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

[Torbjorn Jansson]

On 2017-02-26 16:00, Alberto Bursi wrote:
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> On 02/26/2017 03:44 PM, Torbjorn Jansson wrote:
>> On 2017-02-26 15:35, Alberto Bursi wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>
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> In my testing (I also have some affected devices), swap on USB did not help.
>
> -Alberto
>

i commented out most of the feeds in /etc/opkg/distfeeds.conf to get the 
needed kernel modules and packages installed so i could get my usb stick 
working.

then i enabled swap partition on usb stick and restored all feeds.
opkg update and later installs seems to work.