You are not logged in.
Pages: 1
Say I do:
/# pacman -S xmms
It will tell me there are 5 packages to download...
I say yes...
It will download 2 or 3 of them, and then randomly in the middle of the next file... it just stops. The speed drops to zero and thats it.
I do a ctrl+c and then retype the command... It will start back up were it left off and redownload the incomplete file and complete the installation.
All other internet connectivly seems file.
This consistently happens with whatever package I am installing.
Any ideas.
BTW - Archlinux was JUST what I was looking for. (Former Ubuntu guy)
Thanks,
Rich
HP DM1Z-4100 // 11.6" LED 1366x768 // 1.65ghz AMD E-450 // 4gb Ram // 320gb hdd // ATI 6320 // 100% Archlinux
Offline
As far as I can tell. pacman uses wget to do the actual downloading of packages, so I highly doubt it's a software issue. A decent explanation is that the mirror on top of your list has a "low-quality" (high latency and packet loss) link to you.
I'd try changing the order of the mirrors in /etc/pacman.d/* to something closer to your location.
Offline
Yup, you can use the sortmirrors script for that (run as root: /usr/bin/sortmirrors)
There's a commented-out XferCommand setting in /etc/pacman.conf by the way. Perhaps you can try uncommenting that? Try the mirrors thingie first though.
Offline
Cool Ill check out that sortmirrors...
Wierd thing was though, I was getting around 500+ kbps from the site that would stall.
-Rich
HP DM1Z-4100 // 11.6" LED 1366x768 // 1.65ghz AMD E-450 // 4gb Ram // 320gb hdd // ATI 6320 // 100% Archlinux
Offline
As far as I can tell. pacman uses wget to do the actual downloading of packages, so I highly doubt it's a software issue. A decent explanation is that the mirror on top of your list has a "low-quality" (high latency and packet loss) link to you.
That is not the case, pacman only uses wget if you specify that in pacman.conf, and that is not the default.
Offline
augustob wrote:As far as I can tell. pacman uses wget to do the actual downloading of packages, so I highly doubt it's a software issue. A decent explanation is that the mirror on top of your list has a "low-quality" (high latency and packet loss) link to you.
That is not the case, pacman only uses wget if you specify that in pacman.conf, and that is not the default.
Wow, I didn't know that.
Offline
Hmm, I was having the same issues on a new wireless connection last night. Took forever to install KDE. I had to keep starting over, depending on the cache to pick up where it left off.
edit:
:oops: Sorry to resurrect such an old post. I forgot that i just did a search for something else and found this thread, thinking it was recent.
Offline
My suggestion is.....ignore the suggestion about using sortmirrors script. It is going to be replaced by rankmirrors when pacman3 comes out. It works perfectly fine and won't create blank files in /etc/pacman.d like sortmirrors does sometimes.
BTW: I had to use tinyurl 'cause otherwise the link wouldn't show up like a link, so don't think I am redirecting you to some really odd thing.
Offline
Gonna test it out some more today, just to make sure it's actually pacman and not my wireless dropping out.
Thanks for the info.
Offline
I have the same problem i don't know what to do.
Offline
I have the same problem i don't know what to do.
Yup, pacman hangs here too from time to time. I have to hit CTRL+C and then run the command again to make it work.
Offline
This has always happened for me, so it's not really a recent issue. Personally I beleive it's more the mirrors than anything, not pacman related. Try changing your mirrors arround some and go from there, I havn't had this issue for about 4 months now since I changed my mirrors
Offline
Try uncommenting XferCommand in your pacman.conf. Pacman will then use wget instead of its internal dowloader to download the packages.
Offline
I tend to believe it's a pacman issue, since packages always stop downloading themselves at 99 % (at the times pacman hangs)
Offline
Yes same problem here at 99% drops down to nothing and then finally decides to download the remaining 1% at 5k or so.
Offline
I fixed my issue...
Took me forever to fix it, but I actually found the answer on a vista forum.
I had to remove SPI Firewall and UPNP from my router settings...
No more drop outs or stalls.
-Rich
HP DM1Z-4100 // 11.6" LED 1366x768 // 1.65ghz AMD E-450 // 4gb Ram // 320gb hdd // ATI 6320 // 100% Archlinux
Offline
I have similar problem. It isn't pacman problem, it's networking stuff... :? I have:
XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -t 0 --timeout=10 -O %o %u
It helps
IRC: Stalwart @ FreeNode
Skype ID: thestalwart
WeeChat-devel nightly packages for i686
Offline
I was going to suggest also, if you have a pretty open router such as I, I've flashed it with the DDWRT firmware, I had some of the connection dropping settings wayyyyy too low. It caused the connections to be dropped before they finished. Bumping them up solved my stalling pacman problems
Offline
Pages: 1