r/voidlinux

Llevo días intentando instalar Void Linux con encriptación y siempre me falla, todos los errores posibles, sigo multitud de guias y nada, como es posible que el maldito instalador no cuente con la opcion de cifrar la particion? Estamos en 2026 y un portatil puede ser robado, tus documentos, fotos...que manera de complicar todo, a su lado la instalacion de Arch es un juego de niños, pero de Arch ya estoy harto, quiero instalar Void sin tener diez millones de problemas!

I just installed Void and got Neovim with xbps, and I have two major problems with it that I didn't have on Fedora.

First, it's sluggish for no reason. Even when I launch it with nvim -u NONE, basic things like moving the cursor and scrolling the window are significantly slower than they were when I was using Fedora and also slower than any other app.

Second, I can't copy things to the system clipboard. When I do "+yy it says "No provider". In ~/.config/nvim/init.lua I have a line that says vim.opt.clipboard:append("unnamedplus") which worked on Fedora, but that clearly doesn't work anymore. (Solved it by downloading wl-clipboard)

If anybody has any clue why these things are happening let me know

Hello! After trawling thought the documentation and the subreddit for information regarding my issue connecting to WiFi with NetworkManager I am unable to find a solution. So far I've been mindul to:

-Install both NetworkManager & dbus.

-Create runit symlinks as per the handbook for both services with "sudo ln -s /etc/sv/* /var/service".

-Ensured that both services are running with "sudo sv status /var/service/*".

-Attempt to use wpa_supplicant as an alternative as it worked fine within the installation environment.

-Remove any conflicting wifi services to prevent conflicts such as wpa_supplicant.

-Add and re-add my primary user to the wheel & network group and confirm privileges.

-Test service status with "sudo sv status ___".

-Checked if my wifi works with other devices. (It does)

-Check credintials for errors or typos.

-Check my other installed operating system (on a serpare ssd) for wifi connectivity with NM. It is.

I am simply stumped. Every ping attempt results in "temporary failure in name resolution". I would very much like to use Void as the operating principles and rolling release model closely matches my disposition towards operating systems along with my adoration for independent distributions. If any one has experience with similar issues please let me know if there's any other steps I may have missed or if a chroot is nessessary to install missing software. Thank you for your help, and have a lovely rest of your day as well.

**EDIT: looking at the results of nmcli I noticed the network is showing it is connected through my primary wireless device, but I am still getting the "temporary failure in name resolution error".

**EDIT 2: SUCCESS! THANK YOU /u/hopingforabetterpast and /u/ImprovementJealous90 for the tips as the issue was indeed with resolv.conf. For anyone in the future that has a similar issue, update resolve.conf with "resolvconf -u".

I just installed Void Linux on my 2012 VAIO laptop, which is still my main rig, and I have to say: I’m genuinely impressed.

I don’t say this lightly when it comes to Linux distros, but I’m amazed by how fast, customizable, and snappy Void feels. It’s exactly what I was looking for, and this old laptop feels better than I expected it to.

Are there any tips or tweaks you’d recommend to make Void Linux even better?

Here are my system specs:

• NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
• Intel Core i5
• 8 GB DDR3 RAM

Thanks in advance!

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hello im on x86_64 void linux, when i open the steam client (installed via xbps package manager) via terminal or graphical interface it says that steamwebhelper crashed and asks me if i want to restart steam, restart steam with no gpu acceleration, restart steamwebhelper, i tried them all: i rested steam,steam no gpu,steamwebhelper it just crashes.

specs:
ps4 linux (yes, playstation4), steam works on other distros (like artix,garuda,cachyos)

i had weird problem where home-manager was working very well with cachyos but when i use it in void linux its doesn't seem to get the path right

PS: i just needed to add programs.fish.enable = true; thanks for everyones help

void-home.nix

{
  config,
  pkgs,
  ...
}: let
  dotfiles = "${config.home.homeDirectory}/nixchad/config";
  MkSymlink = path: config.lib.file.mkOutOfStoreSymlink path;
  configs = {
    mango = "mango";
  };
in {
  home = {
    username = "comst4r";
    homeDirectory = "/home/comst4r";
    stateVersion = "25.11";
  };
  home.sessionPath = [
  "${config.home.homeDirectory}/.nix-profile/bin"
  ];
  imports = [
    ./../../Modules/programs/nixvim/init.nix
  ];

  xdg.configFile =
    builtins.mapAttrs
    (name: subpath: {
      source = MkSymlink "${dotfiles}/${subpath}";
      recursive = true;
    })
    configs;

  home.packages = with pkgs; [
    btop
    lsd
    kitty
    zoxide
    ncdu
    xclip
    fastfetch
    dysk
    fishPlugins.bobthefish
    nixd
    alejandra
    yank
  ];
}

flake.nix

{
  description = "myFlake";

  inputs = {
    nixpkgs = {
      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-25.11";
    };
    nixpkgs-unstable = {
      url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    };

