PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking

Comap89

PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 11, 2017 10:19PM

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TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1.8 : I have install with success the PirateBox (current version 1.1.3 with current OpenWRT), and I wish to understand why the USB key is always active (blinking), for hours and hours.

Is it because this device has 32 MB of RAM ? (v2+ has 64 M cool smiley

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Some technical infos:

free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:         29180        28352          828            0         7072
-/+ buffers:              21280         7900
Swap:        32764          496        32268

top
Mem: 28048K used, 1132K free, 0K shrd, 6844K buff, 2136K cached
CPU:   0% usr   0% sys   0% nic  98% idle   0% io   0% irq   0% sirq
Load average: 0.02 0.07 0.09 1/57 1667
  PID  PPID USER     STAT   VSZ %VSZ %CPU COMMAND
 1290     1 root     S     1640   6%   0% hostapd -P /var/run/wifi-phy0.pid -B
 1667  1623 root     R     1500   5%   0% top
 1599  1598 nobody   S    15564  53%   0% /usr/bin/php-cgi
 1622  1599 nobody   S    15564  53%   0% /usr/bin/php-cgi
 1581     1 root     S     8212  28%   0% python /opt/piratebox/bin/droopy -d /
 1598     1 nobody   S     3812  13%   0% /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /opt/piratebox/
 1544     1 nobody   S     2180   7%   0% avahi-daemon: running [CEpBGPrG_pirat
 1539     1 root     S     1696   6%   0% /usr/sbin/dbus-daemon --system
  643     1 root     S     1508   5%   0% /sbin/syslogd -C16
    1     0 root     S     1504   5%   0% init
 1623  1533 root     S     1504   5%   0% /bin/ash --login
  503     1 root     S     1504   5%   0% init
  824   770 root     S     1500   5%   0% udhcpc -p /var/run/udhcpc-eth0.2.pid
 1621     1 root     S     1500   5%   0% /usr/sbin/ntpd -n -p 0.openwrt.pool.n
 1383     1 root     S     1500   5%   0% /sbin/watchdog -t 5 /dev/watchdog
 1533     1 root     S     1496   5%   0% /usr/sbin/telnetd -l /bin/login.sh
  645     1 root     S     1488   5%   0% /sbin/klogd
  770     1 root     S     1480   5%   0% /sbin/netifd
 1522     1 root     S     1152   4%   0% /usr/sbin/dropbear -P /var/run/dropbe
^C571     1 nobody   S      952   3%   0% /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -x /var/run/pirateb

ps
  PID USER       VSZ STAT COMMAND
    1 root      1504 S    init
    2 root         0 SW   [kthreadd]
    3 root         0 SW   [ksoftirqd/0]
    5 root         0 SW   [kworker/u:0]
    6 root         0 SW<  [khelper]
    7 root         0 SW   [kworker/u:1]
   62 root         0 SW   [sync_supers]
   64 root         0 SW   [bdi-default]
   66 root         0 SW<  [kblockd]
   95 root         0 SW   [kswapd0]
  143 root         0 SW   [fsnotify_mark]
  173 root         0 SW<  [ath79-spi]
  184 root         0 SW   [mtdblock0]
  189 root         0 SW   [mtdblock1]
  194 root         0 SW   [mtdblock2]
  199 root         0 SW   [mtdblock3]
  204 root         0 SW   [mtdblock4]
  209 root         0 SW   [mtdblock5]
  250 root         0 SW   [kworker/0:1]
  438 root         0 SWN  [jffs2_gcd_mtd3]
  468 root         0 SW   [khubd]
  477 root         0 SW   [scsi_eh_0]
  478 root         0 SW   [usb-storage]
  479 root         0 SW   [kworker/0:2]
  503 root      1504 S    init
  537 root         0 SW<  [cfg80211]
  616 root         0 SW<  [bat_events]
  643 root      1508 S    /sbin/syslogd -C16
  645 root      1488 S    /sbin/klogd
  647 root       868 S    /sbin/hotplug2 --override --persistent --set-rules-file /etc/hotplug2.rules --set-coldplug-cmd /sbin/udev
  657 root       876 S    /sbin/ubusd
  731 root         0 SW<  [loop0]
  735 root         0 SW   [jbd2/loop0-8]
  736 root         0 SW<  [ext4-dio-unwrit]
  757 root         0 SW<  [loop1]
  761 root         0 SW   [jbd2/loop1-8]
  762 root         0 SW<  [ext4-dio-unwrit]
  770 root      1480 S    /sbin/netifd
  824 root      1500 S    udhcpc -p /var/run/udhcpc-eth0.2.pid -s /lib/netifd/dhcp.script -f -t 0 -i eth0.2 -C
  968 root         0 SW   [flush-8:0]
  970 root         0 SW   [flush-7:1]
 1290 root      1640 S    hostapd -P /var/run/wifi-phy0.pid -B /var/run/hostapd-phy0.conf
 1383 root      1500 S    /sbin/watchdog -t 5 /dev/watchdog
 1522 root      1152 S    /usr/sbin/dropbear -P /var/run/dropbear.1.pid -p 22
 1533 root      1496 S    /usr/sbin/telnetd -l /bin/login.sh
 1539 root      1696 S    /usr/sbin/dbus-daemon --system
 1544 nobody    2180 S    avahi-daemon: running [CEpBGPrG_piratebox_lan.local]
 1571 nobody     952 S    /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -x /var/run/piratebox_dnsmasq.pid -C /opt/piratebox/conf/dnsmasq_generated.conf
 1574 root       936 S    radvd -p /opt/piratebox/tmp/radvd.pid -C /opt/piratebox/conf/radvd_generated.conf
 1576 root       936 S    radvd -p /opt/piratebox/tmp/radvd.pid -C /opt/piratebox/conf/radvd_generated.conf
 1581 root      8212 S    python /opt/piratebox/bin/droopy -d /opt/piratebox/share/Shared -m  8080
 1598 nobody    3812 S    /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /opt/piratebox/conf/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
 1599 nobody   15564 S    /usr/bin/php-cgi
 1621 root      1500 S    /usr/sbin/ntpd -n -p 0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 3.open
 1622 nobody   15564 S    /usr/bin/php-cgi
 1623 root      1504 S    /bin/ash --login
 1668 root      1496 R    ps

