Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 20:41 Post subject: Help installing entware and keeping it after reboot [SOLVED]
I am running a Linksys 3200 ACM with DD-WRT v3.0-r45219 std (12/31/20) firmware. I used this guide to install entware https://gist.github.com/dreamcat4/6e58639288c1a1716b85 and the installation is successful. root@DD-WRT:/tmp/mnt/usb_hdd# which opkg
/opt/bin/opkg I don't know how to do this *Info: Add /opt/bin & /opt/sbin to your PATH variable* Once I reboot the router I no longer have entware root@DD-WRT:~# opkg --help
-sh: opkg: not found I have to reinstall it. What am I doing wrong ? How can I keep the entware install through a reboot?
I followed those instructions to the tee and I still can't keep entware installed during a reboot. Something is missing. I installed one app called htop, after a reboot I can use htop, so that works, but the entware installation is missing.
I tried to install again and I got some errors.
Code:
root@DD-WRT:/opt# sh generic.sh
Info: Checking for prerequisites and creating folders...
Warning: Folder /opt exists!
Info: Opkg package manager deployment...
Connecting to bin.entware.net (104.21.91.83:80)
saving to '/opt/bin/opkg'
'/opt/bin/opkg' saved
Connecting to bin.entware.net (104.21.91.83:80)
saving to '/opt/etc/opkg.conf'
'/opt/etc/opkg.conf' saved
Info: Basic packages installation...
Downloading http://bin.entware.net/armv7sf-k3.2/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /opt/var/opkg-lists/entware
Installing entware-opt (227000-3) to root...
Collected errors:
* verify_pkg_installable: Only have 0kb available on filesystem /opt, pkg entware-opt needs 3
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package entware-opt.
Info: Congratulations!
Info: If there are no errors above then Entware was successfully initialized.
Info: Add /opt/bin & /opt/sbin to $PATH variable
Info: Add "/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start" to startup script for Entware services to start
Info: Found a Bug? Please report at https://github.com/Entware/Entware/issues
You don't need to reinstall Entware. The problem is that you haven't correctly configured your login environment.
When you login, the system looks for the file .profile in your home directory and executes it. It's there where you can make your PATH changes. Or as I do, have the .profile file source the .bashrc file (the latter, by convention, is the preferred location for such changes).
You can add something like the following to the startup script. Then every time you login, your environment will be setup correctly. I also added some aliases just to illustrate what else is possible.
cat << "EOF" > /tmp/root/.bashrc
PATH=.:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
unalias -a
alias ls='$(which ls) --color'
alias l='ls -lFA'
alias ll='ls -lF'
alias dir='ls'
alias lip='nvram get lan_ipaddr'
alias gip='nvram get wan_gateway'
alias wip='nvram get wan_ipaddr'
alias pip='wget -qO - http://ipinfo.io/ip'
EOF
You don't need to reinstall Entware. The problem is that you haven't correctly configured your login environment.
When you login, the system looks for the file .profile in your home directory and executes it. It's there where you can make your PATH changes. Or as I do, have the .profile file source the .bashrc file (the latter, by convention, is the preferred location for such changes).
You can add something like the following to the startup script. Then every time you login, your environment will be setup correctly. I also added some aliases just to illustrate what else is possible.
cat << "EOF" > /tmp/root/.bashrc
PATH=.:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
unalias -a
alias ls='$(which ls) --color'
alias l='ls -lFA'
alias ll='ls -lF'
alias dir='ls'
alias lip='nvram get lan_ipaddr'
alias gip='nvram get wan_gateway'
alias wip='nvram get wan_ipaddr'
alias pip='wget -qO - http://ipinfo.io/ip'
EOF
I have no idea where any of that stuff goes. I tried putting it in my start up script with sleep 10
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start
But that did not work, after a reboot I had no entware, please be more specific with your answer as I am a noob and I don't understand what you are telling me. I tried adding it with my ssh session, just copy and paste what you wrote and then rebooting, but still no entware.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:04 Post subject:
yep, its suppose to be in start up script...
do keep in mind, your router is Marvell based and those entware specific issues should be posted to Marvell forum section, there you can get a better advise...
