Solus Update Post for Week 44, 2025

presianbg

brent Exactly... I'm rebooting after every update 🙂

I think it might be related to the xorg-server update, because the laggy part is mostly when during ALT-TAB. The animation feels slow-mo, like 15 fps. Not sure how to proceed from here, maybe I will try to revert the updates and see if the "snappy feeling" is back.

brent

presianbg
when I type "X11 update doggy laggy linux" in DDG there's an abundance of identical issues. just havent noticed any here or on devtracker.
maybe a rollback will help, I don't know.

RegularJogger

Hi @presianbg , same issue here.

Can confirm though that reverting to the previous versions of xorg-server and xorg-xwayland fixed the issue for me in the meantime.

Download previous versions of the packages from here: xorg-server and xorg-xwayland
Just install both via CLI with eopkg.
Restart your system.
Make sure you don't apply updates for these packages 'till new versions that could possibly solve the issue aren't available for you to try out. In case you do – rinse and repeat.

presianbg

RegularJogger Confirmed on my side too!
Reverting back to previous version on xorg-server / xorg-xwayland seems to resolve the issue.

Now the hard part would be to figure out why this regression happens 🙁 Maybe its related to the amdgpu driver.

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MateXfce-User

The last time I updated my Solus Mate laptop was the week 42, 2025 sync, almost 3 weeks ago, a week before Shannon repository was migrated to Polaris: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/12033-solus-update-post-for-week-42-2025
I have not yet used the Solus Mate transition tool to switch from Mate desktop to XFCE desktop.
Has anyone updated their Solus Mate install to this latest sync with the new Polaris repository?
I manage a laptop on which I installed Solus XFCE, I updated to this latest sync and things seemed to be fine. The time in the clock was 2 hours ahead and choosing my time zone wouldn't fix it. I had to choose an alternative time zone with my country code in a local language! Other than that, the Solus software centre stopped launching and I got the notification that Discover was the new software updater, and that I had been migrated to the new Polaris repository.
I also installed Solus XFCE on an old desktop with a spinning HDD. When I updated to this latest sync on the desktop computer, all updates installed fine, but after pressing Restart it didn't seem to come back on. I think I held down the power button to force it off completely. After turning it back on, Solus XFCE seemed slow, and Solus software centre still opened, and I didn't see the notification for new Polaris repository and new Discover software updater. In Discover I also didn't see Polaris shown as the repository in settings. I tried to update via terminal but it showed some error. Running eopkg check in terminal also showed some error.
Feels like this repository upgrade wasn't handled properly. Maybe there should have been better instructions about restarting or shutting down after that update. Or not interrupting the restart process?
If the desktop remains slow and laggy, I might have to reinstall Solus XFCE when Solus v4.8 is released in the future.
I have another old laptop with Solus Mate on it, I could try upgrading to the new Polaris repository and see if it still boots afterwards, but then I might lose some files I wanted to back up for myself.
And now I'm not sure if I should update to Polaris repository on my main laptop still running Solus Mate on the Shannon repository!

TraceyC

MateXfce-User I have not yet used the Solus Mate transition tool to switch from Mate desktop to XFCE desktop.
Has anyone updated their Solus Mate install to this latest sync with the new Polaris repository?

This isn't a supported configuration. I recommend first migrating to XFCE and then running the updates. Backups are always recommended.

On your other machine with XFCE it looks like the only problem was the problem with the time? Please open an issue on the tracker for that.

On the third desktop machine you recently installed XFCE on, it's unclear if the updates had finished before you rebooted. Since you power cycled it, the update was probably interrupted. You can check the Help Center for troubleshooting information.

ChaoticChrono

Is the sync delayed

Julien68

ChaoticChrono
It depends on your time zone. For me in France, GMT +1, it's early on Saturday morning.

ChaoticChrono

Julien68 sorry for the accidental tag it seems can't delete any replies 😅

AlphaElwedritsch

Julien68 exactement. the same for me in germany, but very near the french border 😉

Julien68

AlphaElwedritsch
I live near the German and Swiss border.

DinimixisDEMZ

Any minute now. 🐍

EbonJaeger

Soon ™️

banger

I am in no rush doing backups in Windows.

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