GCandy77

You prob find that windows is downloading its own drivers and overwriting the drivers that had been originally installed in the 1st place.

I truly hope you are correct .. It would be nice to see, but I dont think it will happen https://medium.com/@ieeemuj/linux-on-desktop-is-not-ready-and-may-never-be-by-aneemesh-vidyarthi-4451c217f5fa Personally, I am one of those users that is coming to the unfortunate conclusion that the windows OS is better than Linux. I know a lot of people will prob be annoyed by that statement, but the fact of the matter is that things just work in windows and dont "just work" in linux. (Before u take a mass dump on me for using windows - Please read the last paragraph because I also dont like OG MS product anymore either) Ive been a Linux user for about the last 5/6 years after making the jump when the W7 support ran out, Ive used 4 different distros over that time (Pop/Manj/Mint/Ubuntu) and found that they are all great for the basics .. browsing web/office crap/media .. Gaming has been a different cup of tea for me as only certain kernels work with my GPU+Vulkan(ie AMDGPU) so its been a bit on/off. Anything else has been a pain in the ass tbh .. Plug and play is not a term you can associate with linux unless were talking about a kb+m. Everything is Linux .. Needs to be setup - Everything E.g I use DAW`s & Midi & Sometimes I plug in a mixing controller. 5 years ago ... This was practically impossible unless you loads of spare time to read a load of guides which only sometimes got slight results. 5 year ago in windows .. You just plug it in .. Install the drivers, load a DAW, set it up n bam, your on your way. Over the years as Pipewire has slowly been introduced .. its works/ it breaks/ it works .. a new kernel comes out .. it breaks n over n over Window over the years .. just works! Its the same with gaming, you say that linux keeps old systems alive, but it dont. My gpu is 11yr old (R9 290) and only once have I ever got it working with AMDGPU due to the lack of driver support in Linux .. Yes it works with the radeon drivers but I cannot play any dx10/11 games with this card unless I revert back to a kernel that supported the drivers (think it was 4.4) but then I wont be able to enjoy any of the current innovations that come with the latest one .. its either/either not both making it a bit pointless. .. Guess what tho ... Windows the great hater of old tech ... That still runs my card no probs Yes linux might run better on your pc & yes linux technically is free & so are a lot of its apps ... But after 5 years of use its the same ol story for me ... Progression is always there, but its constantly breaking things at the same time .. Unless you are a technical whiz-kid or have no life and all the time in the day to read guides that "might" work or attempt fixes that you hope wont break your system ... Personally Id rather wait the extra 20 seconds for windows to load because at least I know 99.5% of the time ... What I aim to do in that current moment .. Im going to be able to actually do. I will still be keeping a partition of mint on my drive tho as I can agree that it is a very fast program, has good security and is handy when I just want to do basic everyday stuff but Im already shifting back to a windows os for everything else cos Id like to actually use some of the products I have bought without having to spend half the day setting it up or fixing issues you didnt anticipate. I have gone back to a different approach to my issues with OS`s .. Years ago I used Window Black & Winborg (I miss WinBorg) .. These were essentially hacked & de-bloated versions of WinXP & 7 .. They were great & saved a lot of system resources. Now I am using ReviOs https://www.minitool.com/news/revios-11-download.html Believe me its a lot lot faster than OG windows+ it has a really handy feature that doesnt require you to have a MS account in order to just use it ... Crazy huh n to top it off "it just works". The only thing it doesnt have is a system wide EQ like pulse/easy effect hence the question above I would truly love to see Linux succeed, but I feel to many cooks have spoiled the broth .. ie there is just constant progression & hardly any stability - shame

Do you know of a pulseeffects or easyeffects for windows?

Hey and soz for the late reply ... I tried what you suggested and it did solve the issues with FFox, thx ... But the Steam game kept giving me issues, so not sure what was happening there? However its all irrelevant atm as last night I decided to pull out one of my spare SSD`s (that was totally blank/Unused) from my system and when I went to boot it back up ... It could not find the boot-sector of Pop or ReviOs Yes I could have spent all night trying to follow instructions off my phone on how to re-build the boot sector from a live usb ( I tried a bit ) .. But after the 4th guide that didnt work I gave up and installed MINT from scratch. Il leave this post open tho as I will be re-setting up the system to how it was before & its a good opportunity to see what happens with ALSA & Pipewire ... Fingers Crossed!

