Belnet pacman mirror

Hello,
I have an internet connection of a university that works as follows:
You can download only 4GB per month off the internet with your account. But since Belnet is our backbone and contains only educational things like linux distributions, you may download from belnet without it costing any gigabytes.
My next pacman full system upgrade, is 900MB. I'd like to use belnet to upgrade archlinux to be able to use this 900MB for other things.
But, the belnet archlinux mirror, at http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/archlinux.o … y/os/i686/, doesn't work for me anymore. If I go to that URL, it keeps loading forever, but does nothing.
Could you try in a browser if that URL works for you?
Can someone of Archlinux fix this, or is it completely up to the Belnet administrators?
If anyone can help, thank you very much!

I have had lots of ups and downs with the belnet mirror as well. A lot of packages are out of date. Even though http://users.archlinux.de/~gerbra/mirrorcheck.html says it is up-to-date (at present anyhow).
And here's a package that seems out of sync in a lot of mirrors : sshfs
Its been updated two days ago (to 2.2-2) :
http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort … =&limit=50
But pacman still tries to install version 2.2-1 :
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
error: failed retrieving file 'sshfs-2.2-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.archlinux.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'sshfs-2.2-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz' from ftp.belnet.be : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
AS you can see it's also out-of-sync on the main mirror...
Another weird thing : the following mirror :
http://mirror.leaseweb.com/software/arc … a/os/i686/
lists the package correctly (2.2-2), but this mirror is not even listed in the Mirror List from the wiki...
PS: is it possible to tell pacman to install a specific version of a package ?
Last edited by isaie (2009-10-05 13:55:09)

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#!/bin/bash
. /etc/pkgtools/pkgfile.conf
if (( $UPDATE_CRON )); then
/usr/bin/pkgfile --update >/dev/null
fi
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Belnet.be mirror problem

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:: Replace mesa-apps with mesa from "current"? [Y/n] y
Remove: mesa-apps
Targets: mesa-6.5.1-2 freetype2-2.2.1-3 gtk2-2.10.6-1 kernel26-2.6.18-7
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Total Package Size: 26.9 MB
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The mirror that is closest to my location, ftp.belnet.be , seems to be very slow with updates for AL.
XFCE4 was updated to 4.2.3 around nov 10 on archlinux.org.
11 days later xfce4 4.2.2 is still on belnet , and not replaced by the new version.
Since it's also a fast and reliable server, i don't mind waiting a few days, but more than a week is TOO long.
What's the use of a bleeding edge distribution when you can't get updates that have been available for more than a week ?
For now, i have fallen back on archlinux.org , but will look for another european server.

In contrast with the name, that server doesn't seem to have ANY arch packages anymore.
:: Synchronizing package databases...
--00:34:46-- ftp://ftp.archlinux.de/pub/archlinux/cu … .db.tar.gz
=> `current.db.tar.gz.part'
Resolving ftp.archlinux.de... 134.109.132.98
Connecting to ftp.archlinux.de|134.109.132.98|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/archlinux/current/os/i686 ...
No such directory `pub/archlinux/current/os/i686'.
failed to synchronize current
--00:34:47-- ftp://ftp.archlinux.de/pub/archlinux/ex … .db.tar.gz
=> `extra.db.tar.gz.part'
Resolving ftp.archlinux.de... 134.109.132.98
Connecting to ftp.archlinux.de|134.109.132.98|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
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==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686 ...
No such directory `pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686'.
failed to synchronize extra
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Stupid me deleted the pacman mirrors... [SOLVED]

I know this sounds incredibly stupid, but I did. I tried sorting the mirror list and now I can't seem to download certain packages from extra, and I'd like to go back to the original mirror list. I just can't seem to figure out which package the mirror list is contained in.
If someone can just point me in the right direction, that would be great
At least I managed to resist the urge to try uninstalling pacman and reinstalling it
(no, I'm really not an idiot, I just do really stupid things some times)
Thanks,
Ethilien

