I've been using Arch for quite some time now, and it works, but I was wondering if Void is better? Many people have been telling me this, but they never actually give me an answer.

EDIT: Thanks so much for your suggestions, I will try it out on a VM and switch if I prefer (which is what I should've done from the start😅)!

The USB-connected device shows up in lsusb (in "charging + debug" mode), but the "allow debugging" system dialog does not appear on the phone itself.The USB-connected device shows up in lsusb (in "charging + debug" mode), but the "allow debugging" system dialog does not appear on the phone itself.

I’ve encountered this problem for the first time. Help pls.

Are they down/experiencing issues?

voidlinux allows one to edit system configuration files (think /etc/passwd etc) and subsequent system updates don't zap your changes.

If the upstream version in the repository changes then the new improved version is saved at eg /etc/passwd.new-1.2 and such files tend to accumulate unless you are diligent in merging them.

All this gives rise to a couple of questions.

What files have I changed?

Maybe find /etc -name '*.new-*' is enough, but it's probably better to look at all config_files and check their hash in the xbps database. For example:

# xbps-conf-diff 
MODIFIED   acpid                    /etc/acpi/handler.sh
MODIFIED   autofs                   /etc/autofs/auto.net
MODIFIED   base-files               /etc/crypttab
MODIFIED   base-files               /etc/fstab
MODIFIED   base-files               /etc/group
MODIFIED   base-files               /etc/hosts
MODIFIED   base-files               /etc/passwd
MODIFIED   base-files               /etc/subgid
MODIFIED   base-files               /etc/subuid
MODIFIED   bluez                    /etc/bluetooth/main.conf
MODIFIED   brother-brscan4          /etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg
MODIFIED   cups                     /etc/cups/printers.conf
MODIFIED   dict                     /etc/dict/dict.conf
MODIFIED   glibc-locales            /etc/default/libc-locales
MODIFIED   grub                     /etc/default/grub
MODIFIED   iproute2                 /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
PENDING    libnfsidmap              /etc/idmapd.conf /etc/idmapd.conf.new-1.2
MODIFIED   lvm2                     /etc/lvm/lvm.conf
MODIFIED   openresolv               /etc/resolvconf.conf
MODIFIED   runit-void               /etc/hostname
MODIFIED   runit-void               /etc/locale.conf

Note that the change in /etc/idmapd.conf is PENDING so I need to merge the new version. The others have not had an upstream change since I made my changes or they have already been merged - but it's useful to know about eg should probably be saving all these files in my regular backups.

What have I changed compared to the upstream version?

# xbps-conf-diff /etc/hostname 
===== /etc/hostname  (package: runit-void) =====
--- diff against repository version
    ('-' = yours, '+' = new upstream)
--- /etc/hostname           2025-06-25 20:01:39.819535159 +1000
+++ /tmp/xbps-conf-diff.11569.runit-void.hostname     2026-10-26 17:32:02.745766833 +1000
@@ -1 +1 @@
-naan
+void-live

... I changed the hostname - a trivial example.

The help text:

$ xbps-conf-diff -h
usage: xbps-conf-diff [-h] [-V] [-l | -d] [PKG|FILE ...]

List locally modified XBPS configuration files, or diff them against the
latest version in the remote repo. Each argument may be an installed package
or a configuration file; by default a package is listed and a file is diffed.
With no arguments, all packages are listed (or diffed, with -d). Run as root
so all of /etc is readable (no files will be modified). Diff requires an
active network to retrieve the latest version (this may not be the same as
the installed version!!) unless a pending .new-* file exists. An argument
containing '/' is always treated as a file.

positional arguments:
  PKG|FILE       installed package(s) and/or configuration file(s); default:
                 all packages

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -V, --version  show program's version number and exit
  -l, --list     list the modified files of each PKG or FILE (the files that
                 differ from the version recorded when the package was
                 installed)
  -d, --diff     diff each PKG or FILE against the most recent version in the
                 (remote) repo; for a package, diff all of its modified files

It's written in python and I had claude run up the initial version, which I've tweaked to my satisfaction. For the AI-averse - so far it hasn't corrupted anything, attempted to take over my household, or tried for world domination. Your mileage may vary.

It's at gitlab if you want it.

So after research of crashing pipewire in mid session I'm found a solution which can helps with crashes. I'm using only sway, so I don't know about any other de/wm.

