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badhat

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Registered: 2011-01-30

Posts: 112

Stopping Pacman from upgrading a package (Xorg-server 1.9)

I was looking to use the proprietary AMD drivers (catalyst 11.3 at the moment) and I notice that there is no compatibility with Xorg-server 1.10.

If I install xorg 1.9 from [http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra … rg-server/] using

sudo pacman -S extra/xorg-server

then later by running

sudo pacman -Syu

I'm asked to upgrade to xorg-server 1.10 from testing. Can I stop if from asking by disabling xorg in testing until the catalyst suite is supported?

Sorry I'm a newbie to Arch and haven't found such basic things out for myself yet. Though I have to say, I'm really loving it!

As an aside, what is all your opinions on the proprietary drivers? The latest release has solved the screen tearing issue for me (on Debian) and it performs many times better than the open source drivers for my gaming. In fact, the only thing I have trouble with, really, is KMS.

boeing1204

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Registered: 2011-04-11

Posts: 2

Re: Stopping Pacman from upgrading a package (Xorg-server 1.9)

I think you have to add the package to the IgnorePkg line in /etc/pacman.conf....

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Greez,
Hans

gorilla

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2010-06-15

Posts: 72

Re: Stopping Pacman from upgrading a package (Xorg-server 1.9)

Maybe disabling "testing" in /etc/pacman.conf is an option for you.  So Xorg (and other packages)  will be updated when it's in the stable repos...

This is probably interesting for you: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman

Last edited by gorilla (2011-04-11 22:49:11)

Dogmeat

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From: Slovak Republic

Registered: 2009-02-24

Posts: 193

Re: Stopping Pacman from upgrading a package (Xorg-server 1.9)

I don't have any problems with catalyst and xorg-server 1.10. Just install catalyst from catalyst-test.

badhat

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Registered: 2011-01-30

Posts: 112

Re: Stopping Pacman from upgrading a package (Xorg-server 1.9)

Just install catalyst from catalyst-test.

Wasn't aware of that option. Sounds good to me. I was getting sick of using my integrated intel card (couldn't play flash video fullscreen).