Mullvad VPN from https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/mullvad-vpn/ doesn't work

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The app says something about my connection being insecure and doesn’t connect. When booted through terminal, this is what it prints:
[2026-05-07 22:14:24.068][verbose] Chromium sandbox is enabled
[2026-05-07 22:14:24.069][info] Running version 2026.1
[2026-05-07 22:14:24.069][error] Failed to read changelog.txt ENOENT, changes.txt not found in /usr/lib/mullvad-vpn/app.asar
[2026-05-07 22:14:24.123][info] Detected locale: en-US
[5544:0507/221424.771586:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_wp_color_manager.cc:273] Unable to set image transfer function.
[5544:0507/221424.771596:ERROR:ui/ozone/platform/wayland/host/wayland_wp_color_manager.cc:191] Failed to populate image description for color space {primaries:BT709, transfer:SRGB, ma
trix:RGB, range:FULL}
[2026-05-07 22:14:32.667][error] Failed to request the version info: No connection established to daemon
[2026-05-07 22:14:34.124][error] Failed to connect to daemon: Failed to connect before the deadline

The last line repeats periodically.

2

Can you tell, if the daemon is running.

sudo systemctl status mullvad-daemon.service

If not, enable it with

sudo systemctl enable --now mullvad-daemon.service

Cheers

Dirk

3

I don’t know if it has anything to do with it but the package in the Extra repo is out of date. Maybe try the up to date package in the AUR?

4

It must’ve been something with my Cachy installation, because I’ve reinstalled the system and now for some reason it works.

Although it installs a previous version of the app, and seems to be unable to update it.

5

The AUR one was giving me the same error, but since this one has resolved itself, I’ll try it again.