@BrainSlayer
I have reupdated the firmware to version 11-18-2021-r47656 as it would make sense to apply any fixes to the recent firmware versions.
I have then enabled SSH, SYSLOGD (TELNET was already enabled), logged in using SSH and run the command "cat /var/log/messages".
I have attached a TXT file with the output.
Let me know if you need any further information.
@kernel-panic69
I prefer to wait if it is going to help the community. I am not in a hurry to resolve the problem as this is not one of my production routers so anything that anyone needs, just ask and I will endeavor to help. As I am not a Linux expert I may need some guidance but can also Google anything I am not sure of (like I just did with SSH).
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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 23:02 Post subject:
Probably because the hardware is not being detected due to lack of driver loading properly. Still have not received a response from BrainSlayer regarding the aforementioned commit. He only fixed the 3.10 kernel tree, though; not the 3.18 or any others. _________________ "Life is but a fleeting moment, a vapor that vanishes quickly; All is vanity"
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Both syslogd and klogd are definitely enabled (just checked again) so the last attachment of the "cat /var/log/messages" output was definitely all there was.
Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 7492 Location: Dresden, Germany
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:34 Post subject:
from the log the kernel log shows that your switch is not responsive. i have already devices with broken switches and all of them where the same realtek switch which gets very hot in operation. it really looks like your device is broken _________________ "So you tried to use the computer and it started smoking? Sounds like a Mac to me.." - Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_5YDRWqGE&t=60s
I thought since it was faulty to try and install the Openwrt firmware on it and I think I have totally bricked the device.
Strangely I followed the instructions from a post that was (adapted to my environment) as follows:
> scp openwrt-19.07.8-ar71xx-generic-wndr3700-squashfs-factory.img root@192.168.1.1:/tmp
> ssh root@192.168.1.1
# cd /tmp
# mtd -f write openwrt-19.07.8-ar71xx-generic-wndr3700-squashfs-factory.img linux
Output was.....
Unlocking linux ...
[flash] : Could not unlock MTD device: linux
linux: Not supported
Writing from openwrt-19.07.8-ar71xx-generic-wndr3700-squashfs-factory.img to linux ... [w]
Warning unaligned data, we use manual padding to avoid errors. size was 133!!!
# reboot
Now the router has a flashing power light and that's it. Looks screwed.
It doesn't matter if the router was faulty but curious as to what I did wrong.
Re my previous post I still would like to know what I did wrong when I tried to crossflash the router from dd-wrt to openwrt using the commands I found in another forum.
I would like to know as I have many more routers to prepare and I may encounter the situation where I need to crossflash a dd-wrt to an openwrt firmware and going directly from dd-wrt to openwrt is a lot quicker than reverting a dd-wrt to original firmware then updating to openwrt.
I also would like to know if in my situation with no LAN ports available whether I would be able to unbrick this router.
So I shouldn't have used the following commands in a shell?:
> scp openwrt-19.07.8-ar71xx-generic-wndr3700-squashfs-factory.img root@192.168.1.1:/tmp
> ssh root@192.168.1.1
# cd /tmp
# mtd -f write openwrt-19.07.8-ar71xx-generic-wndr3700-squashfs-factory.img linux
I got those commands from a another website that the user used to crossflash a dd-wrt firmware to a openwrt firmware.
They said they would regularly swap between dd-wrt and openwrt and provided the commands for going between both directions.
I thought it would be safer using commands instead of the GUI.
I am not worried about this router as BrainSlayer said the LAN ports are gone so this router would be binned so I thought I would learn something by doing the crossflash but as I said in my previous post I have many routers that I am going to work on so I would like to know what I am doing.
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