# Fresh install 6/10/21 - pacman.conf - no #paralelldownloads **URL:** \ **Category:** EndeavourOS installation\ **Created:** [June 11, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107 "2021-06-11T10:41:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/1 "2021-06-11T10:41:21Z")
I did a EOS plasma install last night and just wanted to note in the pacman.conf file ```auto #ParallelDownloads = 5 ``` wasn’t there. I know in Arch it is commented out, but it’s there. I don’t know if that’s an oversight or if correct and left out purposely - but I just thought to note for someone to check on the pulled pacman.conf file. Otherwise another smooth install. Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/shivanandvp/32/24915_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/2 "2021-06-11T10:49:17Z")
You might have to merge `pacman.conf.pacnew` with `pacman.conf`. Add whatever entries you want from `/etc/pacman.conf.pacnew` into the file `/etc/pacman.conf` (especially the one for parallel downloads). Then you can remove `#` from before `ParallelDownloads`. You will need superuser privilege to edit the file (for example, using `sudo`). Oh. And don’t make duplicate entries 😌 ---
**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/3 "2021-06-11T10:51:17Z")
Run eos-pacdiff ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/4 "2021-06-11T10:55:37Z")
It was a fresh install last night. so this isn’t the pacnew file merge issue from last week. Thank you for your help though! @manuel - nothing to do (same outcome with eos-pacdiff in terminal) ![Screenshot_20210611_035317](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/d/4d7a1cf4494028e4b3f695be966262db0245583c.png) ---
**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/6 "2021-06-11T10:56:47Z")
Strange. What’s you pacman version? ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/shivanandvp/32/24915_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/7 "2021-06-11T10:57:09Z")
Have you updated the fresh install yet? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/8 "2021-06-11T10:59:19Z")
Thank you. My regular computer is great, and I had no issue adding the line. I’m merely troubleshooting for other fresh EOS install people. I don’t need “help” - I’m trying to help. @manuel ```auto derek@f**kubuntu ~> inxi -Fxxxza --no-host System: Kernel: 5.12.9-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=251f26d6-bf40-4668-917a-c62af5b237bf rw quiet loglevel=3 nowatchdog resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/251f26d6-bf40-4668-917a-c62af5b237bf resume_offset=563200 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.0 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux Machine: Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 7548 v: A05 serial: Chassis: type: 8 serial: Mobo: Dell model: 0AM6N0 v: A00 serial: UEFI: Dell v: A05 date: 07/20/2015 Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.7 Wh (38.1%) condition: 30.7/43.3 Wh (70.9%) volts: 11.2 min: 11.1 model: SDI Dell type: Li-ion serial: status: Discharging CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-5200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell family: 6 model-id: 3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 3 MiB flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 17560 Speed: 2195 MHz min/max: 500/2700 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2195 2: 2195 3: 2195 4: 2195 Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616 class-ID: 0300 Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-5:2 chip-ID: 1bcf:2b8a class-ID: 0e02 Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: intel unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing. Audio: Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403 Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0 class-ID: 0403 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.9-zen1-1-zen running: yes Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.30 running: no Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b3 class-ID: 0280 IF: wlan0 state: up mac: Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 2-7:4 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001 Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter Drives: Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 28.3 GiB (12.7%) SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: rev: 0103 scheme: GPT Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 223.07 GiB size: 218.51 GiB (97.96%) used: 28.3 GiB (13.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 16 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: 42.0 C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 Info: Processes: 186 Uptime: 41m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.54 GiB used: 2.46 GiB (15.8%) Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1049 lib: 232 Shell: fish v: 3.2.2 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.03 derek@f**kubuntu ~> ``` AND ```auto derek@f**kubuntu ~> pacman -Q | grep pacman pacman 6.0.0-3 pacman-contrib 1.4.0-3 pacman-mirrorlist 20210509-1 derek@f**kubuntu ~> ``` ```auto derek@f**kubuntu ~> stat / | grep Birth Birth: 2021-06-10 18:15:57.000000000 -0700 derek@f**kubuntu ~> ``` And in my config file - this section ended with #VerbosePkgLists, I added ParallelDownloads = 10 ```auto # Misc options #UseSyslog Color #ILoveCandy # We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment #CheckSpace #VerbosePkgLists ParallelDownloads = 10 ``` There was some other line under #ILoveCandy I took out - I think it was TotalDownload or something. But I thought it was odd that the MiscOptions ended at the #VerbosePkgLists and not with #ParallellDownloads = 5 as I was expecting it to. ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/9 "2021-06-11T11:13:00Z")