Maybe it is .. Out of the two .... Is Arch or the Debian Route advised? ( used Linux for approx 4yrs, but dyslexic as F + ADHD ... Ie reading/letters is not my forte) On this topic Ive figured that its not actually Pipewire that's causing the issue but it actually ALSA. For some reason ALSA thinks that I have a 5.1 setup, when I only have stereo. Also ALSA keeps pushing the 5.1 meter levels to max and Ive tried editing via the terminal command, but it never seems to actually save the setting I leave it on ( even if I don't restart) This mainly only happens when I run this one game in steam ( its a very badly programmed game, so it could be just this game ) .. But I also find it happening when I open 2-3 seperate programs .. Ie FFox, Audacity & steam together ... Its almost feel like that Im getting a RAM bottling issue ... But I dont get this issue on ReviOS11 or Win 10 or a live usb of linux Mint. Im thinking of re-installing ALSA, but cant help thinking that somewhere, somehow .. I will just make the problem worse & then start crying again

Hello & thx for the response. I thought that it had worked and I was amazed when I play the game last night without a glitch .. But then this happened today. ( turn ure sound down b4 playing ) Atm .. Im getting pi$$ed of with pop ... I think this is the issue as I never had issues with Pipewire on Manj & I never had issues with pulse on any other distro apart from Pop again .. In fact .. everytime I update Pop .. something breaks .. every bloody time. I moved from manj due to a codec issue that was causing me issues with playing vids ( I think it was the .mp4 codec) .. Does anyone know if that problem has been resolved & if not can you suggest a good distro that would be good for gaming & entertainment as that is all I really use my pc for these days and im getting annoyed with having to "fix" something on PopOS every flipping month.

Hi, For some reason every time I load this 500mb dx10 game in steam ... https://store.steampowered.com/app/598810/Carcassonne__Tiles__Tactics/ My audio sounds like its being played off a record player. All i hear is constant glitching & crackling n I cant figure out what is going on (I do have the game running via WINE due to drivers issues with proton, so Idk if this matters?) Im running PopOs 22.04 with the Plasma KDE desktop with a i5-7600, 16gb RAM, r9 290. Im using Pipewire & easy effects ( this didnt happen with Pulse effects with the same hardware ) Ive tried re-installing Pipewire as per the PopOs instructions, but its still the same. Im kinda still a Linux noob (4yrs use) so am a bit lost as what to do to fix it as ive never come across a audio issue before Any suggestions?

I will download it and give it a go

Hi, My drive could be failing (im not to sure) .. but the the other day I could not access it .. I only used this drive for file storage and gaming .. I Dual boot PopOs & W10. In the bios it says the drive is not there ... In W10 it says the drive is not there ... In PopOs, it shows the drive but I cannot access it and I get this error (The pop up) In Gparted .. The drive and the partitions are visible (so I assume they are still there?) As you can also tell, I found a few guides telling me how to restore the "superblock" but didnt get very far, I assume because most of the drive is in NTFS format. So does anyone know how I can restore the Superblock for a NTFS partition that isnt reconized in windows?

I think Im SOL then .. Heres a photo of the systemd parameters that I setup before I blacklisted the Radeon drivers as per this guide https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU#Enable_Southern_Islands_(SI)_and_Sea_Islands_(CIK)_support I will go thru this guide and try again as this dude got it working on Arch and he has the same GPU as me, so it does work .. Just not for me atm https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=274737

Yeh Ive tried that already as mentioned in the 3rd "my thoughts section" and I just get a black screen. If I modify the parameters on boot so that the radeon cik & si are enabled, It will boot fine. I assume that I cannot use AMDVLK due to it needing the AMDGPU module to be used so im trying to find some different drivers that might let me use Vulkan with this card ... You know of any?

