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kabads

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[Solved]Problem booting - nvidia is trying to boot, but not succeeding

I did a recent pacman -Syu upgrade which failed due to files existing already - they were

/usr/lib/libEGL.so.1
/usr/lib/libEGL.so
/usr/lib/libGLESv1_CM.so
/usr/lib/libGLESv1_CM.so.1
/usr/lib/libGLESv2.so
/usr/lib/libGLESv2.so.2

So I moved these files so they had an extension of -old after them - they are still there.

The upgrade succeeded - but applications wouldn't run.

I had a problem running some applications after this upgrade (e.g. firefox complained about some sort of XCOM - I wish I wrote this command down).

Now, when I boot, X fails to start with nvidia splash screen cycling around and keyboard not loading (I can't interrupt this loop). When booting normally I get the last reports to screen -

started account service Reached target graphical interface arch

I've since managed to boot in at what is similar to the old run level 1 - with root.

What are the best ways of recovering this system and allowing nvidia to boot syccessfully?

Last edited by kabads (2014-03-08 18:20:19)

Scimmia

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Re: [Solved]Problem booting - nvidia is trying to boot, but not succeeding

You moved files needed by another package, what did you expect?

kabads

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Re: [Solved]Problem booting - nvidia is trying to boot, but not succeeding

Yes, I understand that. How should I have gone about that upgrade? I can move the files back, but there may be newer versions now. What do you suggest? Just move them back over the newer versions?

WorMzy

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Re: [Solved]Problem booting - nvidia is trying to boot, but not succeeding

Roll back the nvidia update, move back the files you moved, wait for the package conflict to be resolved (should be imminent -- packages are already in testing[1]), and next time please search before posting or trying to fix problems like this, chances are it's not just affecting you [2].

[1] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/39219?p … idia-libgl
[2] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=178189

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loafer

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Re: [Solved]Problem booting - nvidia is trying to boot, but not succeeding

I'd just downgrade all the affected packages so I got back too the initial state.  Confirm all is working and then remove the old files.

Then upgrade properly (plus have a look for any relevant bug reports).

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kabads

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Re: [Solved]Problem booting - nvidia is trying to boot, but not succeeding

Thanks for the replies. I did google this issue, but nothing came up. I've never normally checked the bug tracker, but I'll have a look next time.