Manjaro MATE 6.12.y for uConsole and DevTerm

UPDATE: 6.12.27 Image

Now supports the CM4 & 5 on the uConsole* and DevTerm! Fully updateable, some packages are held that will replace the custom kernel.
*CM3 also works with old uConsoles.


Manjaro is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on the Arch Linux operating system that has a focus on user-friendliness and accessibility. It uses a rolling release update model and Pacman as its package manager.

Features: ClockworkPi-Manjaro-MATE-6.12.y

  • Sane charging defaults applied.
  • External WiFi antenna already set in config.txt.
  • linux-headers included with kernel
  • Auto-expanding file system
    • On first boot system will boot expand FS then reboot.
  • Updated driver overlays - easier config.txt management.
    • Just follow the instructions at the bottom of the config.txt

Don’t update held packages or system will break!

Raspberry Pi Imager will cause image not to boot if you apply custom settings.



Links to my working/testing images and kernels with the *.deb files to install in the mega folder if you want for different OSs.

Google Drive link for the main image if Mega doesn’t work for you.


Here’s my Github with the rpi-6.12.y branch if you’d like to compile yourself. All the ClockworkPi drivers are pre-marked to compile in bcm2711_defconfig or bcm2712_defconfig. Also the APT repo with kernels and hardware scripts for ClockworkPi devices


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Really enjoying this image.

I have a question: Does anyone know if Manjaro has any sorts of telemetry/analytics?
I have found mentions of posible future implementation of telemetry into Manjaro dated 2021 and 2022. (Reddit - Dive into anything, Manjaro Telemetry - Non-technical Questions - Manjaro Linux Forum) but I couldn’t find a definitive answer if it was implemented by now or not.

Googling a bit it doesn’t look like it but to be sure i’d ask on the Manjaro forums or monitor your connection and see if it phones home.

Wanted to try this image.

Package manager notifies of 126 updates.

Trying to apply updates through package manager I get an empty window “Choose a provider for dbus-units” and then “could not satisfy dependencies: - removing harfbuzz-icu breaks dependency ‘harfbuzz-icu’ required by webkit2gtk-4.1”

When I built the image it was able to fully update. I just did sudo pacman -Syu and went with all the defaults on the first update.

…Package manager… breaks dependency? What are you using? pamac or pacman? What are you trying to install which is warning of breakage?

I’m getting Ubuntu vibes with Manjaro there. Glad I stuck with vanilla Arch BTW.

I installed Manjaro and updated it. It warned me about several ignored Raspberry Pi-related packages. After I used sudo pacman -Syu --overwrite ‘*’ to force the update, the screen didn’t light up after restarting. Why is this happening? Should I avoid updating these packages?

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That was the stock kernel that was ignored. By overwriting the ignore list it updated the stock kernel so you no longer had the custom kernel and drivers needed for the uConsole to work properly.

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Hi ! and thanks for all your work !

I tried last week manjaro mate for my uconsole and looked very promising.
But after updating system (with ui) my os was able to boot anymore. Just for you to know.

I would very pleased to try next version of this image if fixed :+1:

Did you force update the held back packages? If so you overridden the custom uConsole kernel for the manjaro kernel that doesn’t have the drivers for the uConsole.

i just clicked yes in the software update app, i don’t remember having “forced” anything. i can retry if you want more details

I might have to build a updated image. It might be the distro is so out of date.

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Well yep, I did this too… Went into updates and manually checked all the kernel updates to install. Didn’t realise they were deliberately part of an ignore list! Will bear this in mind for sure. I’m guessing, no chance of recovery?

In case it helps, I think I saw that the original kernel was version 5.x and the update was 6.x.

Well I went to download the image again to reinstall on my uConsole, looks like it was taken down. Are there plans to bring it back, or refresh it with a newer kernel and all that?

Yes, I went to flash it a few days ago and updating it breaks the DE. So I removed it till I make a new image. Guess that image got to old and the massive update broke it.

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I went ahead and added back the old image for now till I get around to redoing it. Just in case you want it, but upgrades might break it.

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UPDATE in OP!