Pacman trashed a whole bunch of packages

I was doing a big upgrade of maybe 100 or so packages and my system froze hard while pacman was installing stuff. Even alt-sysrq didn't work and there was nothing I could do other than a hard reset. After reset it appears that every single package it was installing is now trashed in a bad state. Why doesn't pacman keep the state of what's it doing so it can recover in situations like this? apt remembers if it hasn't fully configured a package so you can easily do a "apt-get -f install" to make it continue where it left off.
So now I'm stuck with a bunch of broken packages ("short file" errors and such). Force reinstalling each package works but I have no idea which packages are in a bad state. As I try to use the system I find more and more broken packages. Basically the whole system is hosed because I can't manually pick through and reinstall every broken package. Is there any way I can tell which packages pacman was working on during the failure and get it to repair them?

Ah, found my original account. That excl account can be deleted. I thought I had lost this one. Anyway...
tomk wrote:Firstly, if you think pacman should have any particular additional functionality, submit a proper feature request, preferably with a patch attached. Including stuff like that in a forum help request is pointless.
Well the reason I would post something like there here is in the hopes that someone would say "It already does!" and show me the error of my ways and what I need to do. It's not pointless in the sense that I think I just may not know what I'm doing.
Secondly, please post the complete output from any failed pacman commands - paraphrased snippets like "failed to install", "regular errors" (whatever they are), and "file existing in package" are not helpful.
Well if the machine actually worked I could do that. As it is now I have no easy way to post the logs from that machine. Besides, I'm not really looking for help on those issues, my original request was to get help on getting pacman to fix all the stuff it left in an indeterminate state. I know how to fix errors like "file existing in package" (although I do still dislike that this type of problem still exists). The bunch of zero length files is my main concern.
And about apt remembering "if it hasn't fully configured a package" - pacman installs only, the configuration is up to you.
This isn't about the user configuration. I'm referring to pacman installation procedure. It goes through a series of steps something like: download, verify, extract, configure. It failed before it finished all those steps and left those packages in a bad state. At this point as far as pacman is concerned it thinks it finished everything when it in fact it didn't.
Inxsible wrote:Here's a sticky for the FILENAME exists in filesystem -- I am assuming that's what you mean by file exists in package error.
Yeah sorry, I should have been more clear. I know what the error is and how to fix it. I just meant "that typical error that everyone knows about." That's the reason why I didn't elaborate on the errors I was getting.
With that said, it doesn't sound like there is an easy fix for this. I'll mess around with it some more and see what I can do. I was just hoping to not have to put in this amount of work to get the system running again

Similar Messages

I just downloaded 950 photos on iPhoto and deleted them off my camera and now under last import there is only 4 photos and i can't find the others?? There is a whole bunch of blank events in the library with no photos in them all with todays date? Help!!

I just downloaded 950 photos on iPhoto and deleted them off my camera and now under last import there is only 4 photos and i can't find the others?? There is a whole bunch of blank events in the library with no photos in them all with todays date? Help!!

Yes - you need a min of 10 GB just to operate - with just 1 you certainly can lose photos and other critical things - you need to make space immediately - probably by moving your iPhoto library to a volume formatted Mac OS extended -
Moving the iPhoto library is safe and simple - quit iPhoto and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity to the external drive - depress the option key and launch iPhoto using the "select library" option to point to the new location on the external drive - fully test it and then trash the old library on the internal drive (test one more time prior to emptying the trash)
And be sure that the External drive is formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) (iPhoto does not work with drives with other formats) and that it is always available prior to launching iPhoto
And backup soon and often - having your iPhoto library on an external drive is not a backup and if you are using Time Machine you need to check and be sure that TM is backing up your external drive
LN

