I cannot update[SOLVED]

jmak · 2010-04-25 23:02:57

Hello,

I cannot update anymore. I don't know what happened. Nothing wrong with my connection.
This is what I get when trying to update:

[root@myhost mak]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed to update core (Connection timed out)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed to update extra (Connection timed out)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed to update community (Connection timed out)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
[root@myhost mak]#

Any idea what's going on?

jmak

Last edited by jmak (2010-04-26 05:07:38)

jasonwryan · 2010-04-25 23:07:02

Have you tried another mirror? csclub.uwaterloo.ca looks like it is down...

n0dix · 2010-04-25 23:07:13

Add a new server in your mirrorlist. And comment csclub.uwaterloo.ca.

cesura · 2010-04-25 23:48:19

Yeah, the server is not working. Try another

jmak · 2010-04-26 00:05:39

I unchecked other canadian servers and still get error messages:

[root@myhost mak]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed to update core (No address record)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed to update extra (No address record)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.portafixe.com : No address record
error: failed to update community (No address record)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
[root@myhost mak]#

tomk · 2010-04-26 01:09:45

Your output indicates that you added one other mirror, and it seems you were unlucky with that one also. In Canada, dal and twilightlair seem to be usable at the moment, but you should also add some others further afield e.g. USA, maybe Sth America. rankmirrors might be useful for you - run it with no arguments for usage details.

jmak · 2010-04-26 01:42:11

I enabled usa servers that work but after each download pacman starts searching canadian servers and it goes on for ever. It takes five minutes just to download two small packages this way.

Here is the idea what I mean.

:: Retrieving packages from core...
error: failed retrieving file 'diffutils-2.9-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'diffutils-2.9-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'diffutils-2.9-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'diffutils-2.9-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.archlinux.com.ve : No address record
diffutils-2.9-2-x86... 267.1K 215.1K/s 00:00:01 [#####################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'autoconf-2.65-2-any.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'autoconf-2.65-2-any.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'autoconf-2.65-2-any.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'autoconf-2.65-2-any.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.archlinux.com.ve : No address record
autoconf-2.65-2-any... 552.2K 159.8K/s 00:00:03 [#####################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'gcc-libs-4.5.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out

Last edited by jmak (2010-04-26 01:42:54)

fsckd · 2010-04-26 01:46:06

Did you comment them out?

jmak · 2010-04-26 02:46:31

fsckd wrote:

Did you comment them out?

Yes, and its still looking for the canadian server before start downloading from the us server.

piezoelectric · 2010-04-26 03:10:05

It's possible that the uwaterloo mirror is set twice. As far as I remember, pacman only retries a failed download once, so the 3 failed attempts might indicate uwaterloo is there multiple times.

jmak · 2010-04-26 03:37:20

piezoelectric wrote:

It's possible that the uwaterloo mirror is set twice. As far as I remember, pacman only retries a failed download once, so the 3 failed attempts might indicate uwaterloo is there multiple times.

This is the only canadian entry

# Canada
#Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archli … /os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archl … /os/x86_64
#Server = ftp://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/x86_64

n0dix · 2010-04-26 03:41:19

Try doing a backup of the mirrorlist file, create a new one and only add one server that you know it works.

fsckd · 2010-04-26 04:00:37

Also look for server entries in your pacman.conf.

jmak · 2010-04-26 05:06:05

Solved. In /pacman.d folder I had "mirrorlist" and "mirrorlist.new" files. I deleted mirrorlist and enabled mirrorlist.new and the Canadian server worked right away. I dont know when was the mirrolist.new generated but this was the solution.

What I don't understand is why did the old mirror list gave me the error messages when both old and new mirrorlist have the exact same addresses. Here they are just to see.

The new mirror list:

Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archli … /os/x86_64
Server = http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archl … /os/x86_64

The old mirror list:

#Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archli … /os/x86_64
#Server = http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archl … /os/x86_64

Thanks for all suggestions.

n0dix · 2010-04-26 05:07:36

Probably you can mark the thread as Solved.

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