7140 39.04.67: missing features and continuous reboots with wifi

[ramik]

It has been long since my last firmware images build with freetz (since november 2008), and yesterday i saw that there was a new firmware for my 7140 version 39.04.67 with many new features (answering machine, fax, wol...), so i downloaded latest trunk and made a build of an image, flashed, and problems started:

i get continuous reboots, router starts, connects to internet, wifi led starts flashing, then reboot the whole router, again and again. for now i disabled the wifi... what's the problem with it?
i have tried in the past many firmware with many packages installed and removed, maybe i should clean the var folder or do somekind of general reset of options? will it fix this issue?

second, without wifi, i was able to check menus, other than the new menu style, i see no new features, no fax, no answering machine.... where did these options go?

 

[olistudent]

Hey.

Are you sure that your Annex A Firmware supports these? Please chechk /etc/init.d/rc.conf.

Your wifi problems are perhaps related with our well known libssl/libcrypto probs. Please build a firmware without them and tell us the result.

Regards
Oliver

 

[ramik]

i included the stunnel package (to use with checkmaild as a gateway to gmail), this might have included the libssl which is causing problems?

tonight i will build a clean copy without the stunnel to try...

 

[olistudent]

Pay attention that you deselect the two libs manually. They are not deselected automatically.

Regards
Oliver

 

[ramik]

still rebooting, now even without wifi, just by visiting the freetz web interface, the avm interface doesn't open.

this time i built with no stunnel, no libcrypt or libssl, just patch signed, rename usb mount, dropbear and favicons, built using freetz-1.0.3-3258...

will restoring factory settings delete all freetz options and provide a clean ROM, i don't want that might the many freetz build i tried during the time might be causing the issue?

 

[olistudent]

Perhaps you can attach your .config?

Regards
Oliver

 

[ramik]

here is my .config
this build that i made was all clean, i downloaded from svn the 1.0.3 stable tag, make menuconfig and selected only the things i put (very few), build, and flash.

i can even do without the whole freetz as a try, but i don't want to risk not to be able to flash back to any other version in case the avm webinterface is not accessible, now i have the freetz web interface and the ssh.

what could it be?

btw, i was able to find the missing features, i thought i would find them clear on the menu but they were inside the wizards, now i have a working answering machine and fax in my fritz, more reasons why i should stick with the 04.67 version

thanks in advance

 

[olistudent]

Can you have a look at the running processes? I have two situations in mind.
1. The ctlmgr is not running?
2. There is some mismatch with the path/files of the webinterface.

Regards
Oliver

 

[ramik]

Can you have a look at the running processes? I have two situations in mind.
1. The ctlmgr is not running?
2. There is some mismatch with the path/files of the webinterface.

Regards
Oliver

update:
i am tried to build with the branch stable 1.1, but i saw that it uses:

make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rami/freetz/source/ref-8mb_26-04.57/kernel/kernel_8mb_26_build/kernel/linux-2.6.13.1'
touch source/ref-8mb_[B]26-04.57[/B]/kernel/.depend_done
cp -a /home/rami/freetz/toolchain/build/gcc-4.2.1-uClibc-0.9.29/mipsel-linux-uclibc/mipsel-linux-uclibc/lib/libgcc_s* root/lib/

it is compiling the 04.57 source files and not the 04.67 !!!

so i am remade a new firmware with latest trunk (today's trunk) which compiles the 04.67 source with no packages, just few patches (icons, patches usb names, new progress bar, virtualip and syslogd), it compiled well, flashed and everything is working now, usb and wifi are active and no rebooting.....

THANKS

 

[ramik]

I noticed that updating the firmware in the Freetz UI gives this error:
ERROR - invalid event specified!

but it continues and everything works just fine...

Executing firmware installation script /var/install ...
  install: have Kernel 2.6
  install: check and install new firmware ...
  Options:   EVENT[=PARAM] ...   Trigger each led EVENT in list with value PARAM (default=1)
             -l                  List all available events for the current configuration
  ERROR - invalid event specified!
  OEM=avme
  ANNEX=A
  testing acceptance for device Fritz_Box_7140_AnnexA ...
  korrekt install type: ar7_8MB_xilinx_4eth_2ab_isdn_te_pots_wlan_usb_host_62068
  device has installtype ar7_8MB_xilinx_4eth_2ab_isdn_te_pots_wlan_usb_host_62068
  assumed ANNEX A -- found ANNEX A
  device has ANNEX A
  OK - OEM avme is supported
  OK - accept this update for device Fritz_Box_7140_AnnexA ...
  testing acceptance for device Fritz_Box_7140_AnnexA done
  curr: 39.04.67  new: xx.04.67
  debug: curr: 39.04.67
  debug: new: "XX.04.67"
  major_currFWver=39
  middle_currFWver=4
  minor_currFWver=67
  middle_newFWver=4
  minor_newFWver=67
  check Firmware Version: xx.04.67
  DEBUG: 4 >= 4
  DEBUG: 67 >= 67
  Accept Firmware Version: xx.04.67
  install: 26 check files...
  File already contains the checksum, verifying
  Calculated checksum is 6699E23
  Saved checksum is 6699E23
  Checksum validation successful!
  chksum for file /var/tmp/kernel.image ok
  install: 26 getting mtd to install...
  install: -----------------------------------------------------
  bootloader_size 0x00010000
  jffs2_size 0x00090000
  Kernel_without_jffs2_size 7208960
  kernel_image_size 7185160
  kernel_mtd_size 7798784
  Kernel_Start_Add=268500992
  Kernel_End_Addr=275686152
  Kernel_without_jffs2_End_Addr=275709952
  install: -----------------------------------------------------
  install: kernel_size=7798784
  install: kernel_update_start=268500992
  install: kernel_update_len=7208960
  install: 26 setting files to install...
  install: /var/tmp/kernel.image to start(268500992) size(7208960)
  install: check for old settings ...
  set INFO led to blink (modul=7, state=4)
  Options:   EVENT[=PARAM] ...   Trigger each led EVENT in list with value PARAM (default=1)
             -l                  List all available events for the current configuration
  ERROR - invalid event specified!
DONE - installation script return code = 1 (INSTALL_SUCCESS_REBOOT)

 

[olistudent]

That's because AVM have changed led handling but didn't update their scripts.

Regards
Oiver

 

[ramik]

I'm back again because strange things happened.
On 19/04 i rebuilt a new firmware with openvpn, stunnel, checkmaild, dropbear, and uploaded and everything worked just fine, can connect to vpn from remote, checkmaild blinks with gmail (using stunnel as ssl gateway), dropbear enters, wifi working well......

till yesterday, i came back home to find the fritz 7140 rebooting again and again, immediately turned off wifi and it was ok again !!! now i flashed back to freetz with no packages and it seems working with wifi.

will wait for next stable 1.1 or 1.2 maybe

 

[olistudent]

It's unlikely that errors dissappear without fixing them. ;-)

It's strange that it works some time before continous reboots start.

Regards
Oliver