Hi, brand new linux noob and am having issues right off the bat.

I’ve just installed Garuda Dr460nized edition on my Legion laptop, fresh install (no dual boot), run the updater, installed a few apps and first thing I see is a little warning that tells me I need to merge pacdiff files and the file affected is mirrorlist.pacnew.

Do a little reading, get the general gist of what I’m supposed to do, then use the distro bundled software (Kompare) to merge all differences, save, reboot. BUT, the warning it still there, and now, when I go back into kompare, it tells me the two files are identical, plus there seem to be a bunch a graphical bugs now that weren’t there before I merged the files.

Very confused as to why this file, which just seems to be a list of various website mirrors, would cause graphical issues but like I said, I’m brand new to this, but determined to learn from my mistakes.

Can anyone explain what I’ve done wrong? I can’t seem to undo the changes now.

  • Unquote0270
    5·
    2 days ago

    sudo pacdiff.

    If you leave the pacnew files there you will always get this message. Use pacdiff to review the differences and what to do about the files.

  • lothar@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I know nothing about Garuda specifics but it seems you have forgot to delete the pacnew file after doing the mods to the mirror list, hence still getting a warning that a pacnew is present. The graphical bugs are probably unrelated to the pacnew issue.

    • Apocalypteroid@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      2 days ago

      Yeh, that’s fixed it. Thanks. Strangely, the bugs I was experiencing lad night also seem to have resolved themselves.

  • semi [he/him]@lemmy.ml
    2·
    2 days ago

    The mirrorlist is a configuration file listing servers that updates can get pulled in from.

    When a package update is installed that contains a configuration file, it will not overwrite the old file but be installed with a pacnew extension so that you can merge the files (like you did). It will keep complaining at you until you remove the pacnew file, which is fine to do after you have merged successfully.

    The graphical issues are probably due to something else that happened during the update.

    • thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 days ago

      For the most part Garuda has a GUI for everything. It’s Arch on easy mode and it’s most excellent for new and seasoned users alike.

      I tried it only because I wanted to give Linux gaming a try and I struggled to get any other distribution to work with my graphics card - I liked it so much I switched to it permanently for my work desktop as well.

    • antonamo@feddit.orgDeutsch
      2·
      2 days ago

      Nothing wrong with it, did it the same way. Never regretted it after I saw what apk and dpkg can do to a system and what a hassle it is to upgrade major versions in debian.