDNS service via ddclient Solution for update dynamic IP for openDNS service. Synergy - Mouse & Keyboard Sharing Use a mouse and keyboard across multiple machines & operating systems. Setup Internet DHCP This is a simple way for NON-wireless network users to get their internet working. If you don't like NetworkManager or the like, this is for you. Setup Static IP For setting a static IP on wired ethernet interfaces for servers, ignoring wireless/wifi interfaces and DHCP leases. Uses netctl instead of NetworkManager. Using Samba in your File Manager How to setup Samba share in your network. Sharing files in a Network - the easy way How to share files fast. Using autofs (automount) with NFS One of the many ways to mount shares.

Software Applications

Audio Players A summary of some of the most popular. ClamAV, Installing Install and configure ClamAV in Manjaro without problems. Flash player in Konqueror Make flash work in Konqueror. HandBrakeCLI Usage A quick & dirty how-to for ripping many formats of movies. Mounting disk images (ISO files) How to mount and unmount disk images the Manjaro way. Quake Live, Installing Install Quake Live Client in Manjaro without problems. Spotify, Installing Install Spotify Client in Manjaro without problems. VirtualBox, Installing and Using Use Virtualbox in Manjaro, and Manjaro in Virtualbox. VMware Use Manjaro in VMware. Virt-manager, Installing and Create Virtual Machine Virtualization with QEMU/KVM. Worker - An Introduction Worker is an extremely customisable file manager, with a learning curve. Bmpanel2, Installing and configuring Install Bmpanel2 and configure it under Manjaro without problems. Encfs, Installing and Using Install Encfs encryption and encrypt your Dropbox under Manjaro. Basic Tips for conky Conky can display a lot of useful information on your desktop. Avidemux - Cutting out sections of video How to cut out sections of video to keep or join with other media.

System

Partition Access Without Entering a Password Implemented in Manjaro 0.8.4, this fix will benefit users of earlier releases. Add a Storage Partition & Modify your System to Suit How to shrink and add a partition & make Manjaro know where & what it is. Add a /swapfile This one is SO easy, have a look, see if it suits you? System Time Setting For correct system time/date, turn on NTP (Network Time Protocol) &/or set your Timezone (locale). Touchpad Horizontal and Vertical Scrolling Activate click on tap, and vertical and horizontal scrolling on your touchpad. Management of the Systemd Journal & of .log files An introduction to the management of both Systemd's Journal & syslog-ng's /var/log/*log files. Users & Groups A quick reference on an important topic. Using OpenRC, an alternative to systemd A quick reference on an important topic. Autostart X at Login - OpenRC & SystemD (Updated! 7-Jan-2018) Shows easy how-to for OpenRC & links for SystemD. How to mount Windows (NTFS) filesystem due to hibernation Solutions & workarounds for various Windows versions. Mhwd-kern.sh Bash script run from the terminal, providing a menu to add & remove kernels, even the currently booted kernel.

Hardware

Manjaro Hardware Detection You need to know this - Kernels and Graphics Cards. Overview of MHWD The Manjaro HardWare Detection (mhwd) tool is a unique feature of Manjaro. Configure Graphics Cards View, install, remove, or reinstall GPU drivers and much more. Printers Enable printing and add printers. Power Settings Got the power? No? Then optimise it! Fstab - Use SystemD automount x-systemd.automount & the x-systemd.device-timeout= options, bring VERY simple to use magic to our device mounting via /etc/fstab.

BASH / Terminal

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Aliases in .bashrc Shortcuts for your terminal.

Developer Tools

Manjaro-tools Set of tools used by Manjaro developers and advanced users. Build Manjaro ISOs with buildiso How to build your own Manjaro ISOs with detailed instructions and examples. Buildiso with AUR packages: Using buildpkg How to include AUR packages into your own Manjaro ISO build.

Troubleshooting

Boot / Startup

Restore the GRUB Bootloader Can't boot Manjaro? You may be able to repair rather than reinstall! Preserve Manjaro Bootloader Prevent Manjaro's GRUB from being overridden Kernel Fails to Load / "Unable to Find Device" Error The solution for a problem that affects certain computers that use JMicron chips.

Desktop

Various screen tearing fixes 'Hopefully one of these tips will fix your screen tearing problem Set all Qt app's to use GTK+ font & theme settings 'This fix is for people using a GTK+ DE/WM & who also run any number of Qt apps on that system Set all Java apps to use GTK+ font & theme settings 'This fix is for people using a GTK+ DE/WM & who also run any number of Java apps on that system Setting the Default Sound Device Can't get sound? HDMI when you want PCH? Or Vica-versa? This is a very quick & simple fix. Try it first. How to use ALSA sound with applications that depend on Pulseaudio For the likes of Skype & now Firefox since v52, plus others - you can easily use ALSA sound without having to have Pulseaudio installed on your system. DMenu - warning: no locale support A fix for the "no locale support" error in dmenu

Hardware

Screen Brightness is too Dark or Dim The solution for an issue that particularly affects some makes of laptops. Did X.server recognise your monitor correctly? A quick test in the Terminal. Configure mplayer the right way mplayer config file overkill. exFAT filesystem Enables Linux, Windows & OS/X systems to read/write data on external media e.g. USB Drive. Ownership/Permissions remain stable. Western Digital Green - Drive Fix - Linux Some WD Green drives have a "feature" called intellipark, that parks the heads every 8 seconds...

Software Management

Installation: "Unable to lock database" Error A relatively common problem explained and easily solved. Installation: "Configuration file...not recognized" Error An explanation and solution for a problem encountered by some newcomers. Installation: "Invalid or corrupted package" Error An explanation and solution for this software authentication issue. Installation: "GPGME_error:_No_data" Error An explanation and solution for this rare issue. Update: Issues with pamac during updates Solutions to deal with pamac issues on updating your system. Conflicting files - FILENAME exists in filesystem Solutions to updating issues such as 'X exists in filesystem' No Sound in Steam A solution to a common Steam bug/problem.

Wiki Editing

Basic Submission Rules How to create an account, and the dos and do-nots for Wiki contributors. How to create a new Wiki Page Guide on how to create a new wiki page. A Handy Quick Reference for Wiki page Creation - Editing (Most) Everything you need to know to create, edit & format a wiki page.

• User's Guide

Full user guide on every aspect of Wiki authorship and maintenance.

• Create Notification Boxes

A simple overview where the existing boxes aren't sufficient.