Unable to run system upgrade

General
1

Hello!

I’ve installed CachyOS on 13th of February so this is a really fresh install. Since then I am unable to run any upgrades. First time around I’ve ended up in emergency mode - root account locked, so I just rolled back. Since yesterday, I’ve been fighting harder. I’ve logged through a live ISO into root, ran the upgrades again, but I’ve still ended up in emergency mode. I rolled back again. Today I tried the upgrade one more time, but now I end up in this situation:

Konsole

Tray update does not work, hello does not work, -Syu does the same thing, this:

bash -c 'sudo pacman -Sy --needed archlinux-keyring && sudo pacman -Su'

also nothing.

I’ve tried to look into the ncurses since that does seem to be a new issue. I have these if it helps:

Summary

❯ pacman -Qi lib32-ncurses
Installed From : None
Name : lib32-ncurses
Version : 6.5-2
Description : System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library (32-bit)
Architecture : x86_64
URL : NCURSES – New Curses
Licenses : MIT
Groups : None
Provides : libncurses++w.so=6-32 libformw.so=6-32 libmenuw.so=6-32 libpanelw.so=6-32 libncursesw.so=6-32
Depends On : lib32-gcc-libs lib32-glibc ncurses=6.5
Optional Deps : None
Required By : lib32-llvm-libs
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 576,04 KiB
Packager : David Runge dvzrv@archlinux.org
Build Date : ne 11. května 2025, 12:04:20
Install Date : pá 13. února 2026, 22:42:26
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature

❯ pacman -Qi lib32-llvm-libs
Installed From : None
Name : lib32-llvm-libs
Version : 1:21.1.6-1
Description : LLVM runtime libraries (32-bit)
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://llvm.org/
Licenses : Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : lib32-gcc-libs lib32-zlib lib32-zstd lib32-libffi lib32-ncurses lib32-libxml2
Optional Deps : None
Required By : lib32-mesa lib32-vulkan-radeon
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 155,76 MiB
Packager : Leonidas Spyropoulos artafinde@archlinux.org
Build Date : st 19. listopadu 2025, 14:17:05
Install Date : pá 13. února 2026, 22:42:27
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature

Completely new laptop. Has never been kissed by another operating system. I use Limine.

Summary

OS: CachyOS x86_64
Host: 83LT (Legion Pro 5 16ADR10)
Kernel: Linux 6.19.0-2-cachyos
Uptime: 5 hours, 42 mins
Packages: 1474 (pacman)
Shell: fish 4.4.0
Display (SDC4219): 2560x1600 @ 1.75x in 16", 165 Hz [Built-in]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.6.1
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: Breeze (KritaDarker) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3/4]
Icons: Papirus-Dark [Qt], Papirus-Dark [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: Kanada (24px)
Terminal: konsole 25.12.2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX (16) @ 5.15 GHz
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Max-Q / Mobile [Discrete]
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 610M [Integrated]
Memory: 8.44 GiB / 30.64 GiB (28%)
Swap: 0 B / 30.64 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 161.81 GiB / 949.77 GiB (17%) - btrfs

My internet somewhat sucks, so I’m used to running rate-mirrors every day. It makes the check and download proceed, but still does not finish.

Refreshing keyrings helped me with the initial installation but now also nothing.

sudo pacman -Sy archlinux-keyring cachyos-keyring

sudo pacman-key --refresh-keys

I can however at least run individual package installs through the package installer.

Note that I have an external hard drive in exFat which I sometimes connect but I run no apps on it.

Is there something else I can try to make it work? I don’t want to give up on Cachy.

Please let me know if I can fetch you some more data if needed.

2

What is the output if you run a pacman in a terminal, what is the error message?

3

Here you go, I just shortened the midpart:

sudo pacman -Syu
[sudo] password for amnaa:
:: Synchronizing package databases…
core is up to date
extra 7,9 MiB 618 KiB/s 00:13 [################################################################] 100%
error: failed retrieving file ‘core.db’ from archlinux.cachyos.org : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
error: failed retrieving file ‘extra.db’ from archlinux.cachyos.org : Resolving timed out after 10000 milliseconds
:: Starting full system upgrade…
warning: a52dec: local (0.8.0-2.1) is newer than extra (0.8.0-2)
warning: aalib: local (1.4rc5-19.1) is newer than extra (1.4rc5-19)
warning: aardvark-dns: local (1.17.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.17.0-1)
warning: abseil-cpp: local (20250814.1-1.1) is newer than extra (20250814.1-1)
warning: accounts-qml-module: local (0.7-6.1) is newer than extra (0.7-6)
warning: acl: local (2.3.2-1.1) is newer than core (2.3.2-1)
warning: aha: local (0.5.1-3.1) is newer than extra (0.5.1-3)
warning: alacritty: local (0.16.1-1.4) is newer than extra (0.16.1-1)
warning: alsa-card-profiles: local (1:1.4.10-2.1) is newer than extra (1:1.4.10-2)
warning: alsa-lib: local (1.2.15.3-2.1) is newer than extra (1.2.15.3-2)
warning: alsa-plugins: local (1:1.2.12-5.5) is newer than extra (1:1.2.12-5)
warning: amd-ucode: local (1:20260110-1) is newer than core (20260221-1)
warning: ananicy-cpp: local (1.1.1-10.1) is newer than extra (1.1.1-10)
warning: aom: local (3.13.1-2.1) is newer than extra (3.13.1-2)
warning: appmenu-gtk-module: local (25.04-2.1) is newer than extra (25.04-2)
warning: appstream: local (1.1.2-1.1) is newer than extra (1.1.2-1)
warning: appstream-qt: local (1.1.2-1.1) is newer than extra (1.1.2-1)
warning: argon2: local (20190702-6.3) is newer than extra (20190702-6)
warning: aribb24: local (1.0.3-4.1) is newer than extra (1.0.3-4)
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warning: ark: local (25.12.2-1.1) is newer than extra (25.12.2-1)
warning: at-spi2-core: local (2.58.3-1.1) is newer than extra (2.58.3-1)
warning: attr: local (2.5.2-1.1) is newer than core (2.5.2-1)
warning: audit: local (4.1.2-2.1) is newer than core (4.1.2-2)
warning: avahi: local (1:0.9rc3-1.1) is newer than extra (1:0.9rc3-1)
warning: babl: local (0.1.122-1.1) is newer than extra (0.1.122-1)
warning: baloo-widgets: local (25.12.2-1.1) is newer than extra (25.12.2-1)
warning: bash: local (5.3.9-2) is newer than core (5.3.9-1)
warning: binutils: local (2.46-2) is newer than core (2.46-1)
warning: blas: local (3.12.1-2.1) is newer than extra (3.12.1-2)
warning: bolt: local (0.9.10-1.1) is newer than extra (0.9.10-1)
warning: boost-libs: local (1.89.0-4.1) is newer than extra (1.89.0-4)
warning: brotli: local (1.2.0-1.1) is newer than core (1.2.0-1)
warning: btop: local (1.4.6-1.1) is newer than extra (1.4.6-1)
warning: btrfs-assistant: local (2.2-4.1) is newer than extra (2.2-4)
warning: bzip2: local (1.0.8-6.1) is newer than core (1.0.8-6)
warning: ca-certificates-mozilla: local (3.120.1-1.1) is newer than core (3.120.1-1)
warning: cabextract: local (1.11-2.1) is newer than extra (1.11-2)
warning: cairo: local (1.18.4-1.1) is newer than extra (1.18.4-1)
warning: cairomm-1.16: local (1.18.0-2.1) is newer than extra (1.18.0-2)
warning: catatonit: local (0.2.1-2.1) is newer than extra (0.2.1-2)
warning: cblas: local (3.12.1-2.1) is newer than extra (3.12.1-2)
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warning: cfitsio: local (1:4.6.3-1.1) is newer than extra (1:4.6.3-1)
warning: chromaprint: local (1.6.0-2.5) is newer than extra (1.6.0-2)
warning: cifs-utils: local (7.4-1.1) is newer than extra (7.4-1)
warning: clinfo: local (3.0.23.01.25-1.1) is newer than extra (3.0.23.01.25-1)
warning: clucene: local (2.3.3.4-17.1) is newer than extra (2.3.3.4-17)
warning: confuse: local (3.3-4.1) is newer than extra (3.3-4)
warning: conmon: local (1:2.2.1-1.1) is newer than extra (1:2.2.1-1)
warning: convertlit: local (1.8-13.1) is newer than extra (1.8-13)
warning: coreutils: local (9.10-1.1) is newer than core (9.10-1)
warning: crun: local (1.26-3.1) is newer than extra (1.26-3)
warning: cryptsetup: local (2.8.4-1.1) is newer than core (2.8.4-1)
warning: cups-filters: local (2.0.1-2.1) is newer than extra (2.0.1-2)
warning: cups-pdf: local (3.0.2-1.6) is newer than extra (3.0.2-1)
