Is My Mirror Down?

Carlwill · 2010-07-01 14:24:35

I am getting an error when I try an perform a system upgrade on my server:

[carlos@ghost ~]$ sudo pacman -Syy & sudo pacman -Syu
[1] 1162
Password: 
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 community is up to date
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (5): glibc-2.12-4  man-pages-3.25-1  pacman-mirrorlist-20100621-1  sudo-1.7.2p7-2  udev-158-1

Total Download Size:    0.32 MB
Total Installed Size:   50.80 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
:: Retrieving packages from core...
 pacman-mirrorlist-20100621-1-any                                               2.4K   99.0K/s 00:00:00 [#############################################################] 100%
 sudo-1.7.2p7-2-x86_64                                                        109.2K  519.1K/s 00:00:00 [#############################################################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'udev-158-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu : Service not available, closing control connection
warning: failed to retrieve some files from core
error: failed to commit transaction (Service not available, closing control connection)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[1]+  Stopped                 sudo pacman -Syy

Below is my Pacman configuration file:

# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst   = pacman
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#UseSyslog
#ShowSize
#UseDelta
#TotalDownload

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

#[testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

stryder · 2010-07-01 14:31:41

There's a sticky in this section that says "mirror status"

Carlwill · 2010-07-01 14:36:00

My mirror appears to be up and running so I don't know why my server can't update.

.:B:. · 2010-07-01 14:36:32

Maybe it's syncing?

Carlwill · 2010-07-01 14:38:31

Not sure what that means but I will give it some time...

karol · 2010-07-01 15:22:51

Maybe you can use rankmirrors + reflector to pick a couple fast and freshly synced mirrors - did you try that?

Last edited by karol (2010-07-01 15:23:17)

.:B:. · 2010-07-01 15:42:11

Carlwill wrote:

Not sure what that means but I will give it some time...

Eh?

boomhower182 · 2010-07-03 18:41:50

i'm having the same issue with all 6 of my arch machines with one being freshly installed. It has became a pain and an aggravation.

loafer · 2010-07-03 18:49:25

Make sure our mirror(s) have synced.

 http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html

If not you can change them them.

boomhower182 · 2010-07-03 19:27:07

don't believe that is the issue loafer since it's been doing this for a while now and i've tried many different repos. I've had friends leave Arch over this issue and I'm debating on it at the moment.

hokasch · 2010-07-03 19:37:39

To rule out a problem with mirrors, could you comment all mirrors (or rename /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist) and only put this one in:

Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/x86_64

(adjust for architecture / it is definitely alive and working)

boomhower182 · 2010-07-03 19:42:23

hocasch i'm using kernel.org and gatech and have tried many others and get the same results.

hokasch · 2010-07-03 19:57:13

it's been doing this for a while now and i've tried many different repos

Is this happening for specific packages, always the same or random ones, and do the offending packages never get a successful upgrade? If it happens, could you check manually if the requested package is indeed on the mirror or not?

boomhower182 · 2010-07-03 20:30:34

hobasch it happens after it downloads 2 or 3 packages then i have to run pacman -Syu again then it will download 2 or 3 more packages and then error again and i have to keep doing that until all packages are downloaded

boomhower182 · 2010-07-07 13:25:15

Now I can't even install arch on a machine using ftp/http this is very frustrating and am about to move away from arch because of this issue, if it takes me 1 hour to upgrade my system with only 10 packages to upgrade then why bother; a distro is only as strong as it's repos

Montetwoshots · 2010-07-07 13:57:04

I have had the same issues here as discussed by others. It has forced me to refrain from upgrade for the present. I do use the rank-mirrors script when installing and have had the same issue with recent installs. I am a relative newcomer to Arch but have never had this issue until recently. Thank you

hokasch · 2010-07-07 16:24:51

Does the problem persist if you switch to wget or aria2?

boomhower182 · 2010-07-07 16:31:34

hokasch i'm already using wget and apparently i'm not the only person that this is happening to; i have even tried to do a ftp/http install and couldn't cause of this problem, which rules out it's an user error

hokasch · 2010-07-07 16:44:27

boomhower, I am not trying to convince you that you don't have a problem with updating. this would just be my normal route tackling such stuff to close in on what is the cause - if wget doesn't work, switch to aria2, or whatever is the default (curl?), try manually download the file with wget in terminal and check if the problem is still there, test with only one mirror, only ftp or only http, and so on.

I did a net install last week without problems, and apparently the majority of users can update just fine. So why is it not working for you and others? IMHO the error can only be caused by a) the mirror, c) internet connection or d) pacman/mirrorlist config.

boomhower182 · 2010-07-07 16:53:54

hokasch i tried a net install last night and it didn't work and i've done many net installs, it's just getting very frustrating

boomhower182 · 2010-07-07 16:56:16

i do know it's not the internet connection and i know it's not my pacman/mirrorlist config considering it came straight from arch i've only tampered with 1 machine during this testing so i could get the others running also

hokasch · 2010-07-07 17:17:12

Which leaves a shaky mirror. Here is what I get when switching to ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/di … archlinux/:

error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu : Service not available, closing control connection

looks familiar.

Did you ever try it with the gatech mirror commented out? Basically a one-line mirror list with only the kernel.org mirror?

boomhower182 · 2010-07-07 17:18:53

i only use 1 mirror on a machine i have 1 or 2 machines using the gatech mirror all of the others use kernel.org

joel.obrecht · 2010-07-19 08:43:34

Hello,

I'm having the same problem, getting for the most of the repositories nearby my location a "Service not available, closing control connection". I used the aria2 method given in "Improve Pacman performance" in the wiki (http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Imp … erformance), and it works now very well. What was curious, is that to install a single file, pacman alone works very well, but to make an update on the entire system, pacman just seem to be thrown out by the server after some 1-4 connections. So my question is : what is pacman doing that is not allowed by the servers ?
Joël

pkonink · 2010-08-01 03:08:37

I was having this same issue.

error: failed retrieving file 'perl-crypt-ssleay-0.57-4-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from [url=ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu]ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu[/url] : Service not available, closing control connection
warning: failed to retrieve some files from extra
error: failed to commit transaction (Service not available, closing control connection)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

Commenting out gatech appears to have solved it for me.

Moderator edit: error message adapted so it's easier on the eyes

Last edited by .:B:. (2010-08-01 07:46:53)

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