[LEDE-DEV] CC to LEDE v17.01.0 on wrt160nl

[Torbjorn Jansson]

On 2017-02-26 15:35, Alberto Bursi wrote:
>
>
> On 02/26/2017 03:20 PM, Torbjorn Jansson wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> i just upgraded my wrt160nl from CC to the new LEDE stable release.
>> things workes but i cant install anything.
>>
>> opkg update works at least one time, then i get errors trying to install
>> something.
>> errors like:
>>  * xsystem: wget: vfork: Out of memory.
>>
>> any idea why?
>>
>
> The device has 32MB of RAM and fixes to default system leave less ram
> for opkg and other programs.
>
> Opkg was altered to use an order of magnitude less RAM so it could work
> again, but that came too late for LEDE 17.01 release.
>
> According to jow, the opkg fix will get in the LEDE 17.01.1 that will
> happen in March.
>
> see bugreport here
> https://bugs.lede-project.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=120
>
> In the meantime, either use snapshot/trunk or stay on CC.
>
> -Alberto

i see
if i only could install the needed packages to get my usb stick working 
then i could enable the swap partition again and work around this.