vmware troubles (update: same problems with regular install)

theGunslinger · 2012-02-11 12:12:33

Afrter installing arch in vmware workstation and running pacman -Syy i get this error:

error:failed retrieving file 'core.db' from... well basically every server in the mirror list, and I've uncommented quite a few. After that I've pinged www.google.com and my connection seems to be running ok. Does anyone know what could be wrong?

Last edited by theGunslinger (2012-03-08 15:18:27)

x33a · 2012-02-11 14:39:27

please give the full output of the command

# pacman -Syu

theGunslinger · 2012-02-11 14:47:50

It's pretty much what I've said in the first post. Here's how it looks like:

x33a · 2012-02-11 14:53:04

Maybe try this mirror

Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch

Comment out all the other ones.

Mr.Elendig · 2012-02-11 15:02:51

pacman -Syu --debug, put output in code tags

theGunslinger · 2012-02-11 15:14:25

It still fails with 'core.db' but surprisingly it updated extra and remote...

Mr.Elendig, how do I post the output? I have nothing installed within the vmware station (how do I copy it? )

Last edited by theGunslinger (2012-02-11 15:19:32)

x33a · 2012-02-11 15:39:19

Maybe a screenshot(s) from the host would do.

theGunslinger · 2012-02-11 15:49:25

It's pretty hefty, but i think i got the important parts:

Mr.Elendig · 2012-02-11 15:55:33

<command> | curl -F 'sprunge=<-' http://sprunge.us works if you have curl installed.

Edit: switch to http mirror.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2012-02-11 15:56:40)

theGunslinger · 2012-02-11 16:07:59

Any http mirror? Tried some danish one, same thing happens, fails with core.db works fine with extra and community...

x33a · 2012-02-11 16:47:37

Try

Server = http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

or

Server = http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/ArchLi … o/os/$arch

theGunslinger · 2012-02-11 20:38:54

Same thing over and over, cant update core.db... Only extra and community work.

x33a · 2012-02-12 02:38:55

Well it seems that quite a few people are facing similar problems, and disabling ipv6 seems to be the solution (at least for now).

Try blacklisting ipv6 module.

theGunslinger · 2012-02-12 14:33:11

x33a wrote:

Well it seems that quite a few people are facing similar problems, and disabling ipv6 seems to be the solution (at least for now).
Try blacklisting ipv6 module.

That did the trick, thank you x33a.

theGunslinger · 2012-03-08 15:17:35

I'm gonna have to revive this thread I've installed arch on the same box, this time for real w/o the vm and ran into the same trouble as before with the virtual machine. It seems there is no ipv6 module anymore since it has been integrated within the kernel so i tried disabling it via /etc/sysctl.conf as per the guide on the wiki but this time it doesn't solve the problem. Pacman is just unable to download 'core.db' but upgrades extra and community perfectly well. Did anyone find another solution for this problem yet?

x33a · 2012-03-09 18:08:29

Have you confirmed that ipv6 is disabled?

Try

$ ip addr show

Does the adapter eth0 or similar show an ipv6 address along with an ipv4 one?

theGunslinger · 2012-03-09 21:19:39

Will check now, how do I proceed if it's not disabled?

Edit: You were right, it does show inet6 address after that command. How do I turn it off for real now?

I'm connecting via wlan0, using wpa_supplicant and polling with /sbin/dhcpcd which always seems to look for ipv6 first...

Last edited by theGunslinger (2012-03-09 21:32:49)

Jessehk · 2012-03-09 21:44:00

theGunslinger wrote:

Will check now, how do I proceed if it's not disabled?
Edit: You were right, it does show inet6 address after that command. How do I turn it off for real now?
I'm connecting via wlan0, using wpa_supplicant and polling with /sbin/dhcpcd which always seems to look for ipv6 first...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disabling_IPv6

EDIT: Oops, it sounds like you tried that already. My mistake.

Last edited by Jessehk (2012-03-09 21:44:51)

x33a · 2012-03-10 06:53:28

Could you post the output of

ip addr show

and the content of /etc/sysctl.conf

theGunslinger · 2012-03-10 10:04:03

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN 
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state DOWN qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:e0:4d:10:f5:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether f4:ec:38:93:c9:41 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.1.2/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global wlan0
    inet6 fe80::f6ec:38ff:fe93:c941/64 scope link 
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

#
# Kernel sysctl configuration
#

# Disable packet forwarding
net.ipv4.ip_forward=0

# Disable the magic-sysrq key (console security issues)
kernel.sysrq = 0

# Enable TCP SYN Cookie Protection
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1

#Disable ipv6
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1

x33a · 2012-03-10 10:27:58

Hmm.. the value in sysctl is correct, but it's still showing inet6 in the output of ip addr show ..

I assume you tried restarting the computer after setting the value. I have no idea what could be wrong other than that.

theGunslinger · 2012-03-10 10:32:19

I did unfortunately no results...

Someone recommended disabling ipv6 within the kernel. I'm wondering is it a hard thing to do since I've never used a custom kernel before?

New update: I've managed to disable ipv6 using dhcpcd --noipv6rs but the problem still remains, pacman still hangs on 'core.db' on -Syu and on the first package I'm installing then continues to run fine, Im completely baffled about whats going on...

Last edited by theGunslinger (2012-03-11 02:21:46)

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#1 2012-02-11 12:12:33

vmware troubles (update: same problems with regular install)

#2 2012-02-11 14:39:27

Re: vmware troubles (update: same problems with regular install)

#3 2012-02-11 14:47:50

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#4 2012-02-11 14:53:04

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