Hey, I have a Strong 1200 Router and flashed OpenWrt 8 months ago onto it, worked fine until now. I wanted to install a package for it but it refused because one kernel was not up to date and updating it didn't work.
So I reflashed the Router with what I hoped were newer Snapshots with the uptodate kernel. Now the Web Panel is broken and I cant upload the old firmware I saved localy which worked fine.
Are there any other ways to upload the old working firmwares?
For many devices supported by OpenWrt, firmware were made by concatenating kernel and rootfs together then split at boot time. This is mainly for saving space. And it means for most of the time a firmware upgrade is needed to upgrade the kernel.
I am wondering which package you are trying to install. Is it possible that it refuses merely because the package and kernel are from different builds?
If you install a snapshot, LUCI is not included as already said.
In general, kernel modules must match the kernel, which is included in the firmware image.
Moreover, snapshots (including kernel modules) change all the time, so the only ways to ensure you always have the matching modules for your installation are:
downloading the whole tree for your device (good approach if you don't track snapshots)
setting up the build system on your PC (a bit more effort at the beginning, saves time in the long run if tracking)
Your device is missing overlay altogether. Forget about installing new software: if you make any changes to the configuration, do they survive reboot? I'd say they don't.
I got the same error when trying to install packages on a snapshot yesterday and my wrt1200 has plenty of space, so I'm assuming it's just a problem with the latest builds, you might try a stable build if possible.
Can you give me a link to a stable build? Otherwise I have a old stable build saved locally from 8 months ago but idk how to install it without a web panel.
Thanks for the instructions. The Webpanel kinda worked, but i guess its just cached in my browser or something like that. But I linked the Video already in my first post.
I installed putty and alredy tried the first steps but I get an error when i try "opkg install luci"
It looks like your model requires the initramfs to be flashed first and I'm just not familiar with that unfortunately and don't know what needs to be done.