LVM Snapshots to safeguard pacman system upgrade

I'm a long time LVM user but never really explored the snapshot capability.
I am considering the possibility of using a snapshot of my lvm backed root filesystem, before pacman -Syu actions. So, I can recover if the upgrade fails.
(I currently use tar to do complete file backups that this might replace)
So, if my root filesystem is mounted like this
/dev/mapper/vg05-lvoli5root on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
And, my boot partition is mounted like this
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,relatime)
And I backup my boot partition like this:
tar cvf /root/bootbu.tar boot/
I snapshot my root filesystem like this:
lvcreate --size 1G --snapshot --name snaps_root_fs /dev/mapper/vg05-lvoli5root
Update: Note that snapshots must not be named "snapshot..." because of creation error.
Then I do the potentially unrecoverable upgrade
pacman -Syu
Then discover, for whatever reason, I want to revert, so i do
lvconvert --merge /dev/vg05/snaps_root_fs
After roboot, should the snapshot state be restored as if the pacman upgrade never happened?
(I realize that I may need to chroot in and restore the bootbu.tar file to /boot and redo grub...)
Tips or pointers to other documentation appreciated.
Tks
Last edited by stevepa (2015-03-20 21:55:37)

@lucke
I will check performance. I am thinking that I won't have the snapshot "on" for more than a few hours, or just enough to ensure the upgrade was not catastrophic.
@frostschutz : That thought crossed my mind.  I only do web mail, but can you elaborate about the pacman db problem? Not sure I understand.
I will update once I try it out for real.
Tks to all.
Steve.
Update 1: confirmed that method outlined above completed without error and the snapshot restored system. Will update with performance data next.
Last edited by stevepa (2015-03-20 21:56:46)