[solved] pacman -Syy and -Syu work, but packages won't install

Hello, everyone. I'm really new to Arch, but I did search all over Google and the forums and couldn't find an answer to this, so I thought I'd ask the forums.
I just installed Arch, and I'm trying to install sudo.
When I run pacman -S sudo, I get:
sudo package not found, searching for group...
error: 'sudo': not found in syncdb
However, when I run pacman -Syy, I get:
::Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.kernel.org: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
...(other similar errors from other mirrors)
core 4.1K 43.7K/s 00:00:00 [##########] 100%
...(same for extra and community)
(Sorry I didn't copy the entire output out, I'm not connected to the internet on the Arch computer, so I'm typing this by hand on another one. I tried a bunch of mirrors earlier, and only one mirror actually works: the Arch one, which as a download cap.)
So my package databases are getting updated, but somehow pacman isn't recognizing them or something.
I updated pacman to see if that would work.
pacman -V
Pacman v3.3.3 - libalpm v4.0.3
It didn't.
I'm running 2.6.33-ARCH according to lib/modules.
I haven't changed my etc/pacman.conf. [core] and its Include, [extra] and its Include, and [community] and its Include are all uncommented. No packages are ignored.
My etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist was updated from the Arch Mirror Generator. I uncommented everything in United States.
I have internet set up, and I've tried taking down wlan0 and putting it back up. iwconfig shows that wlan0 works and is connected, and I'm pinging google.com successfully, so I know internet works.
Thanks in advance for any help, and please let me know if I'm missing any information. I tried to be thorough.
Last edited by bananagranola (2011-08-08 22:20:10)

Wow, that was fast! Thanks!
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist:
## Arch Linux repository mirrorlist
## Generated on 2011-08-07
## Any
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Australia
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Belarus
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.byfly.by/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.byfly.by/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Belgium
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.mirror.kangaroot.net/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Brazil
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Canada
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.its.dal.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.its.dal.ca/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://less.cogeco.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Chile
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.archlinux.cl/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.netglobalis.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.netglobalis.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## China
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.163.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.bjtu.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror6.bjtu.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Colombia
#Server = [url]http://www.laqee.unal.edu.co/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Czech Republic
#Server = [url]http://mirror.vpsfree.cz/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Denmark
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.dotsrc.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.klid.dk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Estonia
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.eenet.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.eenet.ee/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Finland
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.academica.fi/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.academica.fi/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.archlinux.fi/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.archlinux.fi/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## France
#Server = [url]http://mir.archlinux.fr/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mir1.archlinux.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mir1.archlinux.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://miroir.ezvan.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.mirrors.ovh.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.polymorf.fr/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Germany
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.limun.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://artfiles.org/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://artfiles.org/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.de.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.devnu11.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.n-ix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.n-ix.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.selfnet.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.selfnet.de/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Great Britain
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.lividpenguin.com/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.lividpenguin.com/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.positive-internet.com/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.positive-internet.com/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.uk2.net/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Greece
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.otenet.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.otenet.gr/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Hungary
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.mfa.kfki.hu/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## India
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Ireland
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Israel
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Italy
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.prometeus.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Japan
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Kazakhstan
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.kz/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.kz/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Korea
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.yongbok.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.yongbok.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Latvia
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.goodsoft.lv/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Luxembourg
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.mirror.root.lu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.mirror.root.lu/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Moldova
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.ihost.md/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.ihost.md/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Netherlands
#Server = [url]http://mirrors3.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## New Caledonia
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.nautile.nc/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.nautile.nc/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Norway
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.archlinux.no/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.pvv.ntnu.no/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Poland
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://piotrkosoft.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Portugal
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.rnl.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Romania
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.adnettelecom.ro/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.adnettelecom.ro/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.archlinux.ro/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.archlinux.ro/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Russia
#Server = [url]http://mirror.worldis.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirror.yandex.ru/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Spain
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://sunsite.rediris.es/mirror/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Sweden
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors4.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.portlane.com/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.portlane.com/pub/os/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Switzerland
#Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://archlinux.puzzle.ch/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Taiwan
#Server = [url]ftp://linux.cs.nctu.edu.tw/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://linux.cs.nctu.edu.tw/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://shadow.ind.ntou.edu.tw/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://shadow.ind.ntou.edu.tw/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Turkey
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.linux.org.tr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.linux.org.tr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Ukraine
#Server = [url]ftp://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://ftp.linux.kiev.ua/pub/Linux/ArchLinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.mithril.org.ua/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.mithril.org.ua/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## United States
Server = [url]ftp://archlinux.supsec.org/pub/linux/arch/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://archlinux.supsec.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://cake.lib.fit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://cake.lib.fit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirror.ece.vt.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirror.ancl.hawaii.edu/linux/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirrors1.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirrors2.kernel.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://locke.suu.edu/linux/dist/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://lug.mtu.edu/archlinux/ftpfull/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://lug.mtu.edu/archlinux/ftpfull/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirror.mocker.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirrors.rutgers.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirrors.lax1.thegcloud.com/arch//$repo/os/$arch[/url]
Server = [url]http://mirror.yellowfiber.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
## Uzbekistan
#Server = [url]ftp://mirrors.st.uz/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
#Server = [url]http://mirrors.st.uz/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch[/url]
/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
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
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
iwconfig:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"default-g"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:11:95:68:33:6A
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=66/70 Signal level=-44 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
pacman -S sudo:
sudo package not found, searching for group...
error: 'sudo': not found in sync db
pacman -Syy:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.supsec.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
downloading core.db.tar.gz...
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.supsec.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
downloading extra.db.tar.gz...
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.supsec.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
downloading community.db.tar.gz...
pacman -Syu:
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.supsec.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
downloading core.db.tar.gz...
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.supsec.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
downloading extra.db.tar.gz...
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from archlinux.supsec.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
downloading community.db.tar.gz...
:: Starting full system upgrade...
local database is up to date
Note: both Syu and Syy from the console show the [######] 100% line, but won't output with >
pacman -V:
.--. Pacman v3.3.3 - libalpm v4.0.3
/ _.-' .-. .-. .-. Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Pacman Development Team
\ '-. '-' '-' '-' Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Judd Vinet
This program may be freely redistributed under
the terms of the GNU General Public License.
ping google.com:
PING google.com (74.125.224.49) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 74.125.224.49: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=18.3 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.49: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=21.8 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.49: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=18.4 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.49: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=16.8 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.49: icmp_seq=5 ttl=55 time=18.3 ms
--- google.com ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4005ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 16.889/18.764/21.839/1.647
Hope that helps. Thanks!
Last edited by bananagranola (2011-08-08 05:23:33)

