Pacman error -- no servers configured to repository

amarkov · June 15, 2024, 6:41pm

Hi all,

I have been attempting to update my system, but I get the following error:

:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to synchronize all databases (no servers configured for repository)
 -> error refreshing databases - exit status 1
warning: database file for 'endeavouros' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)

All the info I’ve been able to find pertains to updating or reinstalling the mirrorlist and the keyrings (which I have tried), as well as deleting the .db folder in /var/lib/pacman/ (which does not exist on my system).

Attempting to download anything produces a similar error to above (warning: database file for '...' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download))

I’m not even that new (started around 2021), I just use the system as normal and have mild freakouts when stuff breaks

Would greatly appreciate any suggestions

dalto · June 15, 2024, 6:46pm

That is really strange.

Can see the output from some commands before providing further advice?

cat /etc/fstab
lsblk -o name,fstype,type,size,mountpoint,uuid
cat /etc/pacman.conf
ls /etc/pacman.conf.d

amarkov · June 15, 2024, 6:57pm

Sure:

cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>                      <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=d4834cea-0885-4f0b-a3e3-3fe4995f2a0c /              btrfs   subvol=/@,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
UUID=d4834cea-0885-4f0b-a3e3-3fe4995f2a0c /home          btrfs   subvol=/@home,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
UUID=d4834cea-0885-4f0b-a3e3-3fe4995f2a0c /var/cache     btrfs   subvol=/@cache,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
UUID=d4834cea-0885-4f0b-a3e3-3fe4995f2a0c /var/log       btrfs   subvol=/@log,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd 0 0
UUID=0dff020d-ea09-46d1-82b7-892ee5032445 swap           swap    defaults   0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0

UUID=16c3d286-47fc-4719-a07e-91114afe0bc7       /mnt/1tb-SSD    ext4    defaults 0 0

UUID=4d157593-dc77-4385-955f-9dccbf39ea0f       /mnt/2tb-HDD    ext4    defaults 0 0

[ip address]:/mnt/Main/NAS               /mnt/NAS   nfs     nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=5 0     2

lsblk -o name,fstype,type,size,mountpoint,uuid
NAME        FSTYPE TYPE   SIZE MOUNTPOINT                UUID
sda                disk   1.8T                           
`-sda1      ext4   part   1.8T /mnt/2tb-HDD              4d157593-dc77-4385-955f-9dccbf39ea0f
sdb                disk 931.5G                           
`-sdb1      ext4   part 931.5G /mnt/1tb-SSD              16c3d286-47fc-4719-a07e-91114afe0bc7
nvme0n1            disk 931.5G                           
|-nvme0n1p1 btrfs  part   915G /var/log                  d4834cea-0885-4f0b-a3e3-3fe4995f2a0c
`-nvme0n1p2 swap   part  16.5G [SWAP]                    0dff020d-ea09-46d1-82b7-892ee5032445

cat /etc/pacman.conf
#
# /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
#UseDelta    = 0.7
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
DisableDownloadTimeout
ParallelDownloads = 12

# 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

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

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

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

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

[community]
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

[rumpowered]
#Server = https://jc141x.github.io/rumpowered-packages/$arch

ls /etc/pacman.conf.d
ls: cannot access '/etc/pacman.conf.d': No such file or directory

… I am a bit confused about that last one…

dalto · June 15, 2024, 7:00pm

Oops, that was supposed to be ls /etc/pacman.d

dalto · June 15, 2024, 7:01pm

Can you also share the output of findmnt --real

amarkov · June 15, 2024, 7:11pm

ls /etc/pacman.d
endeavouros-mirrorlist  endeavouros-mirrorlist.bak  gnupg  mirrorlist  mirrorlist.bak  mirrorlist.pacnew

findmnt --real
TARGET               SOURCE                            FSTYPE      OPTIONS
/                    /dev/nvme0n1p1[/@]                btrfs       rw,noatime,compress=zstd:3,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=256,subvol=/@
|-/var/cache         /dev/nvme0n1p1[/@cache]           btrfs       rw,noatime,compress=zstd:3,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=258,subvol=/@cache
|-/home              /dev/nvme0n1p1[/@home]            btrfs       rw,noatime,compress=zstd:3,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=257,subvol=/@home
|-/run/user/1000/doc portal                            fuse.portal rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000
|-/var/log           /dev/nvme0n1p1[/@log]             btrfs       rw,noatime,compress=zstd:3,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=259,subvol=/@log
|-/mnt/1tb-SSD       /dev/sdb1                         ext4        rw,relatime
|-/mnt/2tb-HDD       /dev/sda1                         ext4        rw,relatime
`-/mnt/NAS      [ip address]:/mnt/Main/NAS nfs4        rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=[ip address1],local_lock=none,addr=[ip address]