If i was you i would ve start form the scratch...
format that USB to ext2/ext3 or ext4 --- (i prefer ext2) ...
make sure it doesn't have any corrupted sectors, so try another USB...
than, once its formatted, name your partition to opt or jffs, depends what you want to use...
than enable USB form GUI, start auto-mount, so named opt or jffs partitions will be auto-mounted...
do keep in mind if you have more USB's connected, they may interfere if they have the same opt or jffs names...
than install the appropriate version of entware for your router... as its not Broadcom or Atheros i guess you must use dual-core/Arm7 version...(please refer in Marvell section what to use)...i have no experience whit Marvell based entware installations...
than install your package and configure it, as it requires...
very likely you use that line in start up script to start what ever is in opt...
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start
but sometimes, it may need a different command
like this one for example (in may case)..
/opt/etc/init.d/S61stubby.sh start
good to add this line in shutdown script too
sleep 10
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung stop
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Last edited by Alozaros on Thu Feb 25, 2021 12:08; edited 1 time in total
... there's no reason it shouldn't persist and be available after a reboot once the same USB flash drive is remounted. And that should be confirmable by going to the USB page and confirming the automount took place successfully. And if it did, use a shell (telnet or ssh) to log into the router and confirm the /opt directory is NOT empty.
... there's no reason it shouldn't persist and be available after a reboot once the same USB flash drive is remounted. And that should be confirmable by going to the USB page and confirming the automount took place successfully. And if it did, use a shell (telnet or ssh) to log into the router and confirm the /opt directory is NOT empty.
Code:
ls /opt
Following this wiki I get the following:
Code:
root@DD-WRT:~# cd /opt
root@DD-WRT:/opt# wget http://bin.entware.net/armv7sf-k3.2/installer/generic.sh
Connecting to bin.entware.net (104.21.91.83:80)
wget: can't open 'generic.sh': Read-only file system
root@DD-WRT:/opt# sh generic.sh
sh: can't open 'generic.sh': No such file or directory
And in my router I get this
Code:
--- /dev/sda
Block device, size 115.5 GiB (124017180672 bytes)
DOS/MBR partition map
Partition 1: 115.5 GiB (124016132096 bytes, 242219008 sectors from 2048)
Type 0x83 (Linux)
Ext4 file system
UUID 56B4A5F6-08B4-4567-8E3D-B4EC94DB5776 (DCE, v4)
Last mounted at "/tmp/mnt/sda1"
Volume size 115.5 GiB (124016132096 bytes, 30277376 blocks of 4 KiB)
/dev/sda not mounted Unsupported Filesystem
--- /dev/sda1
Block device, size 115.5 GiB (124016132096 bytes)
Ext4 file system
UUID 56B4A5F6-08B4-4567-8E3D-B4EC94DB5776 (DCE, v4)
Last mounted at "/tmp/mnt/sda1"
Volume size 115.5 GiB (124016132096 bytes, 30277376 blocks of 4 KiB)
/dev/sda1 mounted to /tmp/mnt/sda1
Ok I saw the problem, I fixed it, now it mounts to /opt on my router automatically. Problem solved. Thanks guys. It stayed installed after reboot. Success!
In case someone else gets stuck in a similar way, what is the problem that you fixed and how?
The problem was with the thumbdrive itself, it wasn't mounting as /opt but rather as /tmp/mnt/sda1 in the router. I took a fresh drive, formatted it as Optware ext4 and this mounted itself as /opt in the router.
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 21:28 Post subject:
if the name is not OPT, USB normally mounts as /tmp/mnt/sda1, to mount it on opt if it doesn't have OPT name, you have to mount it manually, copy/paste its UUID number to either opt or jffs...boxes save and apply and wait or reboot...
Otherwise just name partitions OPT or JFFS and use auto-mount option... _________________ Atheros
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TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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