How to delete a whole bunch of emails at one time

How do you delete a whole bunch of emails at one time or do you have to individually 'touch' each one in the editor and delete page by page

Frog34 wrote:
Maybe Apple will add a delete all or a way to select multiple ones in their next iteration1
You can select multiple e-mails for deletion in iOS, no need to wait for an update ... tap Edit, select the ones you want deleted, then tap Delete.
I can't see how a "delete all" function would be useful -- how often does one delete all messages in a folder? If that did exist can you imagine the users who'd accidentally clear out their entire Inbox by mistake?

I tried validating my fonts and there are a whole bunch of fonts that have problems. How do I fix these problems?

I was reading this article and it said that you should validate your fonts occasionally. I did and a whole bunch fonts came up with problems. How do I fix these problems?

At the top of the window where your fonts appear after the validation run, there's a drop-down (defaulted to 'all')
Select warnings and errors from that list and the resultant list in the main window should tell you what the problem is. The most common is duplicated fonts.
You can use 'resolve duplicates' in Font book, but it can be a bit hit and miss which ones it deactivates.
Here's some bedtime reading;
http://www.jklstudios.com/misc/osxfonts.html

I finally got my iphone fixed! Just wanted to say thanks to Austin! Not sure if you can see this but thanks a whole bunch! I wish you the best of luck in hopefully going to UT and in running your business!!!!-Tristian!

I finally got my iphone fixed! Just wanted to say thanks to Austin! Not sure if you can see this but thanks a whole bunch! I wish you the best of luck in hopefully going to UT and in running your business!!!!-Tristian!

Austin who?

HT1386 A whole bunch of my songs on my MacBook iTunes haven't synched over to my iPhone? I have only selected certain albums to synch so I know it isn't a space issue. Can anybody suggest anything?

A whole bunch of my songs on my MacBook iTunes haven't synched over to my iPhone? I have only selected certain albums to synch so I know it isn't a space issue. Can anybody suggest anything?

You may have to try deleting all the music from your phone (by going to Settings>General>Usage>Music, swipping All Music and tapping Delete), then sync it all back on with iTunes in order to fix this.

Restoring Sol10 using whole disk backup package (Acronis)

Anyone ever tried backing up the disk that Sol 10 is installed on
using a whole disk backup package?
I've tried doing it using Acronis backup which allows you to boot from
CD, and backup to USB hard drive. Anyway, it seemed to work when I
restored it.
Only problem is when the machine now boots it seems to run some sort
of Acronis pre-boot and then GRUB appears on the screen but then it
hangs.
Any ideas at all? I'm just wondering if just the boot sector/bit needs
to be fixed?

Sounds like either the device links are incorrect, or that it got installed onto a different partition after the recover.
If you haven't already, you could try and boot to failsafe (or from CD/network), mount the root-disk under /a and run devfsadm -R /a .
Never tried acronis, so i don't know exactly how it functions.
.7/M.

