i followed this post and did
yay -Rdd nvidia-lts
i am not sure whether its nvidia-lts or nvidia-firmware to be precise. i am forced to do it because i am not able to update the system with yay. The conflict got resolved but after reboot, my wifi adaptor connection is missing from the networkmanager widget. i can see create new vpn though.
How to resolve this, please
is not the correct command
this is the correct command
sudo pacman -Rdd linux-firmware
sudo pacman -Syu linux-firmware
I would add:
yay -S nvidia-lts
As it needs reinstalling 
yeah good catch.
thanks, i will try and let you know the outcome
Nowhere in the post does it say to remove nvidia-lts so I wouldn’t be suprised if he doesn’t have a nvidia gpu.
yeah not sure why he thought he should remove that but I guess a reinstall then the correct command should get him up and running again hopefully.
i copied the Rdd and the nvidia part from the post. as a coincidence, i had a failed update (cancelled manually because it was taking forever) prior. so i used the switches but changed the package name for the conflicting one.
note all of you kind peeps: i am able to install the missing packages without internet (from pacman cache). i am able to connect to wifi and posting this from the same machine
Do you have a nvidia gpu and the lts kernel?
will check mate. for the academic interest on how i messed with packages
426 yay
427 yay -Rns linux-firmware-nvidia
428 yay -Syu linux-firmware-nvidiea
429 yay -Syu linux-firmware-nvidia
430 yay -Rdns linux-firmware-nvidia
444 yay
445 yay -S linux-firmware-nvidia
446 yay -Rns linux-firmware-nvidia
447 yay
448 yay -Ss linux-
449 yay -syu nvidia-lts
450 yay -Syu nvidia-lts
453 yay -Rdd linux-firmware
454 yay
455 yay -Rdd powershell-lts
456 yay -Rdd powershell-lts-bin
457 yay
458 yay -Syu exiftool
479 yay -Syu perl-archive-zip perl-io-compress-brotli
493 yay -Syu linux-firmware
496 yay -Syu linux-firmware
497 yay -S linux-lts
498 yay -S linux-firmware
499 yay -S nvidia-lts
500 yay
seems no nvidia
$ lspci -k
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 08)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 (rev 07)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Thermal Subsystem (rev 08)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: proc_thermal
Kernel modules: processor_thermal_device_pci_legacy
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th/8th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Thermal subsystem (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: intel_pch_thermal
Kernel modules: intel_pch_thermal
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP CSME HECI #1 (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: mei_me
Kernel modules: mei_me
00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP Active Management Technology - SOL (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: serial
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #7 (rev f1)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #11 (rev f1)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP PMC (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-LP SMBus (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c_i801
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (4) I219-LM (rev 21)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 225a
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e
04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 [Windstorm Peak]
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
07:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 2222:1111
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
08:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 2222:1111
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
08:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 2222:1111
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
08:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 2222:1111
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
09:00.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 NHI (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 2222:1111
Kernel driver in use: thunderbolt
Kernel modules: thunderbolt
3f:00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation JHL6240 Thunderbolt 3 USB 3.1 Controller (Low Power) [Alpine Ridge LP 2016] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Device 2222:1111
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
40:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5765DL NVMe SSD Controller (DRAM-less) (rev 01)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTS5765DL NVMe SSD Controller (DRAM-less)
Kernel driver in use: nvme
Kernel modules: nvme
so there is no need to have the nvidia-lts and chances are you never had it so the intial command should have failed.
means, i can confidently delete nvidia-lts
yes since you don’t have nvidia you shouldn’t need that package.