[SOLVED]pacman -Syu sychronize failure

Marnop · 2009-07-31 02:50:03

Following the Installation instructions I installed a cd iso on the 26th.
There are 3 other linux distros on the 80 G drive and arch booted up and everything seemed to be OK.
I uncommented 5 repo sites in the mirrorlist and tried to update pacman -Syu.
All I get is ( Transient resolver error ) failed to synchronize any databases.
15 messages in all, for all 3 types. I tried ftp and http as well.

More searching with only one thread marked SOLVED.
I rebooted again but still the same errors.
Where do I go from here?
Start all over with a new cd?

Last edited by Marnop (2009-08-01 18:31:09)

Allan · 2009-07-31 03:19:00

Looks like you network is not configured. Have a look in the wiki as the is really good information on setting that up there.

djszapi · 2009-07-31 18:26:30

Welcome to the forum Marnop!

Allan has right! ArchWiki will your best friend in the early days.

Btw, without deleting that mirrors, can it work? We must realize whether it's a network connection or mirror related issue.

Marnop · 2009-07-31 21:28:48

I went to the Beginners Guide and could not find a solution.
I have a wired DSL modem connection which is online always.
I downloaded the iso image and burned my own cd.
I went to a repo site and installed what seems to be a good install.
Here is one of my uncommented sites in /etc/pacman.d/mirriorlist.
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archl … po/os/i686
Am I accessing the right server?
Shoul I check any other conf files?

arkham · 2009-07-31 23:10:05

What the other people meant is if your network is already properly configured. You could help us by posting the contents of /etc/rc.conf and the output of the commands "ifconfig", "route" and "ping -c 5 www.google.com"

Marnop · 2009-08-01 01:50:19

Thanks for the help. I don't understand networking.
I have been using ubuntu which does most everything for you and opensuse with Yast.

ifconfig output:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:C0:93:05:AF
inet addr:0.0.0.55 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:0.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:290 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:18153 (17.7 Kb) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Memory:d2300000-d2320000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame: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)
ping output:
none

route output:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="local"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="America/Kentucky/Louisville"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=()

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="myhost"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="eth0 netmask broadcast 55"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond)

Allan · 2009-08-01 01:52:57

You probably want to use dhcp for your network connection:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … NG_Section

Marnop · 2009-08-01 02:58:58

I set etho="dhcp" in /etc/rc.conf.
pacman -Sy now synchronizes the 3 databases.
Tomorrow I can continue installing.
Thank you, Allan

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#1 2009-07-31 02:50:03

[SOLVED]pacman -Syu sychronize failure

#2 2009-07-31 03:19:00

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#3 2009-07-31 18:26:30

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#4 2009-07-31 21:28:48

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#5 2009-07-31 23:10:05

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