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    Avertissement: intel-dri: la version locale (7.11-1) est plus récente que extra (7.8.2-1)
    Avertissement: iproute2: la version locale (2.6.39-1) est plus récente que core (2.6.34-2)
    Avertissement: iptables: la version locale (1.4.12-2) est plus récente que core (1.4.8-1)
    Avertissement: iputils: la version locale (20101006-1) est plus récente que core (20100214-2)
    Avertissement: ipython: la version locale (0.11-1) est plus récente que community (0.10-4)
    Avertissement: jack: la version locale (0.121.2-2) est plus récente que extra (0.118.0-3)
    Avertissement: jasper: la version locale (1.900.1-6) est plus récente que extra (1.900.1-5)
    Avertissement: jdk: la version locale (7-3) est plus récente que community (6u20-1)
    Avertissement: jre: la version locale (7-3) est plus récente que community (6u20-1)
    Avertissement: kbd: la version locale (1.15.3-1) est plus récente que core (1.15.2-1)
    Avertissement: kbproto: la version locale (1.0.5-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.4-1)
    Avertissement: lcms: la version locale (1.19-1) est plus récente que extra (1.18-3)
    Avertissement: less: la version locale (444-1) est plus récente que core (436-1)
    Avertissement: libao: la version locale (1.1.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.0-2)
    Avertissement: libarchive: la version locale (2.8.4-2) est plus récente que core (2.8.4-1)
    Avertissement: libass: la version locale (0.9.13-1) est plus récente que extra (0.9.9-1)
    Avertissement: libasyncns: la version locale (0.8-3) est plus récente que community (0.8-2)
    Avertissement: libcanberra: la version locale (0.28-1) est plus récente que extra (0.23-1)
    Avertissement: libcap: la version locale (2.22-1) est plus récente que core (2.19-1)
    Avertissement: libcups: la version locale (1.4.8-2) est plus récente que extra (1.4.4-1)
    Avertissement: libdatrie: la version locale (0.2.4-1) est plus récente que extra (0.2.3-1)
    Avertissement: libdmx: la version locale (1.1.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.0-1)
    Avertissement: libdrm: la version locale (2.4.26-1) est plus récente que extra (2.4.21-1)
    Avertissement: libdvdcss: la version locale (1.2.10-2) est plus récente que extra (1.2.10-1.1)
    Avertissement: libedit: la version locale (20110802_3.0-1) est plus récente que extra (20090923_3.0-1)
    Avertissement: libevent: la version locale (2.0.12-1) est plus récente que core (1.4.14b-1)
    Avertissement: libexif: la version locale (0.6.20-1) est plus récente que extra (0.6.19-1)
    Avertissement: libfetch: la version locale (2.33-3) est plus récente que core (2.32-1)
    Avertissement: libffi: la version locale (3.0.10-1) est plus récente que extra (3.0.9-1)
    Avertissement: libfontenc: la version locale (1.1.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.5-1)
    Avertissement: libftdi: la version locale (0.19-1) est plus récente que extra (0.18-1)
    Avertissement: libgcrypt: la version locale (1.5.0-1) est plus récente que core (1.4.6-1)
    Avertissement: libgl: la version locale (7.11-1) est plus récente que extra (7.8.2-1)
    Avertissement: libglade: la version locale (2.6.4-2) est plus récente que extra (2.6.4-1)
    Avertissement: libgnome-keyring: la version locale (3.0.3-1) est plus récente que extra (2.30.1-1)
    Avertissement: libgpg-error: la version locale (1.10-1) est plus récente que core (1.7-3)
    Avertissement: libgssglue: la version locale (0.3-1) est plus récente que core (0.1-2)
    Avertissement: libice: la version locale (1.0.7-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.6-1)
    Avertissement: libid3tag: la version locale (0.15.1b-6) est plus récente que extra (0.15.1b-5)
    Avertissement: libldap: la version locale (2.4.26-3) est plus récente que core (2.4.22-1)
    Avertissement: libmad: la version locale (0.15.1b-5) est plus récente que extra (0.15.1b-4)
    Avertissement: libmpc: la version locale (0.9-2) est plus récente que core (0.8.2-2)
    Avertissement: libmpeg2: la version locale (0.5.1-3) est plus récente que extra (0.5.1-1)
    Avertissement: libnotify: la version locale (0.7.4-1) est plus récente que extra (0.4.5-1.1)
    Avertissement: libogg: la version locale (1.3.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.2.0-1)
    Avertissement: libpcap: la version locale (1.1.1-2) est plus récente que core (1.1.1-1)
    Avertissement: libpciaccess: la version locale (0.12.1-1) est plus récente que extra (0.11.0-1)
    Avertissement: libpng: la version locale (1.4.8-1) est plus récente que extra (1.4.3-1)
    Avertissement: libproxy: la version locale (0.4.7-1) est plus récente que extra (0.3.1-1)
    Avertissement: librsvg: la version locale (2.34.0-1) est plus récente que extra (2.26.3-1)
    Avertissement: libsamplerate: la version locale (0.1.8-1) est plus récente que extra (0.1.7-1)
    Avertissement: libsasl: la version locale (2.1.23-7) est plus récente que core (2.1.23-4)
    Avertissement: libsigc++: la version locale (2.2.10-1) est plus récente que extra (2.2.8-1)
    Avertissement: libsm: la version locale (1.2.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.1-1)
    Avertissement: libsndfile: la version locale (1.0.25-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.21-1)
    Avertissement: libsoup: la version locale (2.34.3-1) est plus récente que extra (2.30.2-1)
    Avertissement: libsoup-gnome: la version locale (2.34.3-1) est plus récente que extra (2.30.2-1)
    Avertissement: libtasn1: la version locale (2.9-1) est plus récente que extra (2.6-1)
    Avertissement: libtextcat: la version locale (2.2-8) est plus récente que community (2.2-6)
    Avertissement: libthai: la version locale (0.1.15-1) est plus récente que extra (0.1.14-1)
    Avertissement: libtiff: la version locale (3.9.5-1) est plus récente que extra (3.9.4-1)
    Avertissement: libtirpc: la version locale (0.2.2-2) est plus récente que core (0.2.1-1)
    Avertissement: libtool: la version locale (2.4-4) est plus récente que core (2.2.10-1)
    Avertissement: libusb: la version locale (1.0.8-1) est plus récente que core (0.1.12-4)
    Avertissement: libva: la version locale (1.0.14-1) est plus récente que extra (0.31.0_p13-2)
    Avertissement: libvdpau: la version locale (0.4.1-1) est plus récente que extra (0.4-1)
    Avertissement: libvorbis: la version locale (1.3.2-1) est plus récente que extra (1.3.1-1)
    Avertissement: libvpx: la version locale (0.9.7.p1-1) est plus récente que extra (0.9.1-1)
    Avertissement: libwmf: la version locale (0.2.8.4-8) est plus récente que extra (0.2.8.4-7)
    Avertissement: libwpd: la version locale (0.9.2-1) est plus récente que extra (0.8.14-1)
    Avertissement: libx11: la version locale (1.4.4-1) est plus récente que extra (1.3.4-1)
    Avertissement: libxau: la version locale (1.0.6-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.5-1)
    Avertissement: libxaw: la version locale (1.0.9-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.7-1)
    Avertissement: libxcb: la version locale (1.7-2) est plus récente que extra (1.6-1)
    Avertissement: libxcomposite: la version locale (0.4.3-1) est plus récente que extra (0.4.2-1)
    Avertissement: libxcursor: la version locale (1.1.12-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.10-1)
    Avertissement: libxdmcp: la version locale (1.1.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.3-1)
    Avertissement: libxext: la version locale (1.3.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.2-1)
    Avertissement: libxfce4util: la version locale (4.8.1-2) est plus récente que extra (4.6.2-1)
    Avertissement: libxfixes: la version locale (5.0-1) est plus récente que extra (4.0.5-1)
    Avertissement: libxfont: la version locale (1.4.4-1) est plus récente que extra (1.4.2-1)
    Avertissement: libxft: la version locale (2.2.0-1) est plus récente que extra (2.1.14-1)
    Avertissement: libxi: la version locale (1.4.3-1) est plus récente que extra (1.3-2)
    Avertissement: libxinerama: la version locale (1.1.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1-1)
    Avertissement: libxkbfile: la version locale (1.0.7-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.6-1)
    Avertissement: libxml2: la version locale (2.7.8-1) est plus récente que extra (2.7.7-1)
    Avertissement: libxmu: la version locale (1.1.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.5-1)
    Avertissement: libxpm: la version locale (3.5.9-1) est plus récente que extra (3.5.8-1)
    Avertissement: libxrandr: la version locale (1.3.2-1) est plus récente que extra (1.3.0-1)
    Avertissement: libxslt: la version locale (1.1.26-2) est plus récente que extra (1.1.26-1)
    Avertissement: libxss: la version locale (1.2.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.2.0-1)
    Avertissement: libxt: la version locale (1.1.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.8-1)
    Avertissement: libxtst: la version locale (1.2.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.0-1)
    Avertissement: libxv: la version locale (1.0.6-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.5-1)
    Avertissement: libxvmc: la version locale (1.0.6-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.5-1)
    Avertissement: libxxf86dga: la version locale (1.1.2-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.1-1)
    Avertissement: libxxf86vm: la version locale (1.1.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.0-1)
    Avertissement: licenses: la version locale (2.8-1) est plus récente que core (2.6-1)
    Avertissement: linux-api-headers: la version locale (3.0.1-1) est plus récente que core (2.6.34-1)
    Avertissement: linux-firmware: la version locale (20110727-1) est plus récente que core (20100623-2)
    Avertissement: lirc-utils: la version locale (1:0.9.0-6) est plus récente que extra (0.8.6-3)
    Avertissement: logrotate: la version locale (3.8.0-2) est plus récente que core (3.7.8-1)
    Avertissement: lpsolve: la version locale (5.5.2.0-1) est plus récente que extra (5.5.0.15-1)
    Avertissement: lshw: la version locale (B.02.15-1) est plus récente que community (B.02.14-2)
    Avertissement: lsof: la version locale (4.84-3) est plus récente que extra (4.83-1)
    Avertissement: lua: la version locale (5.1.4-6) est plus récente que extra (5.1.4-5)
    Avertissement: lvm2: la version locale (2.02.88-1) est plus récente que core (2.02.70-1)
    Avertissement: lzo2: la version locale (2.06-1) est plus récente que core (2.03-1)
    Avertissement: lzop: la version locale (1.03-1) est plus récente que extra (1.02rc1-4)
    Avertissement: m4: la version locale (1.4.16-1) est plus récente que core (1.4.14-2)
    Avertissement: make: la version locale (3.82-3) est plus récente que core (3.81-5)
    Avertissement: man-db: la version locale (2.6.0.2-2) est plus récente que core (2.5.7-1)
    Avertissement: man-pages: la version locale (3.32-1) est plus récente que core (3.25-1)
    Avertissement: mdadm: la version locale (3.2.2-3) est plus récente que core (3.1.2-2)
    Avertissement: meld: la version locale (1.5.2-1) est plus récente que extra (1.3.1-2)
    Avertissement: mercurial: la version locale (1.9.2-1) est plus récente que extra (1.6-1)
    Avertissement: mesa: la version locale (7.11-1) est plus récente que extra (7.8.2-1)
    Avertissement: mime-types: la version locale (8-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0-3)
    Avertissement: mkinitcpio: la version locale (0.7.2-1) est plus récente que core (0.6.7-1)
    Avertissement: mkinitcpio-busybox: la version locale (1.18.5-1) est plus récente que core (1.16.2-1)
    Avertissement: mlocate: la version locale (0.24-1) est plus récente que core (0.22.4-1)
    Avertissement: moc: la version locale (20110528-3) est plus récente que extra (2.4.4-2)
    Avertissement: module-init-tools: la version locale (3.16-1) est plus récente que core (3.11.1-2)
    Avertissement: mpfr: la version locale (3.0.1.p4-2) est plus récente que core (3.0.0-1)
    Avertissement: mpg123: la version locale (1.13.3-2) est plus récente que extra (1.12.3-1)
    Avertissement: mplayer: la version locale (34007-1) est plus récente que extra (31774-1)
    Avertissement: namcap: la version locale (3.1-1) est plus récente que extra (2.6-1)
    Avertissement: nano: la version locale (2.2.6-1) est plus récente que core (2.2.4-1)
    Avertissement: nbd: la version locale (2.9.23-1) est plus récente que community (2.9.15-1)
    Avertissement: ncurses: la version locale (5.9-1) est plus récente que core (5.7-3)
    Avertissement: neon: la version locale (0.29.6-2) est plus récente que extra (0.29.3-2)
    Avertissement: netpbm: la version locale (10.47.24-1) est plus récente que extra (10.47.16-1)
    Avertissement: net-tools: la version locale (1.60-18) est plus récente que core (1.60-14)
    Avertissement: nmap: la version locale (5.51-1) est plus récente que extra (5.21-2)
    Avertissement: nspr: la version locale (4.8.9-1) est plus récente que extra (4.8.4-1)
    Avertissement: nss: la version locale (3.12.11-1) est plus récente que extra (3.12.6-3)
    Avertissement: ntfs-3g: la version locale (2011.4.12-1) est plus récente que extra (2010.5.22-1)
    Avertissement: obconf: la version locale (2.0.3.git20100309-2) est plus récente que extra (2.0.3-3)
