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aarvalo

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Registered: 2017-04-17

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[SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

Hi everyone!

I successfully installed Arch on my pc, and now i want to install a Desktop Environment, but when I type:

pacman -S xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit

then a number between 1 and 3 and then y to confirm, it throws a lot of errors for about a minute and doesn't install anything. What should i do?

Last edited by aarvalo (2017-04-17 19:36:05)

dockland

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

Well, we can't guess the errors and knowing the errors is kind of essential to be able to help you. My first guess is your mirrors, but it's hard to tell.

Last edited by dockland (2017-04-17 12:05:07)

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

Mod note: moved to Newbie Corner

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aarvalo

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

Well, we can't guess the errors and knowing the errors is kind of essential to be able to help you. My first guess is your mirrors, but it's hard to tell.

this repeated lots of times:

error: failed retrieving file '(file name)' from (mirror) : Could not resolve host: (mirror again)

and then finally this:

error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
error: failed to init transaction (download library error)

Last edited by aarvalo (2017-04-17 01:22:27)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

this repeated lots of times:

error: failed retrieving file '(file name)' from (mirror) : Could not resolve host: (mirror again)

Post complete logs/output/versions/error messages
List_of_applications#Pastebin_clients see the tip box for how to paste from the console ( assuming you have a working network connection )
Please repeat Network_configuration#Check_the_connection to check.

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

How did you install Arch if you can't connect to any mirrors?

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ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

aarvalo,  You say you have successfully installed Arch.  Let us explore that for a moment.  My assumption is that you have installed from the boot medium using the chroot and had network available to you then.  I also gather you managed to set up the boot loader, and were able to reboot into your system.

Now, you do not have network access.  What kind of network have you? (wired, wireless)   How are you controlling it?  (netctl, networkmanager, systemd-network)

Also, unless you know exactly what you are doing, do not run pacman -S package1 package2 ....  You really, really want pacman -Syu package1 package2 ...

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aarvalo

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

Post complete logs/output/versions/error messages
List_of_applications#Pastebin_clients see the tip box for how to paste from the console ( assuming you have a working network connection )
Please repeat Network_configuration#Check_the_connection to check.

when I write:

ping www.google.com

it returns:

ping: www.google.com: Name or service not known

and when I write:

ping 8.8.8.8

it returns:

connect: Network is unreachable

I have wired network.

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

What is the output of ip addr    ?

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svnset

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

You have not answered to important questions from ewaller...
What are you using to connect to your wired network? Common mistake before rebooting fresh install: Have you enabled the service of whatever you use?
Eg.

systemctl enable dhcpcd

when you use dhcpcd.

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aarvalo

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

What is the output of ip addr    ?

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host lo
        valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: enp0s18: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:e0:4d:26:34:32 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

How did you install Arch if you can't connect to any mirrors?

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dockland

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

Have you enabled the required services?

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aarvalo

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Registered: 2017-04-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

You have not answered to important questions from ewaller...
What are you using to connect to your wired network? Common mistake before rebooting fresh install: Have you enabled the service of whatever you use?
Eg.

systemctl enable dhcpcd

when you use dhcpcd.

I think I didn't do that before rebooting, what should I do know?

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

I think I didn't do that before rebooting, what should I do know?

Installation_guide#Network_configuration

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

You have not answered to important questions from ewaller...
What are you using to connect to your wired network? Common mistake before rebooting fresh install: Have you enabled the service of whatever you use?
Eg.

systemctl enable dhcpcd

when you use dhcpcd.

I think I didn't do that before rebooting, what should I do know?

Go back and read the installation guide. Particularly the section about configuring the installed system. Don't be a help vampire.

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aarvalo

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Registered: 2017-04-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

Now I configured it correctly and got it to work, thanks to all of you guys.
PD: I'm new to the forum and I don't know how to set a thread as solved.

Last edited by aarvalo (2017-04-17 19:35:26)

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with pacman installing xorg.

You can mark the thread as solved by editing the first post and prepending the tag [SOLVED] to the title in the "Subject" field.