[solved] pacman not continuing download where it left, re-sets

San2ban · 2010-09-25 14:36:09

Dear Archers

I am trying to download open office. Mine is a dial-up connection. Bit slow. Earlier, pacman used to continue downloading, from where it left. now-a-days it says 'resuming download not possible, starting over'.
Nearly 500 attempts at downloading open-office. Every time around 4MB downloads, and interrupts.
Using gnome-ppp. Is this a new feature? After Kernel upgrade to .35? Some-body pl. clarify, wheter this is a pacman issue, or after new kernel upgrade, pacman behaves like this

Using a server from portgal, does not reset

Last edited by San2ban (2010-10-12 14:38:36)

karol · 2010-09-25 14:45:18

What do you use for downloading, do you have any of those uncommented in you pacman.conf?

[options]
<snip>

#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - %u > %o

I think some servers don't allow resuming, so try another server.

San2ban · 2010-09-25 14:56:14

karol wrote:

What do you use for downloading, do you have any of those uncommented in you pacman.conf?
[options]
<snip>

#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - %u > %o
I think some servers don't allow resuming, so try another server.

Below is the contents of my pacman.conf
#RootDir = /
#DBPath = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

Should I uncomment the xfercommand?

karol · 2010-09-25 15:00:14

San2ban wrote:

Should I uncomment the xfercommand?

No, pick another mirror from https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus and put it on top of your mirrorlist.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=100330

Last edited by karol (2010-09-25 15:00:45)

San2ban · 2010-09-27 16:27:37

I am now convinced, it is impossible to download go-openoffice, atleast with my dial-up. Changed mirrors, used powerpill, but in vain.

maybe ADSL connection is must for ARCH

I Will buy CD frm OSdisc.com

Arch Linux

#1 2010-09-25 14:36:09

[solved] pacman not continuing download where it left, re-sets

#2 2010-09-25 14:45:18

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