Pacman -Su failing..

Hi,
I've been getting strange behaviour from my linux box -- trying to start a samba daemon, but it fails to load, or actually it hangs saying:
:: Starting Samba Server [BUSY]
I've googled for it and found http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=31200 recommending to update the system with pacman -Sy and pacman -Su. I did so, but after pacman finishes fetching all of the packages I get:
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit trnasaction (conflicting files)
gpm: /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1 exists in filesystem
errors occured, no packages were upgraded.
Any clues?
thanks in advance.

thanks for the quick reply.
updgrade went throught well but still when running /etc/rc.d/samba start
i get ::Starting samba server [busy] ..
where can I read samba's logs maybe?
Last edited by rotemtamir (2008-06-26 08:43:49)

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How do I resolve this?
Last edited by PeterBell (2015-02-08 02:18:43)

Trilby wrote:What are you doing? Wine was never a problem.
I'm sorry - I was trying to help myself by following the errors, as reported. It seemed that my problem stemmed from lib32-harfbuzz and lib32-freetype2, so I was attempting to remove those. However, wine was dependent on them so had to be removed first.
I told you want needed to be done. If you ignore provided advice and instead do other random things (without actually specifying what you are doing) then no one can help you.
Indeed, your posting did point me in the right direction, but did not appear until after I had posted about my experiment with wine. Wine is no great loss, anyway - I've never managed to achieve anything useful with it!
As you indicated, my problems were resolved by updating package-query:
yaourt package-query
Edit: In my searching, I did come across advice to use pacaur instead of yaourt - I'm not sure whether this would have made any difference in my case.
My analysis, wrongly or rightly, is this:
1) AUR packages (some?) appear to list pacman version as a dependency. "pacman -Syu" was attempting to update itself to 4.2 which broke the dependency (<4.2), even though 4.1.x was running at the time - there's a recipe for confusion! This was resolved by rebuilding package-query before updating the rest of the system, because the latest version has updated the pacman dependency.
2) lib32-harfbuzz and lib32-freetype2 (both AUR packages?) were in conflict - they cannot (must not) be dependent on each other. This was resolved by pulling later versions during the rebuild of package-query.
3) The libreoffice problem was not an issue. My mistake was that I ignored a lifetime of experience working in IT - I concentrated on the last-reported error rather than the first! All I can say in my defence is that eight years of retirement must have addled my brain!
In short, two, unrelated, errors, conflated with another, relatively insignificant, error message, led me on a wild goose chase.
I thank you for your wise counsel!
Last edited by PeterBell (2015-02-08 02:21:24)

[SOLVED] Pacman error: failed retrieving file : No address record

I just installed Arch on a x86 laptop using the cd as the package source. I wanted to do a net install, but when I attempted to (regardless of the mirror) I got many responses from pacman in tty7 of "No address record". This happened despite having a network connection and being able to ping any site from the cli.
After installing, I am still having the same problem. The laptop is plugged in via ethernet, and I can ping any site I want, but a call to pacman -Syyu just returns numerous errors such as
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.rit.edu : No address record
And just as a test, I was getting replies when pinging mirror.rit.edu.
Last edited by process91 (2011-11-18 18:21:17)

Try the following steps:
1 - Set the VirtualBox Networking option to NAT
2 - Start the arch machine in the VirtualBox
3 - Edit /etc/rc.conf as a dynamic IP:
HOSTNAME="arch"
interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=
4 - Run dhcpcd
5 - Try to ping a couple of sites, or your router
If you still can't ping or anything, I suggest you start a new thread specifically about your problem. Include the output from "ipconfig -a". You're not going to get much help from posting in a thread marked "[SOLVED]".
Last edited by process91 (2012-01-18 07:21:14)

Pacman -Syu Fails -- Problem wth pm-utils Package

I just tried to do a "pacman -Syu".
I get the following errors:
error: Could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
pm-utils: /usr/bin/on_ac_power exists in filesystem
errors occured, no packages were upgraded
Is there a problem with the new pm-utils package? What is the fix?
Rob

webbrewer wrote:Although thinkwiki recommends using APM with the t20, I attempted for a few weeks to get ACPI to work properly on this machine. I was unable to solve all the issues, as detailed here: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=35061. With APM, everything works well.
The HAL website (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal) doesn't list pm-utils as a dependency. However, I am willing to give APCI another try.
I removed apmd and found that all my apm functionality remained despite the absence of a software daemon. Upgrading hal and installing pm-utils has not caused any issues in my system, contrary to my cautions.

