Fixing a frozen screen caused by systemd 256

Posted on Sat 03 August 2024 in Technical • Tagged with tech, freeze, laptop, systemd

Systemd version 256 has been rolled out in several distributions recently, including Arch and Debian and variants. It adds a feature where user sessions are frozen when the system enters sleep, but in my case, running Manjaro Linux with KDE on a Gen 1 Lenovo T14, this meant that when …


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Disabling a Wacom laptop touchscreen in an Arch Linux based OS

Posted on Tue 22 August 2023 in Technical • Tagged with tech, laptop, linux, manjaro, touchscreen, hardware

(Without disabling everything else)

My main laptop is a Lenovo X1 Yoga 2nd Gen running Manjaro KDE Plasma. Lovely machine and does what I want it to do. As a Yoga device, it has a touchscreen, which I don't use a lot and have often thought of disabling.

The other …


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