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oscar

Member

Registered: 2012-01-07

Posts: 2

Mirrors problem

Hi,

Great distro. Looking at using it on my old computers, but stuck in accessing upgrades for many weeks now.  Slitaz 3.0.  Each time I try the Package Manager, or directly tazpkg in the terminal, it fails to recharge.  For instance:

root@slitaz-x20:/home/hosly# tazpkg recharge

Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)

wget: server returned error: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Connecting to mirror.switch.ch (130.59.10.36:80)

wget: can't open 'packages.desc': File exists

Connecting to mirror.switch.ch (130.59.10.36:21)

wget: can't open 'packages.desc': File exists

Connecting to www.gtlib.gatech.edu (128.61.111.9:80)

wget: can't open 'packages.desc': File exists

Connecting to ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu (128.61.111.11:21)

wget: can't open 'packages.desc': File exists

Connecting to download.tuxfamily.org (88.191.250.171:80)

wget: can't open 'packages.desc': File exists

Connecting to download.tuxfamily.org (88.191.250.18:21)

wget: can't open 'packages.desc': File exists

... etc.

Sometimes accessing http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/3.0/ (or other mirrors) on the browser works fine, other times it fails, most of the time succeds after a long delay. Recharging always fails,  Ideas?

Trixar_za

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 1,506

Re: Mirrors problem

This may be related to your internet connection rather than repositories. I just did it and it works fine for me (note I have sudo installed and configured so I can skip the su stage):

[c]brenton@trixarian:~$ sudo tazpkg recharge

Creating backup of the last packages list...                         [ OK ]
Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
packages.desc        100% |*******************************|   232k 00:00:00 ETA
Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
packages.md5         100% |*******************************|   132k 00:00:00 ETA
Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
packages.txt         100% |*******************************|   208k 00:00:00 ETA
Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
packages.list        100% |*******************************| 41568  00:00:00 ETA
Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
packages.equiv       100% |*******************************|  1264  --:--:-- ETA
Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
files.list.lzma      100% |*******************************|   892k 00:00:00 ETA
Connecting to mirror.slitaz.org (94.23.209.91:80)
mirrors              100% |*******************************|   710  --:--:-- ETA

Mirrored packages diff
================================================================================
0 new packages on the mirror.[/c]

oscar

Member

Registered: 2012-01-07

Posts: 2

Re: Mirrors problem

Thank you for your prompt response.  I did some more testing, and it looks as if unfortunately may be some hardware incompatibility.  It is a Thinkpad x20 (Celeron 500 MHz, 384 Gb memory), with a Belkin F5D7010v7 PMCIA wireless card using ndiswrapper (the linux driver does not work).  Everything works fine on a Toshiba Tecra 8100 (850 MHz, 256 Mb memory), except that on that one I used the slitaz vesa iso because could not get the correct screen resolution with the standard xorg one.

I tried to test with wired ethernet, but my Lynksys PMCIA ethernet card caused booting to lock up, on both computers. Ethernet on the Tecra dock station works fine.

So close and yet so far!  Ah, well... I guess will try again when 4.0 comes out, thanks anyway.

wolftail

Member

Registered: 2012-10-18

Posts: 1

Re: Mirrors problem

For anyone who has the same issue with 4.0.

1. su - root

2. Add your favorite working mirror like described in this thread:

http://forum.slitaz.org/topic/what-to-do-if-tazpkg-or-slitaz-panel-wont-download-and-install-packages

3. tazpkg recharge

It returned the error reported here. Turned out it is because of the local file permissions. If it doesn't return the error - you are good to go.

4. cd /var/lib/tazpkg

5. rm -rf packages.desc packages.md5 packages.txt packages.list packages.equiv files.list.lzma mirrors

6. tazpkg recharge

This time it worked

Hope this helps someone. Thanks for the great distro guys!