Rich DeMARS

Have fixed the syntax crash error in the UI module. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

The libalpm-framepatch has been created for patching the libalpm15 library used pamac and other apps and the libsframe library used by Looking Glass.

Possible fix for pamac error while loading shared libraries: libalpm.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. From command prompt type: sudo su - cd /usr/local/lib curl -skLO https://download.sourceforge.net/richarch/libalpm.so.15.0.0 cd /usr/lib ln -s /usr/local/lib/libalpm.so.15.0.0 libalpm.so.15

paru: error while loading shared libraries: libalpm.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory The error "undefined symbol: alpm_option_set_disable_sandbox" typically occurs when there is a compatibility issue between the version of the library you are using and the application. In this case, it suggests that the version of paru is not compatible with libalpm v16.0.0, which may require you to either downgrade libalpm or find a compatible version of paru. More info here: htt...

If you are seeing issue with VLC blank video playbook with audio only; then try installing the vlc-plugin-ffmpeg Arch package (pacman -Syu vlc-plugin-ffmpeg).

As of late we have seen some QT apps not working correctly in Gnome with Wayland. To workaround this issue try adding: export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to these files in your home directory: .bash_profile .bashrc

As of May 2025 we have seen issues with MPV video/audio issues, especially with celluloid. Issue seems to stem around MPV and Pipewire. We have worked around it with adding pipewire-buffer=512 to ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf then loading it with the app's config.

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