Blackarch update problem

I will first start with this…

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ took 12ms
 ╰─λ sudo garuda-inxi
[sudo] password for fenris:         
System:
  Kernel: 6.8.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=cd6e149b-2970-476f-b742-e3dc1120bedc rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet rd.luks.uuid=264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
    rd.luks.uuid=0dd705d1-74f7-4ae7-8f55-96ae57f524b8
    resume=/dev/mapper/luks-0dd705d1-74f7-4ae7-8f55-96ae57f524b8 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0
    with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver avail: xautolock dm: LightDM
    v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: AZW model: MINI S v: 10 serial: N/A part-nu: 01
    uuid: 03000200-0400-0500-0006-000700080009 UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: ADLNV104 date: 02/06/2023
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel N100 socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Alder Lake
    level: v3 note: check built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6
    model-id: 0xBE (190) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x15
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x64 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 1x2 MiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 957 high: 1000 min/max: 700/3400 base/boost: 2871/3400
    scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 1.0 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 908 2: 996 3: 925 4: 1000 bogomips: 6451
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-N [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
    alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+ ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46d1
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Creative Live! Cam Sync 1080p V2 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4.3:8
    chip-ID: 041e:40a0 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,intel,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3280x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 868x286mm (34.17x11.26")
    s-diag: 914mm (35.98")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: left model: HKC TV
    serial: <filter> built: 2015 res: 1360x768 hz: 60 dpi: 45 gamma: 1.2
    size: 760x450mm (29.92x17.72") diag: 806mm (31.7") ratio: 16:9, 15:9
    modes: max: 1360x768 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-2 pos: primary,right model: HP LA2206
    serial: <filter> built: 2011 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
    size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.279 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel Graphics (ADL-N) driver: mesa intel v: 24.0.5-arch1.1
    device-ID: 8086:46d1 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
    (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 24.0.5-arch1.1 (LLVM
    17.0.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-N PCH High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:54c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: C-Media CM106 Like Sound Device
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4.2:6 chip-ID: 0d8c:0102 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Creative Live! Cam Sync 1080p V2 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-4.3:8
    chip-ID: 041e:40a0 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. LCS USB Audio
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4.4:9 chip-ID: 0c76:2018 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel CNVi: Wi-Fi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:54f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-3: ASIX AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet driver: ax88179_178a type: USB
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 bus-ID: 2-4.1:4
    chip-ID: 0b95:1790 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  IF: enp0s20f0u4u1 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: tun0 state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
  IF-ID-2: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-3: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11
    status: discoverable: no pairing: no
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.73 TiB used: 1.05 TiB (38.3%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 53.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM015-2E8174
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 31.45 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0
    maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 728 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
    maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 31.45 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0
    maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 31.45 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0
    maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 914.27 GiB size: 914.27 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 31.45 GiB (3.4%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/dm-0
    maj-min: 254:0 mapped: luks-264cadad-c8c3-46fe-b132-32f30ff8b69c
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.94 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
    mapped: luks-0dd705d1-74f7-4ae7-8f55-96ae57f524b8
  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.4 GiB used: 5.88 GiB (38.2%)
    priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 4
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.4 GiB used: 12.58 GiB (81.7%)
    igpu: 60 MiB
  Processes: 369 Power: uptime: 10h 26m states: freeze,mem,disk
    suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
    reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.14 GiB
    services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager Init: systemd v: 255
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1726 libs: 465 tools: pamac,paru Compilers:
    clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash v: 5.2.26
    running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.34
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
  System install date:     2024-04-11
  Last full system update: 2024-04-18 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            vmware-workstation-server.service vmware.service 

 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 6s
 ╰─λ 

So my issue is, my updates keep failing cause Blackarch for some whatever reason can’t connect to the server properly. I get this…

 ╭─fenris@fenris in /mnt/veracrypt1/Videos as 🧙 took 1m12s
[🔴] × garuda-update -a
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 chaotic-aur is up to date
 blackarch.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'blackarch.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : SSL connection timeout
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 chaotic-aur.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'chaotic-aur.db' from garudalinux.org : Resolving timed out after 10002 milliseconds
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)

--> Refreshing mirrorlists using rate-mirrors, please be patient..🍵

:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda downloading...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
 chaotic-aur downloading...
 blackarch downloading...
error: failed retrieving file 'blackarch.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : SSL connection timeout
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su -yy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda                 72.4 KiB  13.2 KiB/s 00:05 [----------------------] 100%
 core                  127.5 KiB  16.1 KiB/s 00:08 [----------------------] 100%
 extra                   8.1 MiB   777 KiB/s 00:11 [----------------------] 100%
 multilib              139.1 KiB  20.5 KiB/s 00:07 [----------------------] 100%
 chaotic-aur             2.0 MiB   155 KiB/s 00:13 [----------------------] 100%
 blackarch.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'blackarch.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : SSL connection timeout
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)

 ╭─fenris@fenris in /mnt/veracrypt1/Videos as 🧙 took 2m46s
[🔴] × 

I then tried to do a garuda-update -a --skip-mirrorlist and I still get this…

 ╭─fenris@fenris in /mnt/veracrypt1/Videos took 5s
[🔴] × garuda-update -a --skip-mirrorlist
[sudo] password for fenris:         
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda is up to date
 core                  127.5 KiB  29.1 KiB/s 00:04 [----------------------] 100%
 extra                   8.1 MiB   868 KiB/s 00:10 [----------------------] 100%
 multilib              139.1 KiB  40.4 KiB/s 00:03 [----------------------] 100%
 chaotic-aur             2.0 MiB  94.4 KiB/s 00:22 [----------------------] 100%
 blackarch.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'blackarch.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : SSL connection timeout
error: failed to synchronize all databases (unexpected error)
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 chaotic-aur             2.0 MiB   226 KiB/s 00:09 [######################] 100%
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda downloading...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
 chaotic-aur downloading...
 blackarch downloading...
error: failed retrieving file 'blackarch.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : SSL connection timeout
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su -y
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 garuda is up to date
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 chaotic-aur             2.0 MiB   212 KiB/s 00:10 [----------------------] 100%
 blackarch.db failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'blackarch.db' from ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de : SSL connection timeout
error: failed to synchronize all databases (download library error)

Any ideas how to fix this?

Remove that server from the blackarch mirrorlist, make sure at least another one is active and update skipping mirrorlist.
If you still get the error, you could try

update remote fix 

Which should detect that you have blackarch and fix it also. As far as it can. This is not a Garuda issue…

I don’t know how to actually do that, nor do I know of any other blackarch servers to connect to which replace the one that doesn’t work

It’s here
/etc/pacman.d/blackarch-mirrorlist
And you remove a server adding a # at the beginning of the line, or activate a server removing that #
Anyway, let me give you an advice: if you don’t need blackarch, remove it. It will only create troubles.
For people using blackarch, system administration should be a piece of cake :wink:
This could be a starting point, but search, there might be better guides.

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Well that is good to know, however when I installed Garuda, and installed Tor and I2P, it pointed me to that mirror list

Well, I pointed the mirror list to some US server and the update seemed to like it so, it looks like everything works. At least for now anyway. Thank you

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