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Lowra

Member

Registered: 2009-09-21

Posts: 192

Conflict detected while attemping to upgrade to last kernel

Hello,
I just tried to upgrade to the last kernel, but it failed:

[lowra@desktop ~]$ sudo pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                     35.4K  146.0K/s 00:00:00 [######################] 100%
extra                   455.2K  531.9K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
community               388.7K  476.1K/s 00:00:01 [######################] 100%
[david@desktop ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (3): kernel26-2.6.34.2-2  networkmanager-0.8.1-1
             network-manager-applet-0.8.1-1

Total Download Size:    24.13 MB
Total Installed Size:   120.70 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
kernel26-2.6.34.2-2-x86_64                                                                           22.8M  703.1K/s 00:00:33 [#############################################################################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
networkmanager-0.8.1-1-x86_64                                                                       661.8K  494.1K/s 00:00:01 [#############################################################################] 100%
network-manager-applet-0.8.1-1-x86_64                                                               712.3K  505.6K/s 00:00:01 [#############################################################################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(3/3) checking for file conflicts                                                                                              [#############################################################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.34-ARCH/modules.devname exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.34-ARCH/modules.softdep exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

At this time, I don't know how to solve this
Thank you

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Conflict detected while attemping to upgrade to last kernel

You can remove the files, you can try to install again with 'pacman -Sf'.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56373

Bregol

Member

Registered: 2008-08-15

Posts: 175

Re: Conflict detected while attemping to upgrade to last kernel

This has already been covered:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=102196

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