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Hey all,
I'm completely new to linux, but I wanted to learn it inside and out so I decided to install Arch. Suicidal, I know. Anyway, after following the beginner Wiki and setting everything up, I've managed to get a working DE (LXDE), sound drivers installed, wireless, etc. So far so good.
However, I am having problems with my nVidia GT220 card. Originally, I opted to install the noveau drivers...so 'pacman -S xf86-video-nouveau'. Following Nouveau's instructions on the wiki, I then attempted to load it using
modprobe-nouveau but it said the module was not found, even though I added "MODULES=noveau" to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.
Eager to get a working DE, I decided to installed the Vesa generic drivers. They are working, but I'm limited to 1024x768 resolution. Finally, I tried pacman -S nvidia-173xx nvidia-173xx-utils but receive this error:
"pacman -S nvidia-173xx nvidia-173xx-utils
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: linux-firmware and kernel26-firmware are in conflict. Remove kernel26-firmware? [y/N] y
:: util-linux and util-linux-ng are in conflict (linux32). Remove util-linux-ng? [y/N] y
:: nvidia-173xx-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: ndiswrapper: requires kernel26<2.6.34
:: nouveau-dri: requires libgl=7.10.3
I also did pacman -Syu before all of this to update everything. I guess I bit off more than I could chew, but I'd really appreciate any input. I've searched google for the error, but only found a couple of posts mention that the GT220 drivers don't exist/won't work with Linux? Grrr.
Thank you.
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If GT220 is a rather new card you should be using nvidia, not nvidia-173xx.
nvidia uses its own implementation of libgl and thus you get a conflict. You need to decide whether you want to use nouveau or nvidia, install the correct package and its dependencies and reboot.
MODULES=noveau
You have a typo there.
Edit: Are you sure you're fully up to date?
ndiswrapper: requires kernel26<2.6.34
looks pretty weird as the kernel version should be .38 IIRC.
BTW, ndiswrapper is not in the repos anymore, use the AUR.
You may want to download a fresh mirrorlist and update your system 'pacman -Syyu' again http://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/
Last edited by karol (2011-06-19 22:53:13)
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OK thank you Karol! I'll give it a shot and see how it goes.
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Following Nouveau's instructions on the wiki, I then attempted to load it using
modprobe-nouveau but it said the module was not found, even though I added "MODULES=noveau" to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf.
I assume you aren't making the same typos when you try to get nouveau to work.
"modprobe nouveau" and "MODULES=nouveau" correct?
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Sorry for the typos above, I did enter them correctly into the terminal.
A funny thing happened earlier as I was messing about.
pacman -Syu fails to complete because it gives me ::ndiswrapper: requires kernel26<2.6.34
Since my wireless uses the wrapper, I was hesitant to delete ndiswrapper... But I went ahead and tried and voila! What do you know, I was able to successfully update/install from pacman -Syu. Nvidia drivers installed just fine, but when I went to restart, my wireless wouldn't work because I had deleted ndiswrapper! I have no idea how I was able to download all the updates prior to the reboot after I had pacman -Rs ndiswrapper.
So now I did a fresh reinstall and am back to square one! Ideas?
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So now I did a fresh reinstall and am back to square one! Ideas?
Ndiswrapper moved to the AUR, you can install it from there. Are you sure you need it though?
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I have no idea how I was able to download all the updates prior to the reboot after I had pacman -Rs ndiswrapper.
It's because a copy of what was running was still in memory. It's the same reason that "rm -rf /" is able to delete every file on your system, even after it has deleted the "rm" executable.
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So now I did a fresh reinstall and am back to square one! Ideas?
I always save wireless for last. I keep my cat cable plugged in and install, update and configure. Is that an option?
What wireless driver are you using?
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Litemotiv: The "official" drivers aren't supported with my wireless card, so I have to use ndiswrapper I am assuming.
That makes sense Connor...I thought I'd be sneaky and delete ndiswrapper, update everything, then Pacman -S ndiswrapper before I rebooted but that didn't work. Wired plug in isn't an option here. Would the ndiswrapper package be obtainable off the cd?
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It say's it is https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wi … diswrapper
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ndiswrapper is in the AUR and in ARM
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I downloaded the tar ball of ndiswrapper (off of a USB stick from a separate computer) from the AUR but now when I try to install it, it fails because it can't check for dependencies online. So frustrating!
Last edited by KaiserASOT (2011-06-21 01:21:10)
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If you don't mind, which wireless card do you have?
lspci | grep Net
will tell you both cards.
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You may download its dependencies the same way.
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