turbid rose
Linux newbie here,
I always get under 1MB/s while downloading any pacman/aur packages although my bandwidth is around 3.5MB/s
ive ran reflector several times and even tried using the GUI app but nothing works.
have attached an image with what exactly happens when i run any reflector command.
polar lantern
Linux newbie here,
I always get under 1MB/s while downloading any pacman/aur pac...
Edit /etc/pacman.conf and add DisableDownloadTimeout to [options]
turbid rose
Edit `/etc/pacman.conf` and add `DisableDownloadTimeout` to `[options]`
okay ill try it rn
turbid rose
Edit `/etc/pacman.conf` and add `DisableDownloadTimeout` to `[options]`
i added that under [options] but still download times out after 5 sec
also i should mention that its no different even when i keep download timeout to around 20 (that was suggested under some forums regarding this issue)
polar lantern
i added that under [options] but still download times out after 5 sec
pacman or reflector like in the original screenshot?
reflector doesn't follow the config
turbid rose
pacman or reflector like in the original screenshot?
well download speeds are still very slow
polar lantern
yeah this won't change that
--download-timeout n can be used to change the timeout in reflector
turbid rose
`--download-timeout n` can be used to change the timeout in reflector
well i did that already once, set that to 10 and 25 once. still the same result
polar lantern
How did you measure your internet speed
What country are you in
which one is nearest to you
For me I'd do
$ wget -O /dev/null --quiet --show-progress --report-speed=bits --no-cache https://hel1-speed.hetzner.com/100MB.bin
/dev/null 100%[===============================================================================================>] 100.00M 316Mb/s in 2.7s
To test the speed
turbid rose
How did you measure your internet speed
i just reinstalled arch so i was measuring my speed while downloading steam lol
turbid rose
What country are you in
india
turbid rose
which one is nearest to you
SG
turbid rose
For me I'd do
```
$ wget -O /dev/null --quiet --show-progress --report-speed=b...
okay
it did go up to around 800kbs at one point but yea still extremely slow
polar lantern
There's probably nothing you can do
turbid rose
There's probably nothing you can do
there must be something i can do
how am i supposed to deal with such speeds
turbid rose
Whats the speedtest speed on linux?
speedtest cli?
turbid rose
the image i sent
its on linux
on linux
everything except aur and pacman works perfectly fine
polar lantern
These are the mirrors in india btw https://archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=IN
After you get rate-mirrors run rate-mirrors --protocol https arch | sudo tee /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
Someone said it's been more reliable than reflector for him
turbid rose
now thats weird
i actually
manually put the india mirrors in my mirrorslist lol
but ill try out rate-mirrors once
polar lantern
Save your current mirror list
turbid rose
right
polar lantern
just cat /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and paste it here :P
turbid rose
Server = https://in.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.nxtgen.com/archlinux-mirror/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://in.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://in-mirror.garudalinux.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirrors.saswata.cc/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.del2.albony.in/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://in.arch.niranjan.co/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirrors.nxtgen.com/archlinux-mirror/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.saswata.cc/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.maa.albony.in/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirrors.abhy.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://archlinux.kushwanthreddy.com/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://mirror.sahil.world/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.sahil.world/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https://in-mirror.garudalinux.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch ```i think its working? @polar lantern
only an indian mirror failed, interesting
infact the results dont have any indian mirrors at all
polar lantern
only an indian mirror failed, interesting
What did the in-mirror here get in the initial tests
turbid rose
What did the in-mirror here get in the initial tests
initial tests as in?
reflector?
turbid rose
```
Server = https://in.mirrors.cicku.me/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = https...
also for this i basically copied all indian mirrors from the archwiki and ran rankmirrors
polar lantern
Speed Issue fixed maybe?
turbid rose
wellll yes im satisfied with it xdd
but still its weird hwo the indian mirrors wont work on either of those testing methods
not that i personally care that much as long as my speed is alright
polar lantern
Put in Server = https://in-mirror.garudalinux.org/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch as the first mirror in the mirrorlist
and installl something
turbid rose
speed is okay right now
i dont think itll make a differnece
but ill keep it
indian mirrors will be faster anyways
polar lantern
If access to it is intermittent then the download falls back to the next mirror when the first mirror can't be reached
polar lantern
indian mirrors will be faster anyways
Depends on what kind of network the mirror is hosted on
turbid rose
If access to it is intermittent then the download falls back to the next mirror ...