Hi and thx for the response. I realize that I need AMDGPU (This has been an on going 3 year venture for me), but I thought I had the AMDGPU modules installed on my system already? I have however been told in the past my the Manjaro Dev team and a few others on here that my card is not supported with AMDGPU module as my card is a gcn 2 and falls under the "experimental" category and that I would need to install the AMDGPU-pro drivers in order to get Vulkan working properly? I have been thru that wiki so many times, but I will give it another go since I am on a updated system (I last tried in 19.10 & 20.04, before I jumped over to Manjaro but similar results). I couldnt get a readout from the command you asked me to input, but I got these ones which I think are similar rob@pop-os:~$ lsmod | grep radeon radeon 1863680 61 i2c_algo_bit 16384 2 amdgpu,radeon drm_ttm_helper 16384 2 amdgpu,radeon ttm 98304 3 amdgpu,radeon,drm_ttm_helper drm_display_helper 184320 2 amdgpu,radeon drm_kms_helper 200704 3 drm_display_helper,amdgpu,radeon drm 589824 21 gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,drm_display_helper, drm_buddy,amdgpu,radeon,drm_ttm_helper,ttm rob@pop-os:~$ lsmod | grep amdgpu amdgpu 12705792 0 iommu_v2 24576 1 amdgpu gpu_sched 49152 1 amdgpu drm_buddy 20480 1 amdgpu i2c_algo_bit 16384 2 amdgpu,radeon drm_ttm_helper 16384 2 amdgpu,radeon ttm 98304 3 amdgpu,radeon,drm_ttm_helper drm_display_helper 184320 2 amdgpu,radeon drm_kms_helper 200704 3 drm_display_helper,amdgpu,radeon drm 589824 21 gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,drm_display_helper, drm_buddy,amdgpu,radeon,drm_ttm_helper,ttm rob@pop-os:~$ lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Haw aii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu -- 03:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-S eries] (rev 01) Subsystem: Creative Labs SB1570 SB Audigy Fx Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel I also was not aware that AMDVLK was a layer over the top of AMDGPU and considering what I said above about my card being in the experimental group Im wondering if its even worth trying to get this working now ... Do you know of any other open source drivers for Vulkan that I could give a go instead?

