Before you try to change drivers, make sure you update your system. Also be sure on what branch you are.
The 5.8.11-1 kernel is quite behind, meaning you didn’t update in some time.
If sudo pacman-mirrors -f && sudo pacman -Syyu
fails, then please check this
I’ve been having the same thing happen, i’ve gotten firefox, kernels and nvidia driver updates when there’s a testing update even though i’m on stable and there hasn’t been a stable update in a week+
$ sudo pacman -Syuu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core is up to date
extra is up to date
community is up to date
multilib is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "nvidia-450xx-utils=450.80.02", a dependency of "linux54-nvidia-450xx"
warning: cannot resolve "nvidia-450xx-utils=450.80.02", a dependency of "linux58-nvidia-450xx"
:: The following packages cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
linux54-nvidia-450xx linux58-nvidia-450xx
:: Do you want to skip the above packages for this upgrade? [y/N] y
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (16) amd-ucode-20201005.r1732.58d41d0-1 linux-firmware-20201005.r1732.58d41d0-1 linux54-5.4.72-1 linux54-headers-5.4.72-1
linux58-5.8.16-2 linux58-headers-5.8.16-2 manjaro-release-20.1.2-1 mhwd-db-0.6.5-4 mhwd-nvidia-450xx-450.80.02-1
mhwd-nvidia-455xx-455.28-2 pamac-cli-9.5.12-1 pamac-common-9.5.12-1 pamac-flatpak-plugin-9.5.12-1 pamac-gtk-9.5.12-1
pamac-snap-plugin-9.5.12-1 pamac-tray-appindicator-9.5.12-1
Total Download Size: 315.81 MiB
Total Installed Size: 960.19 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.95 MiB
but i know i’m definitely on stable branch and i’ve been getting this error due to some packages from the testing update being updated on stable as well
I’m pretty sure I’m on stable and I got this update and dependency error too. I don’t think this thread title is correct. It’s not about being unsure. The issue is that the stable is getting testing updates, which doesn’t work properly.
Hi! It looks like the linux-nvidia packages were updated but not its nvidia-xxx-utils counterparts, causing unresolvable dependencies.
warning: cannot resolve "nvidia-450xx-utils=450.80.02", a dependency of "linux54-nvidia-450xx"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
linux54-nvidia-450xx
I see the updates on the gitlab, so they should have been included in the update (/nvidia-450xx-utils/-/commit/c279e9aee38ed027fec56a1763c7591ba8d66c80). Last packager was @nightmare-2021.
Did you make sure to refresh your mirrors and force refresh your database and try the update again? I’m maybe mistaken but from the Branch Compare website it seems to be OK to me.
Yep, refreshed my db and still the same issue. In fact, nvidia-450xx-utils is not on the list of upgraded packages, and this seems to be a widespread issue (/t/dependency-of-nvidia/32713/5).
Same issue with nvidia dependencies here. By the way, I’m on Stable branch, but received update notification a minute go, so I guess the update is going from testing to Stable?
Because I just received this update (which is marked as Testing at the moment) as Stable update. It’s not the first time forum information is a bit out-of-date regarding updates (for example, Testing update is released as Stable update and is available to all users, but such information is posted to forums just a day later or so).