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i recently installed arch, and have managed to install wireless tools and connect to my wireless. now, when i try using pacman to install new packages, i get the following error mesage:
error failed retrieving file "core.db.tar.gz" from "..." : Transient resolver failure
the ... contains a URL, and this message is repeated several times with different URLs. can any1 help?
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Hello and welcome to arch.
Have you tried reading the wiki?
Have you done anything to your pacman.conf and /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist?
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Try one of those mirrors https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus
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yes, i was following the arch wiki
i have edited /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and removed # from the gb servers. wen i went back, all the gb servers were gone so i have now removed the # from the german servers
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your /etc/resolv.conf is set up correctly ?
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
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i dont no, i havnt looked at it. im new to linux, whats it meant to look like?
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like this
/etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by dhcpcd from wlan0
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
domain lan
nameserver xxx.xxx.x.xxx
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line
the Xs represent what looks like to be something similar to my ip address
Last edited by Romanrp (2010-08-04 20:40:38)
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i dont hav the
# Generated by dhcpcd from wlan0
or
domain lan
nameserver xxx.xxx.x.xxx
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have you tried connecting to your wifi?
and after u done that have u done
dhcpcd wlan0?
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yes, that was after connecting to wifi and doing dhcpcd wlan0
after dhcpcd wlan0, it said timed out, is that a problem?
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yes
that is a problem
make sure you typed your password correctly
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my password was typed correctly, and i get the same message every time i use the dhcpcd wlan0 command. what should i do about it?
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I suggest using wicd. It has even a command line interface, so you don't need X Window if you don't want. There you can manage your connection very easily and it gives good error messages, so you can fix them.
Satisfied users don't rant, so you'll never know how many of us there are.
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my pacman isnt working so i cant install that
i typed:
iwconfig
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid "linksys" key **********
dhcpcd wlan0
it then said timed out
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dhcpcd wlan0
it then said timed out
means you probably mistyped your password
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i know i didnt mistype my password, there is some other problem
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make sure the essid in
iwconfig wlan0 essid "linksys" key **********
is the same one that's in
iwlist wlan0 scan
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Please change the thread title - you heed help with a wireless networking issue, not with the use of pacman.
Moved to Newbie Corner.
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