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T-u-N-i-X

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From: İstanbul

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 435

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Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

[14:41] (tunix@penguix ~)$ ping ftp.archlinux.org
PING ftp.archlinux.org (209.85.41.133) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from nuncio.freedback.com (209.85.41.133): icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=489 ms
64 bytes from nuncio.freedback.com (209.85.41.133): icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=399 ms

--- ftp.archlinux.org ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 2 received, 33% packet loss, time 2001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 399.437/444.684/489.932/45.252 ms
[14:41] (tunix@penguix ~)$ sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
Control socket read failed: Success
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.org
failed to synchronize testing
Control socket read failed: Success
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.org
:: current is up to date
Control socket read failed: Success
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.org:: extra is up to date
Control socket read failed: Success
error: cannot connect to ftp.archlinux.org
:: community is up to date
danimoth                 [################] 100%       2K     7.3K/s  00:00:00
:: guifications-2.13beta5-1: ignoring package upgrade (2.13beta3-3)
:: Above packages will be skipped.  To manually upgrade use 'pacman -S <pkg>'

Targets: faac-1.25-1 ffmpeg-20070131-1 gucharmap-1.8.0-2 lirc-0.8.1-1
         lirc-utils-0.8.1-1

Total Package Size:   6.7 MB

Proceed with upgrade? [Y/n]

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If I press enter to continue, testing repo will also output for archlinux repo and will terminate..

What is the problem really ?

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moire

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Registered: 2006-01-07

Posts: 52

Re: Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

Similar problems here. What the heck is "freedback.com"? Doesn't look right...

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

Have you tried any other mirrors? European ones should be better for you.

F

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Registered: 2006-10-09

Posts: 322

Re: Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

Nothing really to add here except that I also experience the same problems.

Doesn't do much harm it seems, so i'm not really bothered by it.

T-u-N-i-X

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From: İstanbul

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 435

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Re: Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

By the way, after a little research in the forums, I saw the sortmirrors perl script and tried it.. But it doesn't work.. It just empties the pacman configuration files, thanks to my server, I backuped the files from the server and put back into my laptop. I think somebody should look through sortmirrors script again to check if it works or not..

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

The problem with sortmirror is a known issue. You can just try to use the mirror that is geographically closer to you. You can also check this list for (additionnal) mirrors and their location: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mirror

mmmlinux

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Registered: 2007-02-01

Posts: 3

Re: Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

i also am having problems with ftp.archlinux.org i was in the middle of trying to install xgl...

Blind

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From: Desert mountain

Registered: 2005-02-06

Posts: 386

Re: Experiencing Problems with ftp.archlinux.org

Also having troubles here. Is it overloaded?