    home-manager = {
      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-25.11";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    nixos-hardware = {
      url = "github:NixOS/nixos-hardware/master";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    nixvim = {
      url = "github:nix-community/nixvim/nixos-25.11";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };

    mac-style-plymouth = {
      url = "github:SergioRibera/s4rchiso-plymouth-theme";
      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };

  outputs = inputs @ {
  nixpkgs,
  home-manager,
  ...
  }: let
  system = "x86_64-linux";
  pkgs = import nixpkgs {
  inherit system;
  config.allowUnfree = true;
  };
  uns-pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs-unstable {
  inherit system;
  config.allowUnfree = true;
  };
  in {
  nixosConfigurations.Thinkchad = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
  inherit system;
  specialArgs = {
  inherit inputs uns-pkgs;
  };
  modules = [
  ...
  home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
  {
  home-manager = {
  useGlobalPkgs = true;
  useUserPackages = true;
  backupFileExtension = "backup";
  users.comst4r = import ./Hosts/Thinkchad/home.nix;
  extraSpecialArgs = {
  inherit inputs uns-pkgs;
  };
  sharedModules = [
  inputs.nixvim.homeModules.nixvim
  ];
  };
  }
  ];
  };
  homeConfigurations = {
  comst4r = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
  inherit pkgs;
  extraSpecialArgs = {
  inherit inputs uns-pkgs;
  };
  modules = [
  inputs.nixvim.homeModules.nixvim
  ./Hosts/Thinkchad/home.nix
  ];
  };
  void = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
  inherit pkgs;
  extraSpecialArgs = {
  inherit inputs uns-pkgs;
  };
  modules = [
  inputs.nixvim.homeModules.nixvim
  ./Hosts/Voidchad/void-home.nix
  ];
  };
  };
  };
}

my path's

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin

$ ls ~/.nix-profile/bin

accessdb   btop    fastfetch  lexgrog  man-recode  ncdu                  whatis          xclip-cutfile    zoxide
alejandra  catman  kitten     lsd      mandb       nixd                  xclip           xclip-pastefile
apropos    dysk    kitty      man      manpath     update-mime-database  xclip-copyfile  yank

I recently bought a Lenovo Thinkpad T480 and installed void on it, when I close the lid and open it again it doesn't wake up and I have to hard shut it down.

Hi there! I'm a newbie to linux who decided to go with void as my first distro! It took me a second (mostly user error) to properly install it following a tutorial i found on YouTube. At first, the network worked when I booted in with kde plasma for the first time, but after a reboot, the network, while saying it is connecting, is not actually giving me internet. I'm using the x86_64 glibc base install on a lenovo legion 5 with a 3050 ti. Does anyone know what could be the problem?

Hello, I followed the docs and installed void linux along with tlp, linux-firmware-intel, intel-ucode and proper graphics drivers (nvidia and mesa-dri) on my nvidia dGPU and intel iGPU laptop. Unfortunately, powertop implies that my intel cores enter at most idle state C3_ACPI which leads to a very high idle battery consumption of 12-17W. It's quite bizarre that nothing lower than C3_ACPI is listed on powertop, especially considering that the intel_idle module is loaded. Does this strike anyone as an obvious issue? Am I perhaps just missing a package or should I investigate dmesg output and fall into that rabbit hole?

P.S. I'm very new to void and the community so please forgive me if I'm doing anything wrong. I have just been unable to get help anywhere else.

Hi, im trying to do a base install, i got openbox working, i have dbus, elogind, polkit, and a few other apps, but i cant set up pipewire, i tried to follow the docs but i dont know what im doing wrong, i dont really understand it, anyone can lend me some help?

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I have been working to get SELinux running under Void Linux for quite some time and I wanted to share my progress with you. Do note that this is still very experimental and should NOT be tested on a system that you rely on.

Where it's at currently:

- SELinux enabled kernel (7.1-selinux)

- Userspace tooling packaged (checkpolicy, libsemanage, policycureutils etc.)

- SELinux reference policy is loading up successfully via a runit stage-1 hook

The main limitation is that its currently permissive-only. Also the reference policy has no runit-specific domains yet.

if anyone finds this interesting and wants to help, send me a DM.

Hello my fellow voiders. i have followed the pipewire guide to the letter and im still getting an dummy output. i am using turnstiled and seatd. im also using niri with wayland. Ill send any logs if needed please help me out here and thank you. im also from arch linux (cuz of systemd and the better package manager ) i dont know what else to do as autostarting pipewire does not work but launching it from the terminal does. i want to auto launch with no dummy outputs and my sound back lol. anyway thanks for all the assistance :)

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missing some GPU sensor on KDE plasma 6.7.4
is there any fix for this?

Hey guys, I’ve been using NixOS for a long time with Niri + Noctalia Shell. Ngl, it’s been a really great experience and I don’t have much bad to say about it.

