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

[Alberto Bursi]

On 02/26/2017 03:44 PM, Torbjorn Jansson wrote:
> 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.
>
>

In my testing (I also have some affected devices), swap on USB did not help.

-Alberto