pacman -Syyu failed to commit transaction(conflicting files) [solved]

c137 · 2022-02-20 06:02:43

I try to update the system using pacman, but I get an error when committing. I have never compiled and installed xorg-server manually.

Looking forward to any suggestions, thanks.

Packages (3) 11bmwau-0.3.21-2 xorg-server-21.1.3-6 xorg-server-common-21.1.3-6
Total Installed Size:
10.93 MIB
Net Upgrade Size:
－55.96 MIB
：： Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
（3/3) checking keys in keyring
（3/3) checking package integrity
100%
100Z
（3/3) loading package files
（3/3) checking for file conflicts
100%
error:failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
100%
xorg-server-common: /usr/lib/xorg/protocol.txt exists in filesystem
xorg-server-common:/usr/share/licenses/xorg-server-common/COPYING exists in filesystem
xorg-server-common:/usr/share/man/man1/Xserver.1.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-sarver-common: /var/14b/xkb/READNE.cOmpl1ed exlsts In filesustem
xorg-server: /usr/bin/X exists in fllesystem
xorg-server: /usr/bin/Xorg exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/bin/gtf exists in filesystem
xorg-server: /usr/lib/Xorg exists in filesystem
xorg-server: /usr/lib/Xorg,wrap exists in fllesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/inputtest_drv.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libexa.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so exists in fllesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadow.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libshadowfb.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-quirks.conf exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/licenses/xorg-server/COPYING exists in filesystem
xorg-server: /usr/share/man/man1/Xorg.1.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man1/Xorg.wrap.1.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man1/gtf.1.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man4/exa.4.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man4/fbdevhw.4.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man4/inputtestdrv.4.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man4/modesetting.4.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man5/Xurapper.config.5.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz exists in filesystem
xorg-server:/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.d.5.gz exists in filesystem
Errors occurred. no packages were upgraded.

Last edited by c137 (2022-02-21 02:44:35)

skunktrader · 2022-02-20 06:17:29

Did you read this yet?

skunktrader · 2022-02-20 06:18:58

Any particular reason why you are using -Syyu?

c137 · 2022-02-20 06:29:17

skunktrader wrote:

Did you read this yet?

Yes, I read it. But I never compile and install xorg-sever manually

Last edited by c137 (2022-02-20 06:30:44)

loqs · 2022-02-20 06:36:05

Please post the output of the following

# pacman -Qkk 2>&1 | grep -Fv '0 altered files'

See pastebin so you do not have to copy the output by hand producing transliteration errors such as

xorg-sarver-common: /var/14b/xkb/READNE.cOmpl1ed exlsts In filesustem

Please also use code tags for commands and their outputs.

c137 · 2022-02-20 07:46:37

loqs wrote:

Please post the output of the following
# pacman -Qkk 2>&1 | grep -Fv '0 altered files'
See pastebin so you do not have to copy the output by hand producing transliteration errors such as
xorg-sarver-common: /var/14b/xkb/READNE.cOmpl1ed exlsts In filesustem
Please also use code tags for commands and their outputs.

Thank you for your reply.Below is the ouput url

http://ix.io/3Q7J

seth · 2022-02-20 07:55:51

No it's not…
http://ix.io/3Q7N - ftfy

Edit: there're still some bogus lines "ed files" in there.
Please provide the actual, unedited output.

Edit #2:

error: error while reading file /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree: Unrecognized archive format

stat /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
file /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
head -c1kB /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree

Last edited by seth (2022-02-20 08:06:24)

c137 · 2022-02-20 08:32:58

seth wrote:

No it's not…
http://ix.io/3Q7N - ftfy
Edit: there're still some bogus lines "ed files" in there.
Please provide the actual, unedited output.
Edit #2:
error: error while reading file /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree: Unrecognized archive format
stat /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
file /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
head -c1kB /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree

pacman -Qkk 2>&1 | grep -F -v  '0 altered files'

http://ix.io/3Q7V

c137 · 2022-02-20 08:42:25

seth wrote:

No it's not…
http://ix.io/3Q7N - ftfy
Edit: there're still some bogus lines "ed files" in there.
Please provide the actual, unedited output.
Edit #2:
error: error while reading file /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree: Unrecognized archive format
stat /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
file /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
head -c1kB /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree

［bjl@c137 1$ stat /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/ntree
File:/var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
Size:0
Blocks: 0
10 Block: 4096
regular empty file
Device:0.28
Inode:3124919
Links: 1
Access:(0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: (
0/
root)
Gid:(
0/
root)
Access:2022-02-20 23:28:54.815720707 +0800
Modify:2022-02-19 19:28:02.000000000 +0800
Change:2022-02-20 00:37:05.677154819 +0800
Birth:2022-02-20 00:37:05.677154819 +0800
［bjl@c137^]$ file /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/ntree
／var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree:empty
［bjl@c137~1$ head -c1kB /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/ntree

Last edited by c137 (2022-02-20 08:43:28)

seth · 2022-02-20 09:00:02

c137 wrote:

stat /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/ntree
File:/var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree

Stop transcripting stuff, it's useless effort and introduces errors.
The exactl same bogus lines are still in the supposed pacman output - it might be a straight up copy-and-fail of the stripped down version I posted.