    Avertissement: openbox: la version locale (3.5.0-4) est plus récente que extra (3.4.11.2-1)
    Avertissement: openssh: la version locale (5.8p2-9) est plus récente que core (5.5p1-1)
    Avertissement: openssl: la version locale (1.0.0.d-1) est plus récente que core (1.0.0.a-2)
    Avertissement: orc: la version locale (0.4.14-1) est plus récente que extra (0.4.6-1)
    Avertissement: p7zip: la version locale (9.20.1-4) est plus récente que extra (9.13-2)
    Avertissement: pacman: la version locale (3.5.4-4) est plus récente que core (3.4.0-2)
    Avertissement: pacman-mirrorlist: la version locale (20110816-1) est plus récente que core (20100621-1)
    Avertissement: pam: la version locale (1.1.4-1) est plus récente que core (1.1.1-1)
    Avertissement: pango: la version locale (1.28.4-3) est plus récente que extra (1.28.1-1)
    Avertissement: pangomm: la version locale (2.28.1-1) est plus récente que extra (2.26.2-1)
    Avertissement: parted: la version locale (3.0-3) est plus récente que extra (2.3-1)
    Avertissement: patch: la version locale (2.6.1-2) est plus récente que core (2.6.1-1)
    Avertissement: pciutils: la version locale (3.1.7-4) est plus récente que core (3.1.7-1)
    Avertissement: pcmciautils: la version locale (018-1) est plus récente que core (017-1)
    Avertissement: pcre: la version locale (8.13-2) est plus récente que core (8.10-1)
    Avertissement: perl: la version locale (5.14.1-3) est plus récente que core (5.10.1-5)
    Avertissement: perl-error: la version locale (0.17016-2) est plus récente que extra (0.17016-1)
    Avertissement: perl-xml-parser: la version locale (2.41-1) est plus récente que extra (2.36-6)
    Avertissement: perl-xml-simple: la version locale (2.18-3) est plus récente que extra (2.18-2)
    Avertissement: pixman: la version locale (0.22.2-1) est plus récente que extra (0.18.2-1)
    Avertissement: pkg-config: la version locale (0.26-1) est plus récente que core (0.25-2)
    Avertissement: polkit: la version locale (0.101-2) est plus récente que extra (0.96-2)
    Avertissement: poppler: la version locale (0.16.7-1) est plus récente que extra (0.14.0-1)
    Avertissement: poppler-data: la version locale (0.4.4-1) est plus récente que extra (0.4.2-1)
    Avertissement: poppler-glib: la version locale (0.16.7-1) est plus récente que extra (0.14.0-1)
    Avertissement: popt: la version locale (1.16-3) est plus récente que core (1.16-2)
    Avertissement: powertop: la version locale (1.13-2) est plus récente que community (1.11-2)
    Avertissement: ppl: la version locale (0.11.2-2) est plus récente que core (0.10.2-3)
    Avertissement: procinfo-ng: la version locale (2.0.304-2) est plus récente que core (2.0.304-1)
    Avertissement: procps: la version locale (3.2.8-4) est plus récente que core (3.2.8-1)
    Avertissement: psmisc: la version locale (22.14-1) est plus récente que core (22.11-1)
    Avertissement: pv: la version locale (1.2.0-1) est plus récente que community (1.1.4-4)
    Avertissement: pygobject: la version locale (2.28.6-1) est plus récente que extra (2.21.3-1)
    Avertissement: pygtk: la version locale (2.24.0-2) est plus récente que extra (2.17.0-1)
    Avertissement: pygtksourceview2: la version locale (2.10.1-3) est plus récente que extra (2.10.1-1)
    Avertissement: python: la version locale (3.2.1-1) est plus récente que extra (2.6.5-3)
    Avertissement: python-lxml: la version locale (2.3-1) est plus récente que extra (2.2.6-1)
    Avertissement: python-pexpect: la version locale (2.3-4) est plus récente que community (2.3-3)
    Avertissement: python-pychart: la version locale (1.39-5) est plus récente que community (1.39-4)
    Avertissement: python-pypdf: la version locale (1.13-1) est plus récente que community (1.12-4)
    Avertissement: python-reportlab: la version locale (2.5-1) est plus récente que community (2.4-1)
    Avertissement: python-virtualenv: la version locale (1.6.4-1) est plus récente que extra (1.4.9-1)
    Avertissement: pyxml: la version locale (0.8.4-8) est plus récente que extra (0.8.4-6)
    Avertissement: qemu-kvm: la version locale (0.15.0-2) est plus récente que extra (0.12.4-2)
    Avertissement: randrproto: la version locale (1.3.2-1) est plus récente que extra (1.3.1-1)
    Avertissement: raptor: la version locale (2.0.4-1) est plus récente que extra (1.4.21-1)
    Avertissement: rasqal: la version locale (1:0.9.27-1) est plus récente que extra (0.9.19-2)
    Avertissement: rdesktop: la version locale (1.7.0-2) est plus récente que extra (1.6.0-5)
    Avertissement: readline: la version locale (6.2.001-2) est plus récente que core (6.1.002-1)
    Avertissement: recode: la version locale (3.6-6) est plus récente que extra (3.6-5)
    Avertissement: recordproto: la version locale (1.14.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.14-1)
    Avertissement: redland: la version locale (1:1.0.14-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.10-2)
    Avertissement: renderproto: la version locale (0.11.1-1) est plus récente que extra (0.11-1)
    Avertissement: rsync: la version locale (3.0.8-2) est plus récente que extra (3.0.7-1)
    Avertissement: ruby: la version locale (1.9.2_p290-1) est plus récente que extra (1.9.1_p429-1)
    Avertissement: run-parts: la version locale (4.0.2-1) est plus récente que core (3.2.3-1)
    Avertissement: sakura: la version locale (2.4.2-1) est plus récente que community (2.3.8-1)
    Avertissement: schroedinger: la version locale (1.0.10-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.9-1)
    Avertissement: scrnsaverproto: la version locale (1.2.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.2.0-1)
    Avertissement: sdl: la version locale (1.2.14-7) est plus récente que extra (1.2.14-5)
    Avertissement: sdparm: la version locale (1.06-1) est plus récente que core (1.05-1)
    Avertissement: sed: la version locale (4.2.1-3) est plus récente que core (4.2.1-2)
    Avertissement: sg3_utils: la version locale (1.30-1) est plus récente que extra (1.29-1)
    Avertissement: shadow: la version locale (4.1.4.3-2) est plus récente que core (4.1.4.2-3)
    Avertissement: shared-mime-info: la version locale (0.90-1) est plus récente que extra (0.71-1)
    Avertissement: slim: la version locale (1.3.2-5) est plus récente que extra (1.3.1-7)
    Avertissement: slock: la version locale (0.9-6) est plus récente que community (0.9-3)
    Avertissement: smbclient: la version locale (3.6.0-8) est plus récente que extra (3.5.4-1)
    Avertissement: soundtouch: la version locale (1.6.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.5.0-1)
    Avertissement: sox: la version locale (14.3.2-3) est plus récente que extra (14.3.1-2)
    Avertissement: sqlite3: la version locale (3.7.7.1-1) est plus récente que core (3.6.23.1-1)
    Avertissement: squashfs-tools: la version locale (4.2-1) est plus récente que extra (4.0-3)
    Avertissement: sshfs: la version locale (2.3-1) est plus récente que extra (2.2-3)
    Avertissement: startup-notification: la version locale (0.12-1) est plus récente que extra (0.10-1)
    Avertissement: stunnel: la version locale (4.39-1) est plus récente que community (4.33-1)
    Avertissement: subversion: la version locale (1.6.17-6) est plus récente que extra (1.6.9-5)
    Avertissement: sudo: la version locale (1.8.2-1) est plus récente que core (1.7.3-1)
    Avertissement: sysfsutils: la version locale (2.1.0-6) est plus récente que core (2.1.0-5)
    Avertissement: syslinux: la version locale (4.04-2) est plus récente que extra (4.02-1)
    Avertissement: syslog-ng: la version locale (3.2.4-3) est plus récente que core (3.1.1-1)
    Avertissement: sysvinit: la version locale (2.88-2) est plus récente que core (2.86-5)
    Avertissement: talloc: la version locale (2.0.5-1) est plus récente que extra (2.0.1-1)
    Avertissement: tar: la version locale (1.26-1) est plus récente que core (1.23-3)
    Avertissement: tcpdump: la version locale (4.1.1-2) est plus récente que extra (4.1.1-1)
    Avertissement: tcp_wrappers: la version locale (7.6-12) est plus récente que core (7.6-11)
    Avertissement: tdb: la version locale (1.2.9-1) est plus récente que extra (1.2.1-1)
    Avertissement: texinfo: la version locale (4.13a-5) est plus récente que core (4.13a-4)
    Avertissement: thunar: la version locale (1.2.2-3) est plus récente que extra (1.0.2-1)
    Avertissement: thunar-archive-plugin: la version locale (0.3.0-1) est plus récente que extra (0.2.4-6)
    Avertissement: thunar-volman: la version locale (0.6.0-2) est plus récente que extra (0.3.80-1)
    Avertissement: transcode: la version locale (1.1.5-5) est plus récente que extra (1.1.5-4)
    Avertissement: transmission-gtk: la version locale (2.33-1) est plus récente que extra (2.03-1)
    Avertissement: tree: la version locale (1.6.0-1) est plus récente que extra (1.5.3-1)
    Avertissement: ttf-dejavu: la version locale (2.33-1) est plus récente que extra (2.30-2)
    Avertissement: ttf-freefont: la version locale (20100919-1) est plus récente que extra (20090104-2)
    Avertissement: tzdata: la version locale (2011h-1) est plus récente que core (2010j-1)
    Avertissement: udev: la version locale (173-3) est plus récente que core (160-1)
    Avertissement: udisks: la version locale (1.0.4-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.1-4)
    Avertissement: uml_utilities: la version locale (20070815-4) est plus récente que extra (20070815-3)
    Avertissement: unrar: la version locale (4.0.7-1) est plus récente que extra (3.9.10-1)
    Avertissement: usbutils: la version locale (004-1) est plus récente que core (0.87-1)
    :: Remplacer util-linux par core/util-linux-ng ? [O/n] o
    Avertissement: vde2: la version locale (2.3.1-1) est plus récente que extra (2.3-1)
    Avertissement: videoproto: la version locale (2.3.1-1) est plus récente que extra (2.3.0-1)
    Avertissement: vim-runtime: la version locale (7.3.266-1) est plus récente que extra (7.2-1)
    Avertissement: vpnc: la version locale (0.5.3.svn457-1) est plus récente que core (0.5.3-2)
    Avertissement: vte: la version locale (0.28.2-1) est plus récente que extra (0.24.3-1)
    Avertissement: wget: la version locale (1.13.1-1) est plus récente que core (1.12-2)
    Avertissement: which: la version locale (2.20-4) est plus récente que core (2.20-3)
    Avertissement: wine: la version locale (1.3.27-1) est plus récente que community (1.2-1)
    Avertissement: wireless-regdb: la version locale (2010.11.24-1) est plus récente que core (2009.11.25-1)
    Avertissement: wireless_tools: la version locale (29-4) est plus récente que core (29-3)
    Avertissement: wpa_supplicant: la version locale (0.7.3-3) est plus récente que core (0.6.10-2)
    Avertissement: wxgtk: la version locale (2.8.12.1-1) est plus récente que extra (2.8.11-1)
    Avertissement: x11vnc: la version locale (0.9.12-1) est plus récente que extra (0.9.10-1)
    Avertissement: x264: la version locale (20110617-1) est plus récente que extra (20100722-1)
    Avertissement: xarchiver: la version locale (0.5.2-4) est plus récente que extra (0.5.2-1)
    Avertissement: xaw3d: la version locale (1.5E-3) est plus récente que extra (1.5E-2)
    Avertissement: xbitmaps: la version locale (1.1.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.1.0-1)
    Avertissement: xcb-proto: la version locale (1.6-2) est plus récente que extra (1.6-1)
    Avertissement: xdg-utils: la version locale (1.1.0rc1-3) est plus récente que extra (1.0.2.20100618-1)
    Avertissement: xextproto: la version locale (7.2.0-1) est plus récente que extra (7.1.1-1)
    Avertissement: xf86-input-evdev: la version locale (2.6.0-3) est plus récente que extra (2.4.0-1)
    Avertissement: xf86-input-keyboard: la version locale (1.6.0-2) est plus récente que extra (1.4.0-2)
    Avertissement: xf86-input-mouse: la version locale (1.7.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.5.0-2)
    Avertissement: xf86-input-synaptics: la version locale (1.4.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.2.2-2)
    Avertissement: xf86-video-fbdev: la version locale (0.4.2-4) est plus récente que extra (0.4.2-1)
    Avertissement: xf86-video-intel: la version locale (2.15.0-2) est plus récente que extra (2.12.0-1)
    Avertissement: xf86-video-vesa: la version locale (2.3.0-5) est plus récente que extra (2.3.0-2)
    Avertissement: xf86vidmodeproto: la version locale (2.3.1-1) est plus récente que extra (2.3-1)
    Avertissement: xfconf: la version locale (4.8.0-2) est plus récente que extra (4.6.2-1)
    Avertissement: xineramaproto: la version locale (1.2.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.2-1)
    Avertissement: xkeyboard-config: la version locale (2.2.1-1) est plus récente que extra (1.8-1)
    Avertissement: xorg-docs: la version locale (1.6-1) est plus récente que extra (1.5-1)
    Avertissement: xorg-fonts-encodings: la version locale (1.0.4-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.3-1)
    Avertissement: xorg-font-utils: la version locale (7.6-2) est plus récente que extra (7.5-2)
    Avertissement: xorg-server: la version locale (1.10.3.901-1) est plus récente que extra (1.8.1.902-1)
    Avertissement: xorg-server-utils: la version locale (7.6-2) est plus récente que extra (7.5-4)
    Avertissement: xorg-twm: la version locale (1.0.7-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.4-3)
