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Cirdan

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Registered: 2006-03-18

Posts: 64

Problems downloading packages

Whenever I use packman to download a package or try to update, it freezes at :: Retrieving packages from current... or when updating it freezes t ::Sycnchonizing package databases...

Is it because maby I have FTP blocked? And is there a way to use http?

augustob

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From: Florianópolis, Brazil

Registered: 2006-03-17

Posts: 135

Re: Problems downloading packages

There's a commented out line in pacman.conf that tells pacman to use wget in passive mode to transfer the files. You should check that out. That's the only way I've been able to get Shadowhand's repos to work.

Cirdan

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Registered: 2006-03-18

Posts: 64

Re: Problems downloading packages

Ok, thanks. I jsut tried that, but it still gets stuck at the part where it connects to the ftp server. I'll have to get my dad to unblock ftp ports.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,962

Re: Problems downloading packages

Unblocking ftp ports should not be necessary as pacman uses an outgoing ftp connection and those are rarely blocked on home networks.

Maybe your network card isn't detected correctly.
what is the output of ifconfig ?

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Cirdan

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Registered: 2006-03-18

Posts: 64

Re: Problems downloading packages

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:06:5B:36:5B:2B 
          inet addr:192.168.0.25  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::206:5bff:fe36:5b2b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:373 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:350 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:278751 (272.2 Kb)  TX bytes:40654 (39.7 Kb)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0xcc00

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

My dad is a security freak..so I wouldn't be surprised if he did block it. He is a Microsoft guy...so everything has to be locked down for it to be secure. It worked until he put the router filters for my laptop on.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,962

Re: Problems downloading packages

Mirrors in the wiki is an uptodate list of mirrors, and there are some http mirrors on it.

Unfortunately the best/fastest  mirrors on the list are usually ftp. Maybe your dad is willing to setit up so that connections from your laptop to 2 or 3 ftp mirrors close to you are enabled.

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