Hey y’all! On the heels of this news:
I thought, let’s update mpv to v0.41.0 and give the vulkan api a shot! So, I cloned the testing repo:
Ran a makepkg -si and installed the updated package. Confirmed that the package updated:
$ mpv --version
mpv v0.41.0 Copyright © 2000-2025 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
built on Dec 22 2025 17:18:54
libplacebo version: v7.351.0
FFmpeg version: n8.0.1
FFmpeg library versions:
libavcodec 62.11.100
libavdevice 62.1.100
libavfilter 11.4.100
libavformat 62.3.100
libavutil 60.8.100
libswresample 6.1.100
libswscale 9.1.100
Edited my ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf file so that now gpu-api=vulkan is uncommented and the original gpu-api=opengl is now commented out.
Video loads fine, and plays ok, but if I press the meta key on my keyboard, expecting the application menu to load, nothing happens. If I click on the menu icon on the topbar, nothing happens. Windows on the desktop can be resized/dragged without issue.
If I mouse-over the bottom taskbar, it will unhide, but cannot click on any icons. No desktop icons are clickable while the video is playing.
I’ve tried running mpv via command-line with prime-run as follows:
prime-run mpv [path to video file]
Which loads and plays the video, but has the same issue. If anyone has any ideas on what would be causing this behavior, I’m all ears!
Thanks in advance!
Here’s the garuda-inxi:
$ garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.18.2-zen2-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8dcc0c9c-8fe9-4fc6-b189-a8db2cfa3823 rw rootflags=subvol=@
i915.modeset=1 i915.enable_guc=3 i915.max_vfs=7 quiet
resume=UUID=a14a443b-9c6b-47d0-b49a-d9686d767b7c loglevel=3
sysrq_always_enabled=1 nvidia-drm.modeset=1
pci=disable_acs_redir=pci:12D8:2308 pcie_aspm=off
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.21.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME Z690-P WIFI v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends v: 3811 date: 10/21/2025
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard serial: <filter>
charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x3D
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 10 cores: 16 threads: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2
st: 8 smt: enabled cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32
KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 14 MiB desc: 8x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 30 MiB
desc: 1x30 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2046 min/max: 800/5100:5200:3900 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 2046 2: 2046 3: 2046
4: 2046 5: 2046 6: 2046 7: 2046 8: 2046 9: 2046 10: 2046 11: 2046 12: 2046
13: 2046 14: 2046 15: 2046 16: 2046 17: 2046 18: 2046 19: 2046 20: 2046
21: 2046 22: 2046 23: 2046 24: 2046 bogomips: 152985
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 770] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2020-21 ports: active: DP-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4680 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 590.48.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
active: DP-2 empty: DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:2489 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_FHD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12.4:11
chip-ID: 0bda:58ba class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-4: Microsoft LifeCam Studio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 045e:0772
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris
gpu: i915,nv_platform,nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 3840x1080
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: right model: Dell UZ2715H serial: <filter>
built: 2014 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 83 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 676mm (26.6") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: primary,left model: Samsung SyncMaster
serial: <filter> built: 2009 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 609mm (24")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-2 pos: right model: Dell U2414H serial: <filter>
built: 2018 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.2-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 770 (ADL-S
GT1) device-ID: 8086:4680 memory: 30.35 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 layers: 18 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel UHD Graphics 770 (ADL-S GT1) driver: mesa intel
v: 25.3.2-arch1.1 device-ID: 8086:4680 surfaces: N/A device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia
v: 590.48.01 device-ID: 10de:2489 surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 25.3.2-arch1.1 (LLVM 21.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, gputop, intel_gpu_top,
lsgpu, lact, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info,wlr-randr
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Conexant Systems (Rockwell) DELL UZ2715H
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-12.2:12 chip-ID: 0572:141c class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Device-4: Microsoft LifeCam Studio
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 045e:0772
class-ID: 0300
API: ALSA v: k6.18.2-zen2-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 2500 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-06687f51352c state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-1f7862558da6 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: br-7bfc84ea431e state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: br-82d31aa0b51e state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-5: br-960c3623af4c state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-6: br-b787944b7593 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-7: br-b90412b2529c state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-8: br-c3a5729d4cf6 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-9: br-e0cf0c4bc03a state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-10: br-e9c38ec2b98c state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-11: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-12: veth0add0d9 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-13: veth2320cef state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-14: veth3cb3d52 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-15: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-16: virbr1 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, sshd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:8 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 2.76 TiB (43.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 42.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO with
Heatsink 2TB size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7
temp: 48.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000NE001-2MA101
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: EN01 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%) used: 753.13 GiB (41.2%)
fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:3
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 668 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1
maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 753.13 GiB (41.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 753.13 GiB (41.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
maj-min: 259:3
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 1.79 TiB size: 1.79 TiB (100.00%)
used: 753.13 GiB (41.2%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2
maj-min: 259:3
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.08 GiB used: 8.97 GiB (28.9%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
dev: /dev/zram0
ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:4
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.5 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.08 GiB
used: 20.87 GiB (67.2%)
Processes: 742 Power: uptime: 13h 10m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.38 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 259 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2771 pm: pacman pkgs: 2752 libs: 590 tools: octopi,pacseek,paru
pm: flatpak pkgs: 19 Compilers: clang: 21.1.6 gcc: 15.2.1 alt: 13/14
Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9 default: fish v: 4.2.1 running-in: ghostty
inxi: 3.3.40
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date: 2024-10-16
Garuda release: 240428
Last full system update: 2025-12-22
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-utils nvidia-open-dkms garuda-hardware-profile-nvidia garuda-hardware-profile-standard garuda-hardware-profile-standard-x11
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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