    Avertissement: xorg-utils: la version locale (7.6-7) est plus récente que extra (7.6-2)
    Avertissement: xorg-xauth: la version locale (1.0.6-1) est plus récente que extra (1.0.4-1)
    Avertissement: xorg-xinit: la version locale (1.3.0-3) est plus récente que extra (1.2.1-1)
    Avertissement: xproto: la version locale (7.0.22-1) est plus récente que extra (7.0.17-1)
    Avertissement: xterm: la version locale (271-1) est plus récente que extra (259-1)
    Avertissement: xvidcore: la version locale (1.3.2-1) est plus récente que extra (1.2.2-1)
    Avertissement: xz: la version locale (5.0.3-1) est plus récente que core (4.999.9beta-5)
    Avertissement: zenity: la version locale (3.0.0-2) est plus récente que extra (2.30.0-1)
    Avertissement: zip: la version locale (3.0-2) est plus récente que extra (3.0-1.1)
    Avertissement: zlib: la version locale (1.2.5-4) est plus récente que core (1.2.5-2)
    résolution des dépendances...
    recherche des conflits entre paquets...
    Erreur: la préparation de la transaction a échoué (la satisfaction des dépendances a échoué)
    :: mkinitcpio: requiert util-linux>=2.19
    # cat pacman.log
    [2009-11-24 23:34] installed filesystem (2009.07-1)
    [2011-08-18 22:32] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-18 22:32] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-18 22:32] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded nettle (2.1-1 -> 2.2-1)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded gnutls (2.12.7-2 -> 3.0.0-2)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded libcups (1.4.8-1 -> 1.4.8-2)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded freerdp (0.8.2-2 -> 0.8.2-3)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded glib-networking (2.28.7-1 -> 2.28.7-4)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded gtk-vnc (0.4.3-1 -> 0.4.3-2)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>>
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>> If you use the LILO bootloader, you should run 'lilo' before rebooting.
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>>
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Building image from preset: 'default'
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Starting build: 3.0-ARCH
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [base]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [udev]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [sata]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [encrypt]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2011-08-18 22:36] 10623 blocks
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Image generation successful
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Starting build: 3.0-ARCH
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [base]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [udev]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [sata]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] -> Parsing hook: [encrypt]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    [2011-08-18 22:36] 10623 blocks
    [2011-08-18 22:36] ==> Image generation successful
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded linux (3.0.2-1 -> 3.0.3-1)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded linux-headers (3.0.2-1 -> 3.0.3-1)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>> PLEASE READ FOR KVM USAGE!
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>> Load the correct KVM module, you will need a KVM capable CPU!
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>> Add yourself to the group 'kvm'.
    [2011-08-18 22:36] >>> Use 'qemu-kvm -enable-kvm' to use KVM.
    [2011-08-18 22:36]
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded qemu-kvm (0.15.0-1 -> 0.15.0-2)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded wireshark-cli (1.6.1-1 -> 1.6.1-2)
    [2011-08-18 22:36] upgraded wireshark-gtk (1.6.1-1 -> 1.6.1-2)
    [2011-08-18 22:37] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-08-18 22:37] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-18 22:37] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-18 22:37] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-19 23:24] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-19 23:24] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-19 23:24] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-19 23:24] upgraded thunar (1.2.2-1 -> 1.2.2-2)
    [2011-08-19 23:40] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-08-20 23:41] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-20 23:41] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-20 23:41] upgraded pacman (3.5.4-3 -> 3.5.4-4)
    [2011-08-20 23:41] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-20 23:41] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-20 23:41] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded linux-api-headers (2.6.39.1-1 -> 3.0.1-1)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] Generating locales...
    [2011-08-20 23:44] fr_FR.UTF-8... done
    [2011-08-20 23:44] fr_FR.ISO-8859-15@euro... done
    [2011-08-20 23:44] fr_FR.ISO-8859-1... done
    [2011-08-20 23:44] Generation complete.
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded glibc (2.14-4 -> 2.14-5)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded zlib (1.2.5-3 -> 1.2.5-4)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded binutils (2.21.1-1 -> 2.21.1-2)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded isl (0.06-1 -> 0.06-2)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded gcc-libs (4.6.1-2 -> 4.6.1-3)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded gmp (5.0.2-2 -> 5.0.2-3)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded cloog (0.16.2-1 -> 0.16.2-2)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded eject (2.1.5-5 -> 2.1.5-7)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded mpfr (3.0.1.p4-1 -> 3.0.1.p4-2)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded libmpc (0.9-1 -> 0.9-2)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded ppl (0.11.2-1 -> 0.11.2-2)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded gcc (4.6.1-2 -> 4.6.1-3)
    [2011-08-20 23:44] upgraded sudo (1.8.1.p2-1 -> 1.8.2-1)
    [2011-08-21 20:20] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-21 20:20] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-21 20:21] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-21 20:21] upgraded gnutls (3.0.0-2 -> 3.0.1-1)
    [2011-08-21 20:21] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-08-21 23:32] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -U wit-svn-2941-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz'
    [2011-08-21 23:32] installed wit-svn (2941-1)
    [2011-08-21 23:35] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Rsn wit-svn-2941-1'
    [2011-08-21 23:35] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Rsn wit-svn-2941'
    [2011-08-21 23:35] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Rsn wit-svn'
    [2011-08-21 23:35] removed wit-svn (2941-1)
    [2011-08-22 01:05] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Rsn john'
    [2011-08-22 01:05] removed john (1.7.8-3)
    [2011-08-22 22:39] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-22 22:39] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-22 22:40] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-22 22:41] upgraded ghostscript (9.04-3 -> 9.04-4)
    [2011-08-22 22:41] upgraded mplayer (33805-2 -> 34007-1)
    [2011-08-22 22:41] upgraded soundtouch (1.5.0-1 -> 1.6.0-1)
    [2011-08-22 22:41] upgraded usbutils (003-1 -> 004-1)
    [2011-08-25 00:57] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-25 00:57] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-25 00:57] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded nspr (4.8.8-1 -> 4.8.9-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded nss (3.12.10-1 -> 3.12.11-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded chromium (13.0.782.112-2 -> 13.0.782.215-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded device-mapper (2.02.87-1 -> 2.02.88-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded fakeroot (1.16-1 -> 1.17-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded gamin (0.1.10-4 -> 0.1.10-5)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded ghostscript (9.04-4 -> 9.04-5)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded libsamplerate (0.1.7-2 -> 0.1.8-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded libssh2 (1.2.7-2 -> 1.2.9-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded lvm2 (2.02.87-1 -> 2.02.88-1)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded pcre (8.13-1 -> 8.13-2)
    [2011-08-25 01:02] upgraded xulrunner (6.0-1 -> 6.0-2)
    [2011-08-25 01:03] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-08-25 01:03] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-25 01:03] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-25 01:03] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-26 22:59] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-26 22:59] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-26 22:59] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded devtools (0.9.23-1 -> 0.9.27-1)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded flashplugin (10.3.183.5-1 -> 10.3.183.7-1)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded git (1.7.6-1 -> 1.7.6.1-1)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded libffi (3.0.9-1 -> 3.0.10-1)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded obconf (2.0.3.git20100309-1 -> 2.0.3.git20100309-2)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded rasqal (1:0.9.26-1 -> 1:0.9.27-1)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded smbclient (3.6.0-1 -> 3.6.0-4)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded thunar (1.2.2-2 -> 1.2.2-3)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded udisks (1.0.3-6 -> 1.0.4-1)
    [2011-08-26 23:01] upgraded xarchiver (0.5.2-2 -> 0.5.2-4)
    [2011-08-26 23:03] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-08-26 23:03] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-26 23:03] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-26 23:03] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-27 14:38] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-27 14:38] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-27 14:40] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-27 14:40] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-27 14:40] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded avahi (0.6.30-4 -> 0.6.30-5)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded isl (0.06-2 -> 0.07-1)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded cloog (0.16.2-2 -> 0.16.3-1)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded gcc-libs (4.6.1-3 -> 4.6.1-4)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded gcc (4.6.1-3 -> 4.6.1-4)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded gdk-pixbuf2 (2.23.5-1 -> 2.24.0-1)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded logrotate (3.8.0-1 -> 3.8.0-2)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded wine (1.3.26-1 -> 1.3.27-1)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded wireshark-cli (1.6.1-2 -> 1.6.1-3)
    [2011-08-27 14:44] upgraded wireshark-gtk (1.6.1-2 -> 1.6.1-3)
    [2011-08-28 11:55] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-28 11:55] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-28 11:55] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-28 11:55] upgraded mercurial (1.9.1-1 -> 1.9.2-1)
    [2011-08-28 11:55] upgraded smbclient (3.6.0-4 -> 3.6.0-6)
    [2011-08-28 11:55] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-08-29 01:49] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-29 01:49] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-29 01:49] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-29 01:50] upgraded libnotify (0.7.3-1 -> 0.7.4-1)
    [2011-08-29 01:50] upgraded smbclient (3.6.0-6 -> 3.6.0-7)
    [2011-08-29 23:59] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-29 23:59] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-29 23:59] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-30 00:00] upgraded run-parts (3.4.4-1 -> 4.0.2-1)
    [2011-08-30 00:00] upgraded ca-certificates (20110421-3 -> 20110502-1)
    [2011-08-30 00:00] upgraded openbox (3.5.0-3 -> 3.5.0-4)
    [2011-08-30 00:00] upgraded smbclient (3.6.0-7 -> 3.6.0-8)
    [2011-08-30 00:00] upgraded vte-common (0.28.1-1 -> 0.28.2-1)
    [2011-08-30 00:00] upgraded vte (0.28.1-1 -> 0.28.2-1)
    [2011-08-30 00:16] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-08-30 23:43] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-08-30 23:43] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-08-30 23:44] starting full system upgrade
    [2011-08-30 23:44] upgraded imagemagick (6.7.1.6-1 -> 6.7.2.1-1)
    [2011-08-30 23:44] upgraded lzo2 (2.05-1 -> 2.06-1)
    [2011-08-30 23:44] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Scc'
    [2011-10-05 12:20] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Syu'
    [2011-10-05 12:20] synchronizing package lists
    [2011-10-05 12:20] starting full system upgrade
    Last edited by Lacsap (2011-10-05 21:40:13)

