[SOLVED] ATI drivers Help needed

Question

Hi guys i am getting
catalyst-utils and mesa-libgl are in conflict (libgl). Remove mesa-libgl?
when i try and remove the using "Y" it failed also same with pacman -R
[admin@localhost ~]$ sudo pacman -S lib32-catalyst-utils
[sudo] password for admin:
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
:: catalyst-utils and mesa-libgl are in conflict (libgl). Remove mesa-libgl? [y/N] y
:: catalyst-utils and libcl are in conflict. Remove libcl? [y/N] y
:: lib32-catalyst-utils and lib32-mesa-libgl are in conflict (lib32-libgl). Remove lib32-mesa-libgl? [y/N] y
:: lib32-catalyst-utils and lib32-ati-dri are in conflict. Remove lib32-ati-dri? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: ati-dri: requires mesa-libgl=9.2.0
:: glamor-egl: requires mesa-libgl
Last edited by zeroplayer (2013-09-19 18:52:24)

Answer 1

i just uninstalled it via pacman, dont know why i didnt try that in the first place! then i was able to uninstall "ati-dri" and install the amd driver. To get the ccc working i installed the "lib32-ati-dri"  package. it worked but unfortunately i think i configured something wrong along the way because the system was not using the driver and fell back to mesa. I have now found that using the ati-dri is fine now, i went about a odd way of getting it working to a good standard, as flash videos were really choppy and my computer would just get a random inactive black screen.
removed the catalyst driver completely
I forced the downgrade of ati-dri to an older version with "pacman -Ud" , then installed  xf86-video-ati-git with yaourt, and then upgraded ati-dri again, rebooted and my computer and it works sweet now! Maybe a daft way of getting my system working but it seemed to work! so im happy
peace