[arm-allstar] Update

NV6V nv6v at calaverasars.org
Thu Apr 26 09:37:17 EST 2018


Good to know, thanks.

I'm using ViaSat.  It started out as Wild Blue, then Exede bought them 
and they in turn became a part of ViaSat.

---
Andy

On 2018-04-25 22:12, Doug Crompton wrote:
> Andy,
> 
> I discussed your situation with Dave and I also talked to someone on
> my hub that regularly uses a satellite. He is on hughesnet satellite
> and he switched in the last few months to a new bird they have. He was
> having some minor problems on the old one but says the new one is
> working well. I don't remember if you specified who your provider was?
> We might see if anyone else is using the same service that you are and
> having success.
> 
> I would suggest if at all possible that you take your node somewhere
> that you can plug into Ethernet not on a satellite and see if it
> updates. It is usually not necessary to do every update we put out.
> Only a few would be more critical and we always identify that. Missing
> an update does not mean you won't get that update later. Updates are
> cumulative so if you didn't update in several months you would get all
> the updates that were published during that time.
> 
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio [3]
> 
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:53 AM, NV6V <nv6v at calaverasars.org> wrote:
> 
>> David,
>> 
>> I originally used 127.0.0.1 but found that option 1 was not even
>> starting the script.  I added my ISP's dns and that got me through
>> the first hurdle of option 1 but it still fails eventually.
>> I think I'll burn a new image tonight and start over.  No big
>> deal, this node is a work in progress.  I'll see how the new image
>> behaves with the update before I touch anything else and get back to
>> you.
>> 
>> Thanks for all the help!
>> 
>> ---
>> Andy
>> 
>> On 2018-04-25 06:07, David McGough wrote:
>> Andy,
>> 
>> I'm completely baffled as to what is going on. I'm sure the web
>> servers
>> and package archives are on-line and accessible.
>> 
>> What DNS server are you using---the local copy of bind9 on the
>> address 127.0.0.1 or other?
>> 
>> 73, David KB4FXC
>> 
>> On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, NV6V wrote:
>> 
>> David,
>> 
>> I was able to ping hamvoip.org [1], then I ran option 1 and the
>> update
>> failed.  From the bash prompt, I successfully retrieved the
>> hamvoip.org [1]
>> web page then manually ran the update and it failed again.
>> 
>> pacman log:
>> [2018-04-23 16:12] [PACMAN] Running
>> '/usr/local/hamvoip-pacman/bin/pacman --force --noconfirm --yes
>> -Syu'
>> [2018-04-23 16:12] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
>> [2018-04-24 18:13] [PACMAN] Running
>> '/usr/local/hamvoip-pacman/bin/pacman --force --noconfirm --yes
>> -Syu'
>> [2018-04-24 18:13] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
>> [2018-04-25 05:10] [PACMAN] Running
>> '/usr/local/hamvoip-pacman/bin/pacman --force --noconfirm --yes
>> -Syu'
>> [2018-04-25 05:10] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
>> [2018-04-25 05:13] [PACMAN] Running
>> '/usr/local/hamvoip-pacman/bin/pacman --force --noconfirm --yes
>> -Syu'
>> [2018-04-25 05:13] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
>> ------
>> Bash prompt attempt:
>> 
>> [root at nv6v1 ~]# wget hamvoip.org [1]
>> --2018-04-25 05:13:24--  http://hamvoip.org/
>> Resolving hamvoip.org [1] (hamvoip.org [1])... 12.17.29.162
>> Connecting to hamvoip.org [1] (hamvoip.org [1])|12.17.29.162|:80...
>> connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>> Location: https://hamvoip.org/ [following]
>> --2018-04-25 05:13:35--  https://hamvoip.org/
>> Connecting to hamvoip.org [1] (hamvoip.org [1])|12.17.29.162|:443...
>> connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> Length: unspecified [text/html]
>> Saving to: 'index.html.1'
>> 
>> index.html.1            [ <=>                ]  66.27K  --.-KB/s
>> in
>> 0.1s
>> 
>> 2018-04-25 05:13:39 (450 KB/s) - 'index.html.1' saved [67862]
>> 
>> [root at nv6v1 ~]# /usr/local/hamvoip-pacman/bin/pacman --force
>> --noconfirm
>> --yes -Syu
>> :: Synchronizing package databases...
>> error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from hamvoip.org [1] :
>> Resolving
>> timed out after 10520 milliseconds
>> error: failed to update core (download library error)
>> error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from hamvoip.org [1] :