    Ok, I used https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/ to generate a mirror list and retained the best score:
    ## Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
    ## Sorted by mirror score from mirror status page
    ## Generated on 2011-10-05
    ## Score: 1.8, France
    #Server = http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    ## Score: 1.8, France
    #Server = http://miroir.ezvan.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    ## Score: 1.9, France
    #Server = http://mir1.archlinux.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    ## Score: 1.9, France
    #Server = http://mir.archlinux.fr/$repo/os/$arch
    ## Score: 1.9, France
    #Server = http://archlinux.polymorf.fr/$repo/os/$arch
    ## Score: 2.0, Switzerland
    #Server = http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/$repo/os/$arch
    ## Score: 5.6, France
    Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
    I ran the command:
    # pacman -Syyu
    :: Synchronisation des bases de données de paquets...
    core 59,5K 158,3K/s 00:00:00 [######################] 100%
    extra 886,5K 28,4K/s 00:00:31 [######################] 100%
    community 454,4K 24,0K/s 00:00:19 [######################] 100%
    :: Début de la mise à jour complète du système...
    :: Remplacer pygobject par extra/python2-gobject2 ? [O/n] O
    résolution des dépendances...
    recherche des conflits entre paquets...
    Suppression (1): pygobject-2.28.6-1
    Taille totale des paquets (suppression): 1,83 Mo
    Cibles (167): glib2-2.30.0-1 atk-2.2.0-1 glibmm-2.30.0-1 atkmm-2.22.5-1
    xorg-server-common-1.10.4-1 xorg-server-1.10.4-1 zenity-3.2.0-1
    Taille totale des paquets (téléchargement): 321,72 Mo
    Taille totale des paquets (installation): 1371,45 Mo
    Procéder à l'installation ? [O/n]
    I will update tonight but my problem seems to be set ...
    See you tonight.

