EndeavourOS software news

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Up to date news for the users of the EndeavourOS software, like

• manual interventions
• important code changes
• ISO releases

and more.

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Date yyyy.mm.dd	Description	Additional remarks	Relates to
2024.10.04	Important security issue: disable cups-browsed. Update 2024.10.05: package cups-browsed version2.0.1-2 should solve this.	fixed	cups-browsed
2024.10.03	If you have an Nvidia GPU and get a blank screen at login, a kernel parameter nvidia_drm.fbdev=1 may help. See this for more info.	Experimental	Nvidia GPU Plasma wayland
2024.09.26	Endeavour neo has been released!	Announcement Download	ISO
2024.09.14	yay does not work after the latest of pacman to 7.0.0, and here's a workaround. For paru we unfortunately need to wait for a solution. Update 2024-09-15: the new version (12.3.5-2) of yay is OK now. Update-2 (2024-09-15): the latest version of yay is working again. A temporary workaround for paru is to use paru-git until upstream paru gets fixed. Update-3 (2024-09-16): a fixed paru has been released to the [endeavouros] repo!	2024-09-16: fixed	pacman 7.0.0, yay, paru
2024.07.02	OpenSSH security update info for version 9.8p1, read this!		Security
2024.07.01	The latest EndeavourOS ISO is called Endeavour!	Announcement Download	ISO
2024.06.12	The r8168 driver package is no more supported by Arch. This means users should use the r8169 driver from the kernel, it should work in most cases. See also this link.	The r8168 package in AUR is orphaned currently.	Realtek 8168 network card
2024.05.11	Issues with Nvidia 550 drivers, see this post.		Nvidia GPU
2024.04.23	Meet Gemini, the latest EndeavourOS ISO, released today! Here's the announcement and download page.		ISO
2024.04.09	The Endeavouros ARM installer will be removed from the next ISO. See this announcement for more info.		ARM
2024.04.02	A backdoor was found in upstream package xz, update your system now! More info.		security
2024.01.26	eos-pacdiff supports option --backup that makes a backup of the old version of the file. More info: see this forum post.		eos-pacdiff file backup
2024.01.09	If wayland does not start properly and x11 works as expected, check your ~/.bash_profile file. If it contains contains command exec startx, remove that line (and the surrounding if...fi statement). See this forum thread.		wayland
2023.09.01	The implementation about informing the user about recommended reboot after updates has changed. To enable this feature, you need to enable the related systemd service: systemctl enable --now eos-reboot-required.timer	Implementation change	Recommended reboot notification on updates
2023.08.16	The UpdateInTerminal app will be removed during this month. Recommended alternatives: eos-update, yay, or paru. The info page of UpdateInTerminal has already been removed from package eos-apps-info.	eos-apps-info for more help.	UpdateInTerminal
2023.05.23	EndeavourOS keyring package has been updated. If you have problems updating your system, you may need to update the endeavouros-keyring package first, then other packages: sudo pacman -Sy endeavouros-keyring; sudo pacman -Syu Alternatively, you can use command eos-update	See more
2023.05.04	Python 3.11 update has caused various issues, see here and here.
2023.03.30	Updated ISO, Cassini Nova R1, includes updated packages, e.g. the latest Nvidia 530 series driver.	Latest Nvidia driver	ISO
2023.03.25 2023.03.18	The EndeavourOS ISO might not boot with the latest Nvidia cards. See this workaround and the new weekly ISO at 2023.03.24.	Workaround	Nvidia & ISO
2023.03.13	Kernel update problems, see this: https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/heads-up-on-latest-kernel-update-6-2-5-arch1-1/38399	Affects some users	Kernel issues
2023.03.08	ISO release: Cassini Nova		ISO
2023.02.26	Package grub-customizer is an app that causes lots of help requests in forums. Thus we recommend against using it. If you have it already, you can get rid of it by - uninstalling package grub-customizer - removing folder tree /etc/grub.d - reinstalling package grub In case you have problems doing this, please come to the forum for more advice.	Removing grub-customizer	grub-customizer
2023.02.18	The nvidia-inst app currently does not support installing legacy drivers. See our wiki and this post for more info.	Older Nvidia GPUs	Nvidia
2022.12.04	On updating the system if you get this kind of error: error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) <package-name>: <file-name> exists in filesystem then, after checking the file(s) can be overwritten, you can fix it with command sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite <filename> or if there are many similar errors, sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite '*' See man pacman and the forum for more info.
2022.10.18	New Nvidia GPUs (30xx and 40xx) may need a workaround for boot issues, a kernel parameter ibt=off. More info here.		Nvidia GPU 30xx and 40xx
2022.10.14	Package eos-hooks 1.8-1 has been released to most mirrors, and the rest will have it soon. After update, please check your /etc/pacman.conf and report if there are any related issues.
2022.10.13	Package eos-hooks will be updated to 1.8-1 at Friday 2022.10.14, around 8 p.m. or 20 o'clock (both CET time zone). This update will move the [endeavouros] repository before the Arch repositories in file /etc/pacman.conf. Please report any issues about this at the EndeavourOS forum. See also news at 2022.09.23 below.	Important!	repository order change
2022.10.11	Package grub-tools has been removed from the EndeavourOS repository. Mirrors should get the change within two days.		grub-tools removed
2022.10.08	Package grub-tools will be removed very soon from the EndeavourOS repo. This is due to the grub update issue, see the 2022.08.27 news below. It is recommended that users remove this package from their system as well since it may conflict with Arch best practices for grub.		grub-tools removal
