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durandal

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Registered: 2023-12-02

Posts: 20

today when i update system, failed to commit transaction (conflicting

λ ~/ sudo pacman -Syyu
[sudo] password for zero:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core                                      116.5 KiB   637 KiB/s 00:00 [#######################################] 100%
extra                                       7.8 MiB  1708 KiB/s 00:05 [#######################################] 100%
multilib                                  134.9 KiB  1776 KiB/s 00:00 [#######################################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (19) ca-certificates-mozilla-3.113-1  iana-etc-20250612-1  kio-extras-25.04.2-2  linux-6.15.3.arch1-1
              linux-firmware-20250613.12fe085f-5  linux-firmware-amdgpu-20250613.12fe085f-5
              linux-firmware-atheros-20250613.12fe085f-5  linux-firmware-broadcom-20250613.12fe085f-5
              linux-firmware-intel-20250613.12fe085f-5  linux-firmware-mediatek-20250613.12fe085f-5
              linux-firmware-nvidia-20250613.12fe085f-5  linux-firmware-other-20250613.12fe085f-5
              linux-firmware-radeon-20250613.12fe085f-5  linux-firmware-realtek-20250613.12fe085f-5
              linux-firmware-whence-20250613.12fe085f-5  nss-3.113-1  plasma-workspace-6.4.0-5
              qtkeychain-qt6-0.15.0-2  udisks2-2.10.1-6

Total Installed Size:  572.51 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       66.85 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(19/19) checking keys in keyring                                       [#######################################] 100%
(19/19) checking package integrity                                     [#######################################] 100%
(19/19) loading package files                                          [#######################################] 100%
(19/19) checking for file conflicts                                    [#######################################] 100%
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106 exists in filesystem
linux-firmware-nvidia: /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
λ ~/ pacman -T
λ ~/ dmesg | grep -i nvidia
dmesg: read kernel buffer failed: Operation not permitted
λ ~/ sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia
[sudo] password for zero:
λ ~/ pacman -Qo /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103
/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103/ is owned by linux-firmware 20250508.788aadc8-2

durandal

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Registered: 2023-12-02

Posts: 20

Re: today when i update system, failed to commit transaction (conflicting

my gpu is Intel Iris Xe Graphics @ 1.45 GHz [Integrated]

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,637

Re: today when i update system, failed to commit transaction (conflicting

Please see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … management and the resulting https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmwa … ervention/

Why are you using two 'y's when updating? You shoudn't.

Last edited by Scimmia (2025-06-22 03:33:23)

durandal

Member

Registered: 2023-12-02

Posts: 20

Re: today when i update system, failed to commit transaction (conflicting

Please see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … management and the resulting https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmwa … ervention/

Why are you using two 'y's when updating? You shoudn't.

thank you!!!

o!, i use -Syyu to update system for years. and i will use -Syu  in the future

dan123

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Registered: 2025-05-30

Posts: 32

Re: today when i update system, failed to commit transaction (conflicting

i didnt check the news but this allowed update to happen

# sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad103
# sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad104
# sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad106
# sudo rm -r /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ad107
# sudo pacman -Syu

when the update is done, some new directories and new links to directories get added in /usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/
i dont use nvidia so doesnt matter to me if the nividia packages arent installed correctly

Last edited by dan123 (2025-06-22 11:08:20)