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evorster

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Registered: 2020-07-07

Posts: 90

[Solved] Synchronize linuxkernels.db: Could not resolve host: nhameh..

Hi there!

I have had my Arch install frozen for a month or so, and thought that I would update it now.
To freeze the install I used the archive.archlinux.org server, and stuck it to the date of 7 July 2024.

So, in order to get back up to date, I generated a new mirrorlist with Arch's handy mirrorlist generator, and uncommented the worldwide servers.

Now when I run sudo packman -Suy, I get the following output:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 linuxkernels.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'linuxkernels.db' from nhameh.ovh : Could not resolve host: nhameh.ovh
warning: fatal error from nhameh.ovh, skipping for the remainder of this transaction
error: failed to synchronize all databases (invalid url for server)

I can indeed not ping nhameh.ovh. What is the most expedient way to get around this issue and back up to speed?

Kind regards,
-Evert-

Last edited by evorster (2024-08-18 13:48:05)

astralc

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Registered: 2022-09-17

Posts: 109

Re: [Solved] Synchronize linuxkernels.db: Could not resolve host: nhameh..

it failed on the 3rd party repo you have there ("linuxkernels.db"). check and edit your pacman.conf.

(also, remove community repo, it is now empty, everything moved to extra)

evorster

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Registered: 2020-07-07

Posts: 90

Re: [Solved] Synchronize linuxkernels.db: Could not resolve host: nhameh..

Hi there!

Yes, that third party repo was the issue in this case. Thanks for the tip, as well as removing community repo.

Kind regards

lifiumBTW

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From: Badda, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Registered: 2024-01-24

Posts: 6

Re: [Solved] Synchronize linuxkernels.db: Could not resolve host: nhameh..

Hello there!

I think that something is wrong with your third party repo, so i suggest you comment that repo out in /etc/pacman.conf

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