Arch Linux update failed!
I can't my system because of this error:
Code:
linux-firmware: /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin exists in filesystem Code:
:: Replace kernel26-firmware with core/linux-firmware? [Y/n] Also, I wonder why so many Arch updates get stuck or broken compared to almost any other distro? Is it poorly designed packages? Is it a design flaw in pacman/the package format? |
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just delete /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin and rerun the install thats what did maybe backup the original just in case cp - /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin-orig |
Are you sure it won't harm anything — I'm using the xf86-video-ati driver?
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well
in making my nfluxos for arch I kept running into same issue not specific to yours except xf86-video-vmware crashes X if trying to use X -configure and no if you back it up and then try it I have deleted stuff accidently too without backing up like I deleted /usr/share/locale !? and so I had to do pacman -S base to reinstall it yeah, jsut reinstall whatever if it doesn't work back it up cp -r /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin-orig delete old one rm -r /lib/firmware/radeon/R700_rlc.bin then reinstall or upgrade pacman -S xf86-video-ati I usually let pacman do whatever it thinks is best... Replace kernel26-firmware with core/linux-firmware? [Y/n] Y for me |
It worked.
I rebooted just to be sure it all works, and because the kernel and KDE got updated. Still, why are so many Arch Linux updates broken? |
Arch is mostly NOT broken----but the kind of issue that you have had does happen.
Only recently, I started digging more into how to avoid trouble. First, the Arch people say: NEVER install without doing a full upgrade first. Second is the admonition to always do "pacman -Syy" before anything else. What this does is force an update of the local database, even if the system **thinks** it's up to date. It's also probably a good idea to purge the local cache periodically. This way, pacman is force to go to the repo and get the right version of something. And, have you run the repository optimizer? (I forget the correct name, but it's on the wiki.) |
PS: This came up in another thread. The "repository optimizer" is called "rankmirrors".
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