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xhhux

Member

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 29

Having trouble getting the nvidia driver installed.

i'm trying to install the nvidia driver for a EVGA 8800 GTS. I ran pacman -S nvidia as the guide said but got this error:

error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
klibc-kdb: /lib/initcpio/hooks/keymap exists in filesystem
klibc-kdb: /lib/initcpio/install/keymap exists in filesystem
errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

sorry, i'm new to arch, so can anyone point me in the right direction?

thanks
    xhhux

Zer0

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From: Windsor, ON, Canada

Registered: 2006-08-25

Posts: 299

Re: Having trouble getting the nvidia driver installed.

I don't think this should be happening unless..

1) your system isn't updated yet.. pacman -Syu, then reboot.
2) your using nvidia driver from testing repo (what version does pacman say the nvidia driver is?)

you can force it by pacman -Sf nvidia but I would suggest finding out the cause first

Last edited by Zer0 (2008-06-11 19:22:51)

xhhux

Member

Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 29

Re: Having trouble getting the nvidia driver installed.

ok, i tried an update, and got this error:

error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
gpm: /user/lib/libgpm.so.1 exists in filesystem
errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

ghostHack

Member

From: Bristol UK

Registered: 2008-02-29

Posts: 261

Re: Having trouble getting the nvidia driver installed.

That is a known error (see this:http://www.archlinux.org/news/391/
The best way to get around it is to explicitly force the install of gpm then carry on with the update, i.e

pacman -Syf gpm
pacman -Syu

EDIT: You will most likely get a kernel upgrade while bringing your system in-sync with the repos, don't forget that you will need to reboot in order to use the new kernel. 

Last edited by ghostHack (2008-06-12 21:56:55)