But after a while I got bored, so I decided to try Void Linux. Honestly, Void is great. Simple, stable and pretty straightforward. I didn’t wanna setup Niri again, so I just went with KDE Plasma and kept the default settings. Tbh I’m happy with it.

One thing I’m wondering that I know Void doesn’t have as many packages, so I’m thinking of using Nix on Void. Not really sure how to set it up tho, since Nix is usually pretty systemd-oriented.

Also, I normally install auto-cpufreq on all my distros. I tried installing it manually from GitHub since I thought Void might not have it natively. If I do that, do I need to create a runit service for it to start properly? Same question if I install Nix?

Everything else is already setup. Just wanted to ask about this. So far, Void is actually really good. Might stick with it for awhile.

Hello, I run Fedora 44 KDE on the Dell 14 Plus and I want to try Void but I'm unsure whether audio will work on it because Fedora is the only distro that audio worked on out of the box. I like the idea of runit and partially find system-d too complicated so I'm open to troubleshooting if it comes to that.

Specs
----------

* Operating System: Fedora Linux 44

* KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.4

* KDE Frameworks Version: 6.28.0

* Qt Version: 6.11.1

* Kernel Version: 7.1.8-200.fc44.x86\_64 (64-bit)

* Graphics Platform: Wayland

* Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V

* Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.9 GiB usable)

* Graphics Processor: Intel® Graphics

* Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

* Product Name: Dell 14 Plus DB14250 

Output of wpctl status
---------

~
❯ wpctl status
PipeWire 'pipewire-0' [1.6.8, sid@larp, cookie:1881362317]
 └─ Clients:
        33. uresourced                          [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:1908]
        34. WirePlumber                         [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:1922]
        42. WirePlumber [export]                [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:1922]
        43. kwin_wayland                        [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:1919]
        88. pipewire                            [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2181]
        89. libcanberra                         [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2105]
        90.                                     [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2105]
        95. plasmashell                         [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2117]
       102. libcanberra                         [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2117]
       103. xdg-desktop-portal                  [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2431]
       104.                                     [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2117]
       105. KDE Connect Daemon                  [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:2329]
       106. WEBRTC VoiceEngine                  [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:129]
       107. WEBRTC VoiceEngine                  [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:129]
       108. Chromium input                      [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:194]
       109. wpctl                               [1.6.8, sid@larp, pid:21646]

Audio
 ├─ Devices:
 │      44. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio [alsa]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  *   51. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio Speaker [vol: 0.15]
 │      52. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio Headphones [vol: 1.00]
 │      53. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio HDMI / DisplayPort 1 Output [vol: 1.00]
 │      54. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio HDMI / DisplayPort 2 Output [vol: 1.00]
 │      55. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio HDMI / DisplayPort 3 Output [vol: 1.00]
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  *   56. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio SoundWire microphones [vol: 1.00]
 │      57. Core Ultra 200V Series Processors HD Audio Headset Microphone [vol: 1.00]
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Video
 ├─ Devices:
 │      58. Integrated_Webcam_FHD               [v4l2]
 │      59. Integrated_Webcam_FHD               [v4l2]
 │      60. Integrated_Webcam_FHD               [v4l2]
 │      61. Integrated_Webcam_FHD               [v4l2]
 │      62. Integrated_Webcam_FHD: Integrat     [libcamera]
 │      63. Integrated_Webcam_FHD: Integrat     [libcamera]
 │  
 ├─ Sinks:
 │  
 ├─ Sources:
 │  *   91. Integrated_Webcam_FHD (V4L2)       
 │      93. Integrated_Webcam_FHD (V4L2)       
 │  
 ├─ Filters:
 │  
 └─ Streams:

Settings
 └─ Default Configured Devices:
         1. Audio/Source  alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3-platform-sof_sdw.HiFi__Mic__source

Basically, I tried openSUSE Tumbleweed and Fedora on my laptop with dual boot and initially audio didn't work on either, but I decided to compromise and do a full disk install of Fedora since I mostly use headphones anyway. Then, out of nowhere, audio started working on Fedora and I still don't know why. I suspect the reason to be a blue "system reset" dialog that appeared when the Fedora live iso booted, which I skipped with the first install but didn't this time. It apparently configures BIOS settings but I'm not sure.

So basically, I'm genuinely unsure if I should even risk installing another distro but I have to get out of that illusion someday so I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. If so, do you recommend trying out void?

>!TLDR: Had a bad experience with audio but it was magically fixed by Fedora 44. Unsure about switching to void because the same thing might repeat again.!<

Flatpak applications are not opening after the update. error: ldconfig failed, exit status 256. 173 profiles are in complain mode. When I want to use aa-disable;

ERROR: Conflicting profiles for php-fpm defined in two files:

- /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.php-fpm

- /etc/apparmor.d/php-fpm

Do you have a solution suggestion? thanks for your help.

I'm running on debian 13 and want to switch to void but different package management and no systemd makes me thinking. Can you explain why do you advise void and why do you not?