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May 2026

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ALARM: Archlinux for ARM
by Pocket 04 May '26

04 May '26

I have just about completed my project of building Archlinux for the raspberry pi 4 and 5 I have gotten to the point where I can run LXQT as the desktop. It works quite well and is much faster than ArchlinuxArm install as I have compiled all the packages with these CFLAGS: CFLAGS='-mcpu=cortex-a72 -O2 -pipe -ftree-vectorize -fomit-frame-pointer' CXXFLAGS="-Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now \ -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs" LTOFLAGS="" I have the following packages that fail to build that I could use some help with argyllcms fbida icmake libtpms mupdf sequoia-sq If someone here on the list has successfully built these on the arm platform it would most appreciated if they could pass me their changes from the x86_64 PKGBUILD and patches if required. After I do some general cleanup of my PKGBUILDs I am thinking that I will make them available on codeberg. -- Hindi madali ang maging ako

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What caused Firefox 151 to change from Dark to Light theme when set to Auto?
by David C Rankin 03 May '26

03 May '26

All, On first start of Firefox 151, the general theme (tab bar, url bar, etc..) change from Dark to Light theme color. The setting for theme in Firefox was set to Auto, as it had always been. To restore the dark theme, I had to affirmatively select the Dark theme in settings. The desktop is fluxbox. Firefox has always presented a dark theme there. No changes were made to the desktop or desktop theme. Does anyone know why Firefox would suddenly switch from using Dark to Light theme with the setting for theme in Firefox set to Auto? Is it the xdg-desktop-portal package? E.g., Required By : xdg-desktop-portal-gtk Optional For : firefox As a test I tried removing xdg-desktop-portal, but it fails dependency checks now: checking dependencies... error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies) :: removing xdg-desktop-portal breaks dependency 'xdg-desktop-portal' required by xdg-desktop-portal-gtk As of 4/20/2026, I had no xdg-desktop-portal on my system as I was comparing openSUSE and Arch checking an GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs bug thrown by python/matplotlib on openSUSE. See: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/users@lists.opensuse.org/thread/6H… So is the requirement for xdg-desktop-portal install new on Arch, and was it intended as a hard dependency on all desktops, even the old ones like fluxbox? If so, was this what changed the Firefox theme from Dark to Light with Auto set? I have no need for xdg-desktop-portal, and don't really want it. If it's the problem, it's inclusion as a hard dependency seems contrary to the KISS philosophy of Arch? What say the experts? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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