  • [SOLVED]pacman.log filled with "[PACMAN] starting full system upgrade"

    Today i just ran pacman -Suy, but now the log is filled with:
    Gozer ~ # tail /var/log/pacman.log -n 100
    [2013-04-08 12:26] [PACMAN] upgraded youtube-dl (2013.02.25-1 -> 2013.04.03-1)
    [2013-04-08 12:27] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2013-04-08 12:27] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2013-04-08 12:27] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2013-04-08 12:27] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2013-04-08 12:28] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2013-04-08 12:28] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2013-04-08 13:06] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    Gozer ~ # grep '2013-04-08' /var/log/pacman.log |grep "starting full system upgrade" | wc -l
    637
    Is this a bug?
    Last edited by kokoko3k (2013-04-08 12:57:01)

    Edit: are you using some system update monitoring script?
    Ops... big "OPS".
    You are right, sorry!

  • Pacman -Qe Broken after today´s "full system upgrade"

    From "pacman.log"
    synchronizing package lists
    [2008-01-17 18:04] starting full system upgrade
    [2008-01-17 18:05] upgraded gnome-keyring (2.20.2-1 -> 2.20.3-1)
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>>
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> If you use the LILO bootloader, you should run 'lilo' before rebooting.
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>>
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> ----------------
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
    [2008-01-17 18:06]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2008-01-17 18:06] ==> Building image "default"
    [2008-01-17 18:06] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.23-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Begin build
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [base]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Generating module dependencies
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
    [2008-01-17 18:06] ==> SUCCESS
    [2008-01-17 18:06] ==> Building image "fallback"
    [2008-01-17 18:06] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.23-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.d/kernel26-fallback.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Begin build
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [base]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [udev]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [ide]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [pata]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [sata]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [usbinput]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [raid]
    [2008-01-17 18:06] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
    [2008-01-17 18:07] :: Generating module dependencies
    [2008-01-17 18:07] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
    [2008-01-17 18:07] ==> SUCCESS
    [2008-01-17 18:07] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.23.12-3 -> 2.6.23.14-1)
    [2008-01-17 18:07] upgraded libgtop (2.20.0-1 -> 2.20.1-1)
    [2008-01-17 18:07] upgraded libwnck (2.20.2-1 -> 2.20.3-1)
    [2008-01-17 18:07] upgraded vte (0.16.11-1 -> 0.16.12-1)
    [2008-01-17 18:07] upgraded xorg-xinit (1.0.7-2 -> 1.0.7-3)
    Result when using "pacman -Qe" afterwards.
    pacman -Qe
    alsa-lib 1.0.15-1
    alsa-oss 1.0.15-1
    alsa-plugins 1.0.15-1
    alsa-utils 1.0.15-2
    autoconf 2.61-3
    automake 1.10-3
    bin86 0.16.17-3
    bison 2.3-4
    bzip2 1.0.4-3
    catfish 0.3-1
    ccsm 0.6.0-2
    compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.6.0-2
    compiz-fusion-plugins-main 0.6.0-3
    compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.6.0-2
    conky 1.4.9-1
    cpio 2.9-3
    csup 20060318-5
    curl 7.17.1-1
    dbus 1.0.2-4
    e2fsprogs 1.40.3-1
    ed 0.8-3
    emerald 0.6.0-3
    emerald-themes 0.6.0-2
    epdfview 0.1.6-5
    exo 0.3.4-1
    fcron 3.0.4-1
    file 4.23-1
    filesystem 2007.11-3
    findutils 4.2.31-3
    firefox 2.0.0.11-1
    flashplugin 9.0.115.0-1
    flex 2.5.33-3
    fusion-icon 20071111-1
    galculator 1.3.1-1
    gawk 3.1.6-2
    gettext 0.17-1
    gksu 2.0.0-2
    gnome-icon-theme 2.20.0-1
    gqview 2.0.4-1
    grep 2.5.3-3
    groff 1.19.2-3
    grub 0.97-9
    gtk-xfce-engine 2.4.2-1
    gzip 1.3.12-4
    hardinfo 0.4.2.3-1
    hdparm 7.7-3
    hwd 5.3.1-1
    hwdetect 0.9-1
    initscripts 2007.11-2
    iptables 1.3.8-2
    iputils 20070202-3
    jacman 0.4-2
    jre 6u3-2
    kbd 1.12.20070827-2
    kernel26 2.6.23.14-1
    less 418-1
    libdca 0.0.5-1
    libpcap 0.9.8-2
    libtool 1.5.24-3
    libusb 0.1.12-3
    libxfce4mcs 4.4.2-1
    libxfce4util 4.4.2-1
    libxfcegui4 4.4.2-1
    licenses 2.2-2
    lilo 22.8-2
    lshwd 1.1.3-5
    lzo2 2.02-3
    lzop 1.02rc1-3
    make 3.81-3
    man 1.6f-1
    man-pages 2.74-1
    mc 4.6.1-4
    mesa 7.0.1-1
    mkinitcpio 0.5.17-1
    mktemp 1.5-3
    mlocate 0.18-2
    module-init-tools 3.2.2-5
    mousepad 0.2.13-1
    mplayer 1.0rc2-1
    mplayer-plugin 3.45-1
    nano 2.0.7-1
    net-tools 1.60-13
    numlockx 1.1-3
    nvidia-96xx 96.43.01-6
    openal 0.0.8-4
    openssl 0.9.8g-2
    pacman 3.1.0-1
    pacworld 0.3.4-2
    patch 2.5.4-4
    pcmciautils 014-3
    pidgin 2.3.1-1
    pkgconfig 0.22-3
    ppp 2.4.4-6
    procinfo 19-2
    procps 3.2.7-4
    psmisc 22.6-1
    pyqt4 4.3.3-1
    pyxdg 0.15-1
    qca 1.0-3
    qca-tls 1.0-3
    rarian 0.6.0-1
    reiserfsprogs 3.6.20-3
    rp-pppoe 3.8-2
    rpmextract 0-1
    schismtracker 0.5rc1-1
    scite 1.75-1
    sdl_image 1.2.6-1
    sdl_mixer 1.2.8-1
    seamonkey 1.1.5-2
    skype 2.0.0.27-1
    slim 1.3.0-2
    slim-themes 1.2.3-2
    squeeze 0.2.2-1
    sudo 1.6.9p10-3
    syslog-ng 2.0.6-1
    sysvinit 2.86-4
    tar 1.19-2
    terminal 0.2.8-1
    terminatorx 3.82-1
    thunar 0.9.0-2
    thunar-archive-plugin 0.2.4-5
    thunar-volman 0.2.0-1
    ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-1
    tuxcards 2.0-1
    udev 116-3
    unclutter 8-4
    unrar 3.7.8-1
    unzip 5.52-3
    util-linux-ng 2.13.0.1-2
    vim 7.1.156-1
    vlc 0.8.6d-1
    wget 1.10.2-4
    which 2.17-2
    xcursor-grounation 0.3-5
    xfce-mcs-manager 4.4.2-1
    xfce-mcs-plugins 4.4.2-1
    xfce-utils 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-appfinder 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-cpugraph-plugin 0.4.0-1
    xfce4-genmon-plugin 3.1-4
    xfce4-icon-theme 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-mixer 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-netload-plugin 0.4.0-4
    xfce4-panel 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 1.0.0-5
    xfce4-session 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-taskmanager 0.3.2-4
    xfdesktop 4.4.2-1
    xfprint 4.4.2-1
    xfwm4 4.4.2-1
    xfwm4-themes 4.4.2-1
    xmms 1.2.11-1
    xorg-fonts-type1 1.0.1-1
    xorg-twm 1.0.1-2
    xterm 229-2
    zip 2.32-1
    WEIRD, BUG or ???

