MerlinAU MerlinAU v1.6.1 - The Ultimate Firmware Auto-Updater

[junior120872]

Hi @junior120872

Just checking in to see if you had any developments for us!

Sorry. Yes reboots stopped after I uninstalled. I need to reinstall it again and change the cron to reboot at 1:00am instead of 12:00 to see if that fixes it.

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

Sorry. Yes reboots stopped after I uninstalled. I need to reinstall it again and change the cron to reboot at 1:00am instead of 12:00 to see if that fixes it.

Okay no rush, do keep us updated as you finish the testing. Would be valuable to know

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

Sorry. Yes reboots stopped after I uninstalled. I need to reinstall it again and change the cron to reboot at 1:00am instead of 12:00 to see if that fixes it.

Just following up again... Any updates?
Also after thinking it over, setting it at 1am is probably not as good as setting it to a specific minute, like 1:12am

Since "1:00am" would also clash with your Skynet cron job I mentioned here:

• 0 * * * * sh /jffs/scripts/firewall save
  Runs at the top of every hour, including 00:00 (midnight)

 

[junior120872]

Just following up again... Any updates?
Also after thinking it over, setting it at 1am is probably not as good as setting it to a specific minute, like 1:12am

Since "1:00am" would also clash with your Skynet cron job I mentioned here:

I set it for 1:15am and it seeed to have worked fine. I did end up uninstalling it for now though. I tend to check these forums constantly and update my router by hand everytime anyway, so have decided to leave it uninstalled.

 

[visortgw]

I set it for 1:15am and it seeed to have worked fine. I did end up uninstalling it for now though. I tend to check these forums constantly and update my router by hand everytime anyway, so have decided to leave it uninstalled.

MerlinAU is a safer way to update even if you have auto update disabled and kick off the update manually.

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

I set it for 1:15am and it seeed to have worked fine. I did end up uninstalling it for now though. I tend to check these forums constantly and update my router by hand everytime anyway, so have decided to leave it uninstalled.

As @visortgw mentioned, it's the better way to update usually, even if you disable the "Auto" feature and kick it off manually everytime.
The exception to that is unless you manually go through all the same steps like unmounting your USB, unloading cron jobs. Checking the firmware file hash. Etc.

Additionally, just because it seemed to work, I wouldn't call that case closed immediately.
We should try to further identify what caused your crashes initially. Was it MerlinAU at all? Was it a cron job collision?

If you moved your cron job back to midnight does it start crashing again?
That would indicate it likely is a form of cron job collision, which we should investigate if that really is the cause.

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

MerlinAU 1.6.1 Released!

What's Changed/Fixed?:

PR: [ #559 ] - BUG FIX: For Github Report: 558

• User @fire-nxe reported a bug with the WebUI where the Firmware Update Version detected in MerlinAU was incorrect, more info here: [BUG] - Incorrect Firmware Update Version Detection in MerlinAU #558
• The WebUI was consistently setting a static weight value of -100 for Beta/Alpha releases, regardless of the setting for Beta-to-Release F/W Updates
• The WebUI was modified to only set the weight penalty of beta/alpha releases if the setting is enabled for: Beta-to-Release F/W Updates
• Additionally, when enabled, it should compare the numeric segments first and only use beta/alpha status as a tie-breaker within the SAME numeric version.
  

PR: [ #560 ] - Reset Configuration Settings After F/W Update

• Modified code to properly reset some configuration settings after a F/W Update has been successfully completed, followed by a router reboot. This way, we have a "cleaner" starting point for the next F/W update.
• (Thanks @Martinski4GitHub )
  

PR: [ #561 ] - Messaging Improvement when entering Login Password.

• Added messages to the "Router Login Password" prompt to let the user know how to show/hide the password string, and how to exit the input prompt.
• Sample screenshot showing additional messaging:

• (Thanks @Martinski4GitHub )
  

As always, we highly recommend you update ASAP as this includes functional improvements and little bug fixes.
Thanks!

 

[visortgw]

MerlinAU 1.6.1 Released!

What's Changed/Fixed?:

PR: [ #559 ] - BUG FIX: For Github Report: 558

• User @fire-nxe reported a bug with the WebUI where the Firmware Update Version detected in MerlinAU was incorrect, more info here: [BUG] - Incorrect Firmware Update Version Detection in MerlinAU #558
• The WebUI was consistently setting a static weight value of -100 for Beta/Alpha releases, regardless of the setting for Beta-to-Release F/W Updates
• The WebUI was modified to only set the weight penalty of beta/alpha releases if the setting is enabled for: Beta-to-Release F/W Updates
• Additionally, when enabled, it should compare the numeric segments first and only use beta/alpha status as a tie-breaker within the SAME numeric version.

PR: [ #560 ] - Reset Configuration Settings After F/W Update

• Modified code to properly reset some configuration settings after a F/W Update has been successfully completed, followed by a router reboot. This way, we have a "cleaner" starting point for the next F/W update.
• (Thanks @Martinski4GitHub )

PR: [ #561 ] - Messaging Improvement when entering Login Password.

• Added messages to the "Router Login Password" prompt to let the user know how to show/hide the password string, and how to exit the input prompt.
• Sample screenshot showing additional messaging:

• (Thanks @Martinski4GitHub )

As always, we highly recommend you update ASAP as this includes functional improvements and little bug fixes.
Thanks!

Mine autoupdated even before announcement!

 

[ExtremeFiretop]

Mine autoupdated even before announcement!

It's a ghost update!!! Just kidding, I was slow to post to the forums once the update was merged into production by an hour or two

Don't be mad at me @visortgw ... My eyes started to close as I waited for @Martinski to approve my PR, and next thing you know I woke up and I was 2 hours behind!

 

[visortgw]

It's a ghost update!!! Just kidding, I was slow to post to the forums once the update was merged into production by an hour or two

Don't be mad at me @visortgw ... My eyes started drifting closed as I waited for @Martinski to approve my PR, and next thing you know I woke up and I was 2 hours behind!

Not mad at all! I would've kicked it off had I known...