Issues with berlin mirror in pacman.

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-07 15:36:34

Hello everyone.
Might be region specific but when i upgrade or install packages sometimes pacman says that it cant commit a transaction and the berlin mirror has too many errors and the speed is slow.
All the errors are listed below:

error: failed retrieving file 'plasma-workspace-6.3.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from berlin.mirror.pkgbuild.com : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed retrieving file 'lib32-mesa-1:25.0.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from berlin.mirror.pkgbuild.com : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed retrieving file 'plasma-workspace-wallpapers-6.3.4-1-any.pkg.tar.zst.sig' from berlin.mirror.pkgbuild.com : Operation too slow. Less than 1 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
warning: too many errors from berlin.mirror.pkgbuild.com, skipping for the remainder of this transaction
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (failed to retrieve some files)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

The thing that surprises me is that when accessing from the browser it is normal and its also fast no hiccups.

Last edited by MetalBasket4236 (2025-04-08 15:24:42)

gromit · 2025-04-07 16:40:28

That is unfortunate, I'll add the mirror to my local mirrorlist to see if I can reproduce your issue.

Where are you acccessing the mirror from?

Last edited by gromit (2025-04-07 16:40:46)

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-07 17:09:29

Hello. I am accessing the mirror from greece.
Like i said from the browser its just fine but when it uses the mirror in pacman it fails. usually just restarting the install / upgrade helps but i would much rather have it do it first try.
Thanks in advance.

seth · 2025-04-08 07:45:23

What does "from the browser" mean? Just opening https://berlin.mirror.pkgbuild.com/ ?
Is it *only* that mirror or do you get this w/ another mirror if you prefer that or remove the affected one?

Since the updates will run for longer you're more prone to run into issues w/ the network itself (module/firmware crashes, signal breakdown, concurrent services tripping over each other)

In doubt please post your complete system journal for a boot where this happened, eg.

sudo journalctl -b -1 | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

for the previous (-1) one.

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-08 11:40:10

Hello seth.
Yes, "from the browser" i just mean opening https://berlin.mirror.pkgbuild.com/
And it's also *only* that mirror that has this problem, no other mirror does this.

Here is my complete system journal from last boot.
https://0x0.st/8_wZ.txt

schard · 2025-04-08 12:08:40

Well, opening the web view is just transferring some text, so it'd be relatively quick even with a bad connection.
How long does it take to download plasma-workspace-6.3.4-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst from this mirror using your web browser?

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-08 12:11:34

Well I haven't really checked. I will check and post a reply.

Nikolai5 · 2025-04-08 12:33:56

Testing with that mirror as my only mirror, I was able to get these results downloading 0ad:

 enet-1.3.18-1-x86_64                   33.9 KiB   156 KiB/s 00:00 [####################################] 100%
 fmt-11.1.4-1-x86_64                   176.8 KiB   547 KiB/s 00:00 [####################################] 100%
 gloox-1.0.28-1-x86_64                 518.0 KiB  1315 KiB/s 00:00 [####################################] 100%
 0ad-a27-4-x86_64                       14.5 MiB  18.0 MiB/s 00:01 [####################################] 100%
 0ad-data-a27-1-any                   1099.5 MiB  86.9 MiB/s 00:03 [###########################---------]  76%

Excellent speed, I'm accessing it from the north of the UK.

If you're getting odd performance with mirrors, try using rate-mirrors with the command: rate-mirrors arch --max-delay=2100
that is pretty good at getting the best mirrors for you. You can output the results of the command directly into the mirror list file as well.

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-08 12:36:22

Hello nikolai5.

Thank you for the recommendation. What command do I need to run to get the best mirrors and put them in the mirror list?
Thanks in advance.

Last edited by MetalBasket4236 (2025-04-08 12:36:41)

Nikolai5 · 2025-04-08 12:41:00

If you want to use ratemirrors, note that it's something you get from the AUR, so you'll need to install it first.

ensure you have git and base-devel installed

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rate-mirrors.git
cd rate-mirrors
makepkg -sri
git clean -xfd
rm -rf ~/.cargo (optional to clear rust cargo cache)

Then to use rate mirrors you can just run this command:

rate-mirrors arch --max-delay=2100 | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-08 12:54:16

Thanks for your answers. Also please note that I'm not a total noob to this but also not a pro. I'm somewhat in the middle. I will mark this as solved. Thank you all for your help.

Nikolai5 · 2025-04-08 12:57:08

Yeah, I gave instructions not knowing where you were at, didn't mean anything by it.

I tend to run rate-mirrors once every now and again. Hopefully you don't have any more odd issues going forward.

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-08 13:11:34

yeah i kind of got that. i just felt like informing everyone
i'll keep in mind to run it every now and then

seth · 2025-04-08 14:50:22

Fwwi

Apr 07 19:33:35 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-31 noise=9999 txrate=6500
Apr 07 19:34:01 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Apr 07 19:34:09 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-BEACON-LOSS
Apr 07 20:40:55 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-24 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:22:08 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-79 noise=9999 txrate=52000
Apr 07 21:22:17 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-61 noise=9999 txrate=39000
Apr 07 21:22:20 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-78 noise=9999 txrate=52000
Apr 07 21:22:30 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-82 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:22:48 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-63 noise=9999 txrate=52000
Apr 07 21:22:50 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-81 noise=9999 txrate=52000
Apr 07 21:23:01 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-62 noise=9999 txrate=58500
Apr 07 21:23:01 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-60 noise=9999 txrate=58500
Apr 07 21:23:08 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-80 noise=9999 txrate=39000
Apr 07 21:23:11 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-67 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:23:15 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-76 noise=9999 txrate=52000
Apr 07 21:23:18 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-64 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:23:26 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-80 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:23:29 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-71 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:23:30 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-67 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:23:37 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-77 noise=9999 txrate=65000
Apr 07 21:23:46 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-67 noise=9999 txrate=52000
Apr 07 21:24:02 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-75 noise=9999 txrate=58500
Apr 07 21:24:15 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=0 signal=-81 noise=9999 txrate=52000
Apr 07 21:24:20 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-60 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:24:22 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-57 noise=9999 txrate=65000
Apr 07 21:24:25 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-54 noise=9999 txrate=65000
Apr 07 21:24:38 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-51 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:24:39 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-42 noise=9999 txrate=65000
Apr 07 21:24:40 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-39 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:24:42 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-35 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 21:24:44 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-31 noise=9999 txrate=72200
Apr 07 22:08:11 HP-Laptop-da0xxx wpa_supplicant[490]: wlo1: CTRL-EVENT-SIGNAL-CHANGE above=1 signal=-28 noise=9999 txrate=72200

Your signal is swinging *wildly* - you start out great, then actually lose the beacon and then the signal swings between awesome and borderline dead.
Are you moving the notebook around?
Otherwise this might be bluetooth interference.

MetalBasket4236 · 2025-04-08 15:23:35

I have a hotspot because i don't have actuall wifi internet or landline in my house and my phone is right next to my laptop.
I don't know what might be causing this, it could as well be interference from my phone's carier signal.
Should i try installing a different driver? Could that be causing an issue?

Also quick side note: Do you know anyone that can assist me in this topic? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=304781

Last edited by MetalBasket4236 (2025-04-08 15:27:35)

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Issues with berlin mirror in pacman.

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