When I download a whole bunch of pictures, will my Mac be able to tell me if a picture is a duplicate?

When I download a whole bunch of pictures, will my Mac be able to tell me if a picture is a duplicate?

Only if it has the same name.
Ciao.

[SOLOVED] 'pacman -S yaourt' tries for 64bit package-query on 32bit

I've been getting a 32bit chroot installed recently and have started over several times for learning and documentation purposes. One issue that has occurred every time is as follows:
- Per the ArchWiki, I have added the following to /opt/arch32/etc/pacman.conf to allow for 'pacman -S yaourt':
[archlinuxfr]
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/i686
- the only uncommented mirror in /opt/arch32/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist is:
--- Server = http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis … po/os/i686
- everything that follows is done from my 32bit chroot, setup per the ArchWiki, with base and base-devel, daemon started, etc.
- pacman -Syu && pacman -S yaourt
- I have gotten this output every time I've tried:
[jwhendy@bigBang ~]$ sudo pacman -S yaourt
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (6): run-parts-3.2.2-1 ca-certificates-20090814-3 curl-7.20.1-1
yajl-1.0.9-3 package-query-0.1.1-1 yaourt-0.9.3.2-1
Total Download Size: 0.62 MB
Total Installed Size: 2.71 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages from core...
run-parts-3.2.2-1-i686 8.0K 1581.9K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
ca-certificates-200... 108.6K 1109.5K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from extra...
curl-7.20.1-1-i686.... 419.2K 1126.8K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from community...
yajl-1.0.9-3-i686.p... 25.3K 1097.4K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
:: Retrieving packages from archlinuxfr...
error: failed retrieving file 'package-query-0.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from repo.archlinux.fr : Not Found
yaourt-0.9.3.2-1-an... 60.3K 1171.3K/s 00:00:00 [#####################] 100%
warning: failed to retrieve some files from archlinuxfr
error: failed to commit transaction (Not Found)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
So... everything pacman is grabbing is i686 except package-query. Why in the world would this be? I would assume this happens on an actual 32bit install as well, but not sure... Could it have to do with me being on a 32bit chroot? I can't figure out how it would selectively be grabbing i686 and 64bit packages given my pacman.conf and mirrorlist, though...
- Workaround:
--- I've been just doing 'pacman -S curl yajl' and then using makepkg -si to install package-build from AUR
I wanted to post this, though, as I think something is wrong in a depends list or repo somewhere to be causing this time after time.
Is this me being stupid or is there something else going on here?
Last edited by jwhendy (2010-04-20 22:35:08)

1. First I issued 'pacman -R yaourt' and 'pacman -R package-query' to force a reinitiation of the package-query download
2. sudo pacman --debug -S yaourt:
[jwhendy@bigBang ~]$ sudo pacman --debug -S yaourt
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: setlibpaths() called
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis … re/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis … ra/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: config: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis … ty/os/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'archlinuxfr'
debug: registering sync database 'archlinuxfr'
debug: adding new server URL to database 'archlinuxfr': http://repo.archlinux.fr/i686
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
debug: registering local database
debug: loading package cache for repository 'local'
debug: loading package cache for repository 'core'
debug: loading package cache for repository 'extra'
debug: loading package cache for repository 'community'
debug: loading package cache for repository 'archlinuxfr'
debug: adding package yaourt-0.9.3.2-1 to the transaction targets
resolving dependencies...
debug: resolving target's dependencies
debug: started resolving dependencies
debug: checkdeps: package yaourt-0.9.3.2-1
debug: checkdeps: missing dependency 'package-query' for package 'yaourt'
debug: pulling dependency package-query (needed by yaourt)
debug: checkdeps: package package-query-0.1.1-1
debug: finished resolving dependencies
debug: started sorting dependencies
debug: sorting dependencies finished
looking for inter-conflicts...
debug: looking for conflicts
debug: check targets vs targets
debug: check targets vs targets
debug: check targets vs db and db vs targets
debug: check targets vs db
debug: check db vs targets
debug: checking dependencies
debug: checkdeps: package package-query-0.1.1-1
debug: checkdeps: package yaourt-0.9.3.2-1
debug: setting download size 12068 for pkg package-query
debug: found cached pkg: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/yaourt-0.9.3.2-1-any.pkg.tar.xz
debug: setting download size 0 for pkg yaourt
Targets (2): package-query-0.1.1-1 yaourt-0.9.3.2-1
Total Download Size: 0.01 MB
Total Installed Size: 0.41 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
debug: using cachedir: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
:: Retrieving packages from archlinuxfr...
debug: using 'package-query-0.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' for download progress
debug: HTTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: http_proxy: (null)
debug: FTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: ftp_proxy: (null)
error: failed retrieving file 'package-query-0.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from repo.archlinux.fr : Not Found
warning: failed to retrieve some files from archlinuxfr
error: failed to commit transaction (Not Found)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'community'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'community'
debug: unregistering database 'archlinuxfr'
debug: freeing package cache for repository 'archlinuxfr'

