Problem with "pacman -Syu"

[root@laptopT23 vasco]# pacman -Syu
hi!
I wanted to upgrade my sistem, but after the command "pacman -Syu"
:: Synchronizing package databases...
kernel 0.2K 837.1K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
current is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: sudo: forcing upgrade to version 1.6.9p3-2
resolving dependencies... done.
looking for inter-conflicts... done.
Targets: kernel-headers-2.6.22.1-1 glibc-2.6.1-1 attr-2.4.38-1 acl-2.2.44-1
binutils-2.17.50.0.18-1 cpio-2.8-1 device-mapper-1.02.21-1
popt-1.10.6-1 cryptsetup-1.0.5-3 dhcpcd-3.1.3-2
dialog-1.1_20070604-1 dmapi-2.2.8-1 ed-0.5-3 filesystem-2007.08-1
fakeroot-1.7.1-2 file-4.21-1 findutils-4.2.31-1 gcc-4.2.1-3
glib2-2.14.0-2 libxi-1.1.2-1 gtk2-2.10.14-2 hwdetect-0.8-8
udev-114-1 initscripts-2007.08-1 klibc-udev-114-1
mkinitcpio-0.5.15-1 kernel26-2.6.22.1-4 less-406-1 libpcap-0.9.7-1
libtool-1.5.24-1 libx11-1.1.3-1 licenses-2.0-1 lvm2-2.02.27-1
m4-1.4.10-1 man-1.6e-2 man-pages-2.60-1 mdadm-2.6.2-1
nano-2.0.6-2 ppp-2.4.4-4 shadow-4.0.18.1-5 sudo-1.6.9p3-2
syslog-ng-2.0.5-1 tar-1.18-1 vim-7.1.12-1 wpa_supplicant-0.5.8-1
xfsprogs-2.9.3-1 xfsdump-2.2.45-1
Total Package Size: 118.55 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
checking package integrity... done.
cleaning up... done.
(47/47) checking for file conflicts [#####################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.alias exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.ccwmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.dep exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.ieee1394map exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.inputmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.isapnpmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.ofmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.pcimap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.seriomap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.symbols exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.usbmap exists in filesystem
errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
[root@laptopT23 vasco]#
I have this errors......my kernel version is the 2.6.21-ARCH, maybe is this the reason? How can I upgrade the kernel?
thx

check which package owns the files with 'pacman -Qo $pathtofile'
If it is now owned by a package you can safely force the package to install with 'pacman -Sf kernel26'
If the files are owned by a package then there they are conflicting and the path to follow will be different for each situation.
If you are not sure what to do post here which package (if any) owns the files.

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Unable to start the settings manager 'gnome-settings-daemon'.
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Last edited by bebeababa (2008-10-23 17:08:13)

JGC wrote:Log out from gnome and login again, this should fix your issues.
Tried it, no change.
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Pb with "pacman -Syu"

Just a question: does anyone ever faced a problem while doing a "pacman -Syu"?
It happened several times on my box that this command froze completly my system, just after having retrieved the database for the "current" repository.
When the problem occurs, my system is nearly completly suspended. In this situation, I can't even peform a "ps -ef". It starts to display some processes and then it hangs before finishing.
Then I try to reboot, but the shutdown hangs too while trying to terminate still running processes.
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0003
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Does someone already experienced the same problem?
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Anyway, I've instrumented my pacman binary with lots of "printf" everywhere in the "sync" code (especially around calls to libtar functions) to try to find out which is the instruction that generates that evil crash...
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and it seems more stable now.
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and I wanted to mention that install also seg/faulted many times before succed with a bare bone BASE packages.

