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Shashwat

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From: India

Registered: 2011-05-08

Posts: 101

Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

I want to install catalyst and i have setup all the repo needed for it, buy when I run pacman -Syu I get the following errors

[shashwat@arch ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 xorg114 is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 catalyst is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: xf86-input-evdev: local (2.8.2-2) is newer than xorg114 (2.8.2-1)
warning: xf86-input-synaptics: local (1.7.3-1) is newer than xorg114 (1.7.2-1)
warning: xf86-video-ati: local (1:7.3.0-1) is newer than xorg114 (1:7.2.0-1)
warning: xorg-server: local (1.15.0-5) is newer than xorg114 (1.14.5-11)
warning: xorg-server-common: local (1.15.0-5) is newer than xorg114 (1.14.5-11)
 there is nothing to do
[shashwat@arch ~]$ 

I have read the wiki and it said that I can rollback the system by installing packages from /var/cache/... but since i Have done a new install I never installed X v1.14 now i wanted to install it but cannot find a proper way

Some pointers will be helpful

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drcouzelis

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From: Connecticut, USA

Registered: 2009-11-09

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Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

I don't see any errors. What is your question? What is the issue you are trying to resolve? What documentation are you following, and where are you getting stuck in it?

Shashwat

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From: India

Registered: 2011-05-08

Posts: 101

Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

^^ Sorry for not being very clear - but the issue is catalyst needs X v1.14 while I am not able to downgrade since I have v1.15.

The warning above won't let me install an older version of X which I direly need for catalyst compatibility!

[shashwat@arch ~]$ X -version

X.Org X Server 1.15.0
Release Date: 2013-12-27
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.12.5-1-ARCH x86_64 
Current Operating System: Linux arch 3.12.9-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 26 09:01:37 CET 2014 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=4947e6d9-1bc5-4b0c-8593-9d0b0a9e1b02 rw quiet splash
Build Date: 09 January 2014  08:47:24AM
 
Current version of pixman: 0.32.4
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
[shashwat@arch ~]$ 

As for the wiki I am using official arch book on catalyst installation and downgrading!

Last edited by Shashwat (2014-01-27 17:28:35)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

pacman -Suu

Shashwat

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From: India

Registered: 2011-05-08

Posts: 101

Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

pacman -Suu

Thanks - that seems to have fixed the warning issue, however I ran into a new problem , xorg-server and glamor -egl are in conflict! I can't remove either of them which eventually result in dead system or no catalyst!

resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: xorg-server and glamor-egl are in conflict. Remove glamor-egl? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: xf86-video-ati: requires glamor-egl
[shashwat@arch ~]$ 

Edit-  My repos are up to date! Just did a -Syy

Last edited by Shashwat (2014-01-27 17:40:12)

Scimmia

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Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

Do downgrade that manually, then ask the maintainer of the repo you're using to include it as well.

Shashwat

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From: India

Registered: 2011-05-08

Posts: 101

Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

^^ Downgrade X (xorg-server, utils and server-utils package) or glamor-egl?

Will get in touch with the maintainer for sure

Edit - Also I dont think there is any guarantee that glamor won't conflict with manually compiled xorg?

How do I get pass the situation?

Last edited by Shashwat (2014-01-27 18:09:02)

desaparecido

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From: Liège, Belgium

Registered: 2010-03-14

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Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

Hi I you want install catalyst you don't need glamor-egl so... Like the wiki about catalyst say you can remove it to can downgrade your xserver, to remove without warnings (you can read the wiki to be sure) pacman -Rdd pkgname is enough but you need install all packages for catalyst to satisfy all libgl stuffs before reboot or logout your X session . take your time to read the wiki and good job

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progandy

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Re: Downgrading X to v1.14 issues

I guess you'll have to explicitely install the old xorg packages (pacman -S xorg-server glamor-egl ... )
The xorg114 repository from wirephire contains the right versions of glamor-egl and xorg.

Last edited by progandy (2014-01-27 20:03:17)

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