2022.09.23	To prepare for potential future package issues, the [endeavouros] repository will be moved before the Arch repos in file /etc/pacman.conf. This will occur when package eos-hooks is updated to version 1.8-1. If you prefer not to allow this, write the following line into /etc/pacman.conf: # EOS do not modify before the update, with no additional text on that line. Note that the move will be made only once, and file /etc/eos-repo-before-arch-repos.once is used as a "move lock". A later update of eos-hooks (after a few months from now) will no more make this move.	Important!	repository order in pacman.conf
2022.09.14	New ISO release: Artemis nova is available! Like always, - New installs: please use the latest available ISO. - Existing installs: no need to reinstall, regular updates will freshen the system.		ISO
2022.08.27	Update of package grub may make UEFI systems unbootable. Fix: after update run grub-install before reboot. If you have already rebooted, then run grub-install using the USB installer. See forum threads here and here.	Important!	grub issue, UEFI
2022.08.22	A major EndeavourOS server migration is going on. It may take a few days, please be patient!
2022.08.19	eos-sendlog program may fail with the default clbin.com service. Workaround: see this forum post		eos-sendlog, certificate
2022.08.08	Today's ISO release: Artemis neo		ISO
2022.06.23	New ISO, Artemis, has been released!		ISO
2022.05.30	Budgie desktop users: we recommend using package budgie-control-center instead of gnome-control-center. See this for more info.		Budgie desktop
2022.04.27	In certain use cases, the latest ISO, Apollo, may not be able to finish the install process. Please look here for a solution.	Important!	ISO fix
2022.04.08	With offline install in Apollo: if package eos-quickstart is not be installed, use terminal command yay -S eos-quickstart to install it.		offline install
2022.04.06	The next ISO, Apollo, enables, by default: - a firewall on the ISO and on the installed system - bluetooth on the ISO (for testing with your hardware) but not on the installed system (like before)		firewall, bluetooth
2022.04.05	How to fix updating system after offline install on Atlantis neo: see this post.		offline install, Atlantis neo
2022.03.30	Welcome's installer now has a button showing the page how to customize what to install.		customization
2022.01.31	Btrfs on SSD: consider removing the autodefrag option from partitions with a btrfs filesystem in file /etc/fstab. It has been reported that 5.16 kernel has a btrfs related bug that can wear out an SSD rapidly. More info	Important!	ssd, btrfs, kernel
2021.09.21	Added a link on this page to Known issues.
2021.09.16	Some apps (e.g. the Software News button in Welcome) may fetch information from a specific internet site. Users can now configure which of the supported sites will be used for fetching the data. This can help when a particular site is (temporarily or permanently) unavailable. More information: see file /etc/eos-script-lib-yad.conf, variable EOS_FILESERVER_SITE.
2021.09.15	In file /etc/default/grub you can use variable GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER. This can be used for enabling os-prober usage again, but note the potential security risk involved. More information: Grub manual
2021.09.09	Nvidia GPU users: the UpdateInTerminal app includes a compatibility check for Nvidia driver and kernel updates. It will warn users if a kernel would be updated but the corresponding Nvidia driver would not. Note that the Welcome app uses the UpdateInTerminal app for system updates.	Nvidia GPU	nvidia, gpu, kernel
2021.08.27	EndeavourOS ISO 2021.08.27 is now released, download it! Note that reinstalling is not required because EndeavourOS has a rolling release model. However, we strongly recommend using the latest ISO in all new installs.	New ISO
2021.08.16	The eos-apps-info app from package eos-bash-shared has been moved to a new package eos-apps-info. If you already have installed a recent version of eos-bash-shared, then be sure to update eos-bash-shared before installing eos-apps-info.
2021.06.12	Installations made with the April-2021 ISO after the release of pacman version 6 may not have all new pacman features in file /etc/pacman.conf. In particular this means pacman does not use some optimizations (like ParallelDownloads) available in version 6, but they can be manually added. Please see this link for more information.
2021.05.08	A dependency of eos-bash-shared has been changed from yad to yad-eos. Now pacman may inform about a conflict between them. User should simply accept the change. This change makes yad-eos as the default yad provider.
2021.04.24	The Personal Commands feature of Welcome has a new and easier to use API. To see more info, start Welcome -> Tips tab -> Tutorial button -> New simpler API.
2021.04.17	New EndeavourOS ISO has landed! It has great new features, package updates, and old known issues have been solved. Go grab it!
2021.04.07	Changed the patched yad package name to yad-eos to avoid further confusion. To use the patched yad, install yad-eos: sudo pacman -Syu yad-eos
2021.03.29	The Welcome app has a new button Yad (patched) under the Add More Apps tab. This button installs the patched EndeavourOS version of yad. Note that the button is visible only if your current yad version is older than the EndeavourOS version. See also the 2021.03.18 news item below.	Outdated (2021.05.08).
2021.03.27	IMPORTANT: in the EndeavourOS installer the Update this app! button on the Welcome app should not be used for now as it will prevent installing due to incompatible library versions. The next ISO release will not have this issue.	Use 2021.04.17 ISO instead.
2021.03.18	To workaround the yad bug of too high window (e.g. in akm), we have created an EndeavourOS version of yad. One way to use it instead of the upstream version is edit file /etc/pacman.conf and move the [endeavouros] repository specification as the first repo. See this page for more details. See also the 2021.03.29 news item above!	Outdated (2021.05.08).
2021.03.15	First version of this page.