Had issue with pacman -Syu & util-linux-ng upgrade

This is mostly just a informational post in case anyone else has the same problem, or in case my problem is indicative of a pacman problem.... I hadn't been keeping on top of my upgrades for awhile, so that may be a factor.
I first upgraded pacman to the latest version, updated to use "core", then ran the full pacman -Syu .... it died halfway through because it tried to delete/move /mnt/cd and /mnt/cd was unable to be removed because it was mounted I believe... I tried to unmount it to continue, but it appears that util-linux-ng had been removed but not replaced at that point so I was missing my mount/umount commands (among others) (I'm making the assumption that whatever script was modifying /mnt/cd would have unmounted it for me if umount had been available)
here's the relevant bit of my pacman.log
(previous full sys update had been from around feb. of this year..)
[09/25/07 22:09] synchronizing package lists
[09/25/07 22:10] starting full system upgrade
[09/25/07 22:28] synchronizing package lists
[09/25/07 22:41] installed libarchive (2.2.6-2)
[09/25/07 22:41] installed libdownload (1.1-3)
[09/25/07 22:42] warning: extracting /etc/pacman.conf as /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew
[09/25/07 22:42] warning: extracting /etc/abs/abs.conf as /etc/abs/abs.conf.pacnew
[09/25/07 22:42] upgraded pacman (2.9.8-4 -> 3.0.6-1)
[2007-09-25 22:47] synchronizing package lists
[2007-09-25 22:48] starting full system upgrade
[2007-09-25 22:50] synchronizing package lists
[2007-09-25 22:51] starting full system upgrade
[2007-09-25 22:53] starting full system upgrade
[2007-09-26 21:09] synchronizing package lists
[2007-09-26 21:09] synchronizing package lists
[2007-09-26 21:11] starting full system upgrade
[2007-09-26 21:15] removed util-linux (2.12-9)
[2007-09-26 21:15] removed cdrtools (2.01.01a07-1)
[2007-09-26 21:15] removed xfce4-iconbox (4.2.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:15] removed xfce4-systray (4.2.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:15] removed xfcalendar (4.2.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:16] removed gaim-svn (18019-1)
[2007-09-26 21:16] removed gaim-encryption (3.0beta5-1)
[2007-09-26 21:16] removed xfce4-toys (4.2.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:20] removing compiled terminfo...done.
[2007-09-26 21:20] removing compiled terminfo...done.
[2007-09-26 21:20] upgraded screen (4.0.3-2 -> 4.0.3-4)
[2007-09-26 21:20] starting full system upgrade
[2007-09-26 21:28] upgraded inputproto (1.4-1 -> 1.4.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:28] upgraded libx11 (1.1-2 -> 1.1.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:28] upgraded libxext (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:28] upgraded kernel-headers (2.6.18.1-1 -> 2.6.22.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] reloading init: done.
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==> ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL USERS:
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==>
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==> Locales are no longer included in the glibc package.
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==> They are generated by /usr/sbin/locale-gen depending on the contents
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==> of /etc/locale.gen.
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==> glibc will try to autodetect the required locales now, if you need
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==> additional locales, please enable them in /etc/locale.gen and run
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==> /usr/sbin/locale-gen
[2007-09-26 21:29] ==>
[2007-09-26 21:29] Generating locales...
[2007-09-26 21:29] en_US.ISO-8859-1... done
[2007-09-26 21:29] Generation complete.
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded glibc (2.5-2 -> 2.6.1-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded xproto (7.0.9-1 -> 7.0.10-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libice (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libsm (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libxt (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.5-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] installed gcc-libs (4.2.1-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libgpg-error (1.4-1 -> 1.5-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libgcrypt (1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.4-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded zlib (1.2.3-1 -> 1.2.3-3)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded opencdk (0.5.8-1 -> 0.6.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libtasn1 (0.3.5-1 -> 1.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded lzo2 (2.02-1 -> 2.02-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded ncurses (5.5-1 -> 5.6-3)
[2007-09-26 21:29] warning: /etc/inputrc installed as /etc/inputrc.pacnew
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded readline (5.2-1 -> 5.2-4)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded gnutls (1.4.4-1 -> 2.0.0-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libpng (1.2.13-1 -> 1.2.20-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libcups (1.2.7-1 -> 1.2.12-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded expat (2.0.0-1 -> 2.0.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded freetype2 (2.2.1-3 -> 2.3.5-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29]
[2007-09-26 21:29] ===> Important Fontconfig configuration change <===
[2007-09-26 21:29]
[2007-09-26 21:29] The way fontconfig is configured has been changed.
