[aur-general] xorg-server and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in conflict (nvidia-utils<=290.10)

[Xavier Ho]

Thanks Xiao-Long.  I'll keep the `-dd` option in mind next time I encounter
this problem.

On the note of leaving a comment on AUR page - how do you even register an
account there?

Cheers,
Xav



2012/3/20 小龙 陈 <chillermillerlong at hotmail.com>

>  Yeah, that would be a problem in the packages then. There shouldn't be
> circular dependencies. Maybe you can leave a comment on AUR page about this.
>
> You don't necessarily need to alter the PKGBUILD's. If you add '-dd' to
> the pacman command arguments, it will ignore dependency issues, like
> 'pacman -Udd nvidia-bumblebee-295.20-1.pkg.tar.xz'. The dependency loop
> only lasts until both packages are installed anyway.
>
> Regards,
> Xiao-Long Chen
>
> ------------------------------
> From: contact at xavierho.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:32:36 +1000
> Subject: Re: [aur-general] xorg-server and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in
> conflict (nvidia-utils<=290.10)
> To: chillermillerlong at hotmail.com; aur-general at archlinux.org
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I've tried it, and I got:
>
> loading packages...
> resolving dependencies...
> looking for inter-conflicts...
> error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
> :: nvidia-bumblebee: requires nvidia-utils-bumblebee=290.10
>
> So I thought, all right, I'll update nvidia-bumblebee.  However, the
> update has:
>
> depends=('linux' "nvidia-utils-bumblebee>=${pkgver}")
>
> which fails the installation because my nvidia-utils-bumblebee is still at
> 290.xx.   I hacked the PKGBUILD to be able to install it:
>
> depends=('linux' "nvidia-utils-bumblebee>=290.00")
>
> Otherwise it would raise an inter-conflict and fail.  This isn't exactly
> clean.
>
> Cheers,
> Xav
>
>
>
> 2012/3/20 小龙 陈 <chillermillerlong at hotmail.com>
>
>  The new xorg-server conflicts with nvidia-utils(-bumblebee) <= version
> 290.10.
> The current version of nvidia-utils(-bumblebee) is 295.20. Just install
> the new
> version from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50025
>
> Hope this helps!
> Xiao-Long Chen
>
> > From: contact at xavierho.com
> > Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:46:25 +1000
> > To: aur-general at archlinux.org
> > Subject: [aur-general] xorg-server and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in
> conflict (nvidia-utils<=290.10)
>
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > With the recent repo update for libgl, I wasn't able to perform a full
> > system upgrade (pacman -Syu) without uninstalling nvidia-utils-bumblebee.
> >
> > resolving dependencies...
> > warning: dependency cycle detected:
> > warning: udev will be installed before its util-linux dependency
> > looking for inter-conflicts...
> > :: xorg-server and nvidia-uti ls-bumblebee are in conflict
> (nvidia-utils).
>
> > Remove nvidia-utils-bumblebee? [y/N]
> > error: unresolvable package conflicts detected
> > error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies)
> > :: xorg-server and nvidia-utils-bumblebee are in conflict
> > (nvidia-utils<=290.10)
> >
> > I'm using a Acer 1215N EeePC, which requires the bumblebee project to
> > utilise my discrete graphics hardware.
> >
> > The comments on nvidia-utils-bumblebee suggests that this was a problem
> > before, but I've only encountered it now with the updates last week:
> >
> > Comment by: der_fenix on Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:34:15 +0000
> > > New xorg-server in testing availible. Got conflict
> > > nvidia-utils-bumblebee and xorg-server conflicts (nvidia-utils=290.10)
> > > Need fix
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Comment by: Svenstaro on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:26:31 +0000
> > > Just rebuild the package manually.
> > > First Submitted: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:55:37 +0000
> >
> >
> > How could I go around or fix this problem?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Xav
>
>
>