Hi, (specs below) Im trying to follow this guide https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK which advises how to install the AMDVLK so I can try and get my card working on Vulkan properly (R9 290). I followed the Ubuntu guide and everything went smoothly until I hit the "Build Driver and Generate JSON Files" section. When Inputting this instruction I get a error and Im stopped in my tracks > CMake Error: The source directory "/home/rob/xgl" does not exist. Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI. As far as I can tell I have followed the guide properly but I have ADHD & Im dyslexic, so reading is deffo not my forte & I could have made a mistake. The only 3 things that are going thru my mind atm > 1 - The "script/build file" is pointing/looking in an incorrect directory for these files since I am running PopOs and not Ubuntu, but I do not know where/how/or even if I can/need to edit them myself? 2 - That I do not have the correct amdgpu firmware installed ... Its says in the "known issues" section that if you run this command sudo cat /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_firmware_info that you can tell what firmware you have installed. I get cat: /sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/amdgpu_firmware_info: No such file or directory. This suggests that its not installed? But the guide mentions that I might need to update it myself from this page https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git/tree/amdgpu But I have to admit I am totally lost as to what correct file to use from this site & how even to install it correctly The guide also kind of suggest that the firmware should already be installed as I am running kernel 6 leading me to believe that it could just be another "path" issue and it doesnt know where to find the firmware? 3 - That I am totally out of my depth once again and have got a real clue as to what I am doing I have tried adding the needed parameters to systemd to see if my card would work with the preinstalled AMDGPU driver & blacklisted the Radeon module .. but every time I get the black screen off death & then my TV loses signal too ♂ So Im now trying the AMDVLK route. Can anyone help? sudo lshw -c video [sudo] password for rob: *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: 00 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb configuration: depth=32 driver=radeon latency=0 resolution=1920,1080 resources: irq:32 memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:f0000000-f07fffff io port:e000(size=256) memory:f7e00000-f7e3ffff memory:c0000-dffff glxinfo -B name of display: :1 display: :1 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer): Vendor: AMD (0x1002) Device: HAWAII (, LLVM 14.0.0, DRM 2.50, 6.0.12-76060006-generic) (0x67b1 ) Version: 22.2.0 Accelerated: yes Video memory: 4096MB Unified memory: no Preferred profile: core (0x1) Max core profile version: 4.5 Max compat profile version: 4.5 Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1 Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2 Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo): VBO free memory - total: 3494 MB, largest block: 3494 MB VBO free aux. memory - total: 2015 MB, largest block: 2015 MB Texture free memory - total: 3494 MB, largest block: 3494 MB Texture free aux. memory - total: 2015 MB, largest block: 2015 MB Renderbuffer free memory - total: 3494 MB, largest block: 3494 MB Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 2015 MB, largest block: 2015 MB Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info): Dedicated video memory: 4096 MB Total available memory: 6139 MB Currently available dedicated video memory: 3494 MB OpenGL vendor string: AMD OpenGL renderer string: HAWAII (, LLVM 14.0.0, DRM 2.50, 6.0.12-76060006-gene ric) OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50 OpenGL core profile context flags: (none) OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 OpenGL context flags: (none) OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 22.2.0 OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20 lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family D RAM Controller (rev 09) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67/P8H67 Series Motherboard Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snb_uncore 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Proces sor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: f7e00000-f7efffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000e0000000-00000000f07fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chip set Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8 series motherboard Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 33 Memory at f7f05000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: mei_me Kernel modules: mei_me 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8 series motherboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at f7f03000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: [disabled] Memory behind bridge: [disabled] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: [disabled] Memory behind bridge: f7d00000-f7dfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff Memory behind bridge: [disabled] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000f0900000-00000000f09fffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: [disabled] Memory behind bridge: f7c00000-f7cfffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev b5) (prog-if 01 [ Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: [disabled] Memory behind bridge: [disabled] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8 series motherboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 Memory at f7f02000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H61 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. H61 Express Chipset LPC Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich Kernel modules: lpc_ich 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 0-3) (rev 05) (prog-if 8f [PCI nativ e mode controller, supports both channels switched to ISA compatibility mode, supports bus mastering]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 0-3) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at f0d0 I/O ports at f0c0 I/O ports at f0b0 I/O ports at f0a0 I/O ports at f090 I/O ports at f080 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix Kernel modules: pata_acpi 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Co ntroller (rev 05) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8 series motherboard Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18 Memory at f7f01000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) I/O ports at f000 Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus Kernel modules: i2c_i801 00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 4-5) (rev 05) (prog-if 85 [PCI nativ e mode-only controller, supports bus mastering]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 4-5) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 I/O ports at f070 I/O ports at f060 I/O ports at f050 I/O ports at f040 I/O ports at f030 I/O ports at f020 Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ata_piix Kernel modules: pata_acpi 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Haw aii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32 Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) I/O ports at e000 Memory at f7e00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: radeon Kernel modules: radeon, amdgpu 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audi o [Radeon R9 290/290X / 390/390X] Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii HDMI Audio [ Radeon R9 290/290X / 390/390X] Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 34 Memory at f7e60000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 03:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs Sound Core3D [Sound Blaster Recon3D / Z-S eries] (rev 01) Subsystem: Creative Labs SB1570 SB Audigy Fx Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at f7d04000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Memory at f7d00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/841 1 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 and other motherboards Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18 I/O ports at d000 Memory at f0904000 (64-bit, prefetchable) Memory at f0900000 (64-bit, prefetchable) Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel modules: r8169 05:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host C ontroller (prog-if 30 [XHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8B WS Motherboard Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19 Memory at f7c00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd Kernel modules: xhci_pci 06:00.0 PCI bridge: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI Bridge ( rev 01) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Bus: primary=06, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: [disabled] Memory behind bridge: [disabled] Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled] Capabilities: <access denied> sudo lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description ============================================================== system System Product Name (SKU) /0 bus P8H61-M LE/USB3 /0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS /0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 /0/4/5 memory 256KiB L1 cache /0/4/6 memory 1MiB L2 cache /0/4/7 memory 6MiB L3 cache /0/53 memory 16GiB System Memory /0/53/0 memory 8GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous /0/53/1 memory 8GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous /0/100 bridge 2nd Generation Core Proces /0/100/1 bridge Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generatio /0/100/1/0 /dev/fb0 display Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/ /0/100/1/0.1 card0 multimedia Hawaii HDMI Audio [Radeon /0/100/1/0.1/0 input16 input HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 /0/100/1/0.1/1 input17 input HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 /0/100/1/0.1/2 input18 input HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 /0/100/1/0.1/3 input19 input HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=9 /0/100/1/0.1/4 input20 input HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=1 /0/100/1/0.1/5 input21 input HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=1 /0/100/16 communication 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1a bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1a/1 usb1 bus EHCI Host Controller /0/100/1a/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching H /0/100/1a/1/1/1 generic 802.11 n WLAN /0/100/1c bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1c.1 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1c.1/0 card1 multimedia Sound Core3D [Sound Blaste /0/100/1c.1/0/0 input22 input HDA Creative Front Mic /0/100/1c.1/0/1 input23 input HDA Creative Rear Mic /0/100/1c.1/0/2 input24 input HDA Creative Line /0/100/1c.1/0/3 input25 input HDA Creative Line Out Fron /0/100/1c.1/0/4 input26 input HDA Creative Line Out Surr /0/100/1c.1/0/5 input27 input HDA Creative Line Out CLFE /0/100/1c.1/0/6 input28 input HDA Creative Front Headpho /0/100/1c.2 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1c.2/0 enp4s0 network RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Expr /0/100/1c.3 bridge 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1c.3/0 bus ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Hos /0/100/1c.3/0/0 usb3 bus xHCI Host Controller /0/100/1c.3/0/1 usb4 bus xHCI Host Controller /0/100/1c.4 bridge 82801 PCI Bridge /0/100/1c.4/0 bridge ASM1083/1085 PCIe to PCI B /0/100/1d bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1d/1 usb2 bus EHCI Host Controller /0/100/1d/1/1 bus Integrated Rate Matching H /0/100/1d/1/1/4 input13 input Valve Software Steam Contr /0/100/1d/1/1/5 bus USB2.0 Hub /0/100/1d/1/1/5/3 input10 input Microsoft Microsoft® 2.4G /0/100/1d/1/1/5/4 input14 input Afterglow AX.1 Gamepad for /0/100/1d/1/1/6 communication TP-Link UB500 Adapter /0/100/1f bridge H61 Express Chipset LPC Co /0/100/1f/0 system PnP device PNP0c01 /0/100/1f/1 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/2 system PnP device PNP0b00 /0/100/1f/3 generic PnP device INT3f0d /0/100/1f/4 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/5 printer PnP device PNP0400 /0/100/1f/6 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/7 communication PnP device PNP0501 /0/100/1f/8 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f.2 scsi0 storage 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1f.2/0 /dev/sda disk 120GB SATA3 120GB SSD /0/100/1f.2/0/1 volume 1021MiB Windows FAT volume /0/100/1f.2/0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 4095MiB Windows FAT volume /0/100/1f.2/0/3 /dev/sda3 volume 102GiB EFI partition /0/100/1f.2/0/4 /dev/sda4 volume 4095MiB Linux swap volume /0/100/1f.2/1 /dev/sdb disk 120GB KINGSTON SA400S3 /0/100/1f.2/1/1 /dev/sdb1 volume 528MiB Windows NTFS volume /0/100/1f.2/1/2 /dev/sdb2 volume 99MiB Windows FAT volume /0/100/1f.2/1/3 /dev/sdb3 volume 15MiB reserved partition /0/100/1f.2/1/4 /dev/sdb4 volume 111GiB Windows NTFS volume /0/100/1f.3 bus 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1f.5 scsi2 storage 6 Series/C200 Series Chips /0/100/1f.5/0 /dev/sdc disk 1TB ST1000DM003-9YN1 /0/100/1f.5/0/1 /dev/sdc1 volume 195GiB EXT4 volume /0/100/1f.5/0/2 /dev/sdc2 volume 736GiB Windows NTFS volume /0/100/1f.5/1 /dev/sdd disk 1TB ST1000DM010-2EP1 /0/100/1f.5/1/1 /dev/sdd1 volume 488GiB Windows NTFS volume /0/100/1f.5/1/2 /dev/sdd2 volume 200GiB Windows NTFS volume /0/100/1f.5/1/3 /dev/sdd3 volume 242GiB EXT4 volume /1 power To Be Filled By O.E.M. /2 power To Be Filled By O.E.M. /3 input0 input Power Button /4 input1 input Power Button /5 input15 input Eee PC WMI hotkeys /6 wlx7cdd905622da network Wireless interface