would i be able to check if i have access or not to that specific mirror somehow
polar lantern
turbid rose
https://in-mirror.garudalinux.org/archlinux/
open the site? well that works
polar lantern
Surprising that the JP mirror was the fastest
turbid rose
right, i thought SG was gonna be the fastest after IN ones
polar lantern
Show your mirrorlist
turbid rose
added the first one after you asked me to
WAIT
i was download vs code while the first IN mirror was active and was getting miserable speeds of around 500kbs
i just commented the IN one and it jumped up to 3mb/s
polar lantern
Indian mirrors are low quality I guess
polar lantern
You can automate anything with systemd services and timers
Also here's the rate-mirrors algo https://github.com/westandskif/rate-mirrors?tab=readme-ov-file#algorithm
reflector does a naive speedtest only I guess
So it's at least slower to test
Do that
I read through it and it's correct
polar lantern
OnCalendar=daily
turbid rose
oh okay thats great
and would i know when its running? or itll just run in the background
polar lantern
polar lantern
Show the log using the journalctl command
turbid rose
this should be it i believe
turbid rose
run `rate-mirrors --help`
well yes it is
polar lantern
ah it's at the end
turbid rose
--save <file?
polar lantern
the service file right?
yeah
then sudo systemctl daemon-reload
and systemctl restart rate-mirrors
or start since it's not running
turbid rose
well i didnt reload/restart beforehand but still, doesnt work
maybe i did something wrong?
polar lantern
Show the log
turbid rose
Show the log
can you give me the command for that, idk why but the results on mine show the time being 11 42 when its 11 54 right now
polar lantern
the journalctl
turbid rose
polar lantern
oh
turbid rose
oh root?
polar lantern
There's a --allow-root option for rate-mirrors
turbid rose
should i add that before protocol?
polar lantern
Yeah
Here's a alternative
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '\
TMPFILE=$(mktemp) && \
/usr/bin/runuser -u userhere -- /usr/bin/rate-mirrors --save="$TMPFILE" --protocol https arch && \
mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist-backup && \
mv "$TMPFILE" /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
'
I didn't test
turbid rose
manually its working right now i believe
polar lantern
Ok
turbid rose
well its not showing any text or anything on my terminal though
like it normally would
but i guess its just this way
polar lantern
well its not showing any text or anything on my terminal though
yeah it's running in a service
turbid rose
alright
polar lantern
you can see the output in the journal
turbid rose
yea it concluded
polar lantern
Here's a alternative
```toml
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '\
TMPFILE=$(mktemp) && ...
Some people like to the amount programs that run as root so this avoids running rate-mirrors as root
Feel free to use it if you want but it's not necessary
turbid rose
yupp it works
i checked the logs
thanks a lot for helping me through this 🙏
really appreciate it a lot
polar lantern
Now to add notifications
Add this below ExecStart
ExecStartPost=systemd-run [email protected] --user /usr/bin/notify-send "Mirrorlist updated" "rate-mirrors successfully refreshed /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist." -u normal -i system-software-update
@turbid rose
The command works for me outside a systemd service
systemd-run has to be used to run notify-send in the users session
if just notify-send is used then it wont work because the notify bus and other stuff is running under the user
and the service doesn't know about those
turbid rose
i dont think ill get the notifications cuz im on hyprland and am using a very minimal setup sent by a friend xd
turbid rose
polar lantern
No need to start it in your hypr config because it's activated via D-Bus
turbid rose
hm okay
polar lantern
If there were multiple notification daemons installed then you should start your preferred one
turbid rose
`ExecStartPost=systemd-run [email protected] --user /usr/bin/n...
where exactly do i need to add this?
polar lantern
Now add the thing to the service
polar lantern
Yeah
And replace the REPLACEWITHUSERNAME
You can also add a ExecStartPre with the same command and just replace the messages
turbid rose
have to refresh daemons right
polar lantern
yeah
polar lantern
Epic
turbid rose
😭
polar lantern
You're welcome
polar lantern
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polar lantern
About systemd services
turbid rose
hmm makes sense
turbid rose
ill check this out, thanks
polar lantern
Remember to save the service and timer somewhere if you reinstall
