Also, the vmware network may be down. Try this: ifconfig eth0 up dhclient eth0 After a bit it should say something like "bound to 192.168.1.64 renewal in 86400 seconds". Now try using pacman again. HTH! On 4/9/10, Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckh at ftml.net> wrote: > As I recall, the boot option should be swspeak, not swspeakup. > > > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:41:39PM +1200, Arthur Pirika wrote: >> hi, I have a strange problem, and wondering if anyone here has any >> ideas. I want to play with linux, but would like to try it in a vm >> under windows, to try things out. I have two distros here, arch, and >> grml. I'm using windows xp pro sp3, and vmWare player 3.01. >> >> Arch loads perfectly fine, speakup comes up, but lately, arch is >> seeming to have trouble retrieving packages. Protocol and/or timeout >> errors are the norm here. Even selecting different mirrors doesn't >> help. >> Grml just refuses to speak, but it does seem to load. as far as i >> know, I'm giving the boot loader grml swspeakup as it's options. >> Maybe i need to try a different vm? >> btw, this is grml 2009.10. >> >> tia, >> Arthur. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (23% of Full) > My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net > Audio editor weblog: edway.wordpress.com > -------- > Yesterday is a memory, Tomorrow is a vision, Today is a bitch! > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
