[solved] Problem installing nvidia driver

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 19:17:26

i wrote in the terminal

pacman -S nvidia
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter conflicts...
::nividia-utils conflicts with libgl. Remove libgl [Y/n] Y
error:failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: savage-dri :requires libgl=7.6

Then i put pacman -S libgl=7.6
that goes without a hitch.
then i repeated pacman -S nvidia and i get the same messsag

Last edited by Romanrp (2009-11-20 20:27:51)

kazuo · 2009-11-20 19:29:36

nvidia dont need libgl.

Post the output of actual commands.

fsckd · 2009-11-20 19:33:30

kazuo wrote:

nvidia dont need libgl.

Yes it does, very indirectly, but yes it does.

Romanrp wrote:

when i type in pacman -S nvidia
it comes up with that i need libgl=7.6
the i did pacman -s libgl=7.6
then i did (again) pacman -S nvidia
and it says i need libgl=7.6
i repeated this several times and still the same problem .
Help?

Your first install? Did you install an X server before nvidia?

kazuo · 2009-11-20 19:39:19

fsckd wrote:

kazuo wrote:
nvidia dont need libgl.
Yes it does, very indirectly, but yes it does.

Are you sure?

sudo pacman -S libgl
Password: 
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: libgl conflicts with nvidia-utils. Remove nvidia-utils? [Y/n]

Last edited by kazuo (2009-11-20 19:39:48)

fsckd · 2009-11-20 19:49:57

kazuo wrote:

fsckd wrote:
kazuo wrote:
nvidia dont need libgl.
Yes it does, very indirectly, but yes it does.
Are you sure?
sudo pacman -S libgl
Password: 
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: libgl conflicts with nvidia-utils. Remove nvidia-utils? [Y/n]

Truly, my world has been shattered.

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 19:57:34

pacman -S nvidia
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter conflicts...
::nividia-utils conflicts with libgl. Remove libgl [Y/n] Y
error:failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: savage-dri :requires libgl=7.6

Then i put pacman -S libgl=7.6
that goes without a hitch.
then i repeated pacman -S nvidia and i get the same messsage

Last edited by Romanrp (2009-11-20 19:59:19)

kazuo · 2009-11-20 19:59:52

Romanrp wrote:

pacman -S nvidia
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter conflicts...
::nividia-utils conflicts with libgl. Remove libgl [Y/n] Y
error:failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: savage-dri :requires libgl=7.6

You cant have savage-dri installed in the same system as nvidia one. You need to choose. If you choose nvidia remove savage-dri and probabily xf86-video-savage too.

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 20:00:49

how do i remove it?

I am following this guide http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#Part_III:_Install_X_and_configure_ALSA

ps. wow,the arch forums are so responsive,in the ubuntu forums i was lucky if i got a reply in less than 6hours

Last edited by Romanrp (2009-11-20 20:02:20)

kazuo · 2009-11-20 20:04:51

e.g. = example given. The savage is a example ^_^

remove it with

pacman -Rd xf86-video-savage savage-dri

Read man pacman if you need more info.

EDIT: looks I'm wrong with the e.g. is actually a abbreviation for "exempli gratia" which means "for the sake of example."

Last edited by kazuo (2009-11-20 20:10:03)

Romanrp · 2009-11-20 20:24:04

it worked! I am currently installing the nvidia drivers,thanks for help everyone!

kazuo · 2009-11-20 20:26:34

Great. Dont forget to mark the topic as [solved] ^^

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[solved] Problem installing nvidia driver

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