Here's my /etc/pacman.d/extra mirror list if it's what you're looking for :
# The Extra Repository
[extra]
# North America
#Server = ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/extra/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/extra/os/i686
# Europe
Server = http://archlinux.antesis.org/extra/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/pub/Linux/distrib/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.de/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/linux/mirror/ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/distributions/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/site/linux-sunsite/distributions/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.parrswood.net/Mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.kegep.tuc.gr/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/extra/os/i686
Server = ftp://saule.mintis.lt/pub/linux/extra/os/i686
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Pacman/mirror errors (solved)

For the last 4 days when I have tried to install anything with pacman (the mirror I use is "unixheads") I get errors saying it failed to retrieve files and no access. Prior to this I had very fast responses.
Last edited by viking (2008-09-01 05:39:49)

andrew123456 wrote:
i had the same problem, too, that's how i ended up here.
i fixed it by going into the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist file and scrolling to the very bottom. there's an entry called #setup entry.
change the ftp to http in the unixheads url (and make sure all the other mirrors are still commented) that worked for me
I did as you suggested and then received this error when using pacman.
bash-3.2# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to init transaction (unable to lock database)
if you're sure a package manager is not already
running, you can remove /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Thanks for your reply, not sure how to remove the /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Last edited by viking (2008-09-01 02:53:15)

[SOLVED] pacman mirror problems

It seems that my preferred mirror (mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) is down, so I commented it out of /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist. However, pacman still insists on trying to download from this mirror EVERY TIME it tries to install or update a package
So each package takes about 15 seconds to say:
error: failed retrieving file 'gcc-4.5.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca: Connection timed out
before trying another mirror.
Is there an option to make sure pacman is using the mirrors specified in the mirrorlist, or to not use a certain mirror? I can't find anything in the man page or wiki.
thanks.
Last edited by Chimera (2010-04-25 19:10:36)

herrvideman wrote:
I know this thread is marked solved but I've just run into the same problem and was wondering how you fixed this issue?
When I run pacman -Syu I get:
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca : Connection timed out
So I guess this is the same problem. It's weird though because I'm still able to search for packages without the connection timing out. I did check the mirrors status and it still seems to be up so I don't think that's an issue.
Any help would be appreciated, sorry in advance if I've done something wrong by posting in a thread marked solved.
Shot in the dark but I had a similar problem. The way I fixed it (and I'm still not sure why it worked) but I manually entered my DNS servers into my network manager applet. I don't know if you use Gnome, KDE, or whatever (I use KDE), but that worked for some reason. Maybe you could try it.
Thanks for the response, yes I'm using Gnome and networkmanager applet 0.8. I'm not too sure what you mean by entering the DNS server in the network manager applet. Are you suggesting that I enter my ip address (the one assigned to me by my ISP) into the BSSID or MAC address field? Those are the only two fields that I see when I select my connection and click edit in the network manager applet, unless I go to the security settings or one of the IPv tabs.
I was able to update my system after uncommenting the kernel.org mirror, so maybe it is the mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Too bad mirrors don't have a blog or something to post news/status updates on it could prove helpful when problems like this occur. Then again that would mean more maintenance for them and I can understand why it might be considered too much work. I guess https://www.archlinux.de/?page=MirrorStatus works good enough.

How to Change pacman Mirrors

arch works fine, except i use the ftp.archlinux mirror and its throttled, so my download are way slower then im capable. i followed this from the wiki
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
changed it to
[core]
ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
didnt work, tried
ftp://mirrors.unixheads.org/archlinux http a well
It wouldnt work, It even hung once so i had to restart.
So i cant figure out how to use other mirrors besides the default one and have them actally work. I would like to be able to download faster then 50-80kbps when im capable of mb's down at a time. I saw this in the wiki
"Aria2 Mirror Script " but it also says not to use ftp.arch linux with it, so im stuck, its all i can use. Any options for a newb?
maybe post a pacman.d if your in america? i dont know what im doing wrong.

shining wrote:
axion419 wrote:[core]
ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
It should read :
[core]
Server = ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
It should read:
[core]
Server = ftp://mirrors.unixheads.org/archlinux/core/os/i686/
Include = /etc/pacman.d/core
You need to specify the extra dirs, just like it does in /etc/pacman.d/core

