pacman problem

antmon · 2008-05-09 11:36:02

Hello! Can someone tell me why do i do i get "temporary name resolution" when i do pacman -Sy?
Does it have something to do with i acessing the internet through a proxy?
Thank's

Allan · 2008-05-09 11:38:57

Can you give the actual pacman output. It sounds like you are not connecting to your mirror. If your internet is alright otherwise, perhaps try a different mirror. Your mention of a proxy make me think you should try an ftp:// mirror rather than an http:// one.

antmon · 2008-05-09 12:23:17

When i make "pacman -Sy" it gives:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
--16:42:32-- ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux … .db.tar.gz

=> `/var/lib/pacman/core.db.tar.gz.part'
Resolving cesium.di.uminho.uminho.pt...
failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.

and continues...

I can't ping any adress in the internet, because my proxy requires authentication and i did the modification that is mentioned in the wiki,
adding to pacman.conf the line for using wget that makes the authentication. But how do i make all traffic being authenticated?

Last edited by antmon (2008-05-09 12:24:01)

Allan · 2008-05-09 12:32:02

I'd guess wget does not work with the settings you gave it in pacman.conf. The best way to test it is just to try downloading something with wget manually and see if it works. If not post the wget line here (hide login details) so we can have a look at it.

antmon · 2008-05-09 13:14:22

here is wget:
wget --proxy-user "domain/user" --proxy-passwd "******" <ftp from above>
and the answer:
--13:57:13-- <ftp site>
=> `<file to dowload>'
Resolving cesium.di.uminho.pt ... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.

Allan · 2008-05-09 13:46:54

Can you download anything else or is it just that file? If you can, try a different mirror.

antmon · 2008-05-09 14:33:35

I tried an http mirror and nothing. If you have one i could try it? But still i don't ping any site how can i bypass this?
then i would now that the authentication is right.

Allan · 2008-05-09 14:54:23

Can you access internet at all from that computer? Is this a fresh install that is not working? This is sounding more and more like a network problem and not a pacman problem.

Post the network section of /etc/rc.conf and the output of ifconfig and we can check it is set up correctly.

Also, if this computer is new to the network, the administrators might need the MAC address to allow it network access. Quite a few places I have worked at have locked down the network in this way.

danielsoft · 2008-05-09 19:24:47

try setting the http_proxy environmental variable:

ie

 $ http_proxy=http://proxy.address/ pacman -Syu

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