No network connection as user in guest Arch

Inxsible · 2011-02-22 20:53:18

I couldn't stay without Arch, so I installed Arch as a guest in Virtual box on a Windows XP host (work machine). Everything went well with the installation.

However once the installation was complete, I couldn't connect to the network. I knew this would be a problem because I am behind a proxy at work. I added the appropriate http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables and I could now connect and update my system.

My only problem is that this works only for root. As user, I cannot use pacman to install anything.

[inxs@archbox ~]$ sudo pacman -S i3-wm
resolving dependencies....

and it just sits there until it gets a Connection timed out error.

However, if I su to root then

[inxs@archbox ~]$su
Password:
[root@archbox inxs]$ pacman -S i3-wm

works and I can install anything from the repos.

Even a simple wget command gives me this :

wget http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/biosdisk-git/biosdisk-git/PKGBUILD
--2011-02-22 15:55:58-- http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/biosdisk-git/biosdisk-git/PKGBUILD
Resolving aur.archlinux.org... 208.92.232.29
Connecting to aur.archlinux.org|208.92.232.29:80...failed: Connection timed out.
Retrying.

....
....

What should I do to make my user also be able to download and install packages?

metzengerstein · 2011-02-22 21:34:47

Sure you set the proxy settings globally?

Inxsible · 2011-02-22 21:37:01

I set is as my user in ~/.bashrc, but it still isn't working for the user.

but like i mentioned, once i set them and then su to root, i can download and install packages.

metzengerstein · 2011-02-22 22:30:18

Maybe related to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Su … ated.3F.29

Inxsible · 2011-02-23 04:10:57

Gaah !!!

Thanks a bunch metzengerstein. I am currently off work, but I will try this first thing tomorrow morning and let you know.

Inxsible · 2011-02-23 19:17:27

No dice. It still does not work for the user even after adding an alias for sudo

alias sudo='sudo -E'

this is preventing me from using my favorite aur helper aurget. I currently have to manually download the PKGBUILD and all related files as root and then install using makepkg -si or pacman -U. So there is a workaround. I just think that going forward it might be more of an issue to me once I start using the VM in earnest. Right now I am just setting it up to the way I want and installing things on it.

Inxsible · 2011-02-23 20:32:29

it now allows me to use pacman to get the packages from the official repos. But I still cannot use any aur helper to get packages from the Official Repositories. This is what I mean :

[inxs@archbox ~]$ aurin wmfs-git
resolving dependencies...
edit PKGBUILD before sourcing for deps? [Y/n] n

warning: the following packages will be installed by pacman: git

searching AUR...
Targets (1) wmfs-git-20101119-1

Proceed with installation? {Y/n] y
:: Retrieving source tarball from AUR...
--2011-02-23 15:20:55-- http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wmfs-git/wmfs-git.tar.gz
Resolving proxyServerName...XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Connecting to proxyServerName|XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX| : portNum... connected
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 846 [application/x-tgz]
Saving to: "/home/inxs/sandbox/wmfs-git.tar.gz"

100%[==========================================>] 846 --.-K/s in 0s

2011-02-23 15:20:56 (15.0 MB/s) - "/home/inxs/sandbox/wmfs-git.tar.gz" saved [846/846]

:: Extracting source tarball...
:: Building package...
edit PKGBUILD before building package [Y/n]n
==> Making package: wmfs-git 20101119-1 (Wed Feb 23 15:20:57 EST 2011)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets (2): perl-error-0.17016-2 git-1.7.4.1-1

Total Download Size: 2.00 MB
Total Install Size: 11.55 MB

Proceed with installation [Y/n]y
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error: failed retrieving file 'perl-error-0.17016-2-any.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror rit.edu : Connection timed out

and it does this for all the mirrors listed in my mirrorlist.

Now I can install the dependencies manually using the pacman command directly and then re-trying to install wmfs-git and it will work, but how come it works when I issue a direct pacman command but does not through aurget?

Any pointers?

EDIT: Spoke too soon. installing wmfs-git just doesn't work. I am assuming this is because git tries to make a connection again to the git repo and it doesn't read the http_proxy variables

Is there any way I can install things. How do I make git or svn to see my environment variables?? Would they use libproxy??

I am going to try that out and see.

enzzzy · 2011-02-24 08:03:46

Had the same issue.
As you can see pacman uses wget as a backend. You have to set http_proxy ftp_proxy https_proxy and use_proxy=on in /etc/wgetrc.

Inxsible · 2011-02-24 15:02:10

I tried that as well enzzzy. Still no dice

This is what I get :

╔═[09:59]═[inxs @ archbox]
╚═══===═══[~]>> aurin wmfs-git
resolving dependencies...
edit PKGBUILD before sourcing for deps? [Y/n] n
searching AUR...

Targets (1): wmfs-git-20101119-1 

Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving source tarball from AUR...
--2011-02-24 10:00:04--  http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wmfs-git/wmfs-git.tar.gz
Resolving proxyServerName... XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
Connecting to proxyServerName|XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX|:portNum... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 846 [application/x-tgz]
Saving to: “/home/inxs/sandbox/wmfs-git.tar.gz”

100%[=====================================================================================>] 846         --.-K/s   in 0s      

2011-02-24 10:00:04 (21.7 MB/s) - “/home/inxs/sandbox/wmfs-git.tar.gz” saved [846/846]

:: Extracting source tarball...
:: Building package...
edit PKGBUILD before building package? [Y/n] n
==> Determining latest git revision...
  -> Version found: 20110224
==> Making package: wmfs-git 20110224-1 (Thu Feb 24 10:00:06 EST 2011)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
==> Connection au serveur GIT…
Cloning into wmfs...
git.wmfs.info[0: 78.47.249.82]: errno=Connection timed out
fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection timed out)
    Aborting...
notice: wmfs-git failed while building, remove source files (/home/inxs/sandbox/wmfs-git)? [Y/n] y
warning: package wmfs-git failed to build and won't be installed.

metzengerstein · 2011-02-24 23:50:54

Possible firewalled git port?
Nevertheless, when you use git over http, you also have to set its proxy settings.

Last edited by metzengerstein (2011-02-24 23:51:14)

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#1 2011-02-22 20:53:18

No network connection as user in guest Arch

#2 2011-02-22 21:34:47

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#3 2011-02-22 21:37:01

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#4 2011-02-22 22:30:18

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#5 2011-02-23 04:10:57

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#6 2011-02-23 19:17:27

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#7 2011-02-23 20:32:29

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#8 2011-02-24 08:03:46

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#9 2011-02-24 15:02:10

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

#10 2011-02-24 23:50:54

Re: No network connection as user in guest Arch

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