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Hi,

after installing the following components (on my attempt to install gallery):
- lighttpd
- mysql
- php (with serveral extensions: ctype, mbstring, xml, json, iconv, filter ...)

it seems they broke my environment.

When running ipkg list I get the error:
Code:
admin@RT-N66U:/tmp/mnt/sda1# ipkg update
ipkg: can't resolve symbol '__ctype_b_loc'

When trying to run transmission daemon I get:
Code:
admin@RT-N66U:/tmp/mnt/sda1# /opt/etc/init.d/S95transmission start
Starting transmission-daemon:.[20:11:09.694] Couldn't read "/opt/etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json": Not a regular file
[FAILED]

Can anyone please give some pointers on what went wrong and how to fix these.

I actually managed to get the lighttpd and php running. Also the mySql was ok.

Thank you
 
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I realize that this is Linux related (not Asus, RT-N66U or Merlin's version), but can anyone please provide some assistance?

Is it possible that a firmware rewrite/upgrade will solve this?
 
The problem seem to be with your Optware/Entware repo. I'm not really an expert at fixing package conflicts, best I could suggest is to rename your current asusware directory (or whatever directory contains your Entware filesystem), reboot, and restart from scratch. You can copy back any customized file from the backup you made before rebooting.
 
The problem seem to be with your Optware/Entware repo.

You are absolutely right.
I realized that I combined packages from optware & entware.
I simply removed the asusware directory and reinstalled everything from scratch, but this time only entware packages. Now everything is ok.

Thank you very much, RMerlin!
 
I realize that this is Linux related (not Asus, RT-N66U or Merlin's version), but can anyone please provide some assistance?

Is it possible that a firmware rewrite/upgrade will solve this?

To whom it might interest:
The firmware upgrade did not solve the issue (I lost jffs contents in the upggrade process :) )

The problem was, as Merlin stated, mixing Optware/Entware repositories.
The solution was a clean reinstall only from Entware.
 

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