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flavouski

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Every minute I see this message 2x in the logs.

Code:
Feb 27 20:46:30 kernel: Argh. No free space left for GC. nr_erasing_blocks is 0. nr_free_blocks is 0. (erasableempty: yes, erasingempty: yes, erasependingempty: yes)
Feb 27 20:46:30 kernel: Argh. No free space left for GC. nr_erasing_blocks is 0. nr_free_blocks is 0. (erasableempty: yes, erasingempty: yes, erasependingempty: yes)
Feb 27 20:47:30 kernel: Argh. No free space left for GC. nr_erasing_blocks is 0. nr_free_blocks is 0. (erasableempty: yes, erasingempty: yes, erasependingempty: yes)
Feb 27 20:47:30 kernel: Argh. No free space left for GC. nr_erasing_blocks is 0. nr_free_blocks is 0. (erasableempty: yes, erasingempty: yes, erasependingempty: yes)

The router should have the latest firmware: 3.0.0.4.382_52272-g73d3ea2
I do use the 3g/4g USB application for my internet (tethered cell phone (5-20Mbps up)) and have 2.4GHz and 5GHz enabled.

I don't actually know if the cause of the error is affecting my connection (which is pretty shoddy anyway), but would you know a way to clear up space or prevent it from happening?
Thanks
 
You need to factory reset the router to free up some space and then manually configure it, i.e. don't reload settings from a backup file.
 
Thanks for the idea, I hadn't tried that yet. Initially I did the factory reset through the router's physical button and after resetting saw the same bad message. So then I found the factory reset through the software and used that, same result. I set it up manually each time.

Not sure if any of the logs below really help.
I did enjoy one line: Disabling erase-suspend-program due to code brokenness. Shrug, someday I'll get a new router I suppose.
Thanks

Code:
May  5 01:04:56 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: klogd started: BusyBox v1.17.4 (2020-06-09 09:41:02 CST)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: start_kernel
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Linux version 2.6.22.19 (root@asus) (gcc version 4.2.3) #1 Tue Jun 9 09:42:50 CST 2020
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: CPU revision is: 00019749
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Determined physical RAM map:
May  5 01:04:56 kernel:  memory: 07fff000 @ 00000000 (usable)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel:  memory: 08000000 @ 87fff000 (usable)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 585216
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock2 noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Primary instruction cache 32kB, physically tagged, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: CPU: BCM5300 rev 1 pkg 0 at 600 MHz
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Using 300.000 MHz high precision timer.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Initializing host
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Reset RC
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Initializing host
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Reset RC
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI/PCIe coreunit 0 is set to bus 1.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:00.1 (0004 -> 0006)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 1
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI/PCIe coreunit 1 is set to bus 2.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bridge
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.1 (0004 -> 0006)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: PCI: Fixing up bus 2
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
May  5 01:04:56 kernel:  Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table at 0x0040
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Physically mapped flash: CFI does not contain boot bank location. Assuming top.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: number of CFI chips: 1
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: cfi_cmdset_0002: Disabling erase-suspend-program due to code brokenness.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Flash device: 0x2000000 at 0x1c000000
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: 0x00040000-0x01fe0000 : "linux"
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: 0x0016eae4-0x01e20000 : "rootfs"
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: 0x01fe0000-0x02000000 : "nvram"
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: 0x01ee0000-0x01fe0000 : "jffs2"
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Found an  serial flash with 0 0KB blocks; total size 0MB
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: sflash: found no supported devices
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: dev_nvram_init: _nvram_init
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: u32 classifier
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (2048 buckets, 16384 max)
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
May  5 01:04:56 kernel: net/ipv4/netfilter/tomato_ct.c [Jun  9 2020 09:42:28]
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: Warning: unable to open an initial console.
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: ctf: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: et_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: et_module_init: et_txq_thresh set to 0xce4
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: bcm_robo_enable_switch: EEE is disabled
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: wl_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:01:01.0 (0000 -> 0002)
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: eth1: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:01.0 (0000 -> 0002)
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: eth2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11 Wireless Controller 6.30.163.2002 (r382208)
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: Argh. No free space left for GC. nr_erasing_blocks is 0. nr_free_blocks is 0. (erasableempty: yes, erasingempty: yes, erasependingempty: yes)
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: No space for garbage collection. Aborting GC thread
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: Argh. No free space left for GC. nr_erasing_blocks is 0. nr_free_blocks is 0. (erasableempty: yes, erasingempty: yes, erasependingempty: yes)
May  5 01:04:57 kernel: Argh. No free space left for GC. nr_erasing_blocks is 0. nr_free_blocks is 0. (erasableempty: yes, erasingempty: yes, erasependingempty: yes)
 
Thanks for the idea, I hadn't tried that yet. Initially I did the factory reset through the router's physical button and after resetting saw the same bad message. So then I found the factory reset through the software and used that, same result. I set it up manually each time.
Hmm. Try a hard reset and see if that's any better:


P.S. When you did the reset through the GUI did you try it with the "Initialize" option checked?
 
Could it be caused by failing flash memory? n66u is a very old router, I have one myself and it's not in a very good shape after a decade of uninterrupted use.
 
I hadn't tried the Initialize option check, but I did the hard reset same result. I went ahead and pulled the trigger on some new routers, figured it was about time. @Zetto yeah that router gets pretty hot too so it shouldn't be surprising. Thanks for the advice.
 

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