Pacman mirrors timingout

Hey forum,
I am having weird issues with pacman that I haven't been able to track down. when I issue
pacman -S <some package>
sometimes it will say error: failed retrieving file '<file name>' from mirrors <mirror name> : resolving timed out after 10520.
I have ran some pings while downloading and it only spikes up to about 195 ms. I am using wireless and have not tried using the ethernet NIC.
lspci -k show the following for my wireless
[jstephens@TuxAsus ~]$ lspci -k -s 03:00.0
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7260 (rev 73)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless-N 7260
Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi
libkmod: kmod_config_parse: /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf line 3: ignoring bad line starting with 'options'
Kernel modules: iwlwifi
[jstephens@TuxAsus ~]$
Side note that error is from the following which I got from the ALSA wiki page (But my sound does work so not sure why the error)
[jstephens@TuxAsus ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf
options snd_hda_intel index=1
options snd_mia index=0
options snd_slots=snd_hda_intel
[jstephens@TuxAsus ~]$
Laptop is a Asus Q550L. Other distributions that have been on here have not had any issues. I also doubled checked my mirrors and they were fully reliable according to the mirrorlist that I used from arch wiki.
Can someone point me in a direction? also what log should I refer too? I am used to /var/log/messages or /var/log/dmesg but I don't see either of them under var.

Mirrorlist
[root@TuxAsus ~]# cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
## American Mirrors
Server = http://mirrors.xmission.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://dfw.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://ord.mirror.rackspace.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
[root@TuxAsus ~]#
pacman.conf
[root@TuxAsus ~]# cat /etc/pacman.conf
# /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
#GPGDir = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta = 0.7
Architecture = auto
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#TotalDownload
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required
# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.
# 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]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.
#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[multilib]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
[root@TuxAsus ~]#
I will look at the link in the meantime and see what I can get from it.

Pacman mirror problems

what's up with pacman servers lately ? some mirrors are many weeks behind, others will drop my downloads after a couple seconds, some are just butt slow ..
it didnt use to be like that .. i've just spent the last 20 minutes trying to download wine 1.2 (11 megabytes), and after trying about 5 servers and resuming about 12 times (which is unreliable at best since they all seem to have different versions of packages) , i'm still at about 52%..
anything going on ? . .. ......
Last edited by pedepy (2010-07-18 17:25:52)

loafer wrote:
karol wrote:
anonymous_user wrote:Use reflector to get a good mirrorlist.
Unfortunately, reflector was re-written in bash and sth went not-quite-right. I often got _really_ slow mirrors even though I asked for the fastest ones.
When did this occur?
Ooops, I meant rankmirrors.
http://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.gi … ?id=v3.4.0
rankmirrors: rewrite using bash

Pacman mirror list issue

hello
i was facing a problem with corrupted files when i updated arch with "pacman -Syu" command then i updated "pacman" and i saw there are two files
/etc/pacman.d/
mirrorlist mirrorlist.pacnew
so system is using mirrorlist, should i delete the other fle name mirrorlist.pacnew or replace it mirrorlist?

Never confuse pacnew, pacsave and pacorig.
As Allan said, read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pac … save_Files !
Last edited by arkham (2009-07-25 09:55:22)

Choosing pacman mirrors

Does it mean its a CDN and will automatically get the fastest/nearest server?
Do I choose FTP or HTTP
In general how many servers should I enable and how do I choose them? When I ping some servers that I think its near, it does not necessarily mean the fastest ping. In Ubuntu it can determine the fastest server to use. Is there something like that in Arch?
Last edited by jiewmeng (2012-02-11 03:02:09)

tomk wrote:What's a CDN?
I think it's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network

[SOLVED] pacman times out

Hi, I'm new to arch, but have used ubuntu for a while now.
New installation, and when I run pacman -Syu, it says the following
#pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file `core.db.tar.gz` from mirror.pacific.net.au : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronise code: Connection timed out
Also, I think my network is set up correctly as I can ping google.com
I am using a wired connection with dhcp.
Do I need to edit the resolv.conf, and the hosts files, I am not sure what needs to go in these files.
I installed from the 2008.06 core i686 iso.
Thanks in advance
EDIT:
view http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=56376 for solution to problem
Last edited by bensmith87 (2008-11-14 21:11:56)

