Stuck on 8%

Adi · August 17, 2021, 11:57am

I restarted the iso and updated mirrors and tried it again and its still stuck its been 30mins
My connection is like 800kbps
Its doing stuff in the terminal
QML Component default slideshow next slide
Secure boot and fast boot are disabled
it is running on Usb 2.0

BONK · August 17, 2021, 12:06pm

Welcome aboard! Your connection is very slow. 8% is the point at which the keys are refreshing. It could take a long time.

Adi · August 17, 2021, 12:15pm

Ah okay ty

Adi · August 17, 2021, 1:32pm

Its been 2 hours since i started the install its still doing the same thing

s4ndm4n · August 17, 2021, 1:54pm

First welcome to the purple side of Linux. Second as @BONK said your connection is around 0.8 Mbps. Which is not going to cut it for a net install.

Stuck on 8% means that keys are getting refreshed and I think the mirrors also get updated at this point. And it will take a long time to finish the install because there much other stuff that needs to be downloaded. Which includes your selected desktop environment, base OS stuff, and any other selected tools.

So at the mentioned speed, it’ll take a very long time or you could try the offline default installation which doesn’t need to get anything from the internet. So it would be faster (edit).

Adi · August 17, 2021, 2:02pm

My internet is 7 megabits per second
So 800 kilobytes a second
Not 0.8 mega bits
How much stuff does it download?
Like how much gb
Btw i want kde so im using online install

I0F · August 17, 2021, 2:04pm

The s

That happens after this step, if I remember correctly. Also you can see where exactly the installer currently is in the debug window. So I guess he’s still stuck inside the key refresh part of the installation.

From my experience with a 1.4 MB/s connection, it shouldn’t take this long. It definitely is weird.

@Adi, does the debug window output something new, besides the QML slideshow stuff?

s4ndm4n · August 17, 2021, 2:09pm

Well, I presumed it was .8Mbps and I think @BONK also did the same. I can’t comment on how much it downloads because it differentiates according to the selected DE and other stuff. I think there was another thread and many suggested it might be due mirrors.

Adi · August 17, 2021, 2:11pm

Its just the Qml slideshow yes

PRISONER · August 17, 2021, 3:46pm

For me it took over 2 hours for online installation of kde and my network speed was over 600kB/s - 1.1MB/s

Adi · August 17, 2021, 4:15pm

Yep its broken for me it doesnt even connect to archlinux.org guess ill have to use something else rip
Tried for 6 hours and no success

ricklinux · August 17, 2021, 4:20pm

Please try again when the new ISO is released as it is a whole new process with mirror ranking and changed installation processes.

PRISONER · August 17, 2021, 4:26pm

Try changing the mirror with reflector before online installation.

BONK · August 17, 2021, 4:31pm

post the output of inxi -Faz you can do it from the live iso. If inxi is not installed install it. This could have something to do with r8168.

ricklinux · August 17, 2021, 6:25pm

I agree it would be nice to see what the hardware is.

s4ndm4n · August 17, 2021, 6:35pm

I did a test with a VM. It took me around 25 - 26 minutes to complete the entire installation. The selected packages are eos base and KDE.

This is my download speed (https://librespeed.org). You can use this link to see the results.
vmMyInternetSpeeds

I did a mirror update.
vmMirrors

vmMirrorsUpdateing

Saved the list.
vmMirrorsSave

After that below is the start time of the installation.

This is the end time.

So my conclusion is mostly the slow installs might be due to slow internet connections.