[2007-09-26 21:29] Configuration is done via /etc/fonts/conf.avail and conf.d.
[2007-09-26 21:29] Read /etc/fonts/conf.avail/README for more information.
[2007-09-26 21:29]
[2007-09-26 21:29] Configuration via /etc/fonts/local.conf is still possible,
[2007-09-26 21:29] but is no longer recommended for options available in conf.avail.
[2007-09-26 21:29]
[2007-09-26 21:29] updating font cache... done.
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded fontconfig (2.4.1-4 -> 2.4.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded ghostscript (8.15.3-2 -> 8.15.4-3)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded psutils (p17-3 -> 1.17-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded lcms (1.15-1 -> 1.17-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded pcre (6.6-3 -> 7.3-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded glib2 (2.12.4-1 -> 2.14.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded atk (1.12.3-1 -> 1.18.0-2)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libxrender (0.9.2-1 -> 0.9.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded cairo (1.2.6-1 -> 1.4.10-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] upgraded libxft (2.1.11-1 -> 2.1.12-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] installed libdatrie (0.1.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:29] installed libthai (0.1.9-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded pango (1.14.7-1 -> 1.18.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded libxcursor (1.1.8-1 -> 1.1.9-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded libxinerama (1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded randrproto (1.1.2-1 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded libxrandr (1.1.2-1 -> 1.2.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded libxi (1.1.0-1 -> 1.1.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded gtk2 (2.10.6-1 -> 2.10.14-3)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded libxml2 (2.6.26-1 -> 2.6.30-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded bzip2 (1.0.3-2 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded libgsf (1.14.1-1 -> 1.14.7-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded librsvg (2.16.0-1 -> 2.18.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded imagemagick (6.3.0.7-1 -> 6.3.5.9-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded bash (3.2-1 -> 3.2.025-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] ATTENTION DB PACKAGE:
[2007-09-26 21:30] Please consider to run db_upgrade on Berkeley DB databases with a major db version number update.
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded db (4.4.20-3 -> 4.5.20-2)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded cracklib (2.8.9-1 -> 2.8.10-4)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded pam (0.81-2 -> 0.99.8.1-3.1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] Fixing gshadow file ...
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded shadow (4.0.18.1-3 -> 4.0.18.1-6)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded attr (2.4.32-2 -> 2.4.39-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded acl (2.2.39-1 -> 2.2.45-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded coreutils (6.6-1 -> 6.9-3)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded gdbm (1.8.3-3 -> 1.8.3-4)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded perl (5.8.8-4 -> 5.8.8-6)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded a2ps (4.13b-3 -> 4.13c-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded alsa-lib (1.0.13-1 -> 1.0.14-5)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded alsa-oss (1.0.12-1 -> 1.0.14-1)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded dialog (1.0_20060221-1 -> 1.1_20070604-2)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded pciutils (2.2.4-2 -> 2.2.6-2)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded alsa-utils (1.0.13-1 -> 1.0.14-2)
[2007-09-26 21:30] upgraded openssl (0.9.8d-1 -> 0.9.8e-5)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.39-1 -> 1.40.2-2)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded apr (1.2.7-1 -> 1.2.9-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded apr-util (1.2.7-2 -> 1.2.8-2)
[2007-09-26 21:31] warning: /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf installed as /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-userdir.conf.pacnew
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded apache (2.2.3-2 -> 2.2.6-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded binutils (2.17-2 -> 2.18-3)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded gcc (4.1.2-1 -> 4.2.1-5)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libstdc++5 (3.3.6-1 -> 3.3.6-2)
[2007-09-26 21:31] The jre package is licensed software.
[2007-09-26 21:31] You MUST read and agree to the license stored in
[2007-09-26 21:31] /opt/java/jre/LICENSE before using it.
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded jre (1_5_0_08-1 -> 6u2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded apache-ant (1.6.5-1 -> 1.7.0-2)
[2007-09-26 21:31] installed xdg-utils (1.0.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded archlinux-menus (1.1-4 -> 1.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] For more info on KDE please have a look at:
[2007-09-26 21:31] 'http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KDE'
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded kde-common (3.5.5-1 -> 3.5.7-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded flac (1.1.2-3 -> 1.2.0-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libsndfile (1.0.16-1 -> 1.0.17-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31]
