Failed to run chwd, Hyprland, Latest iso, Nvidia - i7 12th gen - msi cyborg laptop

After trying multiple options i cannot seem to get it to work. heres what i have done. also log file:https://termbin.com/ukrd

I have:

  • clean formatted the ssd
  • checked i had the latest iso
  • reset bios options
  • tried grub2 and normal boot in ventoy
  • Manually synced pacman
  • Manually set mirrors
  • Reinstalled medicat

Nothing seems to get it to work. I have not tried installing another desktop as of yet but will do that now. I would prefer to use hyprland though due to it being my main wm of choice.

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After testing this happens with all desktops. This is the latest iso fresh download from the website, desktop variant.

I came here to the same reason. I can’t install Cachy OS on my laptop. :confused:

Seems that is Mesa driver related: https://termbin.com/zxbn

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Yeah I noticed that, I’m currently doing a bunch of tests so I’ll let you know if I fix it and how I did it if noone replies before I resolve the issue myself.

Main reason I’m using cachy is for hyprland and the optimizations I reinstall arch a lot and set up hyprland manually which takes a hot few hours, my laptop is used as a test rig so tend to break things a lottt lol

I join you! I also have the same problem. Just yesterday I was able to install CachyOS without any problems.
https://termbin.com/9ciw
Today I have this:

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Same exact issue here. Initially tried installing with Plasma, but just for kicks also tried XFCE and both resulted in this error.

I know other people were having this issue due to not using the latest ISO, but I don’t believe that’s the problem here. I downloaded the latest ISO direct.

https://termbin.com/xttw

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Yeah it’s why I made sure to specify, everything I could find was “update iso” when that’s not the case here.

It seems to be a mess update or something at least related causing the problem so I don’t think downgrading to an older iso would even fix it. But I will try now to see.

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Downgrading did not fix, it’s definitely a mesa driver conflict due to a recent update 24.2.7 released today

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same here amd 5800x3d, amd 6950 xt, failed to run chwd error on any desktop ive tried to install

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Same here error failed to run chwd

https://termbin.com/srnh

error there, fresh install

This was due to the recent packaging change in Arch. libva-mesa-driver and mesa-vdpau are now part of the mesa package as both are part of libgallium now. It seems it’s not picking up replaces() correctly.

There is already a pull request that will address this but it’ll take some time for it to get merged as the relevant devs are unavailable right now. I have created a build with that patch. Can you try if it works? Steps below

wget https://share.cachyos.org/x86_64/misc/chwd-1.10.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
sudo pacman -U chwd-1.10.1-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Then run the installer.

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i run it @naim , before hit installer button in cachy hello pop up, but its still the same, here my log

https://termbin.com/kbo2

thank you

Well unfortunately it is fetching chwd that is in the repos. I will nudge the chwd and repo devs to get this in ASAP. Sorry for this inconvenience.

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Same issue here, I guess we gonna have to wait the devs

Fix should be in repo now. Can you guys retry?

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Yep It is fixed now :grin::smirk_cat:. Thanks :+1: @naim

Sorry, I’m new how do I implement the fix?

It’s fixed in our side, you don’t have to do anything.