[Mesh] mesh routers can't opkg install kmod-usb-acm

[Alexander Papazoglou]

I made a branch of sudowrt-firmware called build-all-kmods which should do
just that (for home nodes).

The opkg.conf stuff probably needs to be changed in makenode.

Alex


2017-10-15 22:18 GMT-07:00 Alexander Papazoglou <papazoga at gmail.com>:

> Jake,
>
> The error means that you have a mismatch between the kernel version you
> are running and the one required for the package. Ever since this [
> https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/29686] happened OpenWRT requires that
> modules are from the same build as the kernel you are running, by checking
> a hash.
>
> Unfortunately it seems that http://builds.sudomesh.org/
> builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/packages/ only contains a smattering of
> packages, and kmod-usb-acm is not among them.Any reason for this?
>
> All kmod- packages ought to be built and made available there, in order to
> guarantee kernel compatibility. And your opkg.conf "base" pointer should
> point at the sudomesh repo.
> For instant gratification, you can try "opkg --force-depends install
> <package>" (but don't expect it to work).
>
> Alex
>
>
> 2017-10-15 19:16 GMT-07:00 Jake <jake at spaz.org>:
>
>> i'm trying to use a mesh router to operate a duck coop door, and this
>> means i
>> want the USB port to recognize an ACM serial port.  This is a normal
>> thing for
>> openWRT and usually works thusly:
>>
>> opkg update # downloads opkg package lists to /tmp
>> opkg install kmod-usb-acm # installs a kernel module for ACM serial USB
>> devices
>>
>> unfortunately, there are some problems with present mesh node firmware
>> (including a node that was flashed in December 2015 and another which was
>> flashed recently) and this process doesn't work.
>>
>> for starters, the opkg.conf on mesh nodes is messed up - i'm not sure why
>> but
>> there's a github issue here:
>> https://github.com/sudomesh/sudowrt-firmware/issues/108
>>
>> to get "opkg update" to work, follow the instructions in the first
>> comment.
>> That works for me, but when i do "opkg install kmod-usb-acm" i get the
>> following error:
>>
>> # opkg install kmod-usb-acm
>> Installing kmod-usb-acm (3.18.23-1) to root...
>> Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05.1/ar71xx/gen
>> eric/packages/base/kmod-usb-acm_3.18.23-1_ar71xx.ipk.
>> Collected errors:
>>  * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for
>>  * kmod-usb-acm:
>>  *  kernel (= 3.18.23-1-b2f200610f46d20ef52d269421369d0c) *
>>  * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-usb-acm.
>> # uname -a
>>     Linux jerkey-tl-wdr3500-2 3.18.23 #1 Fri Dec 25 00:14:49 EST 2015
>> mips GNU/Linux
>>
>> i have no idea what this error means or why it's happening, can anyone
>> offer
>> advice?
>>
>> thank you,
>> -jake
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