I gotta get going to work @manuel Maybe someone out there can spin a VM just to verify the fresh EOS pacman.conf file is correct for new users. Otherwise I’ll give it another go when I get home tonight. AND the flip side, if that is correctly how EOS wants to ship it out, you can disregard this. ---
**Author:** ![anon75994754](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@anon75994754](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon75994754)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/10 "2021-06-11T11:17:35Z")
> [@anon63071375](#): > > I think it was TotalDownload or something. think you mean #NoProgressBar eDit .. that replace old " TotalDownload " ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/11 "2021-06-11T11:20:26Z")
Maybe that’s it. I installed last night and at the time I didn’t think much of it, but this morning I realized - I know to add in the line - others may not. ---
**Author:** ![Lemon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/lemon/32/4334_2.png) [@Lemon](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Lemon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/12 "2021-06-11T11:21:14Z")
> [@anon63071375](#): > > `f**kubuntu` 😂 ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/13 "2021-06-11T11:26:10Z")
I edited it for this thread actually, I usually put something abrasive in my installs. My neofetch is way better than that. Anyway, no shenanigans, not here at least - this thread is serious. ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/14 "2021-06-11T11:29:18Z")
I moved it to the bug report category 😉 I just did a fresh Gnome VM install and I can confirm @anon63071375 issue as well. ---
**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/15 "2021-06-11T11:30:21Z")
I just installed EndeavourOS into a VM. And /etc/pacman.conf.pacnew is not there. What you _could_ do is ```auto cd /tmp yay -G pacman sudo meld pacman/pacman.conf /etc/pacman.conf ``` and get the changed stuff from the new pacman.conf info your existing /etc/pacman.conf. But of course, don’t just copy the file. By simply copying you’ll lose all EndeavourOS repos… ---
**Author:** ![Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/bryanpwo/32/130600_2.png) [@Bryanpwo](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Bryanpwo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/16 "2021-06-11T11:33:32Z")
@manuel It should be there on a fresh install, this needs further investigation. (and anyone who wants to help us in solving this mystery is more than welcome to join us 😉) ---
**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:36am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/17 "2021-06-11T11:36:04Z")
I’d guess it is an issue with the new pacman. But I don’t remember ever having this kind of situation with pacman.conf before. ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/18 "2021-06-11T11:39:01Z")
It’s probably just that the line is missing when I pulled the config during install. So whatever you all do when you add the endeavour mirrors into the config file upon installation must be missing that line, that’s all. I say that with zero idea how it’s actually done. I let you all do the magic. Haha. ---
**Author:** ![shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/shivanandvp/32/24915_2.png) [@shivanandvp](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/shivanandvp)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/19 "2021-06-11T11:41:40Z")
I am guessing that the problem might be that `pacman.conf` is copied using `Calamares` [here](https://github.com/endeavouros-team/Calamares_current/blob/55591926b19834f3007549260217b0b4c588a332/src/modules/pacstrap/base_install.sh) ![Screenshot_20210611_063654](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/f/1f79eceed8c87497a7078b797d742eff257b9a03.png) The copied file does not have `ParallelDownloads`. The _offending_ file (that does not _currently_ have `ParallelDownloads`) might be either [this one](https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-archiso/blob/362d9242d5fea84ccb7e0c88cde6306f3c62b763/pacman.conf) or [this one](https://github.com/endeavouros-team/EndeavourOS-archiso/blob/0b0be88131fb3c8acd5cfa4aa32873d919435f47/airootfs/etc/pacman.conf). ---
**Author:** ![joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/joekamprad/32/77608_2.png) [@joekamprad](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/joekamprad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/20 "2021-06-11T11:51:09Z")
yes exactly… we copy the pacman.conf from ISO to installed system, because we need to add eos repository to it… and the pacman.conf on ISO is pre pacman-6. We should change to use sed to merge eos repo into pacman.conf so we will not have this in the future. I mean when was the last time pacman.conf changed ? ---
**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107/21 "2021-06-11T11:53:38Z")
Last week hahaha. Before that though, no idea. [Next page](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/fresh-install-6-10-21-pacman-conf-no-paralelldownloads/15107.md?page=2)