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> The audio server comes with a daemon script that runs it as root.
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> Configuration happens in /etc/conf.d/jack-audio-connection-kit and is
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> documented there. If you like to run it as normal user you can
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> download qjackctl and control the server with a gui.
[2007-09-26 21:31]
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> NOTE: Running jack as root to enable realtime capabilities isn't
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> needed any longer. As of kernel-2.6.12 and pam > 0.80-2 you can
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> achieve the rights to run real-time on a per group basis, which is
[2007-09-26 21:31] --> controlled by /etc/security/limits.conf
[2007-09-26 21:31]
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded jack-audio-connection-kit (0.102.20-1 -> 0.103.0-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libfontenc (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libxfont (1.2.3-1 -> 1.3.0-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libxpm (3.5.6-1 -> 3.5.7-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libxaw (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded xorg-xkb-utils (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.2-2)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded xkeyboard-config (0.6-1 -> 0.9-2)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libxfontcache (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded mcpp (2.6-1 -> 2.6.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] installed xtrans (1.0.4-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded xorg-server-utils (1.0.2-2 -> 1.0.4-2)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libxtst (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libxv (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.3-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded xorg-utils (1.0.1-1 -> 1.0.2-4)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded libdrm (2.0.2-1 -> 2.3.0-1)
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded xorg-server (1.1.1-4 -> 1.2.0-5)
[2007-09-26 21:31] -------------------------------
[2007-09-26 21:31] By using this package you accept the NVIDIA license,
[2007-09-26 21:31] which has been installed in /usr/share/licenses/nvidia/LICENSE
[2007-09-26 21:31] If you do not accept this license, you must remove the package immediately.
[2007-09-26 21:31] Dont forget to update your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[2007-09-26 21:31] In order to use nvidia-settings, you need to install gtk2 package.
[2007-09-26 21:31] -------------------------------
[2007-09-26 21:31] nvidia 9746 drops support for Geforce 3 and 4 cards
[2007-09-26 21:31] If you have such a card, install the nvidia-96xx, nvidia-96xx-utils,
[2007-09-26 21:31] nvidia-96xx-ck, nvidia-96xx-beyond, nvidia-96xx-suspend2 packages
[2007-09-26 21:31] For a list of supported cards, see /usr/share/doc/nvidia/supported-cards.txt
[2007-09-26 21:31] -------------------------------
[2007-09-26 21:31] upgraded nvidia-utils (1.0.8776-2 -> 100.14.11-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded mesa (6.5.1-2 -> 6.5.2-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded qt (3.3.6-4 -> 3.3.8-5)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded libvorbis (1.1.2-1 -> 1.2.0-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded tcp_wrappers (7.6-6 -> 7.6-7)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded esd (0.2.36-2 -> 0.2.38-3)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded arts (1.5.5-1 -> 1.5.7-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded aspell (0.60.4-2 -> 0.60.5-2)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded python (2.4.4-1 -> 2.5.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded namcap (1.5.4-1 -> 1.6.1-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded devtools (0.3.4-1 -> 0.3.4-6)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded aurtools (1.2.8-3 -> 1.3.0-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded gawk (3.1.5-3 -> 3.1.5-4)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded m4 (1.4.7-1 -> 1.4.10-2)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded diffutils (2.8.1-2 -> 2.8.1-3)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded autoconf (2.60-1 -> 2.61-2)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded automake (1.9.6-1 -> 1.10-2)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded dbus (0.93-1 -> 1.0.2-4)
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded libdaemon (0.10-1 -> 0.12-1)
[2007-09-26 21:32] ==> Please note that due to security reasons from version 0.9 on the
[2007-09-26 21:32] minimal mDNS stack included in nss-mdns (dubbed "legacy") is no
[2007-09-26 21:32] longer built - nss-mdns will not work unless Avahi is running.
[2007-09-26 21:32] ==> To enable IPv4 multicast DNS lookups, append 'mdns4' to the hosts line
[2007-09-26 21:32] in /etc/nsswitch.conf. Use 'mdns6' for IPv6 or 'mdns' for both.
[2007-09-26 21:32] upgraded nss-mdns (0.8-1 -> 0.10-1)
[2007-09-26 22:07] installed util-linux-ng (2.13-1)
[2007-09-26 22:09] starting full system upgrade
installing util-linux-ng and continuing the upgrade worked for me.
seems like it's possibly unwise for pacman to remove packages it is replacing without immediately replacing them with the new one? Might it be better if replacements were treated as a single transaction or something?
thanks to bfinch for helping me figure out what was missing I was beginning to worry I'd been away so long umount had been replaced lol
andrew.

