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Crockeo

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Registered: 2011-10-16

Posts: 12

Problem Getting Proprietary ATI driver

Hello once again Arch Linux, after going through the "easy" (but definitely rewarding) setup of Arch Linux in general, it's time to get some entertainment! But first, I've run into yet another problem. This one I'm not sure I can fix on my own, so here it goes...

So, as the title says, I'm trying to install the proprietary driver for ATI video cards (catalyst). I have it set up in my mirrorlists folder to be able to download them (as I can *get* the error message), I've done

pacman -Syu

And now when I do

pacman -Ss catalyst

I get:

catalyst/catalyst 11.10-1
    AMD/ATI Catalyst drivers for linux. fglrx kernel module only
catalyst/catalyst-daemon 11.10-1
    AMD/ATI drivers. Auto re-compile the fglrx module (while system's start) if
    kernel was updated
catalyst/catalyst-generator 11.10-1
    AMD/ATI drivers. Generator of catalyst-{kernver} packages with fglrx module
    inside
catalyst/catalyst-hook 11.10-1
    AMD/ATI drivers. Auto re-compile the fglrx module when kernel update
    (mkinitcpio's hook)
catalyst/catalyst-utils 11.10-1
    AMD/ATI Catalyst drivers utilities and libraries.
catalyst/lib32-catalyst-utils 11.10-1 (lib32)
    AMD/ATI catalyst driver utilities and libraries. (32-bit)
catalyst/xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix 1.10.4-1 (xorg)
    X.Org X servers with backclear patch that fix slow maximizing and resizing
    with catalyst. xorg-server + xorg-server-common + xorg-server-devel

So I can download it. Now passing where I'm in my comfortable realm.
After I do

# pacman -S catalyst catalyst-utils

I get this error:

resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
...
:: xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix and xf86-input-evdev are in conflict (xorg-server<1.10.99.902). Remove xf86-input-evdev? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix: requires xf86-input-evdev

So from what I can tell this is in a loop.
I've searched on both the wiki *and* the forum, but I couldn't find anything. (Time to get embarresed by someone who posts a wiki link ).

So now I come here to ask my own question, have any ideas how I could fix this and install my proprietary driver?

Thank you
~Crockeo

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Problem Getting Proprietary ATI driver

You can force the removal of xf86-input-evdev, disregarding dependencies.

Can you post the output of 'pacman -Sii xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix'?

Edit: Have you followed the wiki? The tell you to

# pacman -Rdd xorg-server xorg-server-common
# pacman -S xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ca … repository

Last edited by karol (2011-11-06 22:44:50)

Crockeo

Member

Registered: 2011-10-16

Posts: 12

Re: Problem Getting Proprietary ATI driver

I followed the wiki to the letter, yet I still have the same problem, but I have a lead, or rather a memory, that could help.

Once upon a time, before I realized there was a catalyst repository I installed it directly from the AMD website, which then didn't work due to a lack of fglrx. I presume I should attempt to remove all that was installed with that before I install catalyst from the repositories?

Last edited by Crockeo (2011-11-07 02:35:24)

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Problem Getting Proprietary ATI driver

Yes, the driver you installed from AMD's website may interfere and should be removed.

engywook

Member

Registered: 2008-05-24

Posts: 10

Re: Problem Getting Proprietary ATI driver

I get this error:

resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
...
:: xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix and xf86-input-evdev are in conflict (xorg-server<1.10.99.902). Remove xf86-input-evdev? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: xorg-server-catalyst-maximize-fix: requires xf86-input-evdev

I got this too today when I ran a system update, I use catalyst-daemon from AUR.

If it ain't broken, don't fix it.