Thanks again for all your help Xyne,
I am trying the install from within Ubuntu, and it isn't looking good.
I needed to follow http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … ting_Linux instead of the link you posted because of pacman.static being removed or something.
Anyway, it is still timing out
I don't know what to do, I don't think it can me my connection, as it seems to be working well for everything else.
Also, I read this in the wiki guide, and was curious, I'm not using x86_64.
You may want to manually resolve DNS in the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist, because pacman-static for i686 may not be able to get address information on x86_64 systems.
mirrorlist
# Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
Server = ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# North America
# - United States
#Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://holmes.umflint.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://mirror.neotuli.net/arch/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://schlunix.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Canada
#Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch
# South America
# - Brazil
#Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# Europe
# - Austria
#Server = ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Belgium
#Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
# - Czech Republic
#Server = ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/$repo/os/i686
# - Estonia
#Server = ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - France
#Server = ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://mir.archlinux.fr/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/Linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Germany
#Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.archlinuxppc.org/i686/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Great Britain
#Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://mirrors.uk2.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/$repo/os/i686
# - Greece
#Server = ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Hungary
#Server = ftp://ftp.mfa.kfki.hu/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
# - Ireland
#Server = ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
# - Italy
#Server = ftp://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Netherlands
#Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Norway
#Server = http://arch.likbilen.com/$repo/os/@carch
# - Poland
#Server = ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://unix.net.pl/archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
# - Portugal
#Server = ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Romania
#Server = ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
# - Russia
#Server = ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = http://archlinux.freeside.ru/$repo/os/i686
# - Sweden
#Server = ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/$repo/os/i686
# - Switzerland
#Server = http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/$repo/os/i686
# - Turkey
#Server = http://server.elsistech.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Ukraine
#Server = ftp://hell.org.ua/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
#Server = ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/i686
# Asia
# - Israel
#Server = http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# - Vietnam
# Domain name is ftp.indochinalinux.com but there are frequent DNS problems
#Server = ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
# Australia
Server = ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
pacman.conf
# /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 %u > %o
# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg =
#IgnoreGroup =
#NoUpgrade =
#NoExtract =
# Misc options (all disabled by default)
#NoPassiveFtp
#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
# 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.
# Testing is disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the following
# two lines. You can add preferred servers immediately after the header,
# and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
#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]
# 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

