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Hi.
I have just installed the base system from ftp - no problem there, but i can´t install other packages. from ftp.
My computer is an old computer Pentium II with scsi.(and I chose kernel26 ide-scsi) I can see by using "dmesg" that it finds my scsi card and mondule (Adaptes AIC7xxx) and my eth0 card (3Com PCI 3c905c Tornado)
I have done this.
pacman --clean
pacman --refresh
pacman -S iptables
but the output say,error: could not open sync database:testing have you used --refresh yet?
my /etc/pacman.conf
testing
Server = ftp://ftp.arclinux.de/pub/archlinux/testing/os/i686/
current
Server = ftp://ftp.arclinux.de/pub/archlinux/current/os/i686/
extra
Server = ftp://ftp.arclinux.de/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686/
my /etc/rc.conf
#networking
Hostname ="dronning"
Modules="(!usbserial ide-scsi)
lo=" lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
gateway="default gw xx.xx.xxx.xx" (my router ip number, who is static)
ROUTES=(gateway)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hotplug !pcmcia network netfs cround)
my /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 3c905C-TX/TX-M
What have I done wrong?
Carl Andersen
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switch your ftp adresses to this
[current]
Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/current/os/i686
[extra]
Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/extra/os/i686
and also disable your gatway,
arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy
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I switch too
[current]
Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/current/os/i686
[extra]
Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/extra/os/i686
And sat a #
#gateway="default gw xx.xx.xxx.xx" (my router ip number, who is static)
#ROUTES=(gateway)
reboot the computer
And do this agin
pacman --clean
pacman --refresh
pacman -S iptables
error: could not open sync database:testing have you used --refresh yet?
The same problem agin
Carl Andersen
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you disable gateway like this
ROUTES=(!gateway)
and you should also comment out testing repo
#[testning]
#ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/extra/os/i686
after you done this try and ping the net
€ ping -c 3 www.kernel.org
if ping works your network is ok and pacman should work too,
good luck
Edit: here are some basic pacman commands:
pacman -Sy , syncronise the mirrors,
pacman -Su , upgrade all packages in your box ,
pacman -S foo , installs foo with deps ,
Edit2: You could also put your eth0 module in the modules array in rc.conf,
arch + gentoo + initng + python = enlisy
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I have solved the problem
.my /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth0 3c905C-TX/TX-M (its wrong) The right combination is
alias eth0 3c905C
pacman -Sy
pacman -S iptables
The package downloads an install on the computer, Thanks for your help
For five years I have worked with Linux, but it is always dificult with a new Linux distribution.
Carl Andersen
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you really should consider loading all your necessary modules via the MODULES=() array in rc.conf. rc.conf is like your command center for module loading, network configuring, and daemons control. It is far easier than dealing with all the silly syntax of modprobe/modules.conf or whatever.
rc.conf is what I loved best about Arch.
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Yes, I have found out its better to put it in /etc/rc.conf thanks
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