The problem is you installed the 310 nvidia drivers, these require the nvidia-utils package version 310. But that version doesn't exist in the repositories because its already up to version 313. There is a way to do it but it will require a lot of work around's involving old packages manually. You will need the nvidia-utils 310 probably have to downgrade the xserver to xorg 1.13 and the linux kernel to 3.6. Then blacklist the packages in your pacman.conf so they are not upgraded.
Alternatiy you could just install the nvidia 313 drivers in the repositories and be done with it.

Problems with pacman applet, and advice on a gaming portfolio

Hi
I recently made a pacman applet, im having a few problems with it though, the first time the applet is run on a browser, the ghosts(represented by squares) often dont appear or if they do, they are stuck in walls, this never happens when i run offline on my computer. Is this because the very first time the applet is run, it doesnt load properly, but the second time some of the files are in the cache so it loads fully?
Also everytime i refresh the browser the applet dissapears and is replaced with a blank space and a cross in the top left hand corner, does anyone know the reason for this?
The applet can be found below, if you do decide to play it, please bear in mind what i have said, so it might not load correctly the first time, if this is the case please refresh, or close the broswer and reopen the link! Also you will need to click the applet for it to gain focus before you can move pacman - use the arrow keys the control pacman.
http://www.renaissance-designs.co.uk/Satwant/java/pacman/
Id also be very gratful for some advice - id like a change in career, ive always wanted to get into gaming, ive had some previous knowledge in java i made a programme that could generate its own poetry in java for my dissatation, but i still never had a huge amount of confidence, and so went into websites.
BUT now i have decided to take the leap back into programming and give it a go, which is why ive made this game.
I thought id make a portfolio and try and apply for a few gaming jobs. This applet took me two weeks to make and it was in my spare time, i am fully aware its not perfect, and it doesnt look great, but i would like to know what people think of it, also how many more games do you think i should make, before i apply for gaming jobs? Does anyone have any advice on what would make a good portfolio for a java gaming job?
Thanks alot, i look forward to what you think of the game, and your advice!
SSKenth

sskenth wrote:
Thanks for getting back to me with that information, i didnt know you could see that information with just a simple right click!
But im afraid that doesnt really help me solve the problem, im not sure what all of that information means! :SI have very little experience with applets, but I can tell you what I would do to debug this (forgive me if you already know this stuff).
Look at the stack trace you get in the Java Console that I posted earlier. Each line contains a method that was called from the method on the previous line. So, java.lang.Thread.run() called sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(), which called Room.init(), etc. Look at the topmost line whose method is something you wrote, not something in the standard Java libraries. In your case it looks like PaintSurface.java (specifically, line 22). Look at what line 22 of PaintSurface.java is doing, it's calling Thread.start(). If you check out the Javadoc for Thread.start(), it says IllegalThreadStateException gets thrown if you call start() on a thread that has already started. So that's your problem. Without looking at your code, I'd assume you want to stop your thread in your applet's destroy() override, and instead of reusing it, create a new one each time init() is called.
Ill try and look into, thanks again though, it gives me somthing to work with :D
Btw when you first ran the applet, did all the ghosts(3) load up correctly?Unfortunately, no. The first time I ran it, there was only 1 ghost (or maybe all 3 overlapping each other?) at the top of the screen, and they never moved. Refreshing once made the game play as I think you want it to. Refreshing a third time gave the dreaded red X.
...oh and just out of curiosity,,, did u have fun playing the game :DSure did.

Download problem with pacman

Hi,
i'm new to archlinux and am currently installing arch, unfortunately pacman waits for about 15-20 seconds after each package before he gets the next one so that installing packages is realy time consuming (downloadspeed of the packages is normal around 600kb/s). i do not have any similiar problems with other distributins or downloads and couldn't find anything like this in the wiki,forum or with a searchengine. i realy don't know what could cause this problem and would appreciate any help.
regards,
otowa

Otowa wrote:thx nDray, already tried that without any success
When you download manually a package (or any file) with wget, is it slow to connect or what?

Problems with pacman when upgrading to xorg7

I decided to try and update from xorg-11R6.8 to 7 tonight, after hesitating for a while. I saw all the bug reports and problem threads, and I still can't understand why something that results in so many bugs has been released. It doesn't seem to comply with the KISS principle, either, but who am I to judge?
Anyway, my problem is this:
When I try to install the xorg components, I get the following message in my terminal. After checking the packe intergrities, it'll go to install the first package and then show this:
load_pkg: missing package name in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/libxkbfile-1.0.1-1.pkg.tar.gz.
After removing xorg-11R6.8, it will do this for any package I try to install, whether part of the new modular xorg or not.
If I do a "pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-11R6.8.2-6.pkg.tar.gz", it works fine again.
I've read through the Xorg7 wiki entry and there's no reference to this problem.
Any way to solve it?
Thanks in advance.

That didn't really help, either.
Apart from a fresh install, is there anything I can do to just sort out all these stupid problems in one go?
When I try and upgrade to xorg7, I get all these messages about missing object files and libraries, complaints from /sbin/ldconfig about the nvidia module being empty, all this other crap too; it seems like a different thing broken every time. When I downgrade to xorg-6.8, fluxbox comes up and works, but when I go to upgrade anything else with pacman, I just get the load_pkg errors or whatever else.
I've tried editing my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to the new xorg7 paths when upgrading to xorg7, but it makes no difference.
I don't understand how something that's supposed to simplify Arch could break things for so many people, =

Upgrade File Conflicts (with Pacman -Syu)

When I do a pacman -Syu, I get the following error message:
checking for file conflicts...
error: the following file conflicts were found:
ncurses: /usr/share/terminfo/s/screen-256color: exists in filesystem
ncurses: /usr/share/terminfo/s/screen-256color-bce: exists in filesystem
errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
Hmm.. Any ideas on how to get around this error?
Rob

