Using mousepad gives this error:
[manjaro /]# mousepad var/log/pacman.log
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
(mousepad:1251): Mousepad-ERROR **: 10:35:43.310: Cannot open display:
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
Tried nano but despite all efforts it only copied one line despite highlighting entire selection so cannot use pastebin to upload logs. From nano copied this part which shows when the error occurred.
2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded imagemagick (7.0.8.8-1.0 -> 7.0.8.11-1.0)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded libmnl (1.0.4-1 -> 1.0.4-1.1)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded libnftnl (1.1.1-1.0 -> 1.1.1-1.1)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded libnl (3.4.0-1.1 -> 3.4.0-1.2)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded iptables (1.6.2-2.0 -> 1.8.0-1.0)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded kmod (25-1.0 -> 25-1.1)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded libelf (0.171-1.0 -> 0.171-1.3)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded libseccomp (2.3.3-1.0 -> 2.3.3-1.2)
[2018-09-28 20:48] [ALPM] upgraded util-linux (2.32.1-2.1 -> 2.32.1-2.3)
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pacman -Syyuu fails due to
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) systemd: /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/50-systemd-user.sh exists in filesystem systemd: /etc/xdg/systemd/user exists in filesystem systemd: /usr/bin/bootctl exists in filesystem systemd: /usr/bin/busctl exists in filesystem systemd: /usr/bin/coredumpctl exists in filesystem systemd: /usr/bin/hostnamectl exists in filesystem systemd: /usr/bin/journalctl exists in filesystem systemd: /usr/bin/kernel-install exists in filesystem
Here I was not in a Live system or chroot mode. I used pamac gui to update the system then pamac again to install audit and had no problem on 3 computers. But I appreciate your point about installing audit before upgrade. I will test this out when I update my friends computer.
There is a lot for me to learn and I am thankful to the forum for sharing. If anyone has suggestions how to get out of this mess, I will carry them out. If you'll think I should just reinstall will do that. Thanks