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I successfully install openwrt on this router 940n v3 international version using the following link
downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr941nd-v6-squashfs-factory.bin
I can access internet through lan and have successfully configured password.When I try to use command "opkg install luci".In the end I get out of memory error always.
How can I install luci to access router gui ?
(Last edited by alifarrukh on 9 Jul 2017, 12:37)
Collected errors:
* gz_open: fork: Out of memory.
* opkg_install_pkg: Failed to extract data files for luci-app-firewall. Package debris may remain!
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package luci.
Snapshots do not include Luci. Install a release version. Go to lede-project.org if your hardware is too new for 15.05.1.
On models with small RAM and flash you're often better off without Luci though.
Does this mean for gui I cannot use openwrt on this router.
I also cannot post ssh openwrt output here as no links are allowed
If I want to revert back to original firmware how it can be done since I don't have gui interface.
(Last edited by alifarrukh on 9 Jul 2017, 13:58)
This is the output I get when using commands
opkg update
opkg install luci
BusyBox v1.24.2 () built-in shell (ash)
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
-----------------------------------------------------
DESIGNATED DRIVER (Bleeding Edge, 50107)
-----------------------------------------------------
* 2 oz. Orange Juice Combine all juices in a
* 2 oz. Pineapple Juice tall glass filled with
* 2 oz. Grapefruit Juice ice, stir well.
* 2 oz. Cranberry Juice
-----------------------------------------------------
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update
Downloading 
/downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_base.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_kernel.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/kernel/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_luci.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_management.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/management/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_packages.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_routing.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/routing/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/designated_driver_telephony.
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/telephony/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install luci
Installing luci (git-17.183.73346-afa7a14-1) to root...
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/luci_git-17.183.73346-afa7a14-1_all.ipk.
Installing luci-app-firewall (git-17.183.73346-afa7a14-1) to root...
Downloading /downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/packages/luci/luci-app-firewall_git-17.183.73346-afa7a14-1_all.ipk.
Collected errors:
* gz_open: fork: Out of memory.
* opkg_install_pkg: Failed to extract data files for luci-app-firewall. Package debris may remain!
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package luci.
* gz_open: fork: Out of memory.
Just face it: The 941nd has only 32MB RAM.
Now I want to revert back to original firmware,how can this be done?
There are some reverting instructions available at https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl … l_firmware
The wiki page is for TL-WR941ND device, but since there are similarities between WR941ND and WR940N, I believe you can use these instructions as a baseline for your own case.
Bear in mind these instructions might be out of date, if nobody has maintained them, and they might not even be applicable to your scenario.
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