Issues with updating the system :: Failed to connect to mirror.f4st.host port 443 after 3102 ms: Couldn't connect to server

hi dear community
i ve got some issues with the update of the system: see what i ve got back:

see some of the lines :

.1-1, freetype2-2.13.3-1, libraw1394-2.1.2-4, libteam-1.32-2, libb2-0.98.1-3, libpipeline-1.5.8-1, libogg-1.3.5-2, xbitmaps-1.1.3-2, libheif-1.18.2-2, breeze-icons-6.7.0-1, systemd-256.7-1, libbpf-1.4.3-1, shaderc-2024.2-1, gspell-1.14.0-1, qt5-multimedia-5.15.15+kde+r2-1, libjxl-0.11.0-1, libp11-kit-0.25.5-1, pcsclite-2.3.0-1, libtiff-4.7.0-1, alsa-topology-conf-1.2.5.1-4, bison-3.8.2-8, libx86emu-3.5-4, libnm-1.50.0-1, libmodplug-0.8.9.0-6, glib2-2.82.2-1, fuse2-2.9.9-5, gettext-0.22.5-2, libstaroffice-0.0.7-3, argon2-20190702-6, gtksourceview3-1:3.24.11+r28+g73e57b57-2, systemd-resolvconf-256.7-1, libxss-1.2.4-2, rpcbind-1.2.7-1, libplasma-6.2.2-1, qt6-5compat-6.8.0-1, libomxil-bellagio-0.9.3-5, libmng-2.0.3-4, kglobalaccel-6.7.0-1, groff-1.23.0-7, wayland-protocols-1.38-1, qt6-svg-6.8.0-1, libupnp-1.14.20-1, kpackage-6.7.0-1, imagemagick-7.1.1.39-1, libxpm-3.5.17-2, libbs2b-3.1.0-9, openssl-3.4.0-1, liborcus-0.19.2-3, python-gobject-3.50.0-1, harfbuzz-10.0.1-1, aom-3.10.0-1, imlib2-1.12.3-2, python-pydantic-core-1:2.23.4-1, gnupg-2.4.5-6, libyuv-r2426+464c51a03-1, python-yaml-6.0.2-1, tpm2-tss-4.1.3-1, fakeroot-1.36-1, libxres-1.2.2-2, luajit-2.1.1727870382-1, libcanberra-1:0.30+r2+gc0620e4-4, hunspell-1.7.2-2, perl-http-cookiejar-0.014-3, vpnc-1:0.5.3.r539.r239-1, nss-3.105-1, licenses-20240728-1, libepubgen-0.1.1-5, speexdsp-1.2.1-2, qt5-declarative-5.15.15+kde+r25-1, glslang-14.3.0-1, libxi-1.8.2-1, libtool-2.5.3-1, wxwidgets-gtk3-3.2.6-1, libinput-1.26.2-1, perl-error-0.17029-7, kdecoration-6.2.2-1, libgme-0.6.3-5, snappy-1.2.1-2, qt5-quickcontrols2-5.15.15+kde+r5-1, dkms-3.1.1-1, gtk4-1:4.16.3-1, gst-plugins-base-1.24.8-1, media-player-info-26-1, libproxy-0.5.9-1, sbc-2.0-2, kxmlgui-6.7.0-1, alsa-card-profiles-1:1.2.6-1, lz4-1:1.10.0-2, yad-14.1-2.1, pacman-mirrorlist-20240717-1, lpsolve-5.5.2.11-3, glib-networking-1:2.80.0-3, libixion-0.19.0-3, tzdata-2024b-2, wxwidgets-common-3.2.6-1, libice-1.1.1-3, gsfonts-20200910-4, libqmi-1.34.0-2, ppp-2.5.1-1, libnvme-1.10-1, libkate-0.4.1-10, bubblewrap-0.10.0-1, archlinux-keyring-20241015-1, libappindicator-gtk3-12.10.0.r298-4, glu-9.0.3-2, libfilezilla-1:0.48.1-1, coreutils-9.5-2, liblqr-0.4.3-1, nspr-4.36-1, libndp-1.9-1, ca-certificates-20240618-1, opencore-amr-0.1.6-2, kbookmarks-6.7.0-1, readline-8.2.013-1, libmtp-1.1.21-2, libfabric-1.22.0-1, linux-api-headers-6.10-1, perl-http-cookies-6.11-2, openconnect-1:9.12-2, liblrdf-0.6.1-5, duktape-2.7.0-7, xdg-dbus-proxy-0.1.6-1, libfreehand-0.1.2-5, libetonyek-0.1.10-4, pango-1:1.54.0-1, libspiro-1:20240903-1, sqlite-3.46.1-1, boost-libs-1.86.0-3, perl-xml-parser-2.47-2, syndication-6.7.0-1, pangomm-2.48-2.54.0-1, mypaint-brushes1-1.3.1-2, mailcap-2.1.54-2, pcre2-10.44-1, gcr-4-4.3.0-1, libtirpc-1.3.6-1, kirigami-6.7.0-1, qt6-wayland-6.8.0-1, gtkmm-4.0-4.16.0-1, libdeflate-1.21-1, libxml2-2.13.4-1, libnghttp2-1.64.0-1, libxv-1.0.12-2, sound-theme-freedesktop-0.8-6    
:: Paketdatenbanken werden synchronisiert …
 endeavouros ist aktuell
 core ist aktuell
 extra                                                 7,5 MiB  1207 KiB/s 00:06 [----------------------------------------------] 100%
 multilib ist aktuell
Fehler: Konnte Datei 'core.db' nicht von mirror.f4st.host ĂĽbertragen : Failed to connect to mirror.f4st.host port 80 after 1663 ms: Couldn't connect to server
Fehler: Konnte Datei 'extra.db' nicht von mirror.f4st.host ĂĽbertragen : Failed to connect to mirror.f4st.host port 80 after 1664 ms: Couldn't connect to server
Fehler: Konnte Datei 'multilib.db' nicht von mirror.f4st.host ĂĽbertragen : Failed to connect to mirror.f4st.host port 80 after 1663 ms: Couldn't connect to server
Warnung: zu viele Fehlermeldungen von mirror.f4st.host, ĂĽberspringe den Rest des Vorgangs
Fehler: Konnte Datei 'core.db' nicht von mirror.f4st.host ĂĽbertragen : Failed to connect to mirror.f4st.host port 443 after 3103 ms: Couldn't connect to server
Fehler: Konnte Datei 'extra.db' nicht von mirror.f4st.host ĂĽbertragen : Failed to connect to mirror.f4st.host port 443 after 3102 ms: Couldn't connect to server
:: Vollständige Systemaktualisierung wird gestartet …
:: mlocate durch extra/plocate ersetzen? [J/n]