Pacman upgrade fails because of unsatisfied pacman-color dependency *

Hello, my most recent attempt to run pacman -Suy results in pacman trying to update itslef and failing:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 35.4K 500.1K/s 00:00:00
[#####################] 100%
extra 453.0K 2.2M/s 00:00:00
[#####################] 100%
community 377.2K 2.2M/s 00:00:00
[#####################] 100%
:: The following packages should be upgraded first :
pacman
:: Do you want to cancel the current operation
:: and upgrade these packages now? [Y/n] Y
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: pacman-color: requires pacman=3.3.3
Any idea how to fix this?
Last edited by .:B:. (2010-06-28 20:26:09)

There are a couple of threads about this.
1.Uninstall pacman-color
2. pacman -Syu
3. Reinstall pacman-color
4. Put the kettle on...
#edit too much detail...
Last edited by jasonwryan (2010-06-28 19:48:50)

Trying to install nvidia and nvidia-utils via pacman and failed

I type
pacman -Sy nvidia nvidia-utils
i get:
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: util-linux and util-linux-ng are in conflict (linux32). Remove util-linux-ng? [y/N] Y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: aufs2: requires kernel26<2.6.38
:: ndiswrapper: requires kernel26<2.6.38
:: tiacx: requires kernel26<=2.6.37
I cant seem to get it to install nvidia and consequentially lots of things are borked.
Any ideas what I can do to start solving this?
Last edited by netw1z (2011-09-19 15:35:34)

Don't run 'pacman -Sy foo' - it may lead to breakage https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=89328
Are you using [testing]? http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 21479.html
Last edited by karol (2011-09-19 16:06:50)

Pacman -Syu fails due to mime.types[SOLVED]

Hi All,
pacman -Syu results in:
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
mime-types: /etc/mime.types exists in filesystem
Is it safe to mv mime.types and retry the system upgrade?
I have Gnome and KDE installed. I currently use KDE and this is "the" KED4.1 upgrade.
Thanks.
Last edited by whot (2008-08-19 01:03:49)

pacman -Qo /etc/mime.types, showed no owner for the file.
Performed:
pacman -Rn mime-types
pacman -S mime-types
pacman -Syu
System upgrade finished with no further problems. Machine booted to KDE4.1
I've noticed a few things with KDE4.1:
DUUUUDE, where's my data?!!? (calendar data, pim data, etc.)
It seems a bit slow to respond. I don't know if this is a kernel26 upgrade issue or it's the first time
applications are being used so "things" are being set-up/configured for the first time.
All in all, smooth upgrade to KDE4.1. Thank you, devs.
Thanks for your help, fwojciec.

[solved]pacman error: failed to prepare transaction

[iblicf@myarch ~]$ sudo pacman -S inkscape
resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra//openoffice-sv-2.3.1-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: cannot resolve "pyxml", a dependency of "inkscape"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: inkscape: requires pyxml
[iblicf@myarch ~]$ sudo pacman -S abiword
resolving dependencies...
error: could not open file /var/lib/pacman/sync/extra//openoffice-sv-2.3.1-1/depends: No such file or directory
error: cannot resolve "wv>=1.2.4", a dependency of "abiword"
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: abiword: requires wv>=1.2.4
what's wrong with it ? plz help
Last edited by iblicf (2008-03-05 03:54:10)

pacman -Syy ，yeah , that works ... thanks
Last edited by iblicf (2008-03-05 03:55:08)

Pacman - error: failed retrieving file

Hi.
I just installed Arch on my new laptop but when I first got to the stage where you need to use pacman for the first time, I got this error:
error: failed retrieving file
for all the mirrors I have uncommented in my /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist with reasons like "Not found", "File unavailable" or "Service not available".
I've tried several mirrors (all french mirrors and some others) but I got the feeling that it's more coming from my computer.
I first got this error when I tried to install Xorg, but it's the same when I try with someting else (I tried Firefox for instance). Some packages are downloaded but some aren't and so, I can't install anything.
I've checked my internet connexion which seems to work since I have 0% loss when I ping something.
I've also tried pacman -Syy but it didn't fix it.
So, I'm asking for your help, since I never had any problem at this stage of the installation before.
And by the way, I'm running on a VAIO laptop with Arch x86_64 installed via network an I used DHCP during the install.
Thanks

I don't think so, since I added nothing after installing. Unless there is a firewall in the hardware (I don't know anything about that). My computer is a Vaio VGN-SR and this morning, I was able to install both cpudyn and acpid on the first try.
And I installed Arch before with the same internet connexion and there was no problem so it must be the computer.

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