error: failed to synchronize any databases

jwmollman · 2009-05-21 03:34:04

After doing a fresh install of Arch Linux, I began the update process and did a "sudo pacman -Syu". Once I let that go, and I returned from work, I ran that command again to see if I got all the updates, and I get the following:

[root@john-laptop ~]# sudo pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to update core (unexpected error)
error: failed to update extra (unexpected error)
error: failed to update community (unexpected error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
[root@john-laptop ~]#

I've tried to restart numerous times, as well as running PPPoE, but I have no clue what exactly that did. I just ran through all the defaults on that, and I still can't seem to ping google.com. After a reboot, however, the system hangs when it tried to start the network, and I don't know how to revert the changes back as if I never ran PPPoE.

EDIT: I've tried uncommenting all of the United States servers, but that gives me the same error.

Last edited by jwmollman (2009-05-21 03:43:15)

pyther · 2009-05-21 13:30:28

What happens if you try sudo pacman -Syy?

jwmollman · 2009-05-21 15:15:49

pyther wrote:

What happens if you try sudo pacman -Syy?

I don't know, as I am at school right now. But as soon as I get home, I will let you know on that one. What exactly is the difference between -Syu and -Syy?

pyther · 2009-05-21 15:28:21

Passing two --refresh or -y flags will force a refresh of all package lists even if they are thought to be up to date

pacman man page, not sure if it will work, but it is worth a try

jwmollman · 2009-05-21 19:17:55

pyther wrote:

What happens if you try sudo pacman -Syy?

Okay, I tried that and it just gave me the same error. I'm really thinking about doing another fresh install of Arch, is that a bad idea, or is there no other option?

wonder · 2009-05-21 19:36:04

post the output of this command: pacman -Syu --debug

i think you dont have a proper mirror selected in mirrorlist.

Last edited by wonder (2009-05-21 19:38:40)

jwmollman · 2009-05-21 20:00:10

wonder wrote:

post the output of this command: pacman -Syu --debug
i think you dont have a proper mirror selected in mirrorlist.

I can't post the exact output because it's very long and cuts off the screen. I also have my netbook sitting next to me which Arch is on, and I can't get that coppied and pasted to the temporary computer I am using now.

I attemped to type everything here and show you what I could see:

debug: opening database from path '/var/lib/pacman/sync/community/"
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: registering local databse
debug: opening databse 'local'
debug: opening databse from path '/var/lib/pacman/local/'
:: Synchronizing pacakge databases...
debug: failed to sync db: unexpected error
error: failed to update core (unexpected error)
debug: failed to sync db: unexpected error
error: failed to update extra (unexpected error)
debug: failed to sync db: unexpected error
error: failed to update community (unexpected error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
debug: closing databse 'local'
debug: unregistering databse 'local'
debug: closing databse 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: closing database 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: closing databse 'community'
debug: unregistering databse 'community'
[root@john-laptop ~]#

I tried to uncomment all of the United States mirrors to see if that could resolve it because, obviously, that's the country I'm in and those are the servers I need to use, right?

Last edited by jwmollman (2009-05-21 20:01:53)

wonder · 2009-05-21 20:07:10

clearly you don't have any server uncommented because a proper debug would look like this:

debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: opening database 'community'
debug: opening database from path '/var/lib/pacman/sync/community/'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mir.archlinux.fr/community/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf

notice the server url. yours is missing. just remove # in front of a server line.

Last edited by wonder (2009-05-21 20:08:22)

jwmollman · 2009-05-21 20:10:52

I recommented the lines, but now I will uncomment them. Should I uncomment all of the United States servers or just one?

wonder · 2009-05-21 20:11:58

you can uncomment just one, or you can uncomment all. just don't use ftp.archlinux.org

jwmollman · 2009-05-21 20:17:18

Okay I uncommented http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/i686 and I get a bunch of debug errors like:

debug: FTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: ftp_proxy: (null)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirror.archlinux.com.ve : Transient resolver failure
debug: failed to sync db: Transient resolver failure
error: failed to update extra (Transient resolver failure)
debug: using 'community.db.tar.gz' for download progress
debug: HTTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: http_prozy: (null)
debug: FTP_PROXY (null)
debug: ftp_proxy (null)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirror.archlinux.com.ve : Transient resolver failure

...and then it unregisters and closes 'local', 'core', 'extra', and 'community'.

