[SOLVED] Pacman errors

loxaXcracker · 2009-02-15 23:29:29

Hello,

I've been trying to install fluxbox on my freshly installed arch linux (with updates) and I've been following a guide on how to do so. The problem is that I can't really install anything but 'pacman -S xorg', like for example if I try 'pacman -S hwd' I get this error:
http://rs51gc.rapidshare.com/files/1985 … G_1785.JPG
and this happens to pretty much every package that I've tried.
I've googled a lot and I've found some suggestions but none have worked =/

Please help.
Thanks.

Last edited by loxaXcracker (2009-02-16 11:44:20)

virusso80 · 2009-02-15 23:32:15

Hi, it seems to be a network problem. Didi you configure your network? can you ping some website? If everything is ok, then...did you set your mirror server?

Lilim · 2009-02-15 23:34:08

Have you chosen necessary mirrors from the mirrorlist? And what's more important did you setup your internet connection?

EDIT:
Ah, virusso80 forestalled me

Last edited by Lilim (2009-02-15 23:35:30)

loxaXcracker · 2009-02-15 23:35:40

Actually I've been able to install xorg and fluxbox (just download and install not execute) so it shouldn't be a network problem I believe. I don't know about the mirror server thing that you've mentioned though (I'll look it up although I don't think that's it either).

Last edited by loxaXcracker (2009-02-16 00:02:21)

virusso80 · 2009-02-15 23:37:16

you can choose whatever you want, but archlinux.org...is the first in the mirror list file. If you've already installed python you can uncomment all server in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and run the command

rankmirrors /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

it should work...I didin this way...following the wiki pages.

Inxsible · 2009-02-15 23:38:57

archlinux.org is the first one in the file -- but it is always better to choose a mirror near your location and Archlinux is throttled at 50kbps

Xyne · 2009-02-15 23:45:20

Here are some things I would try:
change the mirror
ping different mirrors on the list by name
ping different sites to check that the connection still works
ping by ip if that doesn't work
if pinging the mirrors works, force a database refresh with "pacman -Syy" and see if you can still download the database files
manually download files using wget to see if it works

loxaXcracker · 2009-02-16 00:01:06

Nvm guys, I've figured out what the problem was.

(edit in rc.conf (change to eth0="dhcp") and then simply restart the network.)

Thanks for the help anyway guys!

Last edited by loxaXcracker (2009-02-16 00:14:00)

Xyne · 2009-02-16 00:12:16

Ping google from your desktop to get the IP address, then try pinging google by the IP address on the laptop.
If that works, you can try changing the DNS server in /etc/resolv.conf. If that works then you'll have narrowed down the problem at least.

*edit*
You can also try pinging your desktop from your laptop.

Last edited by Xyne (2009-02-16 00:13:02)

seppo0010 · 2009-02-16 00:16:47

I was able to set up mi wifi connection using the wiki tutorial http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wifi, and it worked like a charmed...
If that's no good, try with some wired connection while you try to download the package you need to update.

Lilim · 2009-02-16 10:50:50

loxaXcracker wrote:

Nvm guys, I've figured out what the problem was.
(edit in rc.conf (change to eth0="dhcp") and then simply restart the network.)
Thanks for the help anyway guys!

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