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Icecream

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Registered: 2012-07-12

Posts: 3

Having problems installing xf86-video-ati

Ive looked at the wiki and my problem wasnt listed.

I run into these errors while trying to install xf86-video-ati i currently have vesa.

sudo pacman -S xf86-video-ati
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: systemd-tools and udev are in conflict. Remove udev? [y/N] y

Targets (5): hwids-20120611-1  libdrm-2.4.37-1  systemd-tools-185-4
             udev-182-2 [removal]  xf86-video-ati-1:6.14.6-1

Total Download Size:    1.13 MiB
Total Installed Size:   6.25 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       2.82 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
hwids-20120611-1-any     272.4 KiB   236K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
systemd-tools-185-4...   406.6 KiB   470K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
libdrm-2.4.37-1-x86_64   137.8 KiB   350K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
xf86-video-ati-1:6....   339.1 KiB   337K/s 00:01 [######################] 100%
(4/4) checking package integrity                   [######################] 100%
(4/4) loading package files                        [######################] 100%
(4/4) checking for file conflicts                  [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
hwids: /usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids exists in filesystem
hwids: /usr/share/hwdata/usb.ids exists in filesystem
systemd-tools: /usr/lib/libudev.so.1 exists in filesystem
systemd-tools: /usr/share/man/man5/hostname.5.gz exists in filesystem
systemd-tools: /usr/share/man/man5/locale.conf.5.gz exists in filesystem
systemd-tools: /usr/share/man/man5/vconsole.conf.5.gz exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

R00KIE

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Re: Having problems installing xf86-video-ati

pacman -Syu
pacman -S xf86-video-ati

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ConnorBehan

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Re: Having problems installing xf86-video-ati

If pacman asks you to replace a package and then complains about leftover files from it, just do the install with "-Sf" to make sure you overwrite them. Also, please use code tags .

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Icecream

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Registered: 2012-07-12

Posts: 3

Re: Having problems installing xf86-video-ati

Total Installed Size:   2560.04 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       57.67 MiB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(265/265) checking package integrity               [######################] 100%
(265/265) loading package files                    [######################] 100%
(265/265) checking for file conflicts              [######################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
filesystem: /var/lock exists in filesystem
filesystem: /var/run exists in filesystem
systemd-tools: /usr/lib/libudev.so.1 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

when i tried to update i get that. Not sure libudev.so.1 is

Nvm used pacman -Sfyu

Last edited by Icecream (2012-07-13 21:35:47)

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Having problems installing xf86-video-ati

read the stickies in the newbie corner and also the news on the main page. This has been covered a lot of times.

closing....

Nvm used pacman -Sfyu

Bad Idea !!!

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