Last edited by jwmollman (2009-05-21 20:17:57)

wonder · 2009-05-21 20:33:38

hmm. do you have your network setup well? the internet is working on that machine?
check your ip, gateway and dns.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_network

Last edited by wonder (2009-05-21 20:35:39)

jwmollman · 2009-05-22 00:00:51

wonder wrote:

hmm. do you have your network setup well? the internet is working on that machine?
check your ip, gateway and dns.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_network

I remember looking up something about PPPoE, so I tried that and went through all of the defaults and it seemed to make the "starting network" dialog at startup hang for about 20sec and then it times out. I don't know how to remove that PPPoE thing either.

I tried to ping www.google.com, but that doesn't work. It just says "ping: unknown host www.google.com".

soupcan · 2009-05-22 00:17:59

My guess is that your computer isn't connecting to your network properly. What steps did you take to get it after you installed? Have you considered using something like Wicd?

jwmollman · 2009-05-22 00:23:07

soupcan wrote:

My guess is that your computer isn't connecting to your network properly. What steps did you take to get it after you installed? Have you considered using something like Wicd?

I just plugged in a network cable into my Eee PC, and then, logged in as root, "pacman -S wicd" and it checks for dependencies. Once I choose "y" to comfirm, I get this error:

:: Retrieving packages from core...
error: failed retrieving file 'glib2-2.20.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : Transient resolver failure
warning: failed to retrieve some files from core
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no pacakges were upgraded.
[root@john-laptop ~]#

soupcan · 2009-05-22 00:44:48

jwmollman wrote:

soupcan wrote:
My guess is that your computer isn't connecting to your network properly. What steps did you take to get it after you installed? Have you considered using something like Wicd?
I just plugged in a network cable into my Eee PC, and then, logged in as root, "pacman -S wicd" and it checks for dependencies. Once I choose "y" to comfirm, I get this error:
:: Retrieving packages from core...
error: failed retrieving file 'glib2-2.20.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from mirror.cs.vt.edu : Transient resolver failure
warning: failed to retrieve some files from core
error: failed to commit transaction (unexpected error)
Errors occurred, no pacakges were upgraded.
[root@john-laptop ~]#

Oh, duh. I'm an idiot. If you don't have a network connection, you can't install anything.
First, I'd recommend power cycling your router. Then post the output of

ifconfig -a

.

Last edited by soupcan (2009-05-22 00:45:25)

jwmollman · 2009-05-22 00:54:52

I get a bunch of options which some are cut off at the top of the screen. But some of the ones I can see are:

lo Link encap:Local Lookback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MATU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frames: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)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:43:74:F3:16
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frames:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-22-43-74-F3-16-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frames:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
[root@john-laptop ~]#

wonder · 2009-05-22 07:26:40

connect to the network manually. the wiki tells you how.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … nual_setup

mahan_h · 2009-08-06 10:59:33

I have exactly the same issue but my network is absolutely safe and sound in anyway

the result of pacman -Syu --debug:

debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'                   
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman                         
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc                          
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman                       
debug: config: new section 'core'                      
debug: setlibpaths() called                            
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: opening database 'core'
debug: opening database from path '/var/lib/pacman/sync/core/'
debug: serverlist flushed for 'core'
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: opening database 'extra'
debug: opening database from path '/var/lib/pacman/sync/extra/'
debug: serverlist flushed for 'extra'
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: opening database 'community'
debug: opening database from path '/var/lib/pacman/sync/community/'
debug: serverlist flushed for 'community'
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: registering local database
debug: opening database 'local'
debug: opening database from path '/var/lib/pacman/local/'
:: Synchronizing package databases...
debug: failed to sync db: unexpected error
error: failed to update core (unexpected error)
debug: failed to sync db: unexpected error
error: failed to update extra (unexpected error)
debug: failed to sync db: unexpected error
error: failed to update community (unexpected error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
debug: closing database 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: closing database 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: closing database 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: closing database 'community'
debug: unregistering database 'community'

my /etc/pacman.conf

#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#NoPassiveFtp
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# Testing is disabled by default.  To enable, uncomment the following
# two lines.  You can add preferred servers immediately after the header,
# and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Server=
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first

[extra]
Server=
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first

[community]
Server=
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

currently using nm-applet and seems like I cannot use wicd.
seems like pacman can not find its way to the internet...

Really confused.....

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