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#1 2015-11-26 11:29:50

dsch
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Registered: 2015-10-05
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xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

Trying to upgrade and I get the following:

[dsch@p5e-ws dsch]$ sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for dsch: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core                     122.0 KiB   509K/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
 extra                   1807.5 KiB   192K/s 00:09 [########################] 100%
^[[B^[[B^[[B community                 36.3 KiB  53.3K/s 00:59 [------------------^[[B^[[B^[[B community                157.3 KiB   139K/s 00:22 [------------------ community                  3.1 MiB  99.5K/s 00:32 [########################] 100%
 multilib                 144.1 KiB   136K/s 00:01 [########################] 100%
 archlinuxfr               15.6 KiB   205K/s 00:00 [########################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: xorg-server will be installed before its nvidia-340xx-libgl dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: xorg-server will be installed before its nvidia-340xx-utils dependency
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: xorg-server will be installed before its nvidia-340xx-libgl dependency

Packages (62) breeze-icons-5.16.0-2  geoclue2-2.4.0-1  glib2-2.46.2-1
              glibmm-2.46.2-1  harfbuzz-1.1.1-1  harfbuzz-icu-1.1.1-1
              imagemagick-6.9.2.6-1  inkscape-0.91-13  kdelibs-4.14.14-2
              lib32-mesa-11.0.6-1  lib32-nvidia-340xx-libgl-340.96-1
              lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils-340.96-1  libetonyek-0.1.4-1
              libkipi4-15.08.3-2  libnm-glib-1.0.8-1  libpaper-1.1.24-9
              mesa-11.0.6-1  networkmanager-1.0.8-1  nvidia-340xx-340.96-2.1
              nvidia-340xx-libgl-340.96-1  nvidia-340xx-utils-340.96-1
              pacman-mirrorlist-20151122-1  plasma-framework-5.16.0-2
              plasma-workspace-wallpapers-5.4.3.1-1
              prison-frameworks-1.2.1.20150831-1  python-setuptools-1:18.6.1-1
              python2-setuptools-1:18.6.1-1  run-parts-4.5.1-1
              thunderbird-38.4.0-1  wine-1.8rc1-1  xf86-input-evdev-2.10.0-2
              xf86-input-joystick-1.6.2-6  xf86-input-keyboard-1.8.1-2
              xf86-input-libinput-0.15.0-2  xf86-input-mouse-1.9.1-2
              xf86-input-synaptics-1.8.3-2  xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0-2
              xf86-input-void-1.4.1-2  xf86-video-ark-0.7.5-7
              xf86-video-ati-1:7.6.1-1  xf86-video-dummy-0.3.7-5
              xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.4-5  xf86-video-glint-1.2.8-7
              xf86-video-i128-1.3.6-7  xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917+478+gdf72bc5-3
              xf86-video-mach64-6.9.5-2  xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.9-2              
              xf86-video-nouveau-1.0.11+31+g1ff13a9-1  xf86-video-nv-2.1.20-7     
              xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.3-6  xf86-video-r128-6.10.0-2             
              xf86-video-savage-2.3.8-2  xf86-video-siliconmotion-1.7.8-2
              xf86-video-sis-0.10.8-2  xf86-video-tdfx-1.4.5-7
              xf86-video-trident-1.3.7-2  xf86-video-vesa-2.3.4-2
              xf86-video-vmware-13.1.0-3  xf86-video-voodoo-1.2.5-7
              xorg-server-1.18.0-3  xorg-server-common-1.18.0-3
              xorg-server-devel-1.18.0-3

Total Download Size:    227.38 MiB
Total Installed Size:  1033.75 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:        23.99 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n

Should I proceed with the upgrade?

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#2 2015-11-26 11:45:42

ayekat
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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

This simply means that there has been a dependency cycle (like "A depends on B" and "B depends on A"). pacman usually installs the dependencies before the dependent package, but in this case it would mean an "endless" dependency resolving, so pacman breaks the tie by choosing one package to be installed before the other, while breaking the "dependencies first" rule.

tl;dr Yes, you can.


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#3 2015-11-26 11:51:22

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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

A side note/question... why are you using the nvidia driver and pulling down all xf86-video* packages too?


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#4 2015-11-26 11:54:29

dsch
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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

ayekat wrote:

This simply means that there has been a dependency cycle (like "A depends on B" and "B depends on A"). pacman usually installs the dependencies before the dependent package, but in this case it would mean an "endless" dependency resolving, so pacman breaks the tie by choosing one package to be installed before the other, while breaking the "dependencies first" rule.

tl;dr Yes, you can.

Thank you!

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#5 2015-11-26 11:56:07

dsch
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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

graysky wrote:

A side note/question... why are you using the nvidia driver and pulling down all xf86-video* packages too?

I don't think that I know what I am doing smile

I mean, I don't understand what exactly you are asking... tongue

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#6 2015-11-26 12:02:54

Awebb
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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

You have all the xf86-video-* packages installed. You only need the right one for your graphics card. If you have an Nvidia, the right one would be xf86-video-nouveau, however, the package "nvidia-340xx" is also a video driver for an (older) Nvidia card, it just doesn't have the xf86-video- prefix.

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#7 2015-11-26 12:07:20

dsch
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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

Awebb wrote:

You have all the xf86-video-* packages installed. You only need the right one for your graphics card. If you have an Nvidia, the right one would be xf86-video-nouveau, however, the package "nvidia-340xx" is also a video driver for an (older) Nvidia card, it just doesn't have the xf86-video- prefix.

So,  I can uninstall all xf86-video-*?

sudo pacman -R xf86-video-*

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#8 2015-11-26 12:15:03

Awebb
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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

That is correct. I recommend reading the Xorg and nvidia wiki articles.

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#9 2015-11-26 12:16:07

dsch
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Re: xorg and nvidia - should I proceed with the upgrade?

Awebb wrote:

That is correct. I recommend reading the Xorg and nvidia wiki articles.

Thank you, I will.

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