[SOLVED] can't upgrade pacman: bluez and obexd-client are in conflict.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-29 19:26:40

sorry for the newbie question but I can't find a solution and am unable to update my arch.

]# pacman -Syu pacman
:: Synchronising package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 archlinuxfr is up to date
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
    pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] n

:: Starting full system upgrade...
:: Replace gummiboot-efi with core/gummiboot? [Y/n] n
:: Replace libsoup-gnome with extra/libsoup? [Y/n] n
:: Replace webkitgtk3 with extra/webkitgtk? [Y/n] n
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: bluez and obexd-client are in conflict

does anyone know how to solve this?

Last edited by crashandburn4 (2013-06-30 03:47:05)

Scimmia · 2013-06-29 19:39:59

Why did you answer no to those questions? Maybe pacman 4.1 will work.

Make sure you read the front page when you get the next file conflict error.

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karol · 2013-06-29 19:43:53

Have you read the news https://www.archlinux.org/ ?
If I'm reading this right, libsoup name change is 3 months old https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … 93142238d0
so it looks like you haven't updated in a long while.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-29 22:55:37

I tried answering yes to all conflicts:

error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: package-query: requires pacman<4.1

if I try and answer yes to updating pacman, current pacman version is 4.0.3 (very old I know)
also if I try answering no followed by yes 3 times I still get the error described in the original post.
is there any way I can update to latest pacman?
I just reread the news and don't see anything that applies to my problems or anything I can do to help
anyone got any advice?

Scimmia · 2013-06-29 22:57:47

yeah, either upgrade or uninstall package-query and yaourt.

cfr · 2013-06-29 22:59:06

Uninstall package-query.

You need to go back through older news items to find the instructions for handling the various major updates you have to deal with. Arch needs to be frequently updated or it becomes unmanageable.

jasonwryan · 2013-06-29 23:01:22

Yaourt and package-query are unsupported. If you wish to use them, it is your responsibility to manage them, not pacman's.

This is why it is recommended to learn how to use makepkg when first installing AUR packages, so you do not become dependent on a tool that obscures this distinction.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-29 23:28:21

yep uninstalling package-query and yaourt fixed it.

# pacman -Rs yaourt package-query
# pacman -Syu --ignore filesystem,bash #follow instructions posted in link
# pacman -S bash
# pacman -Su

thanks for the help everyone.

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crashandburn4 · 2013-06-29 23:58:01

ahhh, posted too soon, now my system hangs on

[ OK ] Reached Target Graphical Interface

during startup, does anyone have any suggestions on where to look for the problem? (I'm guessing graphics card but can't think how to debug this/ where to look, any suggestions greatly appreciated) apologies again for the newbie questions.

cfr · 2013-06-30 00:37:38

@crashandburn4,
Do you plan to tell us any more or do you expect people to guess what graphics card you have, what driver you are using, what DE/WM, how you start X...?

Did you get any errors when you ran the update commands? Did you read pacman's output?

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WonderWoofy · 2013-06-30 00:39:47

@cfr, I wonder if crashandburn4 actually just doesn't have a DM enabled, while the graphical.target itself is enabled. So he is experiencing that issue of boot messages littering the multi-user.target (tty) login prompt. In other words, I kind of suspect that nothing is hanging, but instead that the OP doesn't know that he can log into the terminal at that point.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:05:10

hi, really sorry as I said I'm somewhat of a newbie, was waiting to see what you guys thought might be relevant so I could tell you what I've got, here goes:
graphics card: nvidia geforce GTX660.
DE/WM (I assume is desktop environment): gnome
unsure about how I start X (sorry I understand I am a newbie)
oh and everything does seem to be hanging, ctrl-c does nothing.
there were no messages from the update, I checked pacman and didn't see any warnings, (is there any kind of log I can check in case I missed something?), I've chrooted into the disk through the installation medium to reinstall the graphics card drivers (as suggested here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=153206)

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crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:08:32

sorry, just trying figure out how I start x and what drivers I have installed (if anyone can tell me how to check those things it'd be greatly appreciated).

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:13:16

checking from pacman I have:

lib32-nvidia-utils 313.18.5
nvidia 319.32-2
nvidia-libgl 319.32-1
nvidia-utils 319.32-1

cfr · 2013-06-30 01:35:01

Well lib32-nvidia-utils is out of date. I don't know enough about nvidia to know whether that would be an issue. I'd assume only for 32 bit applications. Is the multilib repository properly configured in pacman.conf?

Given your comment about gnome, am I right in thinking that this is not a new install and that gnome did work fine before the update?

I assume that you usually start X automatically. What does ls -l /etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service give?

Note that you can add systemd.unit=multi-user.target to your command line when you boot to boot to a regular command line rather than the GUI. Then you can fix the system without needing to mess around with chroots and so on.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:35:45

also exact output from screen:

...
...
[ OK ] Started GNOME display manager.
          Starting Accounts Service...
eno1.[ OK ] Reached target Multi-User System.[ OK ] Reached torget Graphical Interface.hcpcd on

where there is the cursor flashing below the h in hcpcd which is at the very bottom of the screen, cannot type, cannot press ctrl-c.
the last line seems to be missing all it's newline characters (no idea why that might be)

WonderWoofy · 2013-06-30 01:37:25

All these things are covered in teh beginners guide though. So I am not sure why you don't just go back and reference the wiki. Being a beginner is fine, but not taking advantage of the documentation the community has laborously put together and then asking for someone to regurgitate that info is not. Please try to help youself a little and do some basic searching of the wiki.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:40:57

@cfr thank you, yes X is started automatically and yes this was a working installation that stopped after update. also thanks for the tip, that'll be way more helpful, I just need to chroot in again to set that

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:44:52

@WonderWoofy sorry, I did go back through the beginners guide. I tried reinstalling graphics drivers but I haven't seen anything that can help me, I could try and perform a clean install but I want to figure out what's actually gone wrong (gotta learn somehow). I am sorry, I'm definitely not trying to waste anyone's time.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:45:50

oh and @cfr, last I checked multilib was configured I'll double check it for you (in case it changed on update)

cfr · 2013-06-30 01:47:22

Unless you are using a direct EFI stub entry to boot, you can edit the command line from your boot loader or manager. E.g. at the grub menu, you can choose to edit the line. I guess this won't work if you've set a 0 time out but it would with the default set up. Similarly for rEFInd and, I imagine, most other cases. It will only affect that boot, mind. chrooting and changing your config will obviously make the change persist.

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 01:58:29

ahhh, thanks again, that would've saved me a bunch of time, I actually just remembered that I've done that before but it was long enough ago that I'd forgotten. either way:
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service does not exist for me... is there any reason for that? I used to start with nomodeset as a parameter and never quite got around to fixing it, could it have something to do with that?
also multilib wasn't configured in pacman.conf, should I try reinstalling my drivers? (I updated the pacman.conf with the pacman -Syu but forgot to re-enable the multilib)

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 02:14:55

updating the lib32-nvidia-utils. didn't really fix anything (unsuprisingly). I'm out of ideas...

Scimmia · 2013-06-30 02:17:49

Does ctl-alt-f2 bring up anything?

crashandburn4 · 2013-06-30 02:23:51

@Scimmia oh, thanks ,that's cool, ctrl-alt-f2 brings up my standard login command prompt.
should I try and reinstall my desktop environment? is that what the problem is?

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