warning: dav1d: local (1.5.3-1.1) is newer than extra (1.5.3-1)
warning: dbus: local (1.16.2-1.1) is newer than core (1.16.2-1)
warning: dbus-glib: local (0.114-1.1) is newer than extra (0.114-1)
warning: dconf: local (0.49.0-1.1) is newer than extra (0.49.0-1)
warning: ddcutil: local (2.2.5-2.1) is newer than extra (2.2.5-2)
warning: debugedit: local (5.2-1.1) is newer than core (5.2-1)
warning: desktop-file-utils: local (0.28-1.1) is newer than extra (0.28-1)
warning: device-mapper: local (2.03.38-1.1) is newer than core (2.03.38-1)
warning: ding-libs: local (0.6.2-2.1) is newer than core (0.6.2-2)
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warning: snapper: local (0.13.0-2.1) is newer than extra (0.13.0-2)
warning: sndio: local (1.10.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.10.0-1)
warning: soundtouch: local (2.4.0-1.1) is newer than extra (2.4.0-1)
warning: speex: local (1.2.1-2.1) is newer than extra (1.2.1-2)
warning: speexdsp: local (1.2.1-2.1) is newer than extra (1.2.1-2)
warning: splix: local (2.0.1-2.1) is newer than extra (2.0.1-2)
warning: sqlite: local (3.51.2-2) is newer than core (3.51.2-1)
warning: srt: local (1.5.4-1.1) is newer than extra (1.5.4-1)
warning: sudo: local (1.9.17.p2-2.1) is newer than core (1.9.17.p2-2)
warning: suitesparse: local (7.12.2-1.1) is newer than extra (7.12.2-1)
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warning: switcheroo-control: local (3.0-1.1) is newer than extra (3.0-1)
warning: sysfsutils: local (2.1.1-2.2) is newer than extra (2.1.1-2)
warning: talloc: local (2.4.4-1.1) is newer than extra (2.4.4-1)
warning: tar: local (1.35-2.1) is newer than core (1.35-2)
warning: tcl: local (8.6.16-1.1) is newer than extra (8.6.16-1)
warning: tdb: local (1.4.15-1.1) is newer than extra (1.4.15-1)
warning: tevent: local (1:0.17.1-2.1) is newer than extra (1:0.17.1-2)
warning: texinfo: local (7.2-1.1) is newer than core (7.2-1)
warning: thin-provisioning-tools: local (1.3.1-1.1) is newer than core (1.3.1-1)
warning: tomlplusplus: local (3.4.0-1.1) is newer than extra (3.4.0-1)
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warning: tslib: local (1.24-1.2) is newer than extra (1.24-1)
warning: twolame: local (0.4.0-4.1) is newer than extra (0.4.0-4)
warning: tzdata: local (2025c-1.1) is newer than core (2025c-1)
warning: uchardet: local (0.0.8-3.1) is newer than extra (0.0.8-3)
warning: udisks2: local (2.11.0-1.1) is newer than extra (2.11.0-1)
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warning: upower: local (1.91.1-1.1) is newer than extra (1.91.1-1)
warning: usb_modeswitch: local (2.6.2.20251207-1.1) is newer than extra (2.6.2.20251207-1)
warning: usbutils: local (019-1.1) is newer than core (019-1)
warning: v4l-utils: local (1.32.0-1.2) is newer than extra (1.32.0-1)
warning: vapoursynth: local (73-2.1) is newer than extra (73-2)
warning: verdict: local (1.4.4-1.1) is newer than extra (1.4.4-1)
warning: vid.stab: local (1.1.1-2.1) is newer than extra (1.1.1-2)
warning: vlc-plugin-a52dec: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
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warning: vlc-plugin-aom: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
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warning: vlc-plugin-avahi: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugin-bluray: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
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warning: vlc-plugin-cddb: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugin-chromecast: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugin-dav1d: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugin-dbus: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugin-dbus-screensaver: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugin-dca: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugin-dvb: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
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warning: vlc-plugin-fluidsynth: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
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warning: vlc-plugin-jack: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
