Nvidia-450xx-utils and nvidia-440xx-utils are in conflict

[Natetronn]

❯ pacman -Qqe | grep nvidia
lib32-nvidia-450xx-utils
linux54-nvidia-450xx
linux58-nvidia-450xx
nvidia-450xx-utils

[Olomorn]

So. I’m back on my computer. I read what you said and now I’m trying to remove every conflicting packages, update my system, and then reinstall the necessary packages.
So I did this:

>>$ sudo pacman -R nvidia-418xx-utils lib32-nvidia-418xx-utils linux57-nvidia-418xx linux54-nvidia-418xx linux419-nvidia-418xx cuda linux-latest-nvidia-418xx nvidia-prime

and now I can update with sudo pacman -Syyu ! Which is a notable improvement.

I am a bit worried though, because I know that sometime graphic driver can be a pain to install, and I’d rather do something else than configure everything again… but I’ll think about this after the updates

[cscs]

If worries … make sure to force/install/reinstall your preferred driver profile.
ex:

sudo mhwd -f -i pci video-nvidia-450xx

[Olomorn]

Hey so…
The update is completed, everything seemed ok, I installed video-nvidia-450xx and nvidia-prime and all was well. Then I rebooted and nothing works anymore

At boot I can select Manjaro on the grub screen, and then nothing, just a black screen. From this black screen, I can open a terminal with Ctrl Alt F2. I tried startx but it did not work, and I don’t know how to troubleshoot this further… Maybe I should open a new topic for that ?

[cscs]

@Olomorn

video-nvidia-450xx and nvidia-prime

This indicates you have a dual-gpu setup … meaning you should not be installing just an nvidia profile … but a prime profile, like video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime

[Olomorn]

okay, that’s weird I have to install this since I didn’t remove anything like this (at least I think so?)

also this package does not seem to be available, is it an exact name or just an example of what to look for? I am pretty useless without precise instructions, sorry

I’ll keep searching on the internet for now anyway

Edit: it seems I am stupid and didn’t see that the driver you mentioned was already installed…

[Olomorn]

Okay so I basically removed all the drivers I could, except for an old bumblebee one and now it works so I’m gonna leave it at that for now, thank for your help everyone <3

Edit: I lied, I didn’t leave it at that
I have completly removed bumblebee and everything that was necessary and now I have installed video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime as you said, Cscs, and it works perfectly! Yeah!

[Fabby]

@cscs @wordler @Olomorn and whoever else is still reading this, I’ve summarized this thread into the stable update wiki so if you could have a read and tell me if I missed something?

I’ve also marked Natetronn’s answer as the solution for this issue,

However, if you disagree with my choice, please feel free to take any other answer as the solution to your question or even remove the solution altogether: You are in control! (I just want to avoid even more subjective opinions being posted and confusing you even more)

P.S. In the future, please mark a solution like this:

so that the next person that has the exact same problem you just had will benefit from your post as well as your question will now be in the “solved” status.