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#1 2009-06-05 11:19:51

unclebob
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Registered: 2009-05-28
Posts: 10

[Solved]Arch64 - error: 'hwd': not found in sync db

Hello.

Just got through my first install of Arch using archlinux-2009.02-ftp-x86_64.img... now all the howtos tell me to install hwd.  Don't seem to be having much luck.

Network is working.

I've added ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/ into /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

$ pacman --sync --refresh

downloads core, extra and community.  Subsequent runs indicate that they are up to date.

$ pacman -S hwd

gives me:

hwd package not found, searching for group...
error: 'hwd': not found in sync db

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
UBob

Last edited by unclebob (2009-06-07 07:35:53)

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#2 2009-06-05 11:54:56

Urfaust
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From: Germany
Registered: 2009-01-30
Posts: 164

Re: [Solved]Arch64 - error: 'hwd': not found in sync db

Try

pacman -S hwdetect

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … the_System

And don't use ftp.archlinux.org as your main mirror because it is throttled. Try uncommenting some other mirrors.

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#3 2009-06-05 12:10:09

pressh
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From: Netherlands
Registered: 2005-08-14
Posts: 1,719

Re: [Solved]Arch64 - error: 'hwd': not found in sync db

we removed hwd/lshwd from our repos just last week. Please see the arch-dev-public mailing list for more details.

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#4 2009-06-07 07:35:07

unclebob
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Registered: 2009-05-28
Posts: 10

Re: [Solved]Arch64 - error: 'hwd': not found in sync db

Urfaust wrote:

Ok, thanks.
Have installed hwdetect.  Doesn't seem to behave like hwd though.  Nevermind, I'll just stick with what I know and use lspci et. al.

And don't use ftp.archlinux.org as your main mirror because it is throttled. Try uncommenting some other mirrors.

Understood.  I only added it once I was having trouble so as to rule out mirroring issues... which I have seen a few of.

Thanks
UBob

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