>> Resolving
>> timed out after 10519 milliseconds
>> error: failed to update extra (download library error)
>> error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from hamvoip.org [1] :
>> Resolving timed out after 10521 milliseconds
>> error: failed to update community (download library error)
>> error: failed retrieving file 'alarm.db' from hamvoip.org [1] :
>> Resolving
>> timed out after 10520 milliseconds
>> error: failed to update alarm (download library error)
>> error: failed retrieving file 'aur.db' from hamvoip.org [1] :
>> Resolving
>> timed out after 10521 milliseconds
>> error: failed to update aur (download library error)
>> error: failed retrieving file 'hamvoip.db' from hamvoip.org [1] :
>> Resolving
>> timed out after 10520 milliseconds
>> error: failed to update hamvoip (download library error)
>> error: failed to synchronize all databases
>> [root at nv6v1 ~]#
>> 
>> ---
>> Ping:
>> 
>> [root at nv6v1 ~]# ping hamvoip.org [1]
>> PING hamvoip.org [1] (12.17.29.162) 56(84) bytes of data.
>> 64 bytes from newplesk.inttek.net [2] (12.17.29.162): icmp_seq=1
>> ttl=52
>> time=698 ms
>> 64 bytes from newplesk.inttek.net [2] (12.17.29.162): icmp_seq=2
>> ttl=52
>> time=708 ms
>> 64 bytes from newplesk.inttek.net [2] (12.17.29.162): icmp_seq=3
>> ttl=52
>> time=708 ms
>> 64 bytes from newplesk.inttek.net [2] (12.17.29.162): icmp_seq=4
>> ttl=52
>> time=1138 ms
>> 64 bytes from newplesk.inttek.net [2] (12.17.29.162): icmp_seq=5
>> ttl=52
>> time=701 ms
>> ^C
>> --- hamvoip.org [1] ping statistics ---
>> 6 packets transmitted, 5 received, 16% packet loss, time 9709ms
>> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 698.034/791.001/1138.566/173.832 ms, pipe 2
>> [root at nv6v1 ~]#
>> 
>> ---
>> Andy
>> 
>> On 2018-04-25 03:35, David McGough wrote:
>>> Andy,
>>> 
>>> I enabled ping responses for the hamvoip.org [1] server, since
>> this might
>>> help
>>> with diagnostics.
>>> 
>>> For a test, try to "pre-load" the DNS cache at your end by either
>>> pinging
>>> hamvoip.org [1] or using wget to retrieve the index.html.  Then,
>>> immediately
>>> go a try to perform a pacman update. If pacman still fails, please
>> send
>>> any contents from the pacman log file: /var/log/pacman.log
>>> 
>>> The pacman software retrieves the package updates via the
>> hamvoip.org [1]
>>> web
>>> server, just like using wget or looking at the webpage via a
>> browser.
>>> If
>>> pacman still won't work, I'm suspecting some type of filtering on
>> your
>>> satellite link, even though that would seem unlikely since we're
>> using
>>> TLS encryption (https) on the web server.
>>> 
>>> 73, David KB4FXC
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 24 Apr 2018, "NV6V via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>> 
>>>> This confirms I can get to the web site:
>>>> [root at nv6v1 ~]# wget hamvoip.org [1]
>>>> --2018-04-24 10:44:45--  http://hamvoip.org/
>>>> Resolving hamvoip.org [1] (hamvoip.org [1])... 12.17.29.162
>>>> Connecting to hamvoip.org [1] (hamvoip.org
>> [1])|12.17.29.162|:80... connected.
>>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
>>>> Location: https://hamvoip.org/ [following]
>>>> --2018-04-24 10:44:57--  https://hamvoip.org/
>>>> Connecting to hamvoip.org [1] (hamvoip.org
>> [1])|12.17.29.162|:443...
>>>> connected.
>>>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>>>> Length: unspecified [text/html]
>>>> Saving to: 'index.html'
>>>> 
>>>> index.html                [  <=>                  ]  66.27K
>> 101KB/s
>>>> in 0.7s
>>>> 
>>>> 2018-04-24 10:45:01 (101 KB/s) - 'index.html' saved [67862]
>>>> 
>>>> ---
>>>> Andy
>>>> 
>>>> On 2018-04-24 09:49, Doug Crompton wrote:
>>>>> Pings are turned off at hamvoip.org [1] [1] for security
>> reasons. It you
>>>>> can access the web page it is working. We will have to figure
>> out why
>>>>> updates are not working for you thru the satellite.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73 Doug
>>>>> WA3DSP
>>>>> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio [3] [2]
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:51 AM, NV6V <nv6v at calaverasars.org>
>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I can certainly access the website from my windows computer on
>> the
>>>>>> same router.  I can't ping hamvoip.org [1] [1] from the pi,
>> but it
>>>>>> resolves to 12.17.29.162.  I can't ping that address from here
>> at
>>>>>> work either.  I just tried pinging hamvoip.org [1] [1] from
