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CaptainKirk

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Registered: 2009-06-07

Posts: 391

Is it Safe to Upgrade my nvidia-based X?

A few months ago I upgraded my nvidia driver and then I had to downgrade to 173xx. There is a short thread here http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74625 about that experience. When I ran sudo pacman -Syu now I got this:

:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: xorg-server will be installed before its nvidia-173xx-utils dependency
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (59): readline-6.0.004-1  bash-4.0.028-1  gawk-3.1.7-1  autoconf-2.64-1  cpio-2.10-1  
              dosfstools-3.0.5-1  exo-0.3.101-2  filesystem-2009.07-1  nss-3.12.3.1-1  
              xulrunner-1.9.1.2-1  firefox-3.5.2-1  flac-1.2.1-2  flashplugin-10.0.32.18-1.1  
              ghostscript-8.70-1  glib-1.2.10-8  gpgme-1.2.0-1  hal-info-0.20090716-1  
              hdparm-9.21-1  hylafax-6.0.3-1  imagemagick-6.5.4.8-1  udev-141-5  
              initscripts-2009.07-3  inputproto-1.5.1-1  mkinitcpio-0.5.26-1  kernel26-2.6.30.4-1  
              libgsf-1.14.15-1  libmysqlclient-5.1.37-1  xcb-proto-1.5-1  libxcb-1.4-1  
              libx11-1.2.2-1  licenses-2.5-1  xf86-input-evdev-2.2.3-1  xorg-server-1.6.3-2  
              nvidia-173xx-utils-173.14.20-1  mesa-7.5-2  mlocate-0.22-2  mysql-clients-5.1.37-1  
              mysql-5.1.37-1  nvidia-173xx-173.14.20-1  openjdk6-1.5.1-1  pciutils-3.1.3-1  
              psmisc-22.8-1  python-pysqlite-2.5.5-1  libvisual-0.4.0-2  
              gstreamer0.10-base-plugins-0.10.23-2  qt-4.5.2-5  shadow-4.1.4.2-1  tdb-3.3.7-1  
              smbclient-3.3.7-1  subversion-1.6.4-1  sudo-1.7.2p1-1  syslog-ng-3.0.3-2  
              virtualbox-modules-3.0.4-1  virtualbox-ose-3.0.4-1  wget-1.11.4-2  wine-1.1.27-1  
              xcb-util-0.3.5-1  xfce4-power-manager-0.8.3.1-1  xfce4-weather-plugin-0.7.3-1  

Total Download Size:    277.32 MB
Total Installed Size:   827.28 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

and I'm a bit nervous abut those two warnings. Is it safe to upgrade my xorg-server in this case?

I don't know if the bug was ever fixed so I don't know if I can upgrade nvidia...

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Is it Safe to Upgrade my nvidia-based X?

Upgrade, then (to make sure that everything is alright) reinstall (after the big update) nvidia and nvidia-utils and do a reboot.

SpeedVin

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-04-29

Posts: 955

Re: Is it Safe to Upgrade my nvidia-based X?

I think you can upgrade.
This warning say to you that xorg-server will be installed before nvidia becouse it's nvidia depency no problem

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whaevr

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Registered: 2008-03-17

Posts: 182

Re: Is it Safe to Upgrade my nvidia-based X?

You only upgrade every few months? O.O

CaptainKirk

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Registered: 2009-06-07

Posts: 391

Re: Is it Safe to Upgrade my nvidia-based X?

I did the upgrade and rebooted and my two screens are working fine. The bug with the latest nvidia was that it wouldn't run two screens.

Thank you both, for the responses.

BTW, yes, I upgrade more than once a month, but when there are no problems, I don't make a forum post.

narada

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Registered: 2009-07-12

Posts: 34

Re: Is it Safe to Upgrade my nvidia-based X?

For future notice, if you're worried about a package breaking something you can edit your /etc/pacman.conf and list it under IgnorePkg. Pacman will then skip over it when you update.