dalto · June 15, 2024, 7:18pm

Can you share the full output of sudo pacman -Sy

amarkov · June 15, 2024, 7:44pm

:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to synchronize all databases (no servers configured for repository)

dalto · June 15, 2024, 7:46pm

OK, can you share the contents of /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

anon93652015 · June 15, 2024, 8:00pm

Not the fake speed increase.

I mean, unless you are downloading massive packages and actually have high-speed internet.

But if it’s just one massive package and 100+ tiny packages, then things won’t actually be faster. The 100+ tiny packages will still download before the one massive package, which means whether it’s 5 parallel downloads or 12 won’t actually make a difference in time spent downloading.

joekamprad · June 15, 2024, 8:25pm

math is fantastic

amarkov · June 15, 2024, 8:55pm

cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
################################################################################
################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector #################
################################################################################
# With:       reflector --verbose -c ZA --protocol https --sort rate --latest 10 --download-timeout 5
# When:       2023-06-15 21:11:24 UTC
# From:       https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/
# Retrieved:  2023-06-15 21:10:58 UTC
# Last Check: 2023-06-15 21:01:21 UTC

## South Africa
Server = https://archlinux.za.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

## Worldwide
Server = https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/$repo/os/$arch

amarkov · June 15, 2024, 8:56pm

I figured I have the processing power, so may as well use it

pebcak · June 15, 2024, 9:17pm

Try refreshing your mirrorlist with something like:

reflector --age 3 --sort rate --number 7 --protocol https | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Then run:

sudo pacman -Syu

Edit:

If the reflector command above takes a long time, try with something simpler:

reflector --sort rate --latest 7 --protocol https | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

amarkov · June 16, 2024, 8:38am

I ran this now (the morning), and got the following output:

################################################################################
################# Arch Linux mirrorlist generated by Reflector #################
################################################################################

# With:       reflector --age 3 --sort rate --number 7 --protocol https
# When:       2024-06-16 08:30:33 UTC
# From:       https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/json/
# Retrieved:  2024-06-16 08:30:33 UTC
# Last Check: 2024-06-16 08:25:44 UTC

Server = https://mirror.osbeck.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.urbanwave.co.za/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.za.mirror.allworldit.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.mirror.liquidtelecom.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://arch.kurdy.org/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://de.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.rznet.fr/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

Then when i ran sudo pacman -Syy, I again got

:: Synchronizing package databases...
error: failed to synchronize all databases (no servers configured for repository)

Stagger_Lee · June 16, 2024, 12:33pm

You commented out the rumpowered server, but you didn’t comment out the repo itself.

Do this:

#[rumpowered]

pebcak · June 16, 2024, 12:35pm

Great catch @Stagger_Lee, chapeau!

amarkov · June 16, 2024, 5:41pm

I did think of that while I was out, and tried that, which did actually change something, but has given me a new error:

sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 endeavouros                                                                                                        7.5 KiB  6.72 KiB/s 00:01 [---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 core                                                                                                             121.1 KiB   109 KiB/s 00:01 [---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 extra                                                                                                              7.9 MiB  2.76 MiB/s 00:03 [---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 community                                                                                                         45.0   B  61.0   B/s 00:01 [---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
 multilib                                                                                                         138.4 KiB   124 KiB/s 00:01 [---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100%
error: GPGME error: No data
error: failed to synchronize all databases (unexpected error)

I did refresh the mirrorlist before this, by the way

petsam · June 16, 2024, 5:43pm

The previous bad setting corrupted the db.
Delete the database file rumpowered, if exists and retry.
If it still errors delete all dbs.

DBs

/var/lib/pacman/*.db

amarkov · June 16, 2024, 5:46pm

There aren’t any db files in that directory

pwd && ls -al
/var/lib/pacman
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    18 Jun 16 19:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   660 Jun 16 00:01 ..
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 62488 Jun 10 20:17 local
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root   140 Jun 16 19:40 sync