Can't install Xorg with pacman

SN4K3 · 2011-03-15 09:28:46

I followed the beginners guide and reached the part where you install xorg and I did pacman -S xorg but it shows an error message.

 checking package integrity...
checking for file conflicts...
/usr/bin/bdftopcf exists in both 'xorg-bdftopcf' and 'xorg-font-utils'
/usr/share/man/man1/bdftopcf.1.gz exists in both 'xorg-bdftopcf' and 'xorg-font-utils'
/usr/bin/mkfontscale exists in both 'xorg-font-utils' and 'xorg-mkfontscale'
/usr/share/man/man1/mkfontscale.1.gz exists in both 'xorg-font-utils' and 'xorg-mkfontscale'
/usr/bin/mkfontdir exists in both 'xorg-font-utils' and 'xorg-mkfontdir'
/usr/share/man/man1/mkfontdir.1.gz exists in both 'xorg-font-utils' and 'xorg-mkfontdir'
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

What should I do ?

ngoonee · 2011-03-15 09:32:19

Sounds like a bug. The xorg packages just got an update recently. To make sure, first change to a recent mirror and -Syy. If the problem still occurs file a bug-report on flyspray.

SN4K3 · 2011-03-15 10:09:38

Tried changing mirrors and doing pacman -Syy but no luck same error. I also tried finding the files named by pacman but most of them dont exist.

Am I the only person who's experiencing this or is it present with everyone after the new update?

Last edited by SN4K3 (2011-03-15 10:11:44)

christonabike · 2011-03-15 10:22:02

Same problem here - I'm building a virtualbox for work (x86_64) and have the same problem. Identical error, tried a couple of different mirrors.

redskolnikow · 2011-03-15 10:29:50

Same problem, when it will be fixed?

christonabike · 2011-03-15 10:39:46

This has been raised as a bug already from the looks of it:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23271

redskolnikow · 2011-03-15 10:44:09

Ok, thanks, I just have found that.

pacman -S xorg-server xf86-video-intel xf86-input-synaptics

It works

SN4K3 · 2011-03-15 11:05:33

aint working for me dont have startx

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redskolnikow · 2011-03-15 11:09:50

SN4K3 wrote:

aint working for me dont have startx

I'm using KDM, so now I have checked for startx and I don't have it too.

SN4K3 · 2011-03-15 11:15:55

This is very weird as I installed arch a few times before and I never had any issues with xorg.

Elline · 2011-03-15 11:28:08

I have this issue too, with a newly installed Arch. Seems like very fresh bug, so will wait.

SN4K3 · 2011-03-15 11:55:27

I guess waiting is the only option.

redskolnikow · 2011-03-15 12:11:45

SN4K3 wrote:

I guess waiting is the only option.

Maybe in your case (startx) install xorg-xinit?

steiger · 2011-03-15 12:58:20

Hello:

Here is how I solved it. I added the following packages in the IgnorePkg diretive in /etc/pacman.conf

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
IgnorePkg = xorg-bdftopcf xorg-mkfontscale xorg-mkfontdir

SN4K3 · 2011-03-15 14:45:02

Fixed it I guess had to install everything separetly

here's what I did

pacman -S xorg-server xf86-video-intel xf86-input-synaptics xorg-xinit xorg-twm

xterm is optional

steiger I'll try what you said soon.

Hope this will be fixed soon because the beginners guide says to install xorg....

Inxsible · 2011-03-15 15:13:10

I think this was done because during the last pacman update, it lost the ability to install specific packages from a group. For eg. I don't use xterm, but I still had to install it along with xorg. (I could have installed all the required packages individually - but I was just being lazy) So I think this time the devs must have not put them in the same group and of course the wiki is now outdated. Depending on whether the devs bring back the group, we will have to update the wiki accordingly.

Isola · 2011-03-15 22:15:32

I have the same problem too. I removed everything with Xorg, so I was pretty much down to a base install. Then I did a pacman -S xorg, which didn't work until I ignored a few packages in pacman.conf, and then it installed lots of video drivers I don't use. Anyway, I heard in #archlinux that udev is taking care of the video driver for Xorg now, so I guess it's supposed to install all that. Xorg still segfaults though.

Is there anything I can try, or should I wait until the packages gets fixed?

edit: I solved it temporary by replaced nvidia with the open source driver:

pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-utils xorg-server-utils xf86-video-nouveau

Then I modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf for this driver

I also had to install

xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard

To get mouse/keyboard working.

Before I did all this I removed as much of xorg as I could find.

Last edited by Isola (2011-03-15 23:53:36)

dots · 2011-03-16 06:45:52

Isola wrote:

I have the same problem too. I removed everything with Xorg, so I was pretty much down to a base install. Then I did a pacman -S xorg, which didn't work until I ignored a few packages in pacman.conf, and then it installed lots of video drivers I don't use. Anyway, I heard in #archlinux that udev is taking care of the video driver for Xorg now, so I guess it's supposed to install all that. Xorg still segfaults though.
Is there anything I can try, or should I wait until the packages gets fixed?
edit: I solved it temporary by replaced nvidia with the open source driver:
pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-utils xorg-server-utils xf86-video-nouveau 
Then I modified /etc/X11/xorg.conf for this driver
I also had to install
xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard
To get mouse/keyboard working.
Before I did all this I removed as much of xorg as I could find.

Thanks for this. Worked perfect for me ona fresh install.

secretrobotron · 2011-03-17 15:59:57

Just did a fresh install on an X201 Thinkpad.

For some reason, X would shutdown immediately after starting. No errors in the log, but found it complaining about several missing x apps. Had to install xterm, xclock, etc separately. Never had to do that before.

Seems to work now though.

Inxsible · 2011-03-17 16:08:05

That is weird. Those apps don't seem to be necessary dependencies for Xorg. I might have to try this out in my VM to see what changed.

karol · 2011-03-17 16:12:12

secretrobotron wrote:

Just did a fresh install on an X201 Thinkpad.
For some reason, X would shutdown immediately after starting. No errors in the log, but found it complaining about several missing x apps. Had to install xterm, xclock, etc separately. Never had to do that before.
Seems to work now though.

Could you please check the wiki and fix things if needed? It will help other folks who want to install Arch.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … _Interface
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg

secretrobotron · 2011-03-17 16:22:40

karol wrote:

secretrobotron wrote:
Just did a fresh install on an X201 Thinkpad.
For some reason, X would shutdown immediately after starting. No errors in the log, but found it complaining about several missing x apps. Had to install xterm, xclock, etc separately. Never had to do that before.
Seems to work now though.
Could you please check the wiki and fix things if needed? It will help other folks who want to install Arch.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … _Interface
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg

Mission accomplished.

SN4K3 · 2011-03-18 10:26:52

Now I dont get errors while installing but it install alot of video drivers which I dont use

karol · 2011-03-18 14:34:48

SN4K3 wrote:

Now I dont get errors while installing but it install alot of video drivers which I dont use

Can you paste the command you used? Was it

pacman -S xorg-server xf86-video-intel xf86-input-synaptics xorg-xinit xorg-twm

as the last time?

karol · 2011-04-03 16:55:44

Another user on the Polish forum said he couldn't start X until he installed xterm - is it a bug or this is the intended behavior?
I don't have xterm installed and everything's working fine.

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