You need to re-install all packages w/ broken mtrees using "--dbonly" and then it looks like you installed a bunch of python packages using a global PIP setup?
Remove those packages from pip and re-install the pacman packages.

Also output of

/etc/arch-release

?

c137 · 2022-02-20 09:15:35

seth wrote:

c137 wrote:
stat /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/ntree
File:/var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
Stop transcripting stuff, it's useless effort and introduces errors.
The exactl same bogus lines are still in the supposed pacman output - it might be a straight up copy-and-fail of the stripped down version I posted.
You need to re-install all packages w/ broken mtrees using "--dbonly" and then it looks like you installed a bunch of python packages using a global PIP setup?
Remove those packages from pip and re-install the pacman packages.
Also output of
/etc/arch-release
?

cat /etc/arch-release
Arch Linux release

c137 · 2022-02-20 10:31:12

seth wrote:

c137 wrote:
stat /var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/ntree
File:/var/lib/pacman/local/xorg-server-common-21.1.3-5/mtree
Stop transcripting stuff, it's useless effort and introduces errors.
The exactl same bogus lines are still in the supposed pacman output - it might be a straight up copy-and-fail of the stripped down version I posted.
You need to re-install all packages w/ broken mtrees using "--dbonly" and then it looks like you installed a bunch of python packages using a global PIP setup?
Remove those packages from pip and re-install the pacman packages.
Also output of
/etc/arch-release
?

I can't connect to xserver when the first time
So I tried to update the system and found the problem that the pacman transaction could not be committed

I reinstalled the pacman packages as you said and now I can connect to the xserver
However, I didn't reinstall pip packages, does this matter?

seth · 2022-02-20 12:54:31

You probably still have a bunch of conflicting PIP packages around, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python … management and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python … nvironment to clean that up and avoid future update conflicts.

Also don't use "-yy" unless you know why and have to. There's a good chance that you broke the database this way.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

c137 · 2022-02-21 02:55:12

seth wrote:

You probably still have a bunch of conflicting PIP packages around, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python … management and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python … nvironment to clean that up and avoid future update conflicts.
Also don't use "-yy" unless you know why and have to. There's a good chance that you broke the database this way.
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

I read the relevant wiki.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman … 6%E5%8C%85
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … B%E7%BB%9F

Thanks a million

ewaller · 2022-02-21 03:20:19

skunktrader wrote:

Any particular reason why you are using -Syyu?

Did I miss the answer to this?

c137 · 2022-02-21 06:36:44

ewaller wrote:

skunktrader wrote:
Any particular reason why you are using -Syyu?
Did I miss the answer to this?

Based on some unofficial tutorials

Ferdinand · 2022-02-21 16:54:54

Shame on you

I see you joined less than a week ago, so welcome to the forum

Just for your info, while upgrading Arch is fairly easy, as with most things a little wiki-reading is always useful.

The problem with -Syyu is that you force a refresh of the package database, and unless your current mirror is the most up to date mirror you have used, there's a risk that you downgrade some packages when you update - and you can get in a situation with partial upgrades, as discussed in the link above.

There are situations where a double-y is called for, but they are concerning fixing a corrupt package database.

I'd recommend using reflector to keep your mirror list updated, and using

sudo pacman -Syu

when you upgrade.

Take it easy, and read a lot, and you'll find Arch is a breath of fresh air

ewaller · 2022-02-22 02:27:12

Everything Ferdinand said, especially welcome to the forums.

Also, the double-y is less than considerate of the limited server resources provided free of charge.

c137 · 2022-02-25 01:12:54

Ferdinand wrote:

Shame on you
I see you joined less than a week ago, so welcome to the forum
Just for your info, while upgrading Arch is fairly easy, as with most things a little wiki-reading is always useful.
The problem with -Syyu is that you force a refresh of the package database, and unless your current mirror is the most up to date mirror you have used, there's a risk that you downgrade some packages when you update - and you can get in a situation with partial upgrades, as discussed in the link above.
There are situations where a double-y is called for, but they are concerning fixing a corrupt package database.
I'd recommend using reflector to keep your mirror list updated, and using
sudo pacman -Syu
when you upgrade.
Take it easy, and read a lot, and you'll find Arch is a breath of fresh air

I found the archlinux wiki and forums really cool

Thanks to contributors. AGAIN!!!

I did use reflector before and it worked fine

c137 · 2022-02-25 01:21:11

ewaller wrote:

Everything Ferdinand said, especially welcome to the forums.
Also, the double-y is less than considerate of the limited server resources provided free of charge.

Although I am a layman, for archlinux or linux

It doesn't matter, I find a lot of fun in it

Arch Linux

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