My systems man pages are showing random values and letters along with words making it difficult to read. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.
Here is the output of the man page of pacman
My locale output and locale -a output
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
C
C.utf8
en_IN
en_IN.utf8
en_US.utf8
POSIX
And my inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.8.1-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=f9ba3af2-0868-437c-8bda-39faa24dccaa rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.0.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.0.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS TUF Gaming A15 FA506IC_FA506IC
v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: FA506IC v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: FA506IC.302
date: 12/28/2022
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 71.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 71.2/90.2 Wh (78.9%)
volts: 16.7 min: 15.9 model: ASUS A32-K55 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
status: full
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x60 (96) stepping: 1
microcode: 0x8600106
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB L3: 8 MiB
desc: 2x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2189 high: 4289 min/max: 400/4300 scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 3314 2: 2942 3: 2843
4: 400 5: 2881 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 2854 10: 2876 11: 400 12: 3548
13: 4289 14: 2895 15: 400 16: 4195 bogomips: 92628
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: nvidia v: 550.54.14 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-02; 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
empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Renoir [Radeon RX Vega 6 ] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports:
active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1636
class-ID: 0300 temp: 43.0 C
Device-3: Sonix USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 322e:202c
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.4
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR serial: <filter>
built: 2023 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x004d built: 2019 res: 1920x1080
dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.0.3-arch1.2
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
renoir LLVM 17.0.6 DRM 3.57 6.8.1-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:1636
memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 12 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV RENOIR) driver: mesa radv v: 24.0.3-arch1.2
device-ID: 1002:1636 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia
v: 550.54.14 device-ID: 10de:25a2 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2
type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.0.3-arch1.2 (LLVM 17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK 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:2291 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637
class-ID: 0403
Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor driver: N/A
alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x,
snd_acp_pci, snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_pci_ps, snd_sof_amd_renoir,
snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh, snd_sof_amd_acp63 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.5
chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.4 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-3:2 chip-ID: 13d3:3563
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.88 GiB used: 160.01 GiB (16.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GD3JX013N
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 41000C20 temp: 34.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SKC3000S512G
size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: EIFK31.6 temp: 30.9 C
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 53.99 GiB size: 53.99 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.39 GiB (23.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 520 MiB size: 519 MiB (99.80%)
used: 584 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:3
ID-3: /home raw-size: 422.43 GiB size: 422.43 GiB (100.00%)
used: 66.98 GiB (15.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 53.99 GiB size: 53.99 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.39 GiB (23.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 53.99 GiB size: 53.99 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.39 GiB (23.0%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.04 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 62.6 C mobo: 38.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 46.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 3100
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.04 GiB used: 2.85 GiB (18.9%)
Processes: 399 Power: uptime: 11m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume
image: 5.98 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon,
upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 0 pm: pacman pkgs: 1364 libs: 422
tools: octopi,paru Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: Bash v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
Garuda (2.6.23-1):
System install date: 2024-03-06
Last full system update: 2024-03-23
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: