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BlueTac

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Registered: 2013-06-29

Posts: 22

AMD Catalyst installation failing due to xorg dependencies

Hi All,

While installing the base arch system I chose to use the open source drivers but i'd like to move to the proprietary drivers.

Starting with "catalyst-hook" I get an error that xorg needs to be lower than version 1.18.0, i'm on 1.18.4-1

 sudo pacman -S catalyst
:: There are 3 providers available for catalyst:
:: Repository catalyst
   1) catalyst-dkms  2) catalyst-generator  3) catalyst-hook

Enter a number (default=1): 3
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "xorg-server<1.18.0", a dependency of "catalyst-utils"
warning: cannot resolve "catalyst-utils", a dependency of "catalyst-hook"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      catalyst-hook

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] 

Do I really need to downgrade my xorg to install the Catalyst drivers?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,544

Re: AMD Catalyst installation failing due to xorg dependencies

Yes,  you do. Instructions are on the catalyst wiki page.

BlueTac

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Registered: 2013-06-29

Posts: 22

Re: AMD Catalyst installation failing due to xorg dependencies

Yes,  you do. Instructions are on the catalyst wiki page.

Hmm, skimmed the rest of the wiki but must have missed that

Thank you Scimmia I found the bit I need to follow

BlueTac

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Registered: 2013-06-29

Posts: 22

Re: AMD Catalyst installation failing due to xorg dependencies

So I've added the xorg repo I need, but im hesitant to uninstall/reinstall xorg.

just ran "pacman -S xorg" to force a reinstall but I got dependency errors?

sudo pacman -S xorg
:: There are 80 members in group xorg:
:: Repository xorg117
   1) xf86-input-evdev  2) xf86-input-joystick  3) xf86-input-keyboard
   4) xf86-input-libinput  5) xf86-input-mouse  6) xf86-input-synaptics
   7) xf86-input-vmmouse  8) xf86-input-void  9) xf86-video-ark  10) xf86-video-ati
   11) xf86-video-dummy  12) xf86-video-fbdev  13) xf86-video-glint  14) xf86-video-i128
   15) xf86-video-intel  16) xf86-video-mach64  17) xf86-video-neomagic
   18) xf86-video-nouveau  19) xf86-video-nv  20) xf86-video-openchrome
   21) xf86-video-r128  22) xf86-video-savage  23) xf86-video-siliconmotion
   24) xf86-video-sis  25) xf86-video-tdfx  26) xf86-video-trident  27) xf86-video-vesa
   28) xf86-video-vmware  29) xf86-video-voodoo  30) xorg-server
:: Repository extra
   31) xf86-video-amdgpu  32) xorg-bdftopcf  33) xorg-docs  34) xorg-font-util
   35) xorg-fonts-100dpi  36) xorg-fonts-75dpi  37) xorg-fonts-encodings  38) xorg-iceauth
   39) xorg-luit  40) xorg-mkfontdir  41) xorg-mkfontscale  42) xorg-server-common
   43) xorg-server-devel  44) xorg-server-xdmx  45) xorg-server-xephyr
   46) xorg-server-xnest  47) xorg-server-xvfb  48) xorg-server-xwayland  49) xorg-sessreg
   50) xorg-setxkbmap  51) xorg-smproxy  52) xorg-x11perf  53) xorg-xauth
   54) xorg-xbacklight  55) xorg-xcmsdb  56) xorg-xcursorgen  57) xorg-xdpyinfo
   58) xorg-xdriinfo  59) xorg-xev  60) xorg-xgamma  61) xorg-xhost  62) xorg-xinput
   63) xorg-xkbcomp  64) xorg-xkbevd  65) xorg-xkbutils  66) xorg-xkill  67) xorg-xlsatoms
   68) xorg-xlsclients  69) xorg-xmodmap  70) xorg-xpr  71) xorg-xprop  72) xorg-xrandr
   73) xorg-xrdb  74) xorg-xrefresh  75) xorg-xset  76) xorg-xsetroot  77) xorg-xvinfo
   78) xorg-xwd  79) xorg-xwininfo  80) xorg-xwud

Enter a selection (default=all): 
warning: downgrading package xf86-input-evdev (2.10.3-1 => 2.10.0-1)
warning: downgrading package xf86-video-ati (1:7.7.0-1 => 1:7.5.0-2)
warning: downgrading package xorg-server (1.18.4-1 => 1.17.4-2)
warning: xorg-bdftopcf-1.0.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-font-util-1.3.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-fonts-encodings-1.0.4-4 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-iceauth-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-luit-1.1.1-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-mkfontdir-1.0.7-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-mkfontscale-1.1.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-server-common-1.18.4-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-sessreg-1.1.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-setxkbmap-1.3.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xauth-1.0.9-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xbacklight-1.2.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xcmsdb-1.0.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xdpyinfo-1.3.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xgamma-1.0.6-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xhost-1.0.7-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xinput-1.6.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xkbcomp-1.3.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xmodmap-1.0.9-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xprop-1.2.2-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xrandr-1.5.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xrdb-1.1.0-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xrefresh-1.0.5-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xset-1.2.3-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: xorg-xsetroot-1.1.1-2 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: xf86-video-amdgpu and xorg-server are in conflict (xorg-server<1.18.0)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,911

Re: AMD Catalyst installation failing due to xorg dependencies

Other xf86-* packages on your system will be downgraded, but xf86-video-amdgppu didn't exist before  xforg-server 1,18.0 was released.
jusr remove xf86-video-amdpgpu, then try again.

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7etc/

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Registered: 2010-05-08

Posts: 47

Re: AMD Catalyst installation failing due to xorg dependencies

I don' t know if this issue is solved. If not, go the the catalyst wiki, copy the "xorg117 repository" and paste it all obove the others in your pacman.conf. Pacman -Syyu catalayst-hook do the rest

Last edited by 7etc/ (2016-10-05 12:15:53)