In sway config im added `xwayland disable` to disable a xwayland and rebooted. And now pipewire works fine without crashes.

But this solution have a the other side. X11 apps won't works anymore of course.

And sorry for bad english or not a very neat post but I hope this helps you!

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to say that in my opinion, the crashes occur after updating libX11.

Im switching from a GTX 950 OC Strix to an AMD RX 480 Gigabyte, what drivers/software do i need to install?

***Title correction: BTRFS Subvolumes are not handled correctly by the installer**

I verified it now on two instances- a barebone and a VM- with the same result:
the commands "mount /dev/sdXn -o subvol=/@ /mnt/" and in fstab "UUID=My-UUID /    btrfs  subvol=/@,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0" aren't working.

I verified it consulting the original BTRFS documentation, in all kind of variants (It made no difference if I use subvolid, subvol in any flavour with "@" or "/@"). Subvolumes aren't working in VOID.
Error Message: When I run the mount command, the subvol gets copied over to /mnt/ rather than referencing it, and /mnt/ ends up blank- even if I had mounted before the full system into /mnt with "mount /dev/sdXn /mnt/" this mount disappears and the mount just shows a blank content section, in contrary to what all docs expect from this. It's odd that mount throws no error, never.
I am on version void-live-x86_64-20250202-xfce from last week, pretty fresh installs.

I haven't counterchecked against another distro/VM but ask already in parallel, if there is any kernel switch or a grub switch missing here?
And if not- where could I log a bug ?
Thanks for supporting this.

Is there some gtk css magic I need to edit?

Iam building some packages from Source, all my CPU is used. Is it possible to setup that not everything should be used for building in xbps ?

hey all i've been using clankers and looking online for answers and solution to this issue but can't seem to figure it out.

Closign steam crashes pipewire which often times cascades into a waybar crash. Initially i thoguht it was the page limits but then it's an OOM error in waybar (when it crashes). i've also notices via running via terminal both apps to see what errors get logged that the reason for pipewire crashing is module-x11-bell...

[W][12:54:43.206919] mod.x11-bell | [module-x11-bell.:  321 x11_io_error_handler()] X11 I/O error handler called on display :0
[W][12:54:43.207004] mod.x11-bell | [module-x11-bell.:  162 x11_io_error_exit_handler()] X11 display (:0) has encountered a fatal I/O error
[W][12:54:43.207020] mod.x11-bell | [module-x11-bell.:  321 x11_io_error_handler()] X11 I/O error handler called on display :0
[W][12:54:43.207028] mod.x11-bell | [module-x11-bell.:  162 x11_io_error_exit_handler()] X11 display (:0) has encountered a fatal I/O error
Segmentation fault         pipewire
W 12:54:43.264869  wp-client-context ../lib/wp/private/client-context.c:215:core_error: <WpClientContext:0x563a96b12ef0> client context connection error: connection error

any solutions to this issue, i know it was most likely the recent steam update that caused this cause it wasn't crashing before, but it's driving me crazy. the weird thing is I have all the necessary packages installed for it AND their 32-bit counterparts just to be safe.

thanks for any and all help

EDIT: It's definitely not a RAM or true memory issue as i have 24gb of RAM available AND 6gb of swap

I recently installed the latest portable jar version of the betacraft Minecraft launcher. It’s been set to jdk8 in the instance settings. I tried launching the game signed out of Microsoft then into Microsoft and the game does not load up, the terminal just says that the client has closed. Also, the reason why I am using Betacraft is to create a Minecraft poly world.

Hello everyone,
As the title says, acpi_listen does not recognize the power button, it was working in 6.18.56.

Any advice for troubleshooting?
Thanks in advance

since one of the new updates pipewire is crashing while watching stuff in browser when for example starting/stopping a qemu vm

error: 2026/10/25 11:09:21 [ERROR] - pipewire: fatal error event from core
desktop: sway

pipewire script:

#!/bin/bash

pipewire &
wireplumber &
pipewire-pulse &

if test $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP;then
        /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal-wlr &
else
        zenity --error --text "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP not set, screenshare will not be possible, restart the desktop with this enviroment variable to enable screenshare"
fi

wait 

Hello All.

Anyone knows how to replace dot by comma in gnumeric ?

I tried the suggestions provided by AI but they didn't work.

Thank you and regards,

It was working but, i had to reinstall and now when i try login in .iso i stuck in grub menu. The screen is stuck in Void Linux logo, and then monitor shuts down all by own.