I just saw the answer in the News. Upgrade screen first. Then upgrade ncurses. I will give that a try.
Rob

Cant upgrade with pacman -Syu

Apperantly, I'm unable to update anything using pacman -Syu
Here is what i get
http://pastebin.com/m5164821b
Any suggestions?

http://www.archlinux.org/news/411/

[solved] problems with pacman after upgrading to 2.6.27-ARCH

i'm not sure if my problem is related with the new version of software or the fact that i ran out of space during the upgrade. but once i restarted after the upgrade i was not able to boot into the system and the error i would get was:
ERROR: Failed to parse block device name for '/dev/sda3'
unknown
ERROR: root fs cannot be detected. Try using the rootfstype= kernel parameter.
i followed what some other people did and i booted with livecd, chrooted and regenerated mkinitcpio. since i saw some other people having the same problems here is what i used:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Boo … omplicated
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mki … ng_presets
and just for good measure i decided to run fsck:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fsck
i was still seeing some segmentation faults so i decided to re-install all of the packages installed:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pac … re_Restore
now everything seems to work OK except when i run pacman. here is what i get:
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libgettextpo.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libwiretap.so.0.0.1 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libasprintf.so.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libasprintf.so.0.0.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libasprintf.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libwiretap.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libgettextpo.so.0.4.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libgettextsrc.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libgettextsrc-0.17.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libgettextpo.so.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libgettextlib-0.17.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0.0.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libwiretap.so.0 is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
/sbin/ldconfig: /usr/lib/libgettextlib.so is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start.
packages are still installed but i would like to get to the bottom of this and get it fixed. any ideas what went wrong (well... besides me running out of disk space!) and how to get it fixed?
Last edited by djidji (2008-10-24 17:49:14)

thanks for the reply. i tried finding out what packages these libraries beling to but for every single one of these listed i get an error saying that "No packages owns...". could it be something with ldconfig?
EDIT:
so i figured out that one of the files was related to wireshark. i tried re-installing wireshark and here is what i got:
: sudo pacman -Sy wireshark
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core 31.4K 229.6K/s 00:00:00 [#############################################################################################] 100%
extra 413.1K 508.9K/s 00:00:01 [#############################################################################################] 100%
community 356.3K 298.9K/s 00:00:01 [#############################################################################################] 100%
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (1): wireshark-1.0.4-1
Total Download Size: 11.89 MB
Total Installed Size: 51.80 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
wireshark-1.0.4-1-i686 11.9M 455.5K/s 00:00:27 [#############################################################################################] 100%
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [#############################################################################################] 100%
error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
wireshark: /usr/bin/capinfos exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/dftest exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/dumpcap exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/editcap exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/idl2wrs exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/mergecap exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/randpkt exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/rawshark exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/text2pcap exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/tshark exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/bin/wireshark exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/lib/libwireshark.so exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/lib/libwireshark.so.0 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/lib/libwireshark.so.0.0.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/lib/libwiretap.so exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/lib/libwiretap.so.0 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/lib/libwiretap.so.0.0.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/capinfos.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/dumpcap.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/editcap.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/idl2wrs.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/mergecap.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/rawshark.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/text2pcap.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/tshark.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man1/wireshark.1 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/man/man4/wireshark-filter.4 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/AUTHORS-SHORT exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/COPYING exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/capinfos.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/cfilters exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/colorfilters exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dfilters exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/Ericsson.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/TGPPGmb.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/TGPPSh.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/chargecontrol.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/dictionary.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/dictionary.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/etsie2e4.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/gqpolicy.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/imscxdx.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/mobileipv4.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/nasreq.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/sip.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/diameter/sunping.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/dc.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/itunes.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/mscml.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/pocsettings.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/presence.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/reginfo.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/rlmi.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/rss.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/smil.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/watcherinfo.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/xcap-caps.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dtds/xcap-error.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/dumpcap.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/editcap.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/help/capture_filters.txt exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/help/capturing.txt exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/help/display_filters.txt exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/help/faq.txt exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/help/getting_started.txt exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/help/overview.txt exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/help/toc exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/idl2wrs.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/manuf exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/mergecap.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.3com exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.3gpp exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.3gpp2 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.acc exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.alcatel exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.alteon exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.altiga exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.aptis exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.ascend exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.bay exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.bintec exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.bristol exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.cablelabs exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.cabletron exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.cisco exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.cisco.bbsm exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.cisco.vpn3000 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.cisco.vpn5000 exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.colubris exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.columbia_university exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.compat exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.cosine exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.ericsson exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.erx exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.extreme exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.foundry exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.freeradius exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.gandalf exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.garderos exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.gemtek exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.itk exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.juniper exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.karlnet exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.livingston exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.localweb exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.merit exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.microsoft exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.mikrotik exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.navini exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.netscreen exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.nokia exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.nomadix exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.propel exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.quintum exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.redback exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.redcreek exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.shasta exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.shiva exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.sonicwall exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.springtide exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.t_systems_nova exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.telebit exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.trapeze exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.tunnel exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.unisphere exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.unix exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.usr exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.valemount exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.versanet exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.wispr exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/radius/dictionary.xedia exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/rawshark.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/services exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/smi_modules exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/text2pcap.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/tpncp/tpncp.dat exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/tshark.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/wimaxasncp/dictionary.dtd exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/wimaxasncp/dictionary.xml exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/wireshark-filter.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/wireshark.html exists in filesystem
wireshark: /usr/share/wireshark/ws.css exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
i'm hoping there is a way to sort this out. i'm loving the way my laptop is set up and would have re-install everything...
Last edited by djidji (2008-10-24 01:27:00)

