[arch-general] Problem with Transient resolver failure with pacman (Don't Panic)

[甘露(Lu Gan)]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Abhishek Dasgupta <abhidg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Nigel Henry
> <cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
>> I have Archlinux running on one machine with no problems, but the install was
>> done a while back. I've just installed it on a new machine that I've built,
>> but am having problems running pacman -Sy.
>>
>> The network setup is ok. I use static IP addresses, and everything is
>> correctly set. /etc/resolv.conf has the correct nameserver set, and the
>> gateway 192.168.0.1 in /etc/rc.conf is active by removing the "!".
>>
>> Running pacman -Sy though is constantly giving me a "Transient resolver
>> failure" . Pacman -Sy is trying every mirror on the planet, and must have
>> worked it's way through at least 30 up to now.
>>
>> There must be some setting that I havn't got right.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be most definately gratefully received.
>>
>
> Have you tried manually downloading a package from the
> ftp mirrors and see if it is working or not?
>
> --
> Abhishek
>
>
Do you use (netcfg2's) net-profile?