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Osiris

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Registered: 2003-01-18

Posts: 157

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Replacing fglrx

Hello,

I want to replace and try the xf86-video-ati driver instead of the proprietary fglrx. The Wiki says I should uinstall fglrx, reboot and then install video-ati.

florian@horus ~ % sudo pacman -R --nodeps catalyst-utils catalyst-hook
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: libreoffice: requires libgl
:: libva: requires libgl
:: mesa: requires libgl
:: mplayer: requires libgl
:: paraview: requires libgl
:: qt: requires libgl
:: xorg-xdriinfo: requires libgl

1 florian@horus ~ % sudo pacman -S libgl
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: libgl and catalyst-utils are in conflict. Remove catalyst-utils? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: catalyst-hook: requires catalyst-utils=11.3

What's the best to remove fglrx, reboot and install video-ati?

Thanks,

Florian

zapzap

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Registered: 2011-04-13

Posts: 8

Re: Replacing fglrx

sudo pacman -Rdd catalyst-utils catalyst-hook ??

CHPE

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Registered: 2010-12-05

Posts: 32

Re: Replacing fglrx

Yes, but don't forget to install libgl:

 sudo pacman -S libgl xf86-video-ati 

EDIT: ohh, you already had that in mind

Then make sure that /etc/X11/xorg.org doesn't exist and remove the fglrx module from /etc/rc.conf if present.

Last edited by CHPE (2011-04-15 05:31:03)