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JohnTH

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2011-08-04

Posts: 9

Random package corruption

Hello,

I'm trying to install Arch x86_64 with the 2012/08 ISO, but every time I try to install the packages, pacman says some of them are "invalid or corrupt (PGP signature)". If I re-download them, some other random packages become corrupt! I have already tried 3 different mirrors, disabling signature check, even installing it to the live environment (instead of to the hard disk), restarting the modem/router, trying another day, and nothing works.

This is a very odd situation:

• The packages seem to download just fine;

• ifconfig shows no corrupt or lost packets;

• I have another machine with Arch Linux, and it always updates nicely;

• I have installed many times the "stress" package in the live environment, and it never became corrupt;

• I had Linux installed in this very machine 2 years ago. Only difference is, now I have a fake RAID stripe of 2 disks and a Radeon HD 6970 card, which I'm 99% sure has nothing to do with anything. But then again, computers (also, users) don't really need a logical reason to fuck things up.

So, any suggestions?

ALSO! In the phrase "I had Linux installed in this very machine 2 years ago", is it correct to use "had" or "have had"? Can someone explain me this, please?

Last edited by JohnTH (2012-08-09 16:18:32)

zylex

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From: Slovakia/Czech rep.

Registered: 2012-08-09

Posts: 7

Re: Random package corruption

Hello, I had similar problem (but with fedora) few months ago and it turned out I had bad ram module, so running memtest for few hours could help you (at least exclude potential source of problem ;-)

JohnTH

Member

From: Portugal

Registered: 2011-08-04

Posts: 9

Re: Random package corruption

I ran MemTest86+ for a hour and a half and it didn't detect any problem. Also, I can run Windows and play games just fine...

cfr

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From: Cymru

Registered: 2011-11-27

Posts: 7,168

Re: Random package corruption

Have you checked the disks? (I was also going to mention RAM as I saw something similar a few months ago but if it isn't that, something else hardware?)

"I had a hat with three corners when I was a child." [I don't have that hat now.]
"I have had this bike for several years." [I still have it now.]

"I had no luck installing Arch." [And I've given up trying.]
"I've had no success installing Arch." [But I'm probably still trying or at least considering it.]

"I've had no luck getting the elves out of my laptop so far." makes sense (except for the elves).
"I had no luck getting the elves out of my laptop so far." doesn't really make sense though people would know what you meant (even if they thought you were a bit touched).

If you want a proper grammatical explanation, though, you'll have to ask somebody who learnt English as a second language (or teaches it). I can't tell you _why_!

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optimusprime

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Registered: 2012-08-09

Posts: 5

Re: Random package corruption

I think I had similar problems when performing a fresh install, although in my case the packages were not random.
Manually deleting the pacman cache could solve your problem.
Possibly this thread is useful to you.