optware & RT-AC68 issues. (missing links).

[henrikk]

I am running 3.0.0.4.374.39 on a RT-AC68. I install optware by installing "Download Master" and then disabling it. When I ssh into the router ipgk appears to work and I can install software.

When I install 'iftop' (eg. "ipkg install iftop") the packages including the needed libpcap library get downloaded. iftop now works.

The problem is that the libpcap libraries are installed in:

/opt/lib

which does not not seem to survive a reboot. Note that all the other libraries in here are links to the USB drive which get recreated on startup, but "new" libraries like libpcap gets installed as a package here and not as a link to /tmp/mnt/USB/asusware.arm/lib. This happens with any library I install, not just libpcap.

As such, as soon as I reboot the router:

admin@asus:/tmp/opt/lib# iftop
iftop: can't load library 'libpcap.so.1'

I get the above error message. I think someone else reported similar issues. I can probably manually fix this by moving the libraries after installation and creating the links, but I am not sure this should be happening in the first place.

What am, I doing wrong?

- Henrik

 

[TeMpL]

iftop work just fine...

 

[TeHashX]

I am running 3.0.0.4.374.39 on a RT-AC68. I install optware by installing "Download Master" and then disabling it. When I ssh into the router ipgk appears to work and I can install software.

When I install 'iftop' (eg. "ipkg install iftop") the packages including the needed libpcap library get downloaded. iftop now works.

The problem is that the libpcap libraries are installed in:

/opt/lib

which does not not seem to survive a reboot. Note that all the other libraries in here are links to the USB drive which get recreated on startup, but "new" libraries like libpcap gets installed as a package here and not as a link to /tmp/mnt/USB/asusware.arm/lib. This happens with any library I install, not just libpcap.

As such, as soon as I reboot the router:

admin@asus:/tmp/opt/lib# iftop
iftop: can't load library 'libpcap.so.1'

I get the above error message. I think someone else reported similar issues. I can probably manually fix this by moving the libraries after installation and creating the links, but I am not sure this should be happening in the first place.

What am, I doing wrong?

- Henrik

Post "mount" output here

 

[henrikk]

Here is some more info including mount output.

Initial installation:


admin@asus:/tmp/home/root# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=127720k,nr_inodes=31930,mode=755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
/dev/mtdblock5 on /jffs type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on /tmp/mnt/SANDISK type vfat (rw,nodev,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=winnt,flush,errors=remount-ro)

admin@asus:/tmp/home/root# ls -l /opt/lib | grep libpca
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 12 Feb 3 15:15 libpcap.so -> libpcap.so.1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 16 Feb 3 15:15 libpcap.so.1 -> libpcap.so.1.3.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 admin root 205724 Apr 3 2013 libpcap.so.1.3.0


iftop works. Now reboot.

admin@asus:/tmp/home/root# iftop
iftop: can't load library 'libpcap.so.1'

admin@asus:/tmp/home/root# ls -l /opt/lib | grep libpca # no output
admin@asus:/tmp/home/root# ls -l /opt/lib | grep libpc | head -1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 50 Feb 3 15:24 libpcre.so -> /tmp/mnt/SANDISK/asusware.arm/lib/libpcre.so.1.0.1

admin@asus:/tmp/home/root# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=127720k,nr_inodes=31930,mode=755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
/dev/mtdblock5 on /jffs type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on /tmp/mnt/SANDISK type vfat (rw,nodev,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=winnt,flush,errors=remount-ro)

 

[henrikk]

iftop work just fine...

Are you using a RT-AC68U (or R) device with 3.0.0.4.374.39 firmware? iftop worked just fine for me on my previous ASUS router. If yes, I am confused why it is not working for me.

 

[TeHashX]

Try with a ext2 or ext3 formatted disk

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[henrikk]

Thank you to all who responded. Formatting the flash drive as ext2 solved the issue. iftop and other programs now survive reboot.

Regards,

- Henrik