Piper problems and some other tips

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Hey guys, this is my first post here. Yesterday, I decided to switch from Windows 11 to Garuda once and for all, to combine my studies with the games I play (I went with the Dragonized Gaming version and pulled the BlackArch repo). I’m trying to get the basics and essentials working first, and I need some help and tips with a few things that I’ve already searched and didn’t found anything much helpful:

Piper - I have a Logitech G403 Hero. Piper came pre-installed by default, and when I opened it, it already recognized my mouse model. I can change the DPIs just fine, but when I try to remap buttons, it doesn’t recognize them. The mouse scroll wheel is broken, and I usually need to set ‘scroll up’ on the middle button click and ‘scroll down’ on the DPI button. Anyone know what could be going on?

GPU - Right now, I have an RTX 3050 8GB, and I’m noticing some strange performance issues compared to what I had on Windows. Is this normal, or should I expect Nvidia cards to have some problems? My wife has an RX 5700XT on her PC with Windows, and she’s not happy with the issues her card has on Windows. If I find out AMD cards perform better in this situation, I might swap with her.

Keyboard - I’m Brazilian, and I’m used to the ABNT2 keyboard layout, which I couldn’t find in the available keyboard options on the OS. Only generic layouts related to the region are available. If anyone can help with this, I’d really appreciate it.

I’m really enjoying Garuda overall. Aside from these issues (which I think everyone faces during the transition), I think it’s a great system. I’ve finally realized that it’s possible to break free from Windows and enjoy much more flexible and fun systems.

If i did something wrong on this topic pls let me know and sorry in advance.

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Hi there, welcome to the forum.
Please provide the output of your garuda-inxi, formatted
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Possibly focus on one issue per topic, as this will help current helpers and especially future “searchers” in the forum.
For piper, try to give a look at the issue list of the upstream site (if this is the package, I have no idea). E.g. (but not limited to):

And I see there is also a training guide…
For the keyboard, give a look here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Linux_console/Keyboard_configuration

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Yep:

It’s all in the template you deleted before posting.:wink:

Bad idea, blackarch causes a lot of issues. If you don’t need it, remove it. It makes more sense to install the required penetration-test applications (packages) separately.

Good idea.

Welcome to the community :slight_smile:

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Hey there, thanks for the clarification, I will look around with this link you provided me, now I can at least have a clue about what’s going on, btw here is my garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d34ff133-a363-46a3-ac0d-ecd7258f1611 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.10.0
wm: kwin_wayland 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 H510M-A v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: 1017 date: 07/12/2021
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-10400 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 5 microcode: 0xFC
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4000 min/max: 800/4300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 4000 2: 4000 3: 4000 4: 4000 5: 4000 6: 4000
7: 4000 8: 4000 9: 4000 10: 4000 11: 4000 12: 4000 bogomips: 69597
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [Geforce RTX 3050] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia
v: 570.86.16 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+
status: current (as of 2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2507
class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAWIDE serial: <filter>
built: 2023 res: mode: 2560x1080 hz: 75 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 108 gamma: 1.2
size: 601x254mm (23.66x10") diag: 652mm (25.7") modes: max: 2560x1080
min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 570.86.16 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 11 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2507
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings,
nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:f0c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
Device-3: HP HyperX SoloCast driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:2
chip-ID: 03f0:078b class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Razer USA RZ04-0318 Gaming Headset [Kraken Ultimate]
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 1532:0527 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.13.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 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 Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15fa class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.84 TiB used: 69.66 GiB (3.7%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: TeamGroup model: T253X2001T
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3A0 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC43 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 953.86 GiB size: 953.86 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.66 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-2: /home raw-size: 953.86 GiB size: 953.86 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.66 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 953.86 GiB size: 953.86 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.66 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 953.86 GiB size: 953.86 GiB (100.00%)
used: 69.66 GiB (7.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.19 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.19 GiB used: 7.14 GiB (22.9%)
Processes: 353 Power: uptime: 1h 27m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.41 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1850 libs: 562 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2025-02-11
Last full system update: 2025-02-11
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Failed units:
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Yes I’ve read the template, but I didn’t expected that those “other issues” I mentioned could escalate too much, as I just wanted some tips about it, not thinking that it could be complex problems, I’m sorry about that and I will not mess around on my next topics, also thank you for the tips there. I will proceed to delete blackarch and post some updates.

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Oh no, by reading my garuda-inxi I just found out it installed on MBR for some weird reason, because Win11 was running on GPT as well, but I believe Windows messed up something when I made the bootable drive on Rufus, I’m going to wipe all so and will be back with results :frowning:

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If you want to reinstall anyway, take the opportunity to change your BIOS to UEFI-only (it is currently set to CSM):

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hello rikz and welcome in the Forum,

Piper:

i dont have this Hardware for testing! Also it is for a beginner not to suggest if you dont know what youre doing at all. Many people have this issues you said in the description.I found this but not recommed when not known troubleshootings.

GPU:
Short from me:
AMD Performing better as Nvidia with a Linux Based Operation System.Nvidia is better on Windows Machine.

Keyboard:
ive seen same in the Layout Options.but i checked the localectl list-keymapsand it is in as br-abnt2.

Ive trying to set in Keyboard Layout in the specific text file to chance the Keymap= . It appears but with an picture with ? and didnt work?(of course reboots)
Did disable those Overwriting on Plasma settings and configured fallback file vconsole to it.It dosnt helped in this way.

May someone as known Coder here can help you more out in this way. :smiling_face:

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maybe you try here but im not sure. I have a gaming mouse but piper didnt see it or this Settings maybe you have more luck with it.

mouseconfig
mouseconfig999×800 116 KB

and APPLY on right bottom button

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