Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Ralf Mardorf
-Original Message- From: arch-general-boun...@archlinux.org on behalf of Brandon Betances Sent: Wed 12/14/2011 04:41 To: General Discussion about Arch Linux Subject: Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction Might I suggest (to the OP) the IRC channels and the forum as

Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Pham Bao Trung
If you want to get almost instant reponds, you can visit IRC channel #archlinux on freenode. There are many Arch geeks on that channel, who can answer questions with any levels of difficulty but remember not to ask so simple questions because some guys there are pretty unfriendly to newbie question

Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Brandon Betances
Might I suggest (to the OP) the IRC channels and the forum as places to go to get help for things like this? No sense cluttering up the mailing list with fairly irrelevant questions. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Grant McDuling wrote: > Thanks Pham, worked beautifully. > > Grant > On 14/12/20

Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Grant McDuling
Thanks Pham, worked beautifully. Grant On 14/12/2011, at 1:05 PM, Grant McDuling wrote: > Thanks Pham, > > Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the command > line but was told it is a directory (which I know). How can I go about > deleting it? > > Many thanks > >

Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Pham Bao Trung
if you use sudo: sudo rm /etc/profile.d/locale.sh if not: rm /etc/profile.d/locale.sh Your books are cool :)) On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Grant McDuling wrote: > Thanks Pham, > > Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the > command line but was told it is a dire

Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Grant McDuling
Thanks Pham, Can you please tell me how I access this file. I typed in /etc to the command line but was told it is a directory (which I know). How can I go about deleting it? Many thanks Grant On 14/12/2011, at 12:56 PM, Pham Bao Trung wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuli

Re: [arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Pham Bao Trung
Read this http://www.archlinux.org/news/initscripts-update-manual-intervention-required/ On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Grant McDuling wrote: > I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when > running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well with > all so

[arch-general] Pacman update fails to commit transaction

2011-12-13 Thread Grant McDuling
I have my new system up and running and am delighted. However, when running packman -Syu to update, all appeared to be progressing well with all sorts of downloads happening but at the end the message says: Checking package integrity, checking for file conflicts, error: failed to commit transact