The full output of 'Technical summary commands' is at : [forum.piratebox.cc]

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/2017 08:24AM by Comap89.

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 12, 2017 04:23AM

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If you enabled the timesafe function, it stores the current time every five minutes on the USB stick.
There is also a few kB swap disk used, which is also on the USB stick. This is possibly another reason for frequent activity.
If you run minidlna (you do not), it will scan for new files regularly as well.

You can try to reduce the swap usage to a minimum with reducing the swappiness.
You can verify the swappiness running

 cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

.
I do not have a device by hand right now, so the generic recommendation is to add this line in /etc/rc.local and perform a reboot:

echo "1" >  /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

best regards Matthias

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Comap89

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 12, 2017 08:05AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 53

Sorry, I forgot to say that I have not done the 'Post installation' steps ( [piratebox.cc] ) : Kareha and UPnP are not running.

The USB key ("TOSHIBA TransMemory (1.00)", 32 GB, USB2) is blinking every second, like there was a heavy read (or write) activity. The normal behavior when plugged to my computer is no blinking when the USB key is not active.

Any comment about the 32 MB vs 64 MB issue ?

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 12, 2017 07:24PM

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> Any comment about the 32 MB vs 64 MB issue ?
this is no issue, the opposite is the case: higher MB should reduce read/write cycles.

the interestig output is already posted in OP, which indicates a healthy system. The recommendation with swappiness might reduce the swap r/w access (which is located on USB stick as well).

Q: Do you have the piratebox.lan page open when observing the blinking? Or is it even with no wifi connection?

best regards Matthias

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Comap89

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 12, 2017 09:15PM

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> Q: Do you have the piratebox.lan page open when observing the blinking? Or is it even with no wifi connection?

There is none Piratebox web page open, and there is none WIFI connection to the PirateBox.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 12, 2017 09:47PM

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After playing with the command: echo "1" > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
with 1 and 10 as values (and waiting 10 minutes between tests), I do not see any change, the USB key is still blinking very fast (maybe 4 times / second).

Something else is accessing a lot the USB key, any idea about how to get more infos ?

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 13, 2017 04:59AM

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The swappiness has no direct effect as long as the command "free" shows swap usage.

We can try eliminate the theory, that swap is causing the issue, with running

swapoff --all

That command may take a moment, please check afterwards with "free" if the swap memory was removed. If so, check the LED.

If there is still some weird stuff going on, we can work on the writeback times and checkpointing of the ext3 filesystem.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 13, 2017 08:35AM

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I don't know how to install a additional software tool to monitor the softwares disk activity, but i have find this way to check the general disk activity : cat /sys/block/sda/stat ( [www.kernel.org] ).

Result of my test :

# swapoff --all

# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:         29180        28180         1000            0         1000
-/+ buffers:              27180         2000
Swap:            0            0            0

# cat /sys/block/sda/stat
    1131      220    74878     8720      109      165      858     4000        0     4440    12710


# cat /proc/diskstats
  31       0 mtdblock0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       1 mtdblock1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       2 mtdblock2 100 3937 8074 7340 0 0 0 0 0 6370 7340
  31       3 mtdblock3 1 3 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
  31       4 mtdblock4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       5 mtdblock5 1 3 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
   8       0 sda 1131 220 74878 8720 109 165 858 4000 0 4440 12710
   8       1 sda1 1130 220 74870 8720 109 165 858 4000 0 4440 12710
   7       0 loop0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       1 loop1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       2 loop2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       3 loop3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       4 loop4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       5 loop5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       6 loop6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       7 loop7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

