amtm amtm won't start

[toaruScar]

My amtm won't start after updating to 6.0.1

after running amtm, all I see is just

 amtm 6.0.1                by thelonelycoder

 RT-AX88U (aarch64) Kernel-4.1.51
 FW-3004.388.9_2 @ 192.168.50.1
 Operation Mode: Wireless router
 Sat Jun 28 14:10:32 DST 2025

 amtm - the Asuswrt-Merlin Terminal Menu

I tried

rm -fr /jffs/addons/amtm

Then next time it asked me to choose a theme then back to the same behavior.

 

[dave14305]

While it’s stuck, open another SSH session and run ps ww to see what it might be doing.

 

[aex.perez]

This was just happening to me as well, turned out to be the USB (went R/O). Nothing would start. Unfortunately it was failing slowly over time and I didn't see it, and couldn't recover. Took me me a couple of days to rebuild it all as my backupus we're also corrupted. But after a few HW resets and a new USB, it's all working. Good Luck...

 

[Tech9]

turned out to be the USB

Now you know what I mean by "system as reliable as USB stick". Use SSD in external enclosure instead.

 

[aex.perez]

Now you know what I mean by "system as reliable as USB stick". Use SSD in external enclosure instead.

I was gambling for awhile, but after the last week of trying to put the router back together again, and hitting random brick walls, arriving Monday

 

[toaruScar]

In my case the storage is not in RO.
It got stuck on this command:

/opt/bin/curl -fsNL --connect-timeout 10 --retry 3 --max-time 12 https://diversion.ch/amtm_fw/swap.mod -o /jffs/addons/amtm/swap.mod.new

When adding the verbose flag, I got the follwoing:

/opt/bin/curl -vfsNL --connect-timeout 10 --retry 3 --max-time 12 https://diversion.ch/amtm_fw/swap.mod
* error setting certificate verify locations:
  CAfile: /home/tina/kao_asus/asuswrt/release/src/router/APP-IPK/DM-ipk/opt/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
  CApath: none

 

[toaruScar]

Ok fixed with

mv /opt/bin/curl /opt/bin/curl.old

 

[dave14305]

The revenge of Download Master.