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warning: vlc-plugins-extra: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugins-video-output: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: vlc-plugins-visualization: local (3.0.21-32.1) is newer than extra (3.0.21-32)
warning: volume_key: local (0.3.12-12.1) is newer than extra (0.3.12-12)
warning: vulkan-icd-loader: local (1.4.341.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.4.341.0-1)
warning: vulkan-mesa-implicit-layers: local (1:25.3.5-2) is newer than extra (1:25.3.5-1)
warning: vulkan-radeon: local (1:25.3.5-2) is newer than extra (1:25.3.5-1)
warning: wayland: local (1.24.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.24.0-1)
warning: wayland-utils: local (1.3.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.3.0-1)
warning: webrtc-audio-processing-1: local (1.3-5.2) is newer than extra (1.3-5)
warning: wget: local (1.25.0-3.1) is newer than extra (1.25.0-3)
warning: which: local (2.23-1.1) is newer than core (2.23-1)
warning: wildmidi: local (0.4.6-1.1) is newer than extra (0.4.6-1)
warning: winetricks: local (20260125-1.1) is newer than extra (20260125-1)
warning: wireplumber: local (0.5.13-1.1) is newer than extra (0.5.13-1)
warning: wpa_supplicant: local (2:2.11-5.1) is newer than core (2:2.11-5)
warning: x264: local (3:0.165.r3222.b35605a-2.5) is newer than extra (3:0.165.r3222.b35605a-2)
warning: x265: local (4.1-1.2) is newer than extra (4.1-1)
warning: xcb-util: local (0.4.1-2.1) is newer than extra (0.4.1-2)
warning: xcb-util-cursor: local (0.1.6-1.1) is newer than extra (0.1.6-1)
warning: xcb-util-image: local (0.4.1-3.1) is newer than extra (0.4.1-3)
warning: xcb-util-keysyms: local (0.4.1-5.1) is newer than extra (0.4.1-5)
warning: xcb-util-renderutil: local (0.3.10-2.1) is newer than extra (0.3.10-2)
warning: xcb-util-wm: local (0.4.2-2.1) is newer than extra (0.4.2-2)
warning: xdg-desktop-portal: local (1.20.3-2.1) is newer than extra (1.20.3-2)
warning: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk: local (1.15.3-1.1) is newer than extra (1.15.3-1)
warning: xdg-user-dirs: local (0.19-2.2) is newer than extra (0.19-2)
warning: xf86-input-libinput: local (1.5.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.5.0-1)
warning: xf86-video-amdgpu: local (25.0.0-1.1) is newer than extra (25.0.0-1)
warning: xfsprogs: local (6.18.0-1.1) is newer than core (6.18.0-1)
warning: xmlsec: local (1.3.9-1.1) is newer than extra (1.3.9-1)
warning: xorg-server: local (21.1.21-1.1) is newer than extra (21.1.21-1)
warning: xorg-server-common: local (21.1.21-1.1) is newer than extra (21.1.21-1)
warning: xorg-setxkbmap: local (1.3.4-2.1) is newer than extra (1.3.4-2)
warning: xorg-xauth: local (1.1.5-1.1) is newer than extra (1.1.5-1)
warning: xorg-xdpyinfo: local (1.4.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.4.0-1)
warning: xorg-xkbcomp: local (1.5.0-1.1) is newer than extra (1.5.0-1)
warning: xorg-xmessage: local (1.0.7-1.1) is newer than extra (1.0.7-1)
warning: xorg-xprop: local (1.2.8-1.1) is newer than extra (1.2.8-1)
warning: xorg-xrandr: local (1.5.3-1.1) is newer than extra (1.5.3-1)
warning: xorg-xrdb: local (1.2.2-2.1) is newer than extra (1.2.2-2)
warning: xorg-xwayland: local (24.1.9-1.1) is newer than extra (24.1.9-1)
warning: xsettingsd: local (1.0.2-3.1) is newer than extra (1.0.2-3)
warning: xvidcore: local (1.3.7-3.1) is newer than extra (1.3.7-3)
warning: xz: local (5.8.2-2) is newer than core (5.8.2-1)
warning: yajl: local (2.1.0-6.1) is newer than extra (2.1.0-6)
warning: yyjson: local (0.12.0-1.1) is newer than extra (0.12.0-1)
warning: zbar: local (0.23.93-5.1) is newer than extra (0.23.93-5)
warning: zenity: local (4.2.1-1.4) is newer than extra (4.2.1-1)
warning: zimg: local (3.0.6-1.1) is newer than extra (3.0.6-1)
warning: zint: local (2.16.0-1.1) is newer than extra (2.16.0-1)
warning: zix: local (0.8.0-1.1) is newer than extra (0.8.0-1)
warning: zlib-ng: local (2.3.3-2) is newer than extra (2.3.3-1)
warning: zlib-ng-compat: local (2.3.3-2) is newer than extra (2.3.3-1)
warning: zram-generator: local (1.2.1-1.1) is newer than extra (1.2.1-1)
warning: zstd: local (1.5.7-5) is newer than core (1.5.7-3)
warning: zvbi: local (0.2.44-1.1) is newer than extra (0.2.44-1)
resolving dependencies…
looking for conflicting packages…
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing ncurses (6.6-1) breaks dependency ‘ncurses=6.5’ required by lib32-ncurses