Boot problems after pacman -Syu

Hi,
I have been using Archlinux happily for the last couple of months, updating weekly and generally having no problems.
Last friday i did an update (which included a kernel update), shut down and left it for the weekend and found that it doesn't boot today.
the last 4 lines of the boot sequence are:
:: Running Hook [filesystems]
:: Loading root filesystem module... ext3
:: Initramfs Completed - control passing to kinit
IP-Config: no devices to configure
i use GRUB as the boot loader and these are the lines you can edit from there
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
i have also tried booting with the live cd and the command
arch root=/dev/hda3 noinitrd ro
and it locks up here:
using ipi shortcut mode
kjournald starting. commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly
So i am guessing that i am having trouble mounting the root filesystem. I think i remember seeing a message about checking the EXT3 filesystem flash by on one of my boot attempts but i don't know how i would do this without being able to boot arch linux!
thanks for any advice you can offer.
dicki
Last edited by dicki (2007-02-26 12:15:47)

while i feel like i am talking to myself...
i have come to the conclusion that it wasn't a pacman issue. i think the system is broken in the wrong way for that to be the cause.
i have now managed to mount and read *parts* of the filesystem. i am resigned to the idea that i'm going to have to trash this install and start again but i would like to try and get my recent e-mail messages off of it if i can.
When the disk is mounted i can see all of the top level directories however all of the useful ones (./boot, ./root, ./home etc) say that there is an Input Output Error when i try to access them. does anyone have any thoughts on recovering this data. i believe it should be in ~/.opera/mail but i currently cannot read this directory.

Having problems with pacman -R

I am having problems removing packages sometimes. I use "pacman -R <package-name>" and I had certain ones break the system. The recent one it broken down to a ramfs shell. I used "pacman -R nvidia". I couldn't startx and thought I had to reboot. I have no idea what to do at the ramfs shell. I can't even list directories in it. My question in relation to pacman -R is, is there a safer way to remove packages than pacman -R? Also, are there certain packages I shouldn't be uninstalling? In other words, IMHO, I believe that there are probably packages that can be broken if you are not careful in ArchLinux. The problem is, I don't know which ones! I never have had problems when using other package managers, such as apt-get, so I wonder if this is a package manager specific issue. Any thoughts or suggestions would be highly appreciated.