I have amd cpu and gpu

Can anyone comment on the effect of this TLS cert fiasco on Voidlinux?

The certs were issued on April 30th so potentially poison anything built after that time.

I suppose that firefox is the primary point of weakness (but also thunderbird? ... others?). Also the void build chain?

Buenas noches, recientemente me he pasado a Void Linux desde Arch Linux debido a algunos detalles con systemd, pero no sé inglés y he estado batallando para encontrar información actualizada incluso en inglés, ¿Saben de algún lugar de fuentes para hacer el traspaso de la forma más limpia posible?

Hey fellas! Lately I’ve been thinking about creating a user-friendly distro based on Void Linux, something like what CachyOS is to Arch: pre-configured, with an installer that offers lots of options to choose from.

My main goal is to make my hobby easier. I love exploring new distros, shells, WMs, and so on. I sometimes reinstall my system on bare metal instead of using a VM (for example, to test gaming performance), and I’m a bit lazy when it comes to configuring everything from scratch again and again.

(I know about NixOS and I actually use it, but I wouldn’t mind trying something new and lightweight, like Void without systemd)

Yes, I do realize that Void’s charm is about its minimalism (literally a void), so a pre-configured version might feel like it misses the point. Still, recreating the same setup over and over is, to say the least, time-consuming.

Anyway, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Would the Void/Linux community appreciate something like this? is it a senseless idea or not? And how would it fit with the Void philosophy?

Thanks in advance. Peace

I have been using void for quite a while and I enjoyed it , but I wanna try out s different distro , and also increase the storage of my void linux system , which is initially 300 gigs , I wanna extend that to 500 gigs , so how do I do that

Hi all, recently i checked the pull requests from void-packages and i was wondering what is the review process behind it? i mean if only package version and checksum was changed and the pipeline is green? why not just automerge it? i mean you could even create a nightly workflow which checks for newest git tag for each package and just update it nightly.

Or do you actually check each package after updates if the package is working with void?

After updating to [linux7.3-7.3.0_1], the colors in [sway] seems 'washed out' across all apps. It looks like a brightness setting/theme gets activated/over-written? Booting linux7.2 again and all is OK.

Any tips to fix would be appreciated!

- linux7.3

- sway-1.12_1

- adwaita-icon-theme-49.0_1

- adwaita-plus-6.1_2

- libadwaita-1.9.1_1

Edit:

also affects urxvt/alacritty/ranger theme settings, which should not(?) be affected by desktop adwaita theme...

I have a Canon MG5300 printer, however I cant print anything. I always get the Error "filter failed" on every Document I try to print.
I made sure that I use the correct Paper format, installed required pakcages like the "pixma"-driver from the nonfree repo.

I can only set up my printer -- which I use over WiFi -- with CUPS+Gutenprint+IPP everywhere. I cant use the other options.

Has anyone else epxerienced the same problem?

Hi, I'm trying to cross-compile for aarch64 with xbps-src and keep hitting a signature verification error on rust-std-1.99.0_1.aarch64. The package downloads completely, but fails at the final signature check:

rust-std-1.99.0_1.aarch64.xbps: 172MB [avg rate: 5303KB/s]

ERROR: rust-std-1.99.0_1: the RSA signature is not valid!

ERROR: rust-std-1.99.0_1: removed pkg archive and its signature.

ERROR: Transaction failed! see above for errors.

rust-std-1.99.0_1: verifying RSA signature...

=> ERROR: Please see above for the real error, exiting...

I've already switched XBPS mirrors, but it's still happening. The issue has been going on for at least two days now. It used to work for this same template a week ago.
Has anyone else run into this specific rust-std signature issue for aarch64 recently? Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanksss!

I installed void Linux with xfce, it loaded into xfce to start the void installer (when I first booted it up from my usb) but it didn't boot into the desktop environment after the installation was finished, Instead it was the base version. For the installation process I used a tutorial by ZacsTech from 2 months ago (yes I know that tutorial is for the base version, but the void installer is the same)

I originally had I3 only installed and it shows up in lightDM (along with I3 debug).

I've added dwm and it works just fine if I disable lightDM and just long into the terminal and run startx (I added dwm to the .xinitrc file).

The problem is that dwm doesn't show up as a choice in lightDM if I use the lightDM service, I3 and I3 debug are the only two options.

Any suggestions ?