newbie pacman problem?

[bendy]

Hi all

Just installed Archlinux on my pogoplugpro all went well thanks to a good install guide

But i am having pacman problems

One of the first things it says to do is update the packages using "pacman -Syu" but when i do i get

# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1024 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed to update core (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1024 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed to update extra (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1024 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed to update community (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'alarm.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1024 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed to update alarm (download library error)
error: failed retrieving file 'aur.db' from mirror.archlinuxarm.org : Operation too slow. Less than 1024 bytes/sec transferred the last 10 seconds
error: failed to update aur (download library error)
error: failed to synchronize any databases
error: failed to init transaction (download library error)


Any ideas? I can ping mirror.archlinuxarm.org OK btw

Thanks

[bendy]

Sorted it out myself

disabled ip6

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Di ... sable_IPv6

[Daimusou]

I am having this same problem now. It was working a year ago, but back then I was on a fast cable ISP. Now a slower DSL provider but still, it goes 2-4 Mb/s. Why does turning off IPv6 fix this?

[WarheadsSE]

Disable ipv6, possibly set you mirrors by hand instead of relying on GeoIP RR dns.