ATI driver update problems (old driver for XFree86 4.3.x to new driver for Xorg 6.8.1)

[Sven]

Hi,

yes i know.
I did that because of the first error message "xxx conflicts with xxxx"
I wanted to remove the old driver first, because rpm -Uh --force
file_name did end with that message too.
So i cannot install the new package before removing the old one.
I'm also thinking like you, but as i said i want to have Xorg and all
the other rpms working after the update.


Thanks



> Hi,
> If you do a rpm -e --nodeps file_name you are only removing the desired 
> file without taking any dependency in acount, you don't mess with 
> anything else. When you install a new package that provides the same 
> funcionalities of the one you removed the dependencies might be solved 
> or not, it depends very much on the other packages... i am being clear!! 
> am i not??
> usualy there aren't any problems on doing that, but i am not sure if 
> there's a general answer because, let's imagine, one game might need 
> something from the old package...
> 
> hope this helps, nelson
> 
> 
> Sven wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm running Fedora Core 3 with Xorg 6.8.1 and kernel 2.6.10-1.741_FC3.
> > I updated from Fedora Core 1 a few weeks ago.
> > I had the old ATI driver installed with fc1.
> > Today I tried to play a game and noticed that there wasn't any 3d
> > acceleration.
> > fglrxinfo returned:
> > display: :0.0  screen: 0
> > OpenGL vendor string: Mesa project: www.mesa3d.org
> > OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect
> > OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5 Mesa 6.1)
> > 
> > I entered rpm -q fglrx to see if the driver was still installed.
> > fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5
> > But this driver is for XFree86 4.3.x and I have Xorg 6.8.1.
> > So I downloaded the new driver "fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm" from the
> > ati page.
> > I tried to install it:
> > [root at linux downloads]# rpm -Uh fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm
> > Error: Failed dependencies:
> >         fglrx-glc22 conflicts with fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386
> > Looks like this drive conflicts with the old driver.
> > I tried deleting the old one:
> > [root at linux downloads]# rpm -e fglrx-glc22
> > Error: Failed dependencies:
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) winex-20021008-1.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) chromium-0.9.12-24.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xawtv-3.88-6.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xtraceroute-0.9.1-3.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) winex3-3.3.1-1.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-1.3-4.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) gstreamer-
> > plugins-0.8.5-1.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) tuxracer-0.61-28.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xmms-1.2.10-9.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xscreensaver-4.18-4.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) PyQt-3.13-1.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-
> > libs-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-Mesa-
> > libGLU-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-
> > x11-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdebindings-3.3.1-1.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) kdeartwork-3.3.1-1.i386
> >         libGL.so.1 is needed by (installed) xorg-x11-
> > tools-6.8.1-12.FC3.21.i386
> > 
> > Now my question:
> > Can I delete the old one with rpm -e --force without destroying xorg and
> > all the other above listed rpms?
> > Or shall i update using rpm rpm -Uh --nodeps
> > fglrx_6_8_0-8.10.19-1.i386.rpm?
> > I think i can remove the old and install the new driver because the new
> > old *should* install a new libGL.so.1 but I'm not sure.
> > And I do not want to destroy xorg or any other packet ;)
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Nelson Brito
> http://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/ntbrito
> 
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