    After reading your reply, I checked "man pacman" and it changed as you said!
    so I did a "pacman -Qt" to look for orphans and this is the result.
    alsa-oss 1.0.15-1
    alsa-plugins 1.0.15-1
    alsa-utils 1.0.15-2
    autoconf 2.61-3
    automake 1.10-3
    bin86 0.16.17-3
    bison 2.3-4
    catfish 0.3-1
    ccsm 0.6.0-2
    compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.6.0-2
    compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.6.0-2
    conky 1.4.9-1
    csup 20060318-5
    docbook-xml 4.5-1
    emerald-themes 0.6.0-2
    epdfview 0.1.6-5
    findutils 4.2.31-3
    firefox 2.0.0.11-1
    flashplugin 9.0.115.0-1
    flex 2.5.33-3
    fusion-icon 20071111-1
    galculator 1.3.1-1
    gettext 0.17-1
    gksu 2.0.0-2
    gnome-icon-theme 2.20.0-1
    gqview 2.0.4-1
    grub 0.97-9
    gtk-xfce-engine 2.4.2-1
    hardinfo 0.4.2.3-1
    hdparm 7.7-3
    hwd 5.3.1-1
    hwdetect 0.9-1
    initscripts 2007.11-2
    iptables 1.3.8-2
    iputils 20070202-3
    jacman 0.4-2
    kbd 1.12.20070827-2
    libsigc++2.0 2.1.1-1
    libtool 1.5.24-3
    licenses 2.2-2
    lilo 22.8-2
    lshwd 1.1.3-5
    lzo 1.08-4
    lzop 1.02rc1-3
    make 3.81-3
    man 1.6f-1
    man-pages 2.74-1
    mc 4.6.1-4
    mlocate 0.18-2
    mousepad 0.2.13-1
    mplayer-plugin 3.45-1
    nano 2.0.7-1
    numlockx 1.1-3
    nvidia-96xx 96.43.01-6
    openal 0.0.8-4
    pacman 3.1.0-1
    pacworld 0.3.4-2
    patch 2.5.4-4
    pcmciautils 014-3
    pidgin 2.3.1-1
    pkgconfig 0.22-3
    procinfo 19-2
    psmisc 22.6-1
    pyqt4 4.3.3-1
    qca-tls 1.0-3
    reiserfsprogs 3.6.20-3
    rp-pppoe 3.8-2
    rpmextract 0-1
    schismtracker 0.5rc1-1
    scite 1.75-1
    sdl_image 1.2.6-1
    sdl_mixer 1.2.8-1
    seamonkey 1.1.5-2
    skype 2.0.0.27-1
    slim-themes 1.2.3-2
    squeeze 0.2.2-1
    sudo 1.6.9p10-3
    syslog-ng 2.0.6-1
    sysvinit 2.86-4
    tar 1.19-2
    terminal 0.2.8-1
    terminatorx 3.82-1
    thunar-archive-plugin 0.2.4-5
    thunar-volman 0.2.0-1
    ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-1
    tuxcards 2.0-1
    unclutter 8-4
    unrar 3.7.8-1
    unzip 5.52-3
    vim 7.1.156-1
    vlc 0.8.6d-1
    which 2.17-2
    xcursor-grounation 0.3-5
    xf86-input-keyboard 1.2.2-2
    xf86-input-mouse 1.2.3-1
    xf86-video-vesa 1.3.0-5
    xfce-mcs-plugins 4.4.2-1
    xfce-utils 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-appfinder 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-cpugraph-plugin 0.4.0-1
    xfce4-genmon-plugin 3.1-4
    xfce4-icon-theme 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-mixer 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-netload-plugin 0.4.0-4
    xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 1.0.0-5
    xfce4-session 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-taskmanager 0.3.2-4
    xfdesktop 4.4.2-1
    xfprint 4.4.2-1
    xfwm4-themes 4.4.2-1
    xmms 1.2.11-1
    xorg-fonts-type1 1.0.1-1
    xorg-twm 1.0.1-2
    xorg-xinit 1.0.7-3
    xterm 229-2
    zip 2.32-1
    It shows less packages, yet this are not orphans :-(
    Also in "man pacman" it says "(-Qet is equivalent to the pacman 2.9.X -Qe option.)"
    pacman -Qet
    alsa-oss 1.0.15-1
    alsa-plugins 1.0.15-1
    alsa-utils 1.0.15-2
    autoconf 2.61-3
    automake 1.10-3
    bin86 0.16.17-3
    bison 2.3-4
    catfish 0.3-1
    ccsm 0.6.0-2
    compiz-fusion-plugins-extra 0.6.0-2
    compizconfig-backend-gconf 0.6.0-2
    conky 1.4.9-1
    csup 20060318-5
    emerald-themes 0.6.0-2
    epdfview 0.1.6-5
    findutils 4.2.31-3
    firefox 2.0.0.11-1
    flashplugin 9.0.115.0-1
    flex 2.5.33-3
    fusion-icon 20071111-1
    galculator 1.3.1-1
    gettext 0.17-1
    gksu 2.0.0-2
    gnome-icon-theme 2.20.0-1
    gqview 2.0.4-1
    grub 0.97-9
    gtk-xfce-engine 2.4.2-1
    hardinfo 0.4.2.3-1
    hdparm 7.7-3
    hwd 5.3.1-1
    hwdetect 0.9-1
    initscripts 2007.11-2
    iptables 1.3.8-2
    iputils 20070202-3
    jacman 0.4-2
    kbd 1.12.20070827-2
    libtool 1.5.24-3
    licenses 2.2-2
    lilo 22.8-2
    lshwd 1.1.3-5
    lzop 1.02rc1-3
    make 3.81-3
    man 1.6f-1
    man-pages 2.74-1
    mc 4.6.1-4
    mlocate 0.18-2
    mousepad 0.2.13-1
    mplayer-plugin 3.45-1
    nano 2.0.7-1
    numlockx 1.1-3
    nvidia-96xx 96.43.01-6
    openal 0.0.8-4
    pacman 3.1.0-1
    pacworld 0.3.4-2
    patch 2.5.4-4
    pcmciautils 014-3
    pidgin 2.3.1-1
    pkgconfig 0.22-3
    procinfo 19-2
    psmisc 22.6-1
    pyqt4 4.3.3-1
    qca-tls 1.0-3
    reiserfsprogs 3.6.20-3
    rp-pppoe 3.8-2
    rpmextract 0-1
    schismtracker 0.5rc1-1
    scite 1.75-1
    sdl_image 1.2.6-1
    sdl_mixer 1.2.8-1
    seamonkey 1.1.5-2
    skype 2.0.0.27-1
    slim-themes 1.2.3-2
    squeeze 0.2.2-1
    sudo 1.6.9p10-3
    syslog-ng 2.0.6-1
    sysvinit 2.86-4
    tar 1.19-2
    terminal 0.2.8-1
    terminatorx 3.82-1
    thunar-archive-plugin 0.2.4-5
    thunar-volman 0.2.0-1
    ttf-ms-fonts 2.0-1
    tuxcards 2.0-1
    unclutter 8-4
    unrar 3.7.8-1
    unzip 5.52-3
    vim 7.1.156-1
    vlc 0.8.6d-1
    which 2.17-2
    xcursor-grounation 0.3-5
    xfce-mcs-plugins 4.4.2-1
    xfce-utils 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-appfinder 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-cpugraph-plugin 0.4.0-1
    xfce4-genmon-plugin 3.1-4
    xfce4-icon-theme 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-mixer 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-netload-plugin 0.4.0-4
    xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 1.0.0-5
    xfce4-session 4.4.2-1
    xfce4-taskmanager 0.3.2-4
    xfdesktop 4.4.2-1
    xfprint 4.4.2-1
    xfwm4-themes 4.4.2-1
    xmms 1.2.11-1
    xorg-fonts-type1 1.0.1-1
    xorg-twm 1.0.1-2
    xterm 229-2
    zip 2.32-1
    Now I am lost, hahhahahahahaahahahahahaha

  • System upgrade fails with pacman - phc-intel requires kernel26 2.6.31

    Hello,
    I'm a relative newbie to archlinux, so I hope I'm not asking a too stupid question ...
    I have installed arch on an IBM Thinkpad X40. Was now on extended holidays and haven't done a system upgrade for a while. Wanted to do this now and pacman -Syy works fine. However, when I then start the upgrade with pacman -Su, the following error message occurs:
    :: Starte komplette Systemaktualisierung...
    :: portmap durch core/rpcbind ersetzen? [J/n] J
    Löse Abhängigkeiten auf...
    Suche nach Zwischen-Konflikten...
    Fehler: Konnte den Vorgang (Kann Abhängigkeiten nicht erfüllen) nicht vorbereiten
    :: phc-intel: benötigt kernel26<2.6.31
    translated into English it basically means that pacman wants to replace portmap with rpcbind. However, the following error message occurs whether or not I say yes. The error messages says that it cannot fulfill the dependencies as phc-intel requires kernel26<2.6.31. The strange thing is that my kernel at the moment is 2.6.29.
    A first run of pacman -u worked fine but only upgraded pacman itself. I had a pacman.conf.pacnew in /etc which I renamed to pacman.conf and kept the old one as a backup. However, this also didn't change anything.
    I hope you guys can help me out, thanks in advance,
    F.

    The update will be trying to install a new kernel, which is why you're getting the error. For packages in the repos, a new one would be built that's compatible with the new kernel. Since it looks like phc-intel is from the AUR you'll need to build a new version yourself.
    Edit - that's what I get for stepping away for a bit, you already got a response and fixed it
    Last edited by mcmillan (2009-12-05 19:14:24)

  • Showstopper bug in latest UEKR3 kernel - can't create LVM snapshot of ext4 fs

    cross-posted to gain a wider audience, because this is urgent
    When my backup system attempts to create an LVM snapshot of an ext4 fs, it fails, and the log is full of kernel warnings.  Some of my servers actually reboot themselves.  i've had to turn off backups for the moment.
    It seems that this is a known problem, and a patch for it already exists.  See: Re: warning in ext4_journal_start_sb on filesystem freeze (Linux Ext4)
    I gave this info to a receptionist at Oracle on 12/30, and she seemed to understand that it needed to get to the Oracle Linux product group, but so far no one has contacted me for details, or to let me know that they're working on this.
    It seems to me that this is a 100% critical bug, that *ought* to have gotten an immediate reaction.  Does anyone here know how to get Oracle's attention?

    Hi @cooldog ,
    I hit this same LVM2 snapshot kernel oops on several Oracle Linux 6.5 servers running UEK R3 kernel version 3.8.13-16.3.1.  I have Linux Premier Support so I opened a Service Request.  Oracle Support got back to me with the following notes.
    Hello Matt, 
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    You may upgrade the kernel once its available. ~Siju 
    Update
    Dear Matt, Latest available UEK3 kernel version 'kernel-uek-3.8.13-26.el6uek.x86_64' incorporates the required bugfix. [root@server1 tmp]# rpm -q --changelog -p kernel-uek-3.8.13-26.el6uek.x86_64.rpm | grep -i 17487738
    warning: kernel-uek-3.8.13-26.el6uek.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID ec551f03
    - fs: protect write with sb_start/end_write in generic_file_write_iter (Guangyu Sun) [Orabug: 17487738] <<<<<<======================================== You can download the UEK3 kernel from ULN or from public-yum repo. 
    http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEKR3/latest/x86_64/getPackage/kernel-uek-firmware-3.8.13-26.el6uek.noarch.rpm
    http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/UEKR3/latest/x86_64/getPackage/kernel-uek-3.8.13-26.el6uek.x86_64.rpm Hope this helps! ~Siju 
    Subscribe to the Oracle Linux el-errata mailing list .
    The latest kernel-uek-3.8.13-26.el6uek.x86_64 version fixed the problem.
    - Matt

  • [Solved Kinda] Error Message when creating a LVM Snapshot.

