[SOLVED] pacman times out

Question

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)

Answer 1

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