Please let me know if you meant some other command I can run or if you need the whole thing.

4

Looks like connectivity or very crappy mirrors. Could also be a bad system time clock.

5

Can I somehow manipulate the timeout limit to give it a better chance?

My system time is accurate to where I’m at. GMT+1

6

Hello and welcome,

Looks like your mirror/repo config is super not correct.

Please share your /etc/pacman.conf.

7

Here you go:

#
# /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
#NoProgressBar
#PrettyProgressBar
#ILoveCandy
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5
DownloadUser = alpm
#DisableSandbox
#DisableSandboxFilesystem
#DisableSandboxSyscalls

# 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.

#[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
8

Its up to you whether this is enabled or not - its what provides all the lib32 packages and would likely be needed if you intend to game.

The rest of the issue is bigger.

You should have at least one more entry for [cachyos].
And usually, unless you bave a very old CPU, an additional 3 for architecture optimized repos, ex; [cachyos-v3], [cachyos-core-v3], [cachyos-extra-v3] if it were a v3 cpu.

See here for some more;

Right now you are more or less running regular Arch but with it configured a little funny. With only apparently a few ‘cachy’ packages added from the AUR. You do not have any cachy mirrorlist either. You are not running Cachy.

That seems to also be in addition to your ‘arch’ mirrors also being configured incorrectly and at least partially fail to resolve.

How did we get here?

Or is this actually an Arch install?

In any case it is not difficult to fix .. just refer to the wiki;

9

No idea what happened. This is a fresh install of an CachyOS ISO. Anyway, turns out I should have the znver4 so I’ve added it, downloaded it but the reinstall gives me this mess:

❯
pacman -Qqn | sudo pacman -S -
warning: a52dec-0.8.0-2.1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: aalib-1.4rc5-19.1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: aardvark-dns-1.17.0-1.1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: abseil-cpp-20250814.1-1.1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: accounts-qml-module-0.7-6.1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: downgrading package acl (2.3.2-1.1 => 2.3.2-1)
warning: adwaita-cursors-49.0-1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: adwaita-icon-theme-49.0-1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: adwaita-icon-theme-legacy-46.2-3 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: aha-0.5.1-3.1 is up to date – reinstalling
…shortened…
warning: zram-generator-1.2.1-1.1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: zsh-5.9-5 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: zsh-autosuggestions-0.7.1-1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: zsh-completions-0.35.0-3 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: zsh-history-substring-search-1.1.0-2 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: zsh-syntax-highlighting-0.8.0-1 is up to date – reinstalling
warning: downgrading package zstd (1.5.7-5 => 1.5.7-3)
warning: zvbi-0.2.44-1.1 is up to date – reinstalling
resolving dependencies…
looking for conflicting packages…
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing ncurses (6.6-1) breaks dependency ‘ncurses=6.5’ required by lib32-ncurses

10

OK, update, I’ve uncommented the [multilib] in pacman.conf and the installation seems to be proceeding so far.

11

And this occurred directly after install and with no other modifications?

Maybe running some sort of auto-update thing?

Or maybe got a pacnew and just replaced the pacman.conf with the pacnew?

(That is not how to manage those - despite some poor scripts performing it.)

12

I’m definitely not at the level to make any modifications so I avoid those. The only updates I’ve used are the ones recommended. I did, however, run into a pacnew yesterday, so oops, that one is probably on me. That might explain the messed up pacman.conf. Yet I don’t know how I managed to get it.

13

Ok, the download and install is done!

