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calin_ionut

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From: Romania

Registered: 2014-03-31

Posts: 15

Problem upgrading nvidia drivers

Hello! I have installed nvidia 304.131 (for the Geforce G103M) and Gnome 3.18.2

I have this issue with the mouse (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 2#p1572202)  when upgrading from 3.16 to 3.18

What i am trying to do is upgrade to another version 352 or 358 (this mouse issue is from nvidia drivers - what i understand)

What i have installed:

extra/libvdpau 1.1.1-1 [installed]
extra/nvidia-304xx 304.131-2.1 [installed]
extra/nvidia-304xx-libgl 304.131-1 [installed]
extra/nvidia-304xx-utils 304.131-1 [installed]
multilib/lib32-nvidia-utils 358.16-1 [installed]

If i want to install nvidia (the latest) :

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: nvidia and nvidia-304xx are in conflict. Remove nvidia-304xx? [y/N] y
:: nvidia-utils and nvidia-304xx-utils are in conflict. Remove nvidia-304xx-utils? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: nvidia-304xx-libgl: requires nvidia-304xx-utils

When i try to remove nvidia-304xx-utils

checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: lib32-nvidia-utils: requires nvidia-utils
:: nvidia-304xx: requires nvidia-304xx-utils=304.131
:: nvidia-304xx-libgl: requires nvidia-304xx-utils

How to remove nvidia nvidia 304 completely and install nvidia (the latest) ?

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x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: Problem upgrading nvidia drivers

First ensure that your graphics card is compatible with the 350 series drivers.

To remove, give this command a try:

# pacman -Rsc nvidia-304xx

Last edited by x33a (2015-12-01 11:19:43)

calin_ionut

Member

From: Romania

Registered: 2014-03-31

Posts: 15

Re: Problem upgrading nvidia drivers

The nvidia-304xx is uninstalling BUT.....I still cannot remove nvidia-utils which is in conflict with the other nvidia-utils:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-340xx

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: nvidia-340xx-utils and nvidia-304xx-utils are in conflict (nvidia-utils). Remove nvidia-304xx-utils? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: nvidia-304xx: requires nvidia-304xx-utils=304.131
:: nvidia-304xx-libgl: requires nvidia-304xx-utils

If i try to remove nvidia-304xx-utils with the -Rsc it removes all my apps (4082.84 MB)

I'm missing something and i don`t know what!

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Compaq CQ61-125EQ - Arch x86_64  - GNOME3
Core 2 duo T6400 - 4GB RAM - NVIDIA G103 M - 120GB SSD

calin_ionut

Member

From: Romania

Registered: 2014-03-31

Posts: 15

Re: Problem upgrading nvidia drivers

and by the way ..... only 304.131 and 340.96 is supporting my video card.

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Compaq CQ61-125EQ - Arch x86_64  - GNOME3
Core 2 duo T6400 - 4GB RAM - NVIDIA G103 M - 120GB SSD

WorMzy

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From: Scotland

Registered: 2010-06-16

Posts: 13,570

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Re: Problem upgrading nvidia drivers

The nvidia-304xx is uninstalling BUT.....I still cannot remove nvidia-utils which is in conflict with the other nvidia-utils:

sudo pacman -S nvidia-340xx

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: nvidia-340xx-utils and nvidia-304xx-utils are in conflict (nvidia-utils). Remove nvidia-304xx-utils? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: nvidia-304xx: requires nvidia-304xx-utils=304.131
:: nvidia-304xx-libgl: requires nvidia-304xx-utils

If i try to remove nvidia-304xx-utils with the -Rsc it removes all my apps (4082.84 MB)

I'm missing something and i don`t know what!

You have told pacman to install nvidia-340xx and replace nvidia-304xx-utils with nvidia-340xx-utils, but the whole process can't continue because you haven't told it to replace nvidia-304xx-libgl with anything.

Try

# pacman -Syu nvidia-340xx nvidia-340xx-libgl

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calin_ionut

Member

From: Romania

Registered: 2014-03-31

Posts: 15

Re: Problem upgrading nvidia drivers

WorMzy wrote
You have told pacman to install nvidia-340xx and replace nvidia-304xx-utils with nvidia-340xx-utils, but the whole process can't continue because you haven't told it to replace nvidia-304xx-libgl with anything.

You are right!

Thank you all for the tips and info! Now i`ts working fine gnome 3.18.2!
Cheers!

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Compaq CQ61-125EQ - Arch x86_64  - GNOME3
Core 2 duo T6400 - 4GB RAM - NVIDIA G103 M - 120GB SSD