ok, alas! I tried every command up to "pacman -S kernel26" (reinstalling the kernel. Here is the response on screen:
warning: kernel26 local (2.6.23.12-3) is newer than core (2.65.22.9-1)
warning: kernel26-2.6.23.12-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:nvidia: requires kernel26>=2.6.23.8-2
This other part may help you a little, too. I tried typing "arch root=/dev/sdd3" , because that is where the root partition is. The boot is on /dev/sdd1.
Here is the response:
arch root=/dev/sdd3
... (whole bunch of data here, apparently working so far)
FATAL: could not load /lib/modules/2.6.22-ARCH/modules.dep
But, believe it or not it did boot in the system this way, but with those error messages.
This may help even further. I hope this isn't too big. This is my /var/log/pacman.log :
... (this is where I installed KDE. I actually got paste from Ex2Mgr program which reads ext2 and ext3 drives for XP)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdepim (3.5.8-2)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdeaddons (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdeadmin (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdeartwork (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdeedu (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed ppp (2.4.4-4)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed openslp (1.2.1-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed rdesktop (1.5.0-2)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed qca-qt3 (1.0-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed qca-tls (1.0-5)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed perl-net-ssleay (1.30-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed perl-io-socket-ssl (1.08-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdenetwork (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdesdk (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdetoys (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed net-snmp (5.4.1-2)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed tpctl (4.15-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed unzip (5.52-3)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed unrar (3.7.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:12] installed kdeutils (3.5.8-1)
[2007-01-18 05:18] removed libgl (7.0.1-1)
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>>
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> If you use the LILO bootloader, you should run 'lilo' before rebooting.
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>>
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> ----------------
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2007-01-18 05:18]
[2007-01-18 05:18] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2007-01-18 05:18] ==> Building image "default"
[2007-01-18 05:18] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.23-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Begin build
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [usb]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [usbinput]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [keymap]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [encrypt]
[2007-01-18 05:18] ==> FAIL
[2007-01-18 05:18] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2007-01-18 05:18] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.23-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.d/kernel26-fallback.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Begin build
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [ide]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [usbinput]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [raid]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Generating module dependencies
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2007-01-18 05:18] ==> SUCCESS
[2007-01-18 05:18] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.22.9-1 -> 2.6.23.12-3)
[2007-01-18 05:18] -------------------------------
[2007-01-18 05:18] By using this package you accept the NVIDIA license,
[2007-01-18 05:18] which has been installed in /usr/share/licenses/nvidia/LICENSE
[2007-01-18 05:18] If you do not accept this license, you must remove the package immediately.
[2007-01-18 05:18] Dont forget to update your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[2007-01-18 05:18] In order to use nvidia-settings, you need to install the gtk2 package.
[2007-01-18 05:18] In order to use nvidia-xconfig, you need to install the pkgconfig package.
[2007-01-18 05:18] -------------------------------
[2007-01-18 05:18] nvidia 9746 drops support for Geforce 3 and 4 cards
[2007-01-18 05:18] If you have such a card, install the nvidia-96xx, nvidia-96xx-utils,
[2007-01-18 05:18] nvidia-96xx-ck, nvidia-96xx-beyond, nvidia-96xx-suspend2 packages
[2007-01-18 05:18] For a list of supported cards, see /usr/share/doc/nvidia/supported-cards.txt
[2007-01-18 05:18] -------------------------------
[2007-01-18 05:18] :: Updating symlinks to use built-in libwfb
[2007-01-18 05:18] installed nvidia-utils (169.07-1)
[2007-01-18 05:18] installed nvidia (169.07-1)
[2007-01-18 05:26] In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.
[2007-01-18 05:26] upgraded nvidia (169.07-1 -> 169.07-1)
[2007-01-18 05:28] In order to use the new nvidia module, exit Xserver and unload it manually.
[2007-01-18 05:28] upgraded nvidia (169.07-1 -> 169.07-1)
[2007-01-18 05:29] removed nvidia (169.07-1)
[2007-01-18 05:29] installed nvidia (169.07-1)
[2007-01-18 05:36] upgraded module-init-tools (3.2.2-4 -> 3.2.2-4)
[2007-01-18 05:40] upgraded module-init-tools (3.2.2-4 -> 3.2.2-4)
[2007-01-18 05:40] upgraded module-init-tools (3.2.2-4 -> 3.2.2-4)
[2007-01-18 13:45] installed lvm2 (2.02.29-1)

Kernel26mm update problem with pacman

:: kernel26mm: local version (2.6.11.rc5.mm1-1) is newer than repo version (2.6.11.mm1-1)
So that's the problem.

Yes, but anyway pacman should know:
2.6.11.mm1-1 is newer than 2.6.11.rc5.mm1-1

[solved] Issue about update with pacman -Syu

Everytime I update my system I get these questions. I always answer no, because I'm afraid to screw up everything. The questions are
replace iwlwifi with core/kernel26?
replace rt2x00-cvs with core/kernel26?
replace slocate with core/mlocate?
What should I do, why pacman is asking me this, and what is slocate, mlocate, rt2x00-cvs iwlwifi, core/kernel26?
Thanks a lot, I'm a newbie! I've searched for that in forum and in google, and all what I got was japanese pages, and a thing that has nothing to do with that.
Alexandre
edit: solved! thankyou!!!
Last edited by malkosta (2008-10-12 14:57:49)

replace iwlwifi with core/kernel26? => that's because the Intel wireless driver iwlwifi was included in the linux kernel, so you don't need it anymore.
replace rt2x00-cvs with core/kernel26? => about the same thing I think.
replace slocate with core/mlocate? => the arch devs decided to change the version of locate (a command to search files) in core.
Edit : bender02 was faster than me.
Last edited by catwell (2008-10-12 12:50:09)

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