After 20 minutes (the LED blinking has no changed) :

# cat /sys/block/sda/stat
    1131      220    74878     8720      109      165      858     4000        0     4440    12710

# cat /proc/diskstats
  31       0 mtdblock0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       1 mtdblock1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       2 mtdblock2 100 3937 8074 7340 0 0 0 0 0 6370 7340
  31       3 mtdblock3 1 3 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
  31       4 mtdblock4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       5 mtdblock5 1 3 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
   8       0 sda 1131 220 74878 8720 109 165 858 4000 0 4440 12710
   8       1 sda1 1130 220 74870 8720 109 165 858 4000 0 4440 12710
   7       0 loop0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       1 loop1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       2 loop2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       3 loop3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       4 loop4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       5 loop5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       6 loop6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       7 loop7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:         29180        28176         1004            0         1000
-/+ buffers:              27176         2004
Swap:            0            0            0

The incredible thing is that it seems there was no disk activity, however the LED has not stop blinking.

After browsing (for 15 sec) the PirateBox in WIFI with a smartphone (the blinking was a bit slower) :

# cat /sys/block/sda/stat
    2668    14990   177033    19540      171      230     1073     4610        0     9680    24130

# cat /proc/diskstats
  31       0 mtdblock0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       1 mtdblock1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       2 mtdblock2 152 6246 12796 12530 0 0 0 0 0 10400 12530
  31       3 mtdblock3 1 3 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
  31       4 mtdblock4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  31       5 mtdblock5 1 3 32 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10
   8       0 sda 2668 14990 177033 19540 171 230 1073 4610 0 9680 24130
   8       1 sda1 2667 14990 177025 19540 171 230 1073 4610 0 9680 24130
   7       0 loop0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       1 loop1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       2 loop2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       3 loop3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       4 loop4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       5 loop5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       6 loop6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   7       7 loop7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:         29180        27232         1948            0          516
-/+ buffers:              26716         2464
Swap:            0            0            0

I don't understand sad smiley

Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 12/13/2017 08:44AM by Comap89.

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 14, 2017 07:02PM

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Ok. Good finding with the diskstats procfs note. You can refer to this document to get the numbers explained procfs-diskstats @ kernel.org

The number on the 3rd position from right are the IOs on the fly. all are 0.
The number of writes are quite steady and are raising as soon as you visit the box with the smartphone.

I found an interesting forum post, which might be a reason. I did not specify special formatting options.

If you like to test it, I can prepare another OpenWrt.img and PirateBox.img file for the install folder. But you need to reinstall to get that one in place, because this file later contains the installed openwrt packages.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 14, 2017 11:15PM

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I am interested to test a new build. This blinking gives a bad idea about the lifetime of the USB key, so fixing it may be useful.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 15, 2017 03:35AM

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Ok, Ill create a custom built. But it will take another day or two, because I need to recreate two set of files.
I already looked into that yesterday and discovered the points were I need to adjust the build.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 15, 2017 05:00AM

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Ok, quicker then expected. I found some time this morning and hacked quickly the stuff together.

Start with a clean flash of your router, and like an upgrade from 1.1 to 1.1 (you can use the auto_flash feature). Please use the install_piratebox_customEXT4.zip instead of the default one.

How can you see if the changed has worked?

$  cat /opt/piratebox/version 
piratebox-ws_1.1.3
## ext4-test
67d96d4 Testing different application image file with other ext4 options

And the ext4 mount point to /mnt/ext should only show around 50MB in the output "df". (I did not make the effort to create on 50MB and one 100MB file in the first place).

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 15, 2017 08:16AM

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It seems to me that with this new build, USB is not working or PirateBox does not install (how I did: I have copy the new install in the USB device, powered on the router, power off, power on in rescue mode, flashed the firmware, rebooted. The USB key is lighted for some seconds when I power on, then the light is always off, it is still working on my PC) :

root@OpenWrt:/# cat /opt/piratebox/version
cat: can't open '/opt/piratebox/version': No such file or directory

root@OpenWrt:/# cat /etc/openwrt_release
DISTRIB_ID="OpenWrt_backports"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="12.09.2"
DISTRIB_REVISION="r42647"
DISTRIB_CODENAME="attitude_adjustment"
DISTRIB_TARGET="ar71xx/generic"
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="OpenWrt_backports Attitude Adjustment 12.09.2"
DISTRIB_BACKPORT="V0.3-MaStr"

root@OpenWrt:/# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on /rom type squashfs (ro,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,size=14592k)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=512k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noatime,mode=600)
/dev/mtdblock3 on /overlay type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlayfs (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)

root@OpenWrt:/# free
             total         used         free       shared      buffers
Mem:         29180        19236         9944            0         1892
-/+ buffers:              17344        11836
Swap:            0            0            0

root@OpenWrt:/# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                    4992       280      4712   6% /
/dev/root                 2048      2048         0 100% /rom
tmpfs                    14592        64     14528   0% /tmp
tmpfs                      512         0       512   0% /dev
/dev/mtdblock3            4992       280      4712   6% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay        4992       280      4712   6% /

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2017 08:17AM by Comap89.

