[arch-general] pacman tries to install nvidia drivers?

[Jelle van der Waa]

On 06/08/2011 05:43 PM, John K Pate wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I don't have an nvidia graphics card:
>
> $ lspci | grep VGA
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series
> Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
>
> Yet when I try to update (with -Syyu just to be sure), I get:
>
> $ sudo pacman -Syyu
> :: Synchronising package databases...
>   core
> 37.9K   96.0K/s 00:00:00
> [##################################################################]
> 100%
>   extra
> 469.7K  855.7K/s 00:00:01
> [##################################################################]
> 100%
>   community
> 439.4K    3.6M/s 00:00:00
> [##################################################################]
> 100%
>   multilib
> 25.0K  888.7K/s 00:00:00
> [##################################################################]
> 100%
> :: Starting full system upgrade...
> resolving dependencies...
> warning: dependency cycle detected:
> warning: lib32-gcc-libs will be installed before its gcc-libs-multilib
> dependency
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> :: nvidia-utils and libgl are in conflict. Remove libgl? [y/N] y
> error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
> :: intel-dri: requires libgl=7.10.2
>
>
> Why does pacman try to install nvidia-utils for me? I have intel-dri
> installed and my graphics work fine. I assume the dependency cycle is
> unrelated...
>
> Thanks,
>
> John K Pate
> http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/s0930006/
>
>
Probably this bug https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/24608

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Jelle van der Waa