Yet, I’ve noticed these errors while it was running, should I be worried?

error: failed retrieving file ‘lib32-gcc-libs-15.2.1+r604+g0b99615a8aef-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst’ from archlinux.cachyos.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file ‘glibc-2.43+r5+g856c426a7534-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst’ from archlinux.cachyos.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file ‘lib32-glibc-2.43+r5+g856c426a7534-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst’ from archlinux.cachyos.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: too many errors from archlinux.cachyos.org, skipping for the remainder of this transaction

14

If the DL+update completed then those are just warnings that those files could not be found (at that exact version at that exact moment) at that host - but that it silently went on to get it from the next mirror in your list.
Well and that last one stating it wont even try at archlinux.cachyos.org for the rest of the transaction.

15

Awesome. I shall commence the reboot. Hopefully I wont end up on the emergency screen again.

16

What most likely happened is this:

  • There was an update for the pacman package
  • That package provides /etc/pacman.conf
    • You can always check which package installed a file: pacman -Qo /etc/pacman.conf
    • And search for more info about it on https://packages.cachyos.org/
  • The file likely changed in the update, causing a pacnew to be generated
  • You likely accepted the changes, assuming the package knows best
    • The pacman.conf you pasted is identical to the one I linked above (current repo version)

The crucial bit of Linux lore you’re probably missing is this:

Generally speaking, the contents of /etc/ are the system configuration for YOUR system. Packages may provide files in that location, but these are merely defaults and starting points. The files may then be modified to better suit your specific system; be it manually by you, or by the CachyOS installer, or by other applications (though that would require you entering the root password in most cases).

Specifically /etc/pacman.conf is modified automatically when you install CachyOS, to use the correct repos for your CPU architecture. The file provided by the package is just a bare bones starting point, not really functional as is. You should never replace your /etc/pacman.conf wholesale via pacnew.

Best practice would be to check what changed and make your own judgement of which changes you want to incorporate. It should almost always be safe to just disregard the pacnew for this file.

I happen to also run a znver4 system.

My pacman.conf contains the following uncommented repos (I stripped comments for brevity):

[cachyos-znver4]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cachyos-v4-mirrorlist

[cachyos-core-znver4]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cachyos-v4-mirrorlist

[cachyos-extra-znver4]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cachyos-v4-mirrorlist

[cachyos]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/cachyos-mirrorlist

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

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

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

I haven’t modified this file since install, so this is probably what you want in yours as well. The order matters! And make sure no other repo entries are left uncommented.

17

Welp, so, here we are.

20260227_000610
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I’m on live ISO and in root. I fetched fstab from root if it helps. How do I get out of this purgatory?

# /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=41E2-ABC8                            /boot          vfat    defaults,umask=0077 0 2
UUID=cd90e23e-44ba-4626-9af0-f0b55875e4a7 /              btrfs   subvol=/@,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=cd90e23e-44ba-4626-9af0-f0b55875e4a7 /home          btrfs   subvol=/@home,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=cd90e23e-44ba-4626-9af0-f0b55875e4a7 /root          btrfs   subvol=/@root,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=cd90e23e-44ba-4626-9af0-f0b55875e4a7 /srv           btrfs   subvol=/@srv,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=cd90e23e-44ba-4626-9af0-f0b55875e4a7 /var/cache     btrfs   subvol=/@cache,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=cd90e23e-44ba-4626-9af0-f0b55875e4a7 /var/tmp       btrfs   subvol=/@tmp,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd:1 0 0
UUID=cd90e23e-44ba-4626-9af0-f0b55875e4a7 /var/log       btrfs   subvol=/@log,defaults,noatime,compress=zstd:1 0 0
tmpfs                                     /tmp           tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
18

Wait a minute. I’ve just re-read your post and I seem to be missing the [cachyos] itself inside of my config. Goddamit. I’ll run the update again and hopefully something positive will happen.

19

If that doesn’t do it, personally, I would probably just use btrfs snapshots to roll back all the way to before you accepted the pacnew (assuming it’s not too terribly far back), and update as usual from there (this time, disregarding/deleting the pacnew for pacman.conf). Or, at least, to the last bootable state, then fix the pacman.conf and see if it updates okay from there.

If you accepted any other pacnews in /etc/, that might be part of the problem.

20

There are a bunch of posts/threads relating to the proper handling of pacnews but I will try to link to one that in turn should link to the archwiki article for more;