this means - i could not connect to the mirror:


Fehler: Konnte Datei 'extra.db' nicht von mirror.f4st.host ĂĽbertragen : Failed to connect to mirror.f4st.host port 443 after 3102 ms: Couldn't connect to server

hmm - probably i have to set the mirror - explicit - to another one!?

You could add some preferred mirror locations via eos_welcome app. In the after install or the assistant tab you’ll find entries to update mirrors. (Arch, reflector simple) and (EndeavourOS). The first one will allow you to select multiple mirror locations and you could increase the connection timeout value, in case it’s just a mediocre internet connection you’ve got. The second option will rank the mirrorlist specifically for the EndeavourOS repository, based on the results of some test connections being made.

You could also launch these directly without using the eos_welcone app. With reflector-simple and eos-rankmirrors respectively. And just to avoid some confusion : reflector-simple addresses the mirrors for the
Arch packages as well as the AUR, The repository for EndeavourOS are handled differently as these are not included in the Arch repos.

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If you have several mirrors configured in file
/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist you can simply remove the line that includes mirror.f4st.host.

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hello you both - many many thanks for your replies and the tipps

see my pacman - file: as it looks at the moment:


#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
#CacheDir    = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg     = pacman glibc
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -L -C - -f -o %o %u
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
Architecture = auto

# Pacman won't upgrade packages listed in IgnorePkg and members of IgnoreGroup
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
ILoveCandy
#NoProgressBar
#CheckSpace
VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Arch Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

[endeavouros]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/endeavouros-mirrorlist

#[core-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[extra-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

I was talking about another file. :smiley:

But the file you showed needs some new lines from the related .pacnew file:

DownloadUser = alpm
#DisableSandbox