    I upgraded my Arch Laptop this morning, which among other things, also had an update for lvm2.
    Anyways, as part of my backup strategy I create a LVM Snapshot of root and transfer that via rdiff-backup.
    This used to work no problem. But ever since the update, whenever I create the snapshot, I get the following error message at the console:
    lvcreate -L1G -s -n SnapRoot /dev/vg/root
      The link /dev/vg/SnapRoot should had been created by udev but it was not found. Falling back to direct link creation.
      semid 294912: semop failed for cookie 0xd4da0ca: incorrect semaphore state
      Could not signal waiting process using notification semaphore identified by cookie value 223191242 (0xd4da0ca)
      semid 294912: semop failed for cookie 0xd4da0ca: incorrect semaphore state
      Failed to set a proper state for notification semaphore identified by cookie value 223191242 (0xd4da0ca) to initialize waiting for incoming notifications.
      Logical volume "SnapRoot" created
    It still creates the Snapshot volume, but I wasn't sure if it wasn't corrupted or something. Does anyone know what this error message means? Can I safely ignore it?
    By the way, I don't know if its relevant, but my partition setup is like this:
    /boot is a standard ext2 volume
    /root is a unencrypted LVM2 volume
    /home is LUKS Encrypted Volume ON TOP of a LVM2 volume.
    Swap is also a LVM2 volume.
    ######update#####
    Well, I don't know what changed, but this evening, I tried the whole lvm snapshot deal again, and this time there was no error message.
    Perhaps some timestamps or something were wrong, or not as they should have been. Either way, I have no idea what might have changed. Since I definately tried one or two reboots to see if that would have fixed the problem.
    Oh well.
    Last edited by ChojinDSL (2010-11-30 21:20:48)

    Go to Preferences and turn off Background Rendering.
    Select your project in the library and in the File menu, click on Delete project Render Files; choose All when prompted. Select your event and do the same with the event Render files. In the project use the range tool to select a short section. Try to export that as a test. Don't render before you export.
    If that doesn't work, copy the project and paste it into a fresh project. Try another export test.
    If that doesn't work, create a new user account.
    As for Blu Ray, there is a Share preset if want to check it out. Very simple menus. And the preset can only handle single tracks.
    Good luck.
    Russ

  • [SOLVED] Xorg terminates after system upgrade

    Im lost... Please someone help me.
    I upgraded old installation of Arch yesterday (about one year old) and now Xorg fails to load up. I don't really know where to look for issues... I think its graphic card but I'm not sure...
    Xorg isnt showing much errors...
    # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
    [ 3948.803] Current Operating System: Linux bowman 3.13.6-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 7 22:30:23 CET 2014 i686
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    [ 3949.345] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    [ 3951.026] (EE) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
    Warnings:
    # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    [ 4198.590] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
    [ 4198.590] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
    [ 4198.590] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
    [ 4198.590] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
    [ 4198.590] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
    [ 4198.590] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
    [ 4199.631] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to support custom viewPortOut 1360 x 765 +0 +1
    [ 4199.632] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to support custom viewPortOut 1360 x 765 +0 +1
    [ 4199.940] (WW) evdev: SIGMACHIP USB Keyboard: ignoring absolute axes.
    Log part related to "Unable to support custom viewPortOut" line:
    [ 4199.226] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
    [ 4199.626] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (LG Electronics W1946 (CRT-1)) does not support NVIDIA
    [ 4199.626] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): 3D Vision stereo.
    [ 4199.628] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.14.ff
    [ 4199.628] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): LG Electronics W1946 (CRT-1) (connected)
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): LG Electronics W1946 (CRT-1): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 155.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
    [ 4199.628] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal Single Link TMDS
    [ 4199.628] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
    [ 4199.628] (**) NVIDIA(0): device LG Electronics W1946 (CRT-1) (Using EDID
    [ 4199.628] (**) NVIDIA(0): frequencies has been enabled on all display devices.)
    [ 4199.629] (==) NVIDIA(0):
    [ 4199.629] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
    [ 4199.629] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
    [ 4199.629] (==) NVIDIA(0):
    [ 4199.629] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
    [ 4199.629] (II) NVIDIA(0): "CRT-1:nvidia-auto-select"
    [ 4199.629] (**) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size configured to be 1360 x 768
    [ 4199.631] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to support custom viewPortOut 1360 x 765 +0 +1
    [ 4199.632] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to support custom viewPortOut 1360 x 765 +0 +1
    [ 4199.633] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (84, 84); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
    [ 4199.633] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
    [ 4199.633] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
    [ 4199.646] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "CRT-1:nvidia-auto-select"
    Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/rJDxeXnV
    Graphic card is: (lspci -v)
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
    Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 3504
    Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 248, IRQ 16
    Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    Memory at f9000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    [virtual] Expansion ROM at fa000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
    Capabilities: [44] AGP version 3.0
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidia
    Packages installed:
    # pacman -Qs nvidia -q
    libcl
    libvdpau
    nvidia-304xx
    nvidia-304xx-libgl
    nvidia-304xx-utils
    opencl-nvidia-304xx
    xorg.conf has been automatically generated with nvidia-xconfig:
    (only "        Virtual     1360 768" has been added)
    # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
    # nvidia-xconfig: version 304.119 (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-01) Fri Jan 17 10:35:08 PST 2014
    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Layout0"
    Screen 0 "Screen0"
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    EndSection
    Section "Files"
    EndSection
    Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier "Mouse0"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "Protocol" "auto"
    Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection
    Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier "Keyboard0"
    Driver "kbd"
    EndSection
    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Unknown"
    ModelName "Unknown"
    HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
    Option "DPMS"
    EndSection
    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Device0"
    Driver "nvidia"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
    EndSection
    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Device0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Virtual 1360 768
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
    Any ideas?
    [EDIT]
    Very important facts:
    startx fails when running xfce4 or awesome
    startx runs on root (with strange x environment) with no problems
    Last edited by marzecki (2014-03-12 13:52:49)

    For me it occurred after this update..... I dunno why , but openbox wouldn't load, kde would, however
    Guess it's due to the mesa update and using the legacy nvida-173xx driver
    [2014-03-12 21:17] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
    [2014-03-12 21:17] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
    [2014-03-12 21:17] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
    [2014-03-12 21:24] [PACMAN] upgraded bluez-libs (5.15-1 -> 5.16-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:24] [PACMAN] upgraded calligra-filters (2.8.0-1 -> 2.8.0-2)
    [2014-03-12 21:24] [PACMAN] upgraded calligra-libs (2.8.0-1 -> 2.8.0-2)
    [2014-03-12 21:24] [PACMAN] upgraded calligra-plugins (2.8.0-1 -> 2.8.0-2)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded calligra-krita (2.8.0-1 -> 2.8.0-2)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded libpng (1.6.9-1 -> 1.6.10-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded mjpegtools (2.0.0-4 -> 2.1.0-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded cinelerra-cv (1:2.2-19 -> 1:2.2-20)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (210-2 -> 210-3)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.0.3-1 -> 10.1.0-2)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded libevdev (0.6-1 -> 1.0.1-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded clutter (1.16.4-1 -> 1.16.4-3)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded libcups (1.7.1-3 -> 1.7.1-4)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded cups-filters (1.0.46-1 -> 1.0.48-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded cups (1.7.1-3 -> 1.7.1-4)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (6.2.1-1 -> 6.3.1-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded dosfstools (3.0.25-1 -> 3.0.26-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded freetype2 (2.5.2-1 -> 2.5.3-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded geoip-database (20140108-1 -> 20140304-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded gst-plugins-bad (1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.3-2)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad (0.10.23-7 -> 0.10.23-8)
    [2014-03-12 21:25] [PACMAN] upgraded gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins (0.10.23-7 -> 0.10.23-8)
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [PACMAN] upgraded kdenlive (0.9.6-3 -> 0.9.6-4)
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [PACMAN] upgraded keyutils (1.5.8-1 -> 1.5.9-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [PACMAN] upgraded libnl (3.2.23-1 -> 3.2.24-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [PACMAN] upgraded libssh (0.5.5-2 -> 0.5.5-3)
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [PACMAN] upgraded libva (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.1-2)
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.13.6-1-ARCH
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.13.6-1-ARCH
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2014-03-12 21:26] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.13.5-1 -> 3.13.6-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-ck.preset: 'default'
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-ck -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-ck.img
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.13.6-1-ck
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-ck.img
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-ck.preset: 'fallback'
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-ck -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-ck-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.13.6-1-ck
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-ck-fallback.img
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Thank you for using http://repo-ck.com/ for your linux-ck package needs.
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Note that the following CPU optimized packages are or could be available to you:
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] AMD : barcelona, bobcat, bulldozer, kx, k10, piledriver
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] Intel : atom, core2, haswell, ivybridge, nehalem, p4, pentm, sandybridge
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Search via group name: pacman -Sg ck-ivybridge
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Post in the repo support thread if package group is unavailable for your architecture:
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=111715
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-ck-p4 (3.13.5-2 -> 3.13.6-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:27] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-headers (3.13.5-1 -> 3.13.6-1)
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: 'default'
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.33-1-lts
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: 'fallback'
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 3.10.33-1-lts
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
    [2014-03-12 21:28] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
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