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 15, 2017 04:18PM

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.. the auto_flash method would have been easier, but ok.

weird.
But it looks like it did not find your USB stick, because nothing about the USB stick is initialized.

to get an idea, I need the output of

 dmesg | tail -n 20 
 dmesg | grep sda
 ls /dev/sd*
 ps

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 15, 2017 07:54PM

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I am not comfortable yet with the AutoFlash feature, I will read the howto: [piratebox.cc]

root@OpenWrt:/# dmesg | tail -n 20 
[   30.870000] cfg80211:   (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 80000 KHz), (N/A, 3000 mBm), (N/A)
[   30.880000] cfg80211:   (57240000 KHz - 63720000 KHz @ 2160000 KHz), (N/A, 4000 mBm), (N/A)
[   31.310000] loop: module loaded
[   31.360000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   31.520000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (455 buckets, 1820 max)
[   31.780000] ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
[   32.030000] batman_adv: B.A.T.M.A.N. advanced 2013.4.0 (compatibility version 14) loaded
[   35.110000] EXT4-fs (loop0): couldn't mount as ext3 due to feature incompatibilities
[   35.130000] EXT4-fs (loop0): couldn't mount as ext2 due to feature incompatibilities
[   35.150000] EXT4-fs (loop0): recovery complete
[   35.150000] EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[   36.680000] ar71xx: pll_reg 0xb8050014: 0x1a000000
[   36.980000] eth0: link up (1000Mbps/Full duplex)
[   36.980000] device eth0.1 entered promiscuous mode
[   36.990000] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[   37.000000] br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entered forwarding state
[   37.000000] br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entered forwarding state
[   37.680000] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0.1: link becomes ready
[   39.000000] br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entered forwarding state
[   42.830000] Adding 32764k swap on /mnt/usb/external_fs/OpenWRT.swap.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:32764k 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# dmesg | grep sda
[   10.300000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 60549120 512-byte logical blocks: (31.0 GB/28.8 Gi
[   10.300000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[   10.310000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 45 00 00 00
[   10.310000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[   10.320000]  sda: sda1
[   10.330000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda   /dev/sda1
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# ps
  PID USER       VSZ STAT COMMAND
    1 root      1504 S    init
    2 root         0 SW   [kthreadd]
    3 root         0 SW   [ksoftirqd/0]
    4 root         0 SW   [kworker/0:0]
    5 root         0 SW   [kworker/u:0]
    6 root         0 SW<  [khelper]
    7 root         0 SW   [kworker/u:1]
   62 root         0 SW   [sync_supers]
   64 root         0 SW   [bdi-default]
   66 root         0 SW<  [kblockd]
   95 root         0 SW   [kswapd0]
  143 root         0 SW   [fsnotify_mark]
  173 root         0 SW<  [ath79-spi]
  184 root         0 SW   [mtdblock0]
  189 root         0 SW   [mtdblock1]
  194 root         0 SW   [mtdblock2]
  199 root         0 SW   [mtdblock3]
  204 root         0 SW   [mtdblock4]
  209 root         0 SW   [mtdblock5]
  250 root         0 SW   [kworker/0:1]
  438 root         0 SWN  [jffs2_gcd_mtd3]
  440 root         0 SW   [flush-mtd-unmap]
  468 root         0 SW   [khubd]
  477 root         0 SW   [scsi_eh_0]
  478 root         0 SW   [usb-storage]
  479 root         0 SW   [kworker/0:2]
  502 root      1504 S    init
  536 root         0 SW<  [cfg80211]
  615 root         0 SW<  [bat_events]
  642 root      1508 S    /sbin/syslogd -C16
  644 root      1488 S    /sbin/klogd
  646 root       868 S    /sbin/hotplug2 --override --persistent --set-rules-f
  654 root       872 S    /sbin/ubusd
  729 root         0 SW<  [loop0]
  734 root         0 SW   [jbd2/loop0-8]
  735 root         0 SW<  [ext4-dio-unwrit]
  740 root      1476 S    /sbin/netifd
  798 root      1500 S    udhcpc -p /var/run/udhcpc-eth0.2.pid -s /lib/netifd/
  944 root         0 SW   [flush-8:0]
  945 root         0 SW   [flush-7:0]
 1243 root      1152 S    /usr/sbin/dropbear -P /var/run/dropbear.1.pid -p 22
 1263 root      1496 S    /usr/sbin/telnetd -l /bin/login.sh
 1355 root      1500 S    /sbin/watchdog -t 5 /dev/watchdog
 1435 nobody     956 S    /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -C /var/etc/dnsmasq.conf
 1460 root      1500 S    /usr/sbin/ntpd -n -p 0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 1.ope
 1461 root      1504 S    /bin/ash --login
 1476 root      1496 R    ps

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 15, 2017 08:10PM

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What happens after issuing this command on your PirateBox

/bin/box_installer.sh -e

That should give a hint what is wrong. Maybe it is really the new ext4 file (sorry, I didn't have time to test it myself first).

