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#26 2015-06-02 19:30:00
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
ls -l /etc/pacman.d/gnupg
totaal 1216 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 114 2 jun 10:08 gpg.conf drwx------ 2 root root 60 2 jun 10:08 openpgp-revocs.d drwx------ 2 root root 60 2 jun 10:08 private-keys-v1.d -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 612528 2 jun 10:08 pubring.gpg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 612528 2 jun 10:08 pubring.gpg~ -rw------- 1 root root 0 2 jun 10:08 secring.gpg srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 2 jun 10:08 S.gpg-agent -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10400 2 jun 10:08 trustdb.gpg
How about:
ls -l /etc/pacman.dJin, Jîyan, Azadî
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#27 2015-06-03 12:02:59
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
Lone_Wolf: I followed the Installation guide. I have this problem on 2 systems. I think reinstalling both systems is a litte bit drastic. I have put time in installing a lot of applications, configuring openbox, catalyst, some packages from Aur that I build (without using yaourt),.. I only have this problem with my systems and it's not sure that reinstalling with a newer iso will resolve the issue.
Scimmia: Yes.
Head_on_a_Stick:
$ ls -l /etc/pacman.d
totaal 44
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3936 16 mei 14:43 archassault-mirrorlist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4008 24 mei 05:48 archassault-mirrorlist.pacnew
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3940 31 mei 19:46 archassualt-mirrorlist
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 220 3 jun 13:01 gnupg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15173 31 mei 19:46 mirrorlist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15781 31 mei 10:03 mirrorlist.pacnewOffline
#28 2015-06-03 19:13:14
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
So something mounts gnupg as tmpfs. Did you check /etc/systemd/sytem/ for a file etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount file?
Basically, can you run this:
grep -r "/etc/pacman.d/gnupg" /etc/systemdAnd if you find a file,
pacman -Qo /etc/systemd/sytem/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount(or with the file you'll have found).
* If the grep doesn't find a file, then something else is mounting it. As Scimmia pointed it, you'll have to find out what.
* If the grep finds a file that doesn't belong to a package, something else created this file. Maybe you copied some files by mistake from the usb drive during installation? If it happened twice on two independent installations, it'd be interesting to know when the file appeared.
* If the file is part of a package, what is it?
Edit: I just pacstraped base, and as expected, no mention of such a mount file in the new installation.
EDIT #2: I just found this:
https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=3654.0
What does pacman-init do on every boot?
It mounts /etc/pacman.d/gnupg into your RAM
It generates a random key for pacman on every bootup
Due the fact a random key got generated on every bootup, you can't guess which key is currently used and your system is highly protected against key sniffingWhat is the downside of this feature?
Any key you sign, for example from a 3rd party repository like mate-repositiory, gets stored in RAM. On a reboot those custom added keys to the gnupg folder are lost. You should think about disabling pacman-init.
It prevents the use of 3rd party repositories in general
I don't know anything about pacman-init, and can't find it in the official repo or the aur - is this something archlinux used to have? Or is this manjaro-specific? (Is this a manjaro installation by any chance?...)
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#29 2015-06-04 08:01:02
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
$ pkgfile pacman-init.service
extra/archboot
extra/archiso
$ It is present in archboot & archiso package, so it could still be an archlinux installation.
As this service appears to be security related maybe a package from archassault activated it ?
melody,
do you have archboot and/or archiso installed ?
please post output of systemctl status pacman-init.service & uname -a
Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.
clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky
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#30 2015-06-04 15:25:51
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
Gyscos:
I have the etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount file in /etc/systemd/sytem/
grep -r "/etc/pacman.d/gnupg" /etc/systemd
/etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount:Description=Temporary /etc/pacman.d/gnupg directory
/etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount:Where=/etc/pacman.d/gnupg
sudo pacman -Qo /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount
fout:Geen pakket bezit /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mountThe second command gave the error message that no package has(or owns) /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount
I don't use manjaro, I use arch linux.
