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Juszr

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[SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

Hi. I'm trying to install Arch on a new laptop but I'm getting stuck at the pacstrap script.
I get a 'failed retrieving file core. ." because internet is very slow.

I tried both wifi and ethernet connection and still the same. Pinging google takes 2002ms.

My wifi card is an Intel AC 3160 and the Eth card is a RT8168.
I'm using iwlwifi module and r8169 module (Not the ones recommended).

The weird thing is that on Win 8 everything works fine.

Last edited by Juszr (2015-03-31 00:12:21)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

Do you get the 'because internet is very slow.' part or just 'failed retrieving file core. .'?

Pinging google takes 2002ms.

I don't think that number matters, the other ones do:

$ ping -c 3 <something>

<snip>

3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms

Juszr

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

I get the "failed...timed out" so i guess it is because of the internet connection.
I do receive 100% of the packets by pinging, but takes time. On windows i ping in 50ms.

I tried different mirrors with no success.

Last edited by Juszr (2015-03-27 18:12:15)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

I get the "failed...timed out" so i guess it is because of the internet connection.

Are you using the current iso?

I do receive 100% of the packets by pinging, but takes time. On windows i ping in 50ms.

$ ping -c 3 www.google.com
PING www.google.com (173.194.113.20) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from fra02s19-in-f20.1e100.net (173.194.113.20): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=47.8 ms
64 bytes from fra02s19-in-f20.1e100.net (173.194.113.20): icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=47.9 ms
64 bytes from fra02s19-in-f20.1e100.net (173.194.113.20): icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=47.9 ms
--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 47.882/47.925/47.956/0.181 ms

Each of the pings < 50 ms here.

Juszr

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

Yes, it is the latest iso.

I'm talking about the total time, not each package.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

Check the output of:

iwconfig

If "Power management" is "on" then disable it:

# iwconfig <name of interface> power off

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Juszr

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

Still the same, cannot install. I get that "failed to.. timed out" again, no matter what type of connection i use.

Last edited by Juszr (2015-03-29 17:54:35)

Juszr

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

Is there any way to load another firmware version? I think that's the problem. I need to load the r8168 driver or the 22 firmware ucode version for the iwlwifi module.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

You can copy the firmware files to a USB stick, mount it manually in the live environment & copy the files to /usr/lib/firmware

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Juszr

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

thanks. I've done that and it didn't help either.
http://postimg.org/image/aads54sbr/

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

You could try using the rankmirrors script to select the fastest mirror available:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mi … t_by_speed

I see your ping has impoved -- can you browse the internet (elinks is on the live ISO) or download anything at all (try curl or wget)?

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AnonFriendly

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

i've had the same problem before. for some reason updating my mirrorlist worked

sudo pacman -Sy 

i'm sorry thats the only thing i can think of

Juszr

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

You could try using the rankmirrors script to select the fastest mirror available:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mi … t_by_speed

I see your ping has impoved -- can you browse the internet (elinks is on the live ISO) or download anything at all (try curl or wget)?

i tried rankmirror and also didnt work.
I'm able to browse with elinks or download anything at a normal speed, that's weird. I must say that on elinks "looking up host" takes a little time and then loads the page, but downloading files it is fine.

i've had the same problem before. for some reason updating my mirrorlist worked

sudo pacman -Sy 

i'm sorry thats the only thing i can think of

it gives me the same output.

Last edited by Juszr (2015-03-31 00:02:54)

Juszr

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Re: [SOLVED] Cannot install - Internet very slow

Well, i got it working!!
I realized that when using elinks it took time while looking up host, so i just switched to Google DNS in resolv.conf (it's weird why my DNS does not work on Linux) and it worked.

Thanks everyone.

Last edited by Juszr (2015-03-31 00:11:58)