HT1473 I have a whole bunch of CDs that I would like to import into iTunes. However, I'd like for them to be stored "in the Cloud" as opposed to on my PC, which would simply take up too much space. How would I go about doing this? Thanks so much

I have a whole bunch of CDs that I would like to import into iTunes. If I do that, would the songs still reside on my PC (which would take up too much space), or is there a way to get them "into the Cloud"? Thanks so much

Sign up to iTunes Match, though I'd consider investing in more storage. If space is a problem now then you're probably not backing up your existing media and content, which you should most certainly do.
tt2

[SOLVED] Pacman trying to install 64-bit packages on 32-bit system

I was upgrading my Arch Linux i686 install, and I got the following error:
error: The mirror 'http://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch' contains the $arch variable, but no Architecture is defined.
I added Architecture = i686 to /etc/pacman.conf under [options], and when I run pacman -Syu, I get these errors:
error: failed to prepare transaction (package architecture is not valid)
:: package clucene-2.3.3.4-2-x86_64 does not have a valid architecture
:: package filezilla-3.5.3-1-x86_64 does not have a valid architecture
:: package lshw-B.02.16-1-x86_64 does not have a valid architecture
:: package yajl-2.0.4-1-x86_64 does not have a valid architecture
Why is pacman trying to install x86_64 packages on my i686 system?
Last edited by nticompass (2012-01-13 03:24:43)

Got errors
:: Retrieving packages from community...
error: failed retrieving file 'virtualbox-modules-4.1.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.kernel.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'virtualbox-modules-4.1.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from archlinux.supsec.org : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'virtualbox-modules-4.1.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from cake.lib.fit.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
error: failed retrieving file 'virtualbox-modules-4.1.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.cat.pdx.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'virtualbox-modules-4.1.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from mirror.ece.vt.edu : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'virtualbox-modules-4.1.8-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu : File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
warning: failed to retrieve some files from community
error: failed to commit transaction (File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access))
Seems to be looking for 64 bit packages still. Had a similar issue when installing another prog as well

[SOLVED] Pacman no longer updates or installs packages.

When running pacman it stalls just before it downloads anything.
steve@arch ~ $ sudo pacman -Syy
:: Synchronising package databases...
steve@arch ~ $ sudo pacman -S zathura
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (1): zathura-0.0.8.5-4
Total Download Size: 0.04 MB
Total Installed Size: 0.11 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages from community...
Thats as far as it gets.
It doesnt seem to totally hang since it will respond to ctrl+c after 30 seconds or so
Any ideas?
Last edited by Calin Leafshade (2011-12-09 15:03:20)

Strange, same problem for me after pacman -Syy
My --debug
[gavin@gavin-desktop ~]$ sudo pacman -Syy --debug
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.conf
debug: config: new section 'options'
debug: config: HoldPkg: pacman
debug: config: HoldPkg: glibc
debug: config: SyncFirst: pacman
debug: config: Architecture: x86_64
debug: config: new section 'core'
debug: registering sync database 'core'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 65: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirror.archlinux.fi/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://archlinux.limun.org/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'core': http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/core/os/x86_64
debug: setlibpaths() called
debug: option 'cachedir' = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'extra'
debug: registering sync database 'extra'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 68: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirror.archlinux.fi/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://archlinux.limun.org/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'extra': http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/extra/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: new section 'community'
debug: registering sync database 'community'
debug: config file /etc/pacman.conf, line 74: including /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: attempting to read file /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://archlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirror.archlinux.fi/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirror.rit.edu/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://archlinux.limun.org/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: adding new server URL to database 'community': http://mirrors.kernel.org/archlinux/community/os/x86_64
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
debug: config: finished parsing /etc/pacman.conf
:: Synchronising package databases...
debug: database path for tree local set to /var/lib/pacman/local/
debug: local database version 2
debug: no file found matching criteria, starting from scratch
debug: using 'core.db' for download progress
debug: HTTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: http_proxy: (null)
debug: FTP_PROXY: (null)
debug: ftp_proxy: (null)
^C
Interrupt signal received
debug: returning error 27 from alpm_trans_interrupt : operation not compatible with the transaction type
debug: unregistering database 'local'
debug: unregistering database 'core'
debug: unregistering database 'extra'
debug: unregistering database 'community'
Thank you for any help

