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dimstog

Member

Registered: 2008-10-21

Posts: 6

Problem with system upgrade [SOLVED]

I issued my daily pacman -Syu update today and here is what I got

 (OK):download completed.
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: nvidia: requires kernel26<2.6.28

Apparently the 2.6.28 was put up in core but my nvidia driver requires an older version and won't let me update it.

Issuing pacman -Si nvidia gives me

Repository     : extra
Name           : nvidia
Version        : 180.22-1
URL            : http://www.nvidia.com/
Licenses       : custom  
Groups         : None
Provides       : None
Depends On     : kernel26>=2.6.28  kernel26<2.6.29  nvidia-utils  
Optional Deps  : None
Conflicts With : nvidia-96xx  nvidia-71xx  nvidia-legacy  
Replaces       : None
Download Size  : 2619.32 K
Installed Size : 9896.00 K
Packager       : Pierre Schmitz <pierre@archlinux.de>
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Mon 12 Jan 2009 02:41:38 PM EET
MD5 Sum        : e8bbd4a274a971fc92cefa022b816ff1
Description    : NVIDIA drivers for kernel26.

however, issuing pacman -Qi nvidia, gives me

Name           : nvidia
Version        : 180.22-1
URL            : http://www.nvidia.com/
Licenses       : custom  
Groups         : None
Provides       : nvidia=180.22  
Depends On     : kernel26>=2.6.27  kernel26<2.6.28  nvidia-utils=180.22  
Optional Deps  : None
Required By    : None
Conflicts With : nvidia-96xx  nvidia-71xx  nvidia-legacy  nvidia-beta  
Replaces       : None
Installed Size : 9864.00 K
Packager       : Unknown Packager
Architecture   : x86_64
Build Date     : Fri 09 Jan 2009 01:11:30 AM EET
Install Date   : Fri 09 Jan 2009 10:30:36 AM EET
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description    : NVIDIA drivers for kernel26.

So, there's two nvidia packages with different dependencies but the same (180.22-1) version ? Or was my database borked in some way ? I am pretty sure I installed my nvidia driver from the extra repo.

Trying to update just nvidia (pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils), returns this

warning: nvidia-180.22-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: nvidia-utils-180.22-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: klibc-extras: requires klibc-088J8A5xVqZqloQrhjNKyTEVhY8
:: klibc-kbd: requires klibc-088J8A5xVqZqloQrhjNKyTEVhY8
:: klibc-module-init-tools: requires klibc-088J8A5xVqZqloQrhjNKyTEVhY8
:: klibc-udev: requires klibc-088J8A5xVqZqloQrhjNKyTEVhY8

Any way to get around this, cause trying to uninstall my nvidia driver will require uninstalling half -if not all- my DE ?

Update: Worked around it by installing nvidia-beta and nvidia-utils-beta from AUR, pacman -Syu, pacman -Scc, then install nvidia and nvidia-utils from extra.
Still the two different packages with the same version number... that's wrong, isn't ?

Last edited by dimstog (2009-01-16 13:31:29)

E5o

Member

Registered: 2009-01-16

Posts: 9

Re: Problem with system upgrade [SOLVED]

Greetings fellow Archer

I solved the exact same problem with

IgnorePkg = kernel26

and

 pacman -Syu

Worked like a charm.

Cheers, E5o

dimstog

Member

Registered: 2008-10-21

Posts: 6

Re: Problem with system upgrade [SOLVED]

Greetings fellow Archer

I solved the exact same problem with

IgnorePkg = kernel26

and

 pacman -Syu

Worked like a charm.

Cheers, E5o

Much more elegant, well done.

whatshisname

Member

Registered: 2010-04-24

Posts: 163

Re: Problem with system upgrade [SOLVED]

Greetings fellow Archer

I solved the exact same problem with

IgnorePkg = kernel26

and

 pacman -Syu

Worked like a charm.

Cheers, E5o

Thanks.  Worked for me as well.

Inxsible

Forum Fellow

From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Problem with system upgrade [SOLVED]

whatshisname, please  read the forum etiquettes from my sig - pertaining to necro posting.

Closing....

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