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kunwon1

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Registered: 2009-02-21

Posts: 5

nvidia 96xx file conflict on -Syu

[kunwon1@shiny ~]$ sudo pacman -Syu
Password: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra                    391.9K  121.1K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
 community                362.8K  120.9K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (10): e2fsprogs-1.41.4-1  xulrunner-1.9.0.7-1  firefox-3.0.7-1  
              nvidia-96xx-utils-96.43.11-2  gnome-screensaver-2.24.1-2  
              hdparm-9.12-1  libidn-1.12-1  nvidia-96xx-96.43.11-2  
              run-parts-2.31-1  wxgtk-2.8.9.2-1  

Total Download Size:    33.14 MB
Total Installed Size:   113.77 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages from core...
 e2fsprogs-1.41.4-1-i686 1251.2K  121.7K/s 00:00:10 [#####################] 100%
 hdparm-9.12-1-i686        54.0K  116.3K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
 run-parts-2.31-1-i686      8.1K   89.4K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
 xulrunner-1.9.0.7-1...    15.7M  121.6K/s 00:02:12 [#####################] 100%
 firefox-3.0.7-1-i686     959.0K  121.5K/s 00:00:08 [#####################] 100%
 nvidia-96xx-utils-9...     5.5M  121.8K/s 00:00:46 [#####################] 100%
 gnome-screensaver-2...  1840.3K  121.2K/s 00:00:15 [#####################] 100%
 libidn-1.12-1-i686       287.4K  120.3K/s 00:00:02 [#####################] 100%
 nvidia-96xx-96.43.1...  1646.0K  121.7K/s 00:00:14 [#####################] 100%
 wxgtk-2.8.9.2-1-i686       6.1M  116.6K/s 00:00:54 [#####################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(10/10) checking for file conflicts                 [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
nvidia-96xx-utils: /usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

so, I mv /usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA_dynamic.so.1 ~
and the upgrade is completed normally. Now I reboot and see if everything works

kunwon1

Member

Registered: 2009-02-21

Posts: 5

Re: nvidia 96xx file conflict on -Syu

aaaaand we're back. no problems.

stryder

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Registered: 2009-02-28

Posts: 500

Re: nvidia 96xx file conflict on -Syu

Thanks. Had the same problem and your solution worked. :-)