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Comap89

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 15, 2017 09:08PM

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root@OpenWrt:/# /bin/box_installer.sh -e
/bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_test
/bin/box_installer.sh : Testing requirements...
/bin/box_installer.sh : .. USB storage modules available
/bin/box_installer.sh : extendRoot package is installed
/bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
/bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_signaling_extendRoot_start
/bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
/bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_prepare_extendRoot
/bin/box_installer.sh : configure initi step for extendRoot
/bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
/bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_init_extendRoot
/bin/box_installer.sh : not running extendRoot init, because it already is
/bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
/bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_signaling_extendRoot_stop
/bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
/bin/box_installer.sh : executing exit

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 16, 2017 06:48AM

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Mh, this message confuses me

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/bin/box_installer.sh : not running extendRoot init, because it already is

I suggest that you retry the process beginning with a reflash and double check the install folder on the USB stick.

After the reflash, wait with inserting the USB stick. The installer is waiting until the USB Stick was inserted.
Login after the reboot, run the following command (the command stays active) and then insert the USB stick:

tail -f /var/log/messages

Give me a copy& paste copy of the content, please.

If you have an install.log on the USB stick, that should be helpful as well...

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2017 06:51AM by Matthias.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 16, 2017 11:17AM

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> After the reflash, wait with inserting the USB stick.

How can I do that ? because the router automatically restart.

When trying the auto_flash feature, it seem not work (USB Key does not blink).

And the manual 'Reflash using an USB Stick' makes me the feeling of USB driver issue :

telnet 192.168.1.1
Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.

 === IMPORTANT ============================
  Use 'passwd' to set your login password
  this will disable telnet and enable SSH
 ------------------------------------------


BusyBox v1.19.4 (2016-01-26 21:26:14 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

  _______                     ________        __
 |       |.-----.-----.-----.|  |  |  |.----.|  |_
 |   -   ||  _  |  -__|     ||  |  |  ||   _||   _|
 |_______||   __|_____|__|__||________||__|  |____|
          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
 -----------------------------------------------------
 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (12.09.2, r42647, V0.3-MaStr)
 With additional backports from BB
 [www.friedzombie.com]
 -----------------------------------------------------
  * 1/4 oz Vodka      Pour all ingredients into mixing
  * 1/4 oz Gin        tin with ice, strain into glass.
  * 1/4 oz Amaretto
  * 1/4 oz Triple sec
  * 1/4 oz Peach schnapps
  * 1/4 oz Sour mix
  * 1 splash Cranberry juice
 -----------------------------------------------------
root@(none):/# 
root@(none):/# 
root@(none):/# ls
bin      etc      lib      overlay  rom      sbin     tmp      var
dev      init     mnt      proc     root     sys      usr      www
root@(none):/# 
root@(none):/# 
root@(none):/# 
root@(none):/#  /etc/init.d/boot start 
/etc/rc.common: line 85: can't create /etc/config/wireless: Read-only file system
sh: ./inittab-console-fixup: line 25: can't create /etc/inittab: Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'inittab-console-fixup': Read-only file system
uci: I/O error
rm: can't remove 'leds': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'migrate-shadow': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'migrate-sysctl': Read-only file system
touch: /etc/config/network: Read-only file system
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
rm: can't remove 'network': Read-only file system
touch: /etc/config/ubootenv: Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'uboot-envtools': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'vlan-migration': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'wrt160nl': Read-only file system
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# mount /dev/sda /mnt
mount: mounting /dev/sda on /mnt failed: No medium found
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,size=14592k)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=512k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noatime,mode=600)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/#  /etc/init.d/boot start 
mount: mounting debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug failed: Device or resource busy
/etc/rc.common: line 85: can't create /etc/config/wireless: Read-only file system
sh: ./inittab-console-fixup: line 25: can't create /etc/inittab: Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'inittab-console-fixup': Read-only file system
led
led
rm: can't remove 'leds': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'migrate-shadow': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'migrate-sysctl': Read-only file system
touch: /etc/config/network: Read-only file system
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
uci: Entry not found
rm: can't remove 'network': Read-only file system
touch: /etc/config/ubootenv: Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'uboot-envtools': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'vlan-migration': Read-only file system
rm: can't remove 'wrt160nl': Read-only file system
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
uci: I/O error
root@OpenWrt:/# exit
Connection closed by foreign host.