Pacman not able to download any packages but network appears up

Here is what I get when trying to update my system right after a base install:
# pacman -Syu
warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'current.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'current.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize current: Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize extra: Connection timed out
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from mirrors.easynews.com : Not Found
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db.tar.gz' from ftp.nethat.com : Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize community: Connection timed out
error: failed to synchronize any databases
It looks like my network may be down, but I can ping sites like google and yahoo. Here is my pacman.conf file:
# /etc/pacman.conf
# See the pacman manpage for option directives
# GENERAL OPTIONS
[options]
LogFile = /var/log/pacman.log
HoldPkg = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
# 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
#[testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/testing
[current]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/
#Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/
Include = /etc/pacman.d/current
[extra]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/
#Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/
Include = /etc/pacman.d/extra
[community]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/
#Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/
Include = /etc/pacman.d/community
#[unstable]
# Add your preferred servers here, they will be used first
#Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/unstable
# An example of a custom package repository. See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs
I first tried with FTP mirrors, and then with HTTP mirrors. Both did not work.
Any suggestions?
EDIT: I also keep getting this error when running any pacman command:
warning: current locale is invalid; using default "C" locale
Last edited by zgerrz (2007-06-10 02:01:39)

Welcome to Arch
You don't have the full path for Easynews. For 32 bit Current, Easynews would look like this:
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/current/os/i686
Extra:
Server = http://mirrors.easynews.com/linux/archlinux/extra/os/i686
And so on...
Last edited by skottish (2007-06-10 02:06:08)

Trashed single TM 'IN PROGRESS package file' now stuck in trash. Error8003

First Time Machine backup on 7.4.2010 after upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6.x went well. The attempt to backup starting on 8/23 gave red 'Failed' icon with "the backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk" message after each of several attempts to backup after dish utility drive fixes per Mr. Pondini and reboots.
TM Buddy kept locking and freezing Dashboard and attempts to use consul to ferret out the errant file(s)left me a bit frustrated.
Upon opening the backup drive I noticed the 'IN PROGRESS' package file listed in the subdirectory and figured as it was not a Dated backup folder and it did not appear in Time Machine display, I could right click and trash this 'package file' generated by the failed backup and move on to a new backup attempt... WRONG!! File is 'still' in the trash! Can it be moved out of the trash and re-established back where it belongs or is this a major recovery process
Subsequent backup ran for 7 hours all night and never was completed and now that In Progress file is stuck in the trash. Does the Pondini/Cglusman7/7/10 thread apply here as well??
What is strange is that the backup drive is showing the dated folders for my backup attempt but they don't show up in the Time Machine display window...!!!?????
Message was edited by: S. Sagan

S. Sagan wrote:
If I understand how TM works, each successive backup performed without any changes occurring only contain a link back to the original backup. So even though they're not taking up much disk space, it displays 10 relatively useless hourly backup windows on the TM screen. I found your instruction for deleting these 'useless' extras.
Why bother? Time Machine will delete all but the first of the day after 24 hours.
And while they may not be critically important, they may not be useless, either -- if you've been on the internet, for example, your browser history, bookmarks, website icons, and cookies may have been updated, and the new versions backed-up. If you're interested, see #A2 for a way to see exactly what's getting backed-up.
Does the #A4 process only reset the 'Select Disk' & 'Options' preferences?
Those are the main ones, but TM keeps some other things in its preferences file, too, mostly so it doesn't have to look them up every hour when it does a backup.
With that I will thank you for your help and consider my question answered and the original problem solved
Yay! Glad it's sorted out.
not to mention a huge gap filled in my understanding of Time Machine. Your website is a very valuable resource and should be well read by any Mac owner using Time Machine.
Thanks very much for the kind words.

Pacman trashed a whole bunch of packages

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for