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matyilona200

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Registered: 2012-06-21

Posts: 77

ftp.mfa.kfki.hu mirror seems to be down

For a few days now whenever I run pacman -Syu I get this

:: Synchronising package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from ftp.mfa.kfki.hu : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds
 core                     103.3 KiB   384K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from ftp.mfa.kfki.hu : Connection timed out after 10002 milliseconds
 extra                   1439.4 KiB   760K/s 00:02 [######################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from ftp.mfa.kfki.hu : Connection timed out after 10001 milliseconds
 community               1989.9 KiB   616K/s 00:03 [######################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'multilib.db' from ftp.mfa.kfki.hu : Connection timed out after 10000 milliseconds
 multilib                 106.9 KiB   551K/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade...

When I try to ping ftp.mfa.kfki.hu

PING ftp.mfa.kfki.hu (148.6.72.20) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- ftp.mfa.kfki.hu ping statistics ---
21 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 20008ms

Is the server down, or am I doing something wrong? If the server is down, is it permanent?

x33a

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Registered: 2009-08-15

Posts: 4,587

Re: ftp.mfa.kfki.hu mirror seems to be down

You can always check the status of mirrors on this page:

https://www.archlinux.org/mirrors/status/

As can be seen from the "Mirror Syncing Error Log" section, your mirror is indeed giving problems.

Maybe it's temporary, maybe it's permanent. In either case, the forums are not the right place to find out the answer. You should contact the mirror admin directly.

matyilona200

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Registered: 2012-06-21

Posts: 77

Re: ftp.mfa.kfki.hu mirror seems to be down

Thank you, I wont ask again.

cfr

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From: Cymru

Registered: 2011-11-27

Posts: 7,173

Re: ftp.mfa.kfki.hu mirror seems to be down

You might find reflector useful for identifying the best mirror(s) to use from your location.

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WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: ftp.mfa.kfki.hu mirror seems to be down

You might find reflector useful for identifying the best mirror(s) to use from your location.

Note that this connection time is from the location of the Arch server; your geography may product different results.

Because of this, I generally use reflector from time to time to generate a list of good quality mirrors.  But then I use rankmirrors to sort them by speed based on my location rather than the location of the Arch server.  Though I don't do this very often.

cfr

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From: Cymru

Registered: 2011-11-27

Posts: 7,173

Re: ftp.mfa.kfki.hu mirror seems to be down

Why not use reflector to sort them by speed? Does rankmirrors do better?

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