Can't update, getting empty reply from server

[tuananh]

i kept getting the error below

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error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed to update core (download library error)
 extra is up to date        0.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00 [----------------------]   0%
 community is up to date    0.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00 [----------------------]   0%
error: failed retrieving file 'alarm.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Empty reply from server
error: failed to update alarm (download library error)
 aur is up to date          0.0   B  0.00B/s 00:00 [----------------------]   0%
:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do

in /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist i have everything commented out except for

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Server = http://mirror.archlinuxarm.org/arm/$repo

i thought it might be dns problem so i tried with both google and opendns but it's the same.

any idea how to solve this?

[naicheben]

last time I had problems getting mirror.archlinux.org I changed the /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist to give a server in europe instead of the automatic IP mode. That solved it for me. Just place a # before the line with mirror.archlinux.org and uncomment one of the other lines.

[tuananh]

Thanks for the reply. I did try each one of the mirror and i still get the above error.

I can't install any other package as well.

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:: Retrieving packages from community...
error: failed retrieving file 'nginx-1.2.2-1-arm.pkg.tar.xz' from cn.mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Empty reply from server
warning: failed to retrieve some files from community
error: failed to commit transaction (download library error)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

[naicheben]

You mean you tried with a dns entry in /etc/resolv.conf ? Did you get a IP from your router?

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ifconfig

Can you ping your router?
Can you ping 188.40.129.205 ?
Can you ping ingeninge.homelinux.net ?

[tuananh]

You mean you tried with a dns entry in /etc/resolv.conf ? Did you get a IP from your router?

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ifconfig

Can you ping your router?
Can you ping 188.40.129.205 ?
Can you ping ingeninge.homelinux.net ?

yes, i edit dns enrty in /etc/resolv.conf.

i can ping those addresses just fine.

result of ifconfig

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eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500  metric 1
        inet 192.168.1.34  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::ba27:ebff:fe1d:612c  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether b8:27:eb:1d:61:2c  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 943140  bytes 1291728094 (1.2 GiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 9  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 385051  bytes 57437886 (54.7 MiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[naicheben]

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 ping mirror.archlinuxarm.org
PING mirror.archlinuxarm.org (176.9.0.23) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from server3.kruton.de (176.9.0.23): icmp_req=1 ttl=57 time=23.4 ms
64 bytes from server3.kruton.de (176.9.0.23): icmp_req=2 ttl=57 time=23.1 ms
64 bytes from server3.kruton.de (176.9.0.23): icmp_req=3 ttl=57 time=23.3 ms

did pacman -Syu
and its all fine.

[tuananh]

that's why i'm posting here

is there any other reason that may cause this error?

[naicheben]

Sorry I don't know. If it's not the cableing or your ISP ?????
Maybe pepedog knows it.

[tuananh]

I tried --debug parameter, now only fetching core.db fails. extra, community, alarm, aur syncs fine.

i tried to get that core.db file with curl, doesn't work too: error 52, same as in output of pacman -Syy --debug

[naicheben]

Did you try another powersupply? Network is the first to come up with unpredictable errors when the power supply is not within range. Or maybe you can unplug anything from USB and try via ssh.

[pepedog]

Don't touch resolve.conf if you get ip address automatically. Fixed ip address then entries go in resolve.conf.tail
There is one lazy mirror. If I ever get it I ctrl c to stop and pacman -Syu may get me another server

[tuananh]

woke up in the morning and it just worked now! i have no idea.