Pacman mirrorlist

Hi,
I've a problem with pacman, it failed retrieving file from any mirror... first I had ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch but once it doesn't work anymore, so I tried other mirrors in the mirrorlist sorted with rankmirrors. But with any mirror I've tested I received "error:failed retrieving file ''from core..... error:failed retrieving any db" when I try pacman -Syu or any pacman -S ...
What should I try to do?
Thanks for your help,
Sylvain
p.s here are copy of my pacman.conf and pacman.d/mirrorlist files:
# /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 %u > %o
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
# 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 $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
# Repository entries are of the format:
# [repo-name]
# Server = ServerName
# Include = IncludePath
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.
#[testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[core]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Server=ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Server=ftp://ftp.hosterope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
#[community-testing]
## Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Server=ftp://ftp.hosterope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/i686
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
# Server list generated by rankmirrors on 2009-10-27
# Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
# Generated on 2009-06-16
# Australia
#Server = ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinu … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlin … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archl … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/arch … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archl … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/arch … os/@carch@
# Austria
#Server = ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archl … os/@carch@
#Server = http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/arch … os/@carch@
# Belgium
#Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.belnet.be/mirror/archlinux.o … os/@carch@
# Brazil
#Server = ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archlin … os/@carch@
#Server = http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/archli … os/@carch@
#Server = http://pet.inf.ufsc.br/mirrors/archlinu … os/@carch@
# Bulgaria
#Server = http://archlinux.igor.onlinedirect.bg/$repo/os/@carch@
# Canada
#Server = ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archli … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archl … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirrors.portafixe.com/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Chile
#Server = ftp://mirror.archlinux.cl/$repo/os/@carch@
# Czech Republic
#Server = ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/$repo/os/@carch@
# Denmark
#Server = ftp://ftp.klid.dk/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Estonia
#Server = ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Finland
#Server = ftp://mirror.archlinux.fi/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.archlinux.fi/$repo/os/@carch@
# France
# Germany
# Great Britain
#Server = ftp://mirror.lividpenguin.com/pub/archl … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.lividpenguin.com/pub/arch … os/@carch@
#Server = http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp. … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirrors.uk2.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/$repo/os/@carch@
# Greece
#Server = ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.otenet.gr/pub/linux/archlinux … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Hungary
#Server = ftp://ftp.mfa.kfki.hu/pub/mirrors/ftp.a … os/@carch@
# Indonesia
#Server = ftp://archlinux.cbn.net.id/pub/archlinu … os/@carch@
#Server = http://archlinux.cbn.net.id/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror.unej.ac.id/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.unej.ac.id/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Ireland
#Server = ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlin … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archli … os/@carch@
# Israel
#Server = http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux … os/@carch@
# Italy
#Server = ftp://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlin … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archli … os/@carch@
# Japan
#Server = ftp://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linux … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/linu … os/@carch@
# Latvia
#Server = http://archlinux.goodsoft.lv/$repo/os/@carch@
# Lithuania
#Server = ftp://atviras.lt/archmirror/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://atviras.lt/archmirror/$repo/os/@carch@
# Netherlands
#Server = ftp://mirror.leaseweb.com/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.leaseweb.com/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distribu … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distrib … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/dist … os/@carch@
# New Caledonia
#Server = ftp://archlinux.nautile.nc/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://archlinux.nautile.nc/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Norway
#Server = ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/@carch@
# Poland
#Server = ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/f … os/@carch@
#Server = http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp. … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.pwsz.elblag.pl/pub/linux/dist … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.pwsz.elblag.pl/pub/linux/dis … os/@carch@
#Server = http://unix.net.pl/archlinux.org/$repo/os/@carch@
# Portugal
#Server = ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux … os/@carch@
#Server = http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinu … os/@carch@
#Server = http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.nux.ipb.pt/pub/dists/archlinu … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.nux.ipb.pt/pub/dists/archlin … os/@carch@
# Romania
#Server = ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archli … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archl … os/@carch@
# Russia
#Server = http://archlinux.freeside.ru/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror.svk.su/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.svk.su/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Sweden
#Server = ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlin … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archli … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.gigabit.nu/$repo/os/@carch@
# Switzerland
# Turkey
#Server = ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Ukraine
#Server = ftp://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://archlinux.hell.org.ua/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchL … os/@carch@
#Server = http://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/Arch … os/@carch@
# United States
#Server = http://mirror.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://archlinux.unixheads.org/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archli … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archl … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirrors.gigenet.com/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/di … os/@carch@
#Server = http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/linux/d … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirrors.hosef.org/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributio … os/@carch@
#Server = http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinu … os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://schlunix.org/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.sourceshare.org/archlinux … os/@carch@
#Server = http://archlinux.umflint.edu/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror.umoss.org/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
# Venezuela
#Server = http://mirror2.archlinux.com.ve/$repo/os/@carch@
# Vietnam
#Server = ftp://202.78.230.5/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://ftp.indochinalinux.com/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
#Server = ftp://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archli … os/@carch@
#Server = http://mirror-fpt-telecom.fpt.net/archl … os/@carch@
Server = ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirr … os/@carch@
Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
Server = http://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
Server = ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/arch … os/@carch@
Server = ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/$repo/os/@carch@
Last edited by alphamunin (2009-10-27 16:33:24)

Did you do
pacman -Syy
after you changed mirrors? As explained in the Beginner's Guide, this is necessary after changing mirrors in order for pacman to synch all databases.
Additionally, your mirrorlist looks strange. My mirrors look as follows:
Server = ftp://ftp.wh-stuttgart.net/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://mirror.leaseweb.com/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirr … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distribu … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/$repo/os/i686
Server = ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributio … po/os/i686
Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/i686
The difference is, that you don't have the architecture in your paths (i686).

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