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 16, 2017 02:18PM

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Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 4,680

When you are doing it this way, then you need to:

a) check if sda is available in /dev using

ls /dev/sd*

b) you need to mount against /mnt (because /mnt/usb is not available at the failsafe partition)

edit:
If /dev/sda1 does not exists - yes, you might have an issue with the USB stick/driver.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/16/2017 02:19PM by Matthias.

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Comap89

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 17, 2017 09:07AM

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Posts: 53

Sorry I don't understand what you mean. Could you give me more detailed instructions ?

Do you have a answer to this question ? :

> After the reflash, wait with inserting the USB stick.
How can I do that ? because the router automatically restart.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 17, 2017 07:07PM

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Pull the USB stick in the moment the leds turn off, and put it back in after you enabled the output of the messages file.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 18, 2017 11:01AM

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Posts: 53

telnet 192.168.1.1
Trying 192.168.1.1...
Connected to 192.168.1.1.
Escape character is '^]'.
 === IMPORTANT ============================
  Use 'passwd' to set your login password
  this will disable telnet and enable SSH
 ------------------------------------------


BusyBox v1.19.4 (2016-01-26 21:26:14 CET) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

  _______                     ________        __
 |       |.-----.-----.-----.|  |  |  |.----.|  |_
 |   -   ||  _  |  -__|     ||  |  |  ||   _||   _|
 |_______||   __|_____|__|__||________||__|  |____|
          |__| W I R E L E S S   F R E E D O M
 -----------------------------------------------------
 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT (12.09.2, r42647, V0.3-MaStr)
 With additional backports from BB
 [www.friedzombie.com]
 -----------------------------------------------------
  * 1/4 oz Vodka      Pour all ingredients into mixing
  * 1/4 oz Gin        tin with ice, strain into glass.
  * 1/4 oz Amaretto
  * 1/4 oz Triple sec
  * 1/4 oz Peach schnapps
  * 1/4 oz Sour mix
  * 1 splash Cranberry juice
 -----------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_prepare_extendRoot
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : configure initi step for extendRoot
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_init_extendRoot
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: Please connect USB disk. If it is already plugged-in,
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: wait for a few seconds, and if nothing happens, please
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: reconnect the device. Keep in mind that your router's
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: ports may not be able to supply enough power to
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: spin-up a USB HDD.
Jan  1 00:00:54 OpenWrt authpriv.info dropbear[1367]: Running in background
Jan  1 00:02:40 OpenWrt user.notice root: ..........................................................................................................
Jan  1 00:02:40 OpenWrt user.notice root: USB disk is now available. Continuing...
Jan  1 00:02:41 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Mounting external USB storage...
Jan  1 00:02:41 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Forcing overwrite of /mnt/usb/external_fs/OpenWRT.img if it already exsits
Jan  1 00:02:41 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Creating ext loop image...
Jan  1 00:02:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Including the external mountpoint to system
Jan  1 00:02:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Creating /bin/ext_path_fixer
Jan  1 00:02:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Including ext_path_fixer to /etc/profile
Jan  1 00:02:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Including   ext_path_fixer to /etc/rc.common
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Enable for startup
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Starting...
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: If you run this during an install or run the init the first time
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root:  please run 
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root:     source /etc/profile 
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_signaling_extendRoot_stop
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : executing exit

After 10 minutes, the log is stuck there... (/bin/box_installer.sh)

^C
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# ls
bin      dev      etc      init     lib      mnt      overlay  proc     rom      root     sbin     sys      tmp      usr      var      www
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# ls /dev/sd*
/dev/sda   /dev/sda1
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/#  tail -f /var/log/messages
Jan  1 00:02:54 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Including   ext_path_fixer to /etc/rc.common
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Enable for startup
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /etc/init.d/ext: Starting...
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: If you run this during an install or run the init the first time
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root:  please run 
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root:     source /etc/profile 
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : executing run_signaling_extendRoot_stop
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : Trying to find next step
Jan  1 00:02:55 OpenWrt user.notice root: /bin/box_installer.sh : executing exit


