I am writing a custom OpenWRT image [24.10] and I need to disable uci control of the radios in order to support a MorseMicro WiFi-Halow device (This is an out-of-tree driver). I am able to successfully disable the radios at runtime using uci set wireless.radio0.disabled='1' uci commit wireless B…

after reading your original post again ... my bet is on the permissions. any one of those scripts should do, test it manually fist, if it works from command line in should work from uci-defaults. Just make sure the script has executable permissions

Probably 3rd party scripts do that... Nothing in openwrt makes parts of config change at random.

[image] WPA_petitioner: I need to disable uci control of the radios Do you mean that literally, or do you just want the radio(s) disabled? [image] WPA_petitioner: But all of my attempts to do so using uci-defaults scripts have failed The uci-defaults are burnt into the flash and resid…

could be same issue as here, as i mention, this is often over looked .. [image] Building firmware with pre-configured settings For Developers make sure the script is executable, scripts inside the /files/* directory are not set as executable during build. You …

[image] Hostle: permissions Yes, I found that one out pretty quickly. But the OP has not explained why/how he has enabled the radios in the first place, given "disabled" is the default. I suspect he is trying to undo someone else's work in a non-standard image. Building firmware with pr…

[image] bluewavenet: Do you mean that literally, or do you just want the radio(s) disabled? I'm just disabling UCI interaction with the radios. I am using a Morse Micro 802.11ah radio which is managed by wpa_supplicant_s1g. So we're just telling uci "don't touch this radio" [image] bluewa…

i get what he's trying to do... but knowing what he has done so far, would be of great service to the discussion

I'm currently flashing the image with new permissions and will let you know if that solves it. Thanks

So, embarrassingly, I had forgotten to add the install line to my make file for the custom config package. $(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/etc/uci-defaults/99-halow-config $(1)/etc/uci-defaults/ So, it was, indirectly, a permissions issue since that line will update permissions to be executable. But it was…

[24.10] Unable to disable radios using uci-defaults script

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Hostle February 24, 2026, 12:29am 4

could be same issue as here, as i mention, this is often over looked ..

if you are just trying to disable all wireless .. perhaps a more effective approach would be

wifi down

and to enable again

wifi up

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