Hi all & thx for the comments I saw the original vid that "Brodie" did on the codec issue, but thx for the updated link, I somehow missed that one and it was an interesting watch I also agree that if the steamdeck version efficiently of Manjaro has the codecs enabled ... Then the Native Os should do too? I find it very bizarre that they are going down this route as im sure other users are also jumping distros just because of this, but Im sure the Os will survive as imo It was probably one of the best distros that I have used in the past 15 years and the only one that made me finally adopt a linux Os as my daily driver, so Im finding this all a bit of a shame considering its not really anything to do with the Os, rather the legalities behind it. Where as 15/20 years ago I may have been up for taking "the training wheels" off due to the amount of spare time I had .. Im not in that situ anymore and dont have the time to do all the reading/learning etc .. So I think im just going to have to move away from Manjaro and go back to using PopOs again(This time with the KDE desktop!) and hope Debian stick with their stance and dont unlist the codecs needed in an update. Ralphred ... I know your intentions are good but I have tried native Debian in the past and found it a bit of a pita so Im reluctant to go back to it and have to learn how to setup a system all over again. Learning how to install drivers n very basic commands thru terminal or editing some config files is enough for me .. I used to tinker like mad in the past but now I just want to use my time to do the things I find even more fun, so an "out of the box" setup distro is what Im after and PopOs did that the best for me before I moved to Manjaro. You never know, I could one day move back to MJ, but as you put it yourself, hopping distros all the time .. is also a pita n I think u can prob tell .. Im not a man that enjoys pita`s Thx again all for your advice & suggestions!

