Which will then probably tell you that it conflicts with vulkan-mesa-device-select and asks if you want to replace it. Which might either work or just get you another conflict because vulkan-mesa-device-select is required by some other package.

Yeah, basically. This was my result:

sudo pacman -S vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
:: vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers-1:25.3.5-2 and vulkan-mesa-device-select-1:25.2.6-2 are in conflict. Remove vulkan-mesa-device-select? [y/N] y
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing vulkan-mesa-device-select breaks dependency 'vulkan-mesa-device-select' required by lib32-vulkan-mesa-device-select
:: removing vulkan-mesa-device-select breaks dependency 'vulkan-mesa-device-select' required by vulkan-intel

Btw… pacman -Qi <package name> usually tells you anything you need to know about a package. In this context mainly why it was installed (as a requirement for which package) and which other packages are required as a dependency.

So maybe you should take one step back first. Check why 'vulkan-mesa-device-select` was installed in the first place.

Okay so I tried that and got:

pacman -Qi vulkan-mesa-device-select
Installed From  : cachyos
Name            : vulkan-mesa-device-select
Version         : 1:25.2.6-2
Description     : Mesa's Vulkan Device Select layer
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.mesa3d.org/
Licenses        : MIT AND BSD-3-Clause AND SGI-B-2.0
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : glibc  libdrm  libxcb  wayland
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : lib32-vulkan-mesa-device-select  vulkan-intel
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 104.43 KiB
Packager        : CachyOS <admin@cachyos.org>
Build Date      : Wed 29 Oct 2025 02:12:36 PM
Install Date    : Fri 07 Nov 2025 07:55:30 PM
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

Seems it’s necessary, so I tried sudo pacman -S vulkan-mesa-device-select and it gave me no trouble, so then I ran sudo pacman -Syu and after just under 10 minutes everything updated! Seems to work again. Thank you very much for the help, I really do appreciate it.

Answering “n” gives me the same error still. Same with if I say no for both questions. In fact, any combination will always result in the same error.

Probably a dumb question but how would I go about installing vulcan-mesa-implicit-layers?

I tried that one too and it gave me the same error.

Thanks for all the info. I tried manually replacing the mirrorlist but I’m still getting the same warnings and errors. I also tried -Syyu but still no dice.

What was this you were saying about keyfile? That doesn’t seem to be something I’m familiar with.

A girl gorilla. A girlilla, if you will.

I’m also in management, and, yeah. Trying to get everything done with such little labour is a nightmare and I end up picking up all the extra work. I don’t want my staff to have to stay late so I do. I’m yet to leave work on time.

I couldn’t find the original in just a still image for some reason but here is where I first saw it [4:37]

We’ve got a little one right now and it’s so nice to be able to park in stroller parking. I also appreciate that lots of people make sure I have a baby when I park. I’ve seen lots of people stop and watch me park and get out, then see I’m getting a stroller out of my car, and then they carry on.

There’s courtesy parking for expectant mothers and families with infants (we usually call it stroller parking) and it’s not enforced but always respected. I’ve seen more people (who aren’t allowed) park in handicapped spots than stroller parking. Lots of assholes don’t care about disabled persons but respect for mothers seems to be universal, at least where I live.