[arm-allstar] RPi2-3 Image Version 1.5rc2, Preform a system update error

[Doug Crompton]

Marty,

 What is it doing when you do an update from the menu? Is it giving and
error or just coming back immediately without saying anything?

Doug

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 9:18 AM, "Marty via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> I looked under /var/lib/pacman/ I did not see a lck file, ls below. The
> error is failed to retrieve files in the /var/lib/pacman/sync/ directory.
> All the alarm.db  aur.db  community.db  core.db  extra.db  hamvoip.db are
> there and have correct permissions.
> Anything else to try?
> Marty
>
> [root at 28523 etc]# cd /var/lib/pacman/
> [root at 28523 pacman]# ls
> local  sync
> [root at 28523 pacman]# ls -al
> total 24
> drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Sep 28 19:38 .
> drwxr-xr-x  22 root root  4096 Sep 29 00:00 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 282 root root 12288 Aug 14 20:52 local
> drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Sep 28 19:38 sync
> [root at 28523 pacman]#
>
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:30:45 -0400
> From: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] RPi2-3 Image Version 1.5rc2, Preform a
>         system update error
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> The update process obviously requires an Internet connection. Failing to
> get files usually indicates it is failing to make an Internet connection so
> make sure your Internet connection is working. Item 1 in the ADMIN menu
> quickly returning and not trying to resolve and update usually indicates no
> Internet connect ability. A quick check - try pinging ucsd.edu
>
> For those having a problem with file locking there was an issue back before
> a late July update that would leave a stale lock file if the update process
> was somehow interrupted. Make sure you do not have a stale lock file by
> performing the following command at the Linux prompt. Then try updating
> again. Once updated the problem will be fixed as the lock file is removed
> at boot in a later update.
>
> rm -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
>
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
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