Hi, Ive been a Linux user for about the last 3 years but would consider myself still a relative noob due to my reluctance to learn how the whole Os actually works. I do not use it to code or program, Im just one of those users who made the move from W7 over to Linux due to W10 being a pita. I use my system mainly to game, watch vids, listen to music and surf the web. A few days ago my system was working fine with no lag. When I booted up the Os informed me that there was a kernel update of which I did (Im running 6.1.1-1 atm), I also updated the package manager & rebooted. Since then every time I try and view a video in FFox or the steam store .. Im literally getting 5-1- fps if Im lucky and its skipping frames all the time My initial thoughts were that the GPU drivers have mucked up again as I own a R9-290 and Manjaro does not support the AMDGPU-pro it drivers fully .. However, I checked my Os and found that i said I was still running the open source Radeon drivers so I was left a bit confused. I then checked the Manjaro forums and came across a post that advised that Mesa had effectively removed the codecs needed for AMD gpu`s and that if you wanted to use them you would either have to build/compile the kernel yourself to activate them or to actually purchase the codecs. https://forum.manjaro.org/t/amdgpu-losts-hardware-video-acceleration-va-api-vdpau-at-recent-update/128832 https://debugpointnews.com/fedora-37-mesa/ (another article advising the same) I ran vdpauinfo and confirmed a lot of codec support was missing from my system now I did find another post that gave an option to use a different driver https://forum.manjaro.org/t/best-way-to-get-h264-accelerated-again/130213/2 but I am reluctant in giving this a go as I really do not want to brick my system (again) and I do not have a 2nd pc to use for support instructions if I need to TTY due to another black screen boot up. So Im stuck with the drivers that comes with the Os for the time being & thus I will have no hardware video acceleration & thus 60% of my use on the PC does not work properly anymore making this Os a bit pointless for me now Apart from the fix(s) posted on the Manjaro site that I am not confident in performing successfully myself, there doesn't seem to be any long term solution for noobs apart from to re-install an older Os/Kernel from a flash drive and do not update - ever Does anyone know of a fix to this or are the links I have posted already the only fix to this?