Lone_Wolf:
systemctl status pacman-init.service
● pacman-init.service - Initializes Pacman keyring
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/pacman-init.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (exited) since do 2015-06-04 16:22:00 CEST; 1h 6min ago
Process: 424 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pacman-key --populate archassault (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 292 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pacman-key --populate archlinux (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 251 ExecStart=/usr/bin/pacman-key --init (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 424 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/pacman-init.service
└─277 gpg-agent --homedir /etc/pacman.d/gnupg --use-standard-socket --daemon
jun 04 16:22:00 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: inserting ownertrust of 4
jun 04 16:22:00 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: setting ownertrust to 4
jun 04 16:22:00 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: setting ownertrust to 4
jun 04 16:22:00 arch pacman-key[424]: ==> Updating trust database...
jun 04 16:22:00 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model
jun 04 16:22:00 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 8 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
jun 04 16:22:00 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: depth: 1 valid: 8 signed: 67 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 8m, 0f, 0u
jun 04 16:22:00 arch systemd[1]: Started Initializes Pacman keyring.
jun 04 16:22:01 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: depth: 2 valid: 67 signed: 6 trust: 67-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u
jun 04 16:22:01 arch pacman-key[424]: gpg: next trustdb check due at 2015-06-12 uname -a
Linux arch 4.0.4-2-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 22 03:05:23 UTC 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux Last edited by melody (2015-06-04 15:30:15)
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#31 2015-06-04 15:27:53
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
Gyscos:
I have the etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount file in /etc/systemd/sytem/
grep -r "/etc/pacman.d/gnupg" /etc/systemd /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount:Description=Temporary /etc/pacman.d/gnupg directory /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount:Where=/etc/pacman.d/gnupg sudo pacman -Qo /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount [sudo] wachtwoord voor mattias: fout:Geen pakket bezit /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mountThe second command gave the error message that no package has(or owns) /etc/systemd/system/etc-pacman.d-gnupg.mount
So how did it get there? Did you copy it manually? Did you use archboot to create this installation? If no package owns it, it shouldn't be there.
Edit: it seems you're only doing anything here when someone gives you an exact command to run and doing nothing else. If you want to solve this, stop being a help vampire and do some digging.
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#32 2015-06-04 15:58:15
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
Scimmia:
I don't know why this file is there.
I didn't use archboot to create this installation.
I downloaded the iso and then I raw-wrote it to a drive using 'dd'
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#33 2015-06-04 16:26:45
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
and how, exactly, did you do the installation to the actual system?
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#34 2015-06-04 18:53:43
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
You're supposed to 'dd' the ISO onto a USB drive (or a CD or any storage) and use this _temporary_ installation to install the actual system, mainly through the use of pacstrap:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide
Did you actually follow the guide, or did you directly copy the image to the disk you are now booting from?
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#35 2015-06-05 12:56:51
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Re: [SOLVED] database 'pipelight' is not valid
Hey Gyscos,
The guide you mention just says: "Finally, the image can be burned to a CD, mounted as an ISO file, or written to a USB stick."
It doesn't say how you should do those things.
I followed these instructions for writing the iso to a drive:
https://projects.archlinux.org/archiso. … 7ccd33ad11
And I found these instructions in this topic: Making an UEFI/BIOS ISO should be KISS
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ta … tion_media
I used the specific syntax:
sudo dd if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx bs=4M; syncThis is just the shorter version from:
sudo dd bs=4M if=/path/to/archlinux.iso of=/dev/sdx && syncmentioned in this thread:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/US … a#Using_dd
Then I rebooted , pressed F8, picked the drive that contained the arch linux iso, and then I started folowing these pre-installation steps from your guide:
Set the keyboard layout, Partition the disks, Format the partitions,...
No one else on this forum seems to have experienced my problem before.
So probably I did something wrong during the pre-installation or during the configuration of the system.
The truth is that I don't wan't to invest more time in this issue.
So I will mark this thread as solved.
I would like to thank everyone for their support.
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