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turbo-n00b

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Registered: 2011-03-24

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[solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

ima totall noob that just got arch up and going about an hour ago on my x64 box....ok so all I want to do is get evilwm and or xorg going yet if i exec evilwn i get..."can't open display" then it logs me out...if i try to "startx" i get scrambled static colors (havent touched any x conf files).....so i figured i needed to install the drivers for my nvidia geforece 9600 gt video card via "pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils".....yet when i do this i am confronted with the folllowing.........."resolving dependencies...  looking for inter-conflicts... :: nvidia-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl?"  At this point if i answer yes the following occurs....
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: ati-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: intel-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mach64-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mga-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: r128-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: savage-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: sis-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: tdfx-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1

and if i answer No i am confronted with the following
error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
:: nvidia-utils and libgl are in conflict

Any help would be much appreciated
-noob

Last edited by turbo-n00b (2011-03-24 14:42:02)

bohoomil

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Re: [solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

Try removing all this:

:: ati-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: intel-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mach64-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mga-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: r128-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: savage-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: sis-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: tdfx-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1

-- then libgl, and finally try to install nvidia-utils & nvidia again.

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anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

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Re: [solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

Did you try removing all those drivers (*.dri) first?

turbo-n00b

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Registered: 2011-03-24

Posts: 3

Re: [solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

Try removing all this:

:: ati-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: intel-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mach64-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mga-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: r128-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: savage-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: sis-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: tdfx-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1

-- then libgl, and finally try to install nvidia-utils & nvidia again.

I installed all the xorg and evilwm packagegs before i attempted to install video drivers so i think you might be onto something but ........
i did pacman -Rns on the first problematic pkg (packman -Rns ati-dri)...it returned ..error:failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
::xf86-video-ati: requires-dri

turbo-n00b

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Registered: 2011-03-24

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Re: [solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

Try removing all this:

:: ati-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: intel-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mach64-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: mga-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: r128-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: savage-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: sis-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1
:: tdfx-dri: requires libgl=7.10.1

-- then libgl, and finally try to install nvidia-utils & nvidia again.

I installed all the xorg and evilwm packagegs before i attempted to install video drivers so i think you might be onto something but ........
i did pacman -Rns on the first problematic pkg (packman -Rns ati-dri)...it returned ..error:failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
::xf86-video-ati: requires-dri

awesome thx for the help think i got it thx to my freind......
pacman -Rns xf86-vidieo-"driver"

Last edited by turbo-n00b (2011-03-24 03:14:31)

ngoonee

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Re: [solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

@turbo-noob

The fact that you have those installed indicates that you did not install Arch as indicated in the Beginner's Guide. You probably used ArchBang or something similar. While there's nothing wrong with that (it IS easier) please post questions for alternative install methods in their own forums. Most of those posting here would have no experience with these alternatives and whatever package/config changes they have done.

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lives2evil

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Re: [solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

True, I wouldn't know if it's Archbang without you telling me .

@turbo-noob: Would you mind mark this as [Solved]

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glusk

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Re: [solved]unresolvable nvidia driver install conflicts with libgl

Huh. I've been building Arch from scratch (with install scripts for various types of builds) for a few years and I've just gotten this message for the first time. Usually when installing a new nvidia, it mentions that libgl conflicts and do you want to remove it. This is the first I've seen answering 'yes' not work.