top
Mem: 27340K used, 1840K free, 0K shrd, 1384K buff, 12796K cached
CPU:   0% usr  18% sys   0% nic  81% idle   0% io   0% irq   0% sirq
Load average: 0.00 0.01 0.05 1/44 1672
  PID  PPID USER     STAT   VSZ %VSZ %CPU COMMAND
 1672  1440 root     R     1496   5%   9% top
 1255     1 nobody   S      956   3%   9% /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -C /var/etc/dnsmasq
  671     1 root     S     1508   5%   0% /sbin/syslogd -C16
    1     0 root     S     1504   5%   0% init
  608     1 root     S     1504   5%   0% init
 1663     1 root     S     1500   5%   0% /usr/sbin/ntpd -n -p 0.openwrt.pool.n
  761   709 root     S     1500   5%   0% udhcpc -p /var/run/udhcpc-eth0.2.pid
 1184     1 root     S     1500   5%   0% /sbin/watchdog -t 5 /dev/watchdog
 1440  1098 root     S     1500   5%   0% /bin/ash --login
 1098     1 root     S     1496   5%   0% /usr/sbin/telnetd -l /bin/login.sh
 1347     1 root     S     1492   5%   0% syslogd -n -L -R 192.168.1.2:9999
  673     1 root     S     1488   5%   0% /sbin/klogd
  709     1 root     S     1476   5%   0% /sbin/netifd
 1367     1 root     S     1152   4%   0% /usr/sbin/dropbear -P /var/run/dropbe
  685     1 root     S      872   3%   0% /sbin/ubusd
  675     1 root     S      860   3%   0% /sbin/hotplug2 --override --persisten
    5     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kworker/u:0]
  250     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [kworker/0:1]
    3     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [ksoftirqd/0]
^C485     2 root     SW       0   0%   0% [usb-storage]
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# ps
  PID USER       VSZ STAT COMMAND
    1 root      1504 S    init
    2 root         0 SW   [kthreadd]
    3 root         0 SW   [ksoftirqd/0]
    4 root         0 SW   [kworker/0:0]
    5 root         0 SW   [kworker/u:0]
    6 root         0 SW<  [khelper]
    7 root         0 SW   [kworker/u:1]
   62 root         0 SW   [sync_supers]
   64 root         0 SW   [bdi-default]
   66 root         0 SW<  [kblockd]
   95 root         0 SW   [kswapd0]
  143 root         0 SW   [fsnotify_mark]
  173 root         0 SW<  [ath79-spi]
  184 root         0 SW   [mtdblock0]
  189 root         0 SW   [mtdblock1]
  194 root         0 SW   [mtdblock2]
  199 root         0 SW   [mtdblock3]
  204 root         0 SW   [mtdblock4]
  209 root         0 SW   [mtdblock5]
  250 root         0 SW   [kworker/0:1]
  492 root         0 SW<  [cfg80211]
  503 root         0 SW   [khubd]
  572 root         0 SW<  [bat_events]
  608 root      1504 S    init
  671 root      1508 S    /sbin/syslogd -C16
  673 root      1488 S    /sbin/klogd
  675 root       860 S    /sbin/hotplug2 --override --persistent --set-rules-file /etc/hotplug2.rules --set-coldplug-cmd /sbin/u
  685 root       872 S    /sbin/ubusd
  709 root      1476 S    /sbin/netifd
  761 root      1500 S    udhcpc -p /var/run/udhcpc-eth0.2.pid -s /lib/netifd/dhcp.script -f -t 0 -i eth0.2 -C
 1098 root      1496 S    /usr/sbin/telnetd -l /bin/login.sh
 1184 root      1500 S    /sbin/watchdog -t 5 /dev/watchdog
 1255 nobody     956 S    /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -C /var/etc/dnsmasq.conf
 1276 root         0 SWN  [jffs2_gcd_mtd3]
 1347 root      1492 S    syslogd -n -L -R 192.168.1.2:9999
 1367 root      1152 S    /usr/sbin/dropbear -P /var/run/dropbear.1.pid -p 22
 1440 root      1500 S    /bin/ash --login
 1484 root         0 SW   [scsi_eh_0]
 1485 root         0 SW   [usb-storage]
 1635 root         0 SW<  [loop0]
 1640 root         0 SW   [jbd2/loop0-8]
 1641 root         0 SW<  [ext4-dio-unwrit]
 1663 root      1500 S    /usr/sbin/ntpd -n -p 0.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 1.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 2.openwrt.pool.ntp.org -p 3.o
 1673 root      1496 R    ps

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/18/2017 11:09AM by Comap89.

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 18, 2017 07:51PM

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the Boxinstaller ended normally.
Double check the install folder, because after finalizing an installation there is no trigger file available to kick in a new installation. The installer is looking for file named "auto_package" and installs the packages listed there, afterwards the processed lines is written to auto_package_done.
This is the reason why it is recommended to place a fresh copy of the install folder after reflashing the device.

Can you please verify, that there is no auto_package file in your install folder?

best regards Matthias

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 19, 2017 05:00AM

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Note: when I do the tests, I don't touch the Install folder.

root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# ls
bin      etc      lib      overlay  rom      sbin     tmp      var
dev      init     mnt      proc     root     sys      usr      www
root@OpenWrt:/# 
root@OpenWrt:/# cd /mnt/usb
root@OpenWrt:/mnt/usb# ls
PirateBox OFF  external_fs    install        v1.13 headers
auto_flash     fw             install.log
root@OpenWrt:/mnt/usb# cd install/
root@OpenWrt:/mnt/usb/install# ls
OpenWRT.img.gz               kareha_3.1.4.zip
auto_package_done            piratebox_ws_1.1_img.tar.gz
cache
root@OpenWrt:/mnt/usb/install# ls -l
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root         56082 Dec 15  2017 OpenWRT.img.gz
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            99 Jan  1  1980 auto_package_done
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root         16384 Dec 15  2017 cache
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root        222185 Dec 15  2017 kareha_3.1.4.zip
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root        398865 Dec 15  2017 piratebox_ws_1.1_img.tar.gz
root@OpenWrt:/mnt/usb/install# 
root@OpenWrt:/mnt/usb/install# cat auto_package_done 
extendRoot-avahi
extendRoot-dbus
extendRoot-piratebox
piratebox-mod-imageboard
extendRoot-minidlna

I seems that I should remove 'auto_package_done' ?, because a 'PirateBox' folder has not be recreated (I renamed mine 'PirateBox OFF').

