my first try making a distro

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[member=7109]Moltke[/member]

yes I have already done the mirrors during set up, and to recheck it every few weeks/month, although slightly differently by using the Arch website tool for this, discovering the fastest and nearest mirrors, it was 8 mirrors, then added them in by editing and updating.

I have also run the

Code:

sudo pacman -Syy

and also

Code:

sudo pacman -Syu

I had not learned/heard of the

Code:

pacman -Su

command until your post, Thank You
I have just ran this it had 1 update of 2.5MB for man-db.
I will need to begin a book/pad for all these new (to me) commands I am coming across, until I learn them over time.
I'll begin it this week.

I have not managed to get VLC working either it is installed and the codecs Arch says it needs, clicking its icon doesn't open the program, and right context menu choosing vlc on an mp3 doesnt play it, says it needs mp3 decoder, but that decoder needed on reading and trying to install is already installed.Although I have tried removing and reinstalling that.
I have managed to get mp3 to play from right context menu using Mplayer, but it has no GUI appearing to control it.
So the MP3 playing I need to find more on trying to solve.
I have seen a nice looking mp3 player, I want to try out at a later time.