>> the pi again
>>>>>> and it took 7 seconds (in my head) to resolve the address.
>> Still no
>>>>>> returns.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2018-04-24 08:37, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>>>> Can you access the hamvoip.org [1] [1] website from your end?
>> I know
>>>>>> others are
>>>>>> using satellites but I have not heard of any update problems.
>> Did it
>>>>>> work
>>>>>> before? Is this the first time you have done an update?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *73 Doug*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio [3] [2]
>>>>>> <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio [3] [2]>*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 11:18 AM, "NV6V via arm-allstar" <
>>>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Greetings List,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My node (46739) has never successfully completed the update
>>>>>> script
>>>>>> (option 1).  I ran
>>>>>> /usr/local/hamvoip-pacman/bin/pacman --force --noconfirm --yes
>> -Syu
>>>>>> manually and got this result:
>>>>>> :: Synchronizing package databases...
>>>>>> error: failed retrieving file 'core.db' from hamvoip.org [1]
>> [1] :
>>>>>> Resolving
>>>>>> timed out after 10520 milliseconds
>>>>>> error: failed to update core (download library error)
>>>>>> error: failed retrieving file 'extra.db' from hamvoip.org [1]
>> [1] :
>>>>>> Resolving
>>>>>> timed out after 10519 milliseconds
>>>>>> error: failed to update extra (download library error)
>>>>>> error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from hamvoip.org
>> [1] [1] :
>>>>>> Resolving
>>>>>> timed out after 10520 milliseconds
>>>>>> error: failed to update community (download library error)
>>>>>> error: failed retrieving file 'alarm.db' from hamvoip.org [1]
>> [1] :
>>>>>> Resolving
>>>>>> timed out after 10520 milliseconds
>>>>>> error: failed to update alarm (download library error)
>>>>>> error: failed retrieving file 'aur.db' from hamvoip.org [1]
>> [1] :
>>>>>> Resolving timed
>>>>>> out after 10520 milliseconds
>>>>>> error: failed to update aur (download library error)
>>>>>> error: failed retrieving file 'hamvoip.db' from hamvoip.org
>> [1] [1] :
>>>>>> Resolving
>>>>>> timed out after 10520 milliseconds
>>>>>> error: failed to update hamvoip (download library error)
>>>>>> error: failed to synchronize all databases
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I can connect to nodes.
>>>>>> What address is this script trying to resolve?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Internet access is ViaSat satellite, which of course is very
>> high
>>>>>> latency:
>>>>>> PING yahoo.com [4] [3] (98.137.246.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>>>>> 64 bytes from media-router-fp2.prod1.media.vip.gq1.yahoo.com
>> [5] [4]
>>>>>> (98.137.246.8): icm     p_seq=1 ttl=52 time=669 ms
>>>>>> 64 bytes from media-router-fp2.prod1.media.vip.gq1.yahoo.com
>> [5] [4]
>>>>>> (98.137.246.8): icm     p_seq=2 ttl=52 time=655 ms
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> But not 10 seconds worth.  Looks like maybe the host
>> resolution is
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> takes so long initially.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any ideas for me to try?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Andy Thomas
>>>>>> NV6V
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>> [6] [5]
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - http://hamvoip.org
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - http://hamvoip.org
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Links:
>>>>> ------
>>>>> [1] http://hamvoip.org
>>>>> [2] http://www.crompton.com/hamradio [3]
>>>>> [3] http://yahoo.com
>>>>> [4] http://media-router-fp2.prod1.media.vip.gq1.yahoo.com [5]
>>>>> [5]
>> http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar [6]
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>>>> 
>>>> Visit the BBB and RPi2/3 web page - http://hamvoip.org
>>>> 
> 
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://hamvoip.org
> [2] http://newplesk.inttek.net
> [3] http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> [4] http://yahoo.com
> [5] http://media-router-fp2.prod1.media.vip.gq1.yahoo.com
> [6] http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar


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