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 19, 2017 07:14AM

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You have to rename auto_package_done to auto_package, that the installer will install the packages.
auto_package is the important file, without this the installer won't install any packages.

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 19, 2017 08:30AM

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Ok I did it, off/on the router, but 1 hour later the USB key is still blinking (note: I see the WIFI 'PirateBox - Share Freely' SSID).

# cat /opt/piratebox/version
piratebox-ws_1.1.3
## master...origin/master [ahead 32]
150ba18 Merge branch 'hotfix-1.1.3'

# cat /etc/openwrt_release
DISTRIB_ID="OpenWrt_backports"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="12.09.2"
DISTRIB_REVISION="r42647"
DISTRIB_CODENAME="attitude_adjustment"
DISTRIB_TARGET="ar71xx/generic"
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="OpenWrt_backports Attitude Adjustment 12.09.2"
DISTRIB_BACKPORT="V0.3-MaStr"

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 19, 2017 09:21AM

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Hi,

can you please retry the flashing. I maybe did a mistake in preparing the install_zip for the test. I added a different commit messages in the version file for confirmation. It should look like this:

Quote

$ cat version
piratebox-ws_1.1.3
## ext4-test
67d96d4 Testing different application image file with other ext4 options

I double checked the files and there went something wrong. So please redownload the zip file install_piratebox_customEXT4-v2.zip
And please do the following:

- power the piratebox offline
- remove the install folder
- Place a new copy of install folder based on the linked zip file above to your USB drive
- place a new .bin file to the auto_flash folder
- Put the USB stick back into the Piratebox
- power the piratebox online
... and wait :-)

After the installation, please post the output of

 
# cat /opt/piratebox/version
# cat /etc/openwrt_release

again.

I hope it will work and we can see a difference.

best regards Matthias

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Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 19, 2017 09:31PM

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After doing these steps, the USB blinked for 45 min until I off/on the router. After restart, the USB key does not blink, but seems not mounted :

root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# mount 
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on /rom type squashfs (ro,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,size=14592k)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=512k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noatime,mode=600)
/dev/mtdblock3 on /overlay type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlayfs (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                    4992       296      4696   6% /
/dev/root                 2048      2048         0 100% /rom
tmpfs                    14592        68     14524   0% /tmp
tmpfs                      512         0       512   0% /dev
/dev/mtdblock3            4992       296      4696   6% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay        4992       296      4696   6% /
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# cat /etc/openwrt_release
DISTRIB_ID="OpenWrt_backports"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="12.09.2"
DISTRIB_REVISION="r42647"
DISTRIB_CODENAME="attitude_adjustment"
DISTRIB_TARGET="ar71xx/generic"
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="OpenWrt_backports Attitude Adjustment 12.09.2"
DISTRIB_BACKPORT="V0.3-MaStr"
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# cat /opt/piratebox/version
cat: can't open '/opt/piratebox/version': No such file or directory
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# cat /opt/piratebox/version
cat: can't open '/opt/piratebox/version': No such file or directory
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt failed: No such file or directory
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/#  /etc/init.d/boot start 
mount: mounting debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug failed: Device or resource busy
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# mount_root
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: pi_include: not found
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: pi_include: not found
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: set_jffs_mp: not found
/sbin/mount_root: line 1: determine_root_device: not found
switching to jffs2
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# 
root@jYTPYFtJ:/# cd /mnt/usb/
root@jYTPYFtJ:/mnt/usb# ls
root@jYTPYFtJ:/mnt/usb# ls
root@jYTPYFtJ:/mnt/usb# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on /rom/rom type squashfs (ro,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,size=14592k)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=512k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noatime,mode=600)
/dev/mtdblock3 on /rom/overlay type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
overlayfs:/overlay on /rom type overlayfs (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/mtdblock3 on /overlay type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlayfs (rw,noatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay)

The 'install.log' is there : [pastebin.com]

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/19/2017 09:38PM by Comap89.

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Matthias

Re: PirateBox is setup and inactive but the USB key is always blinking
December 20, 2017 08:39AM

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Registered: 13 years ago
Posts: 4,680

Ok, this is weird. Can you post the complete output of the command

dmesg

Would you mind to try a different USB Stick? That totally looks like an issue with that one.. from the current point of view, I can not imagine another reason. :-(

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