Factory and Sysupgrade fail to install SNAPSHOT [can be closed]

currently running Firmware Version OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r21965-6f89a0ca20 / LuCI Master git-23.013.73089-9634086
Kernel Version 5.15.90.

wrt1900acs v2 both images Factory and Sysupgrade fail to install

I accessed the router with:

Power Cycle the router three times.
Using the router’s power switch – turn OFF then turn back ON.
Wait 2 seconds then turn OFF.
Turn back ON.
Wait 2 seconds then turn OFF.
Turn back ON.
Router should have booted into opposite partition.

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Does 22.03.3 from downloads.openwrt.org install?

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Does a standard OpenWrt snapshot image from http://downloads.openwrt.org/ install?

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I have the exact same issue with a WRT3200ACM. I have tried everything. Its good to know I'm not alone. It flashes and then fails to boot. Do you know which partition you are trying to install it to? That is the only thing I have not tried yet.
I have 22.03.3 installed on Partition one and I have been booting to and running 05.15 snapshots from partition two all the way up to 5.15.90 with only a few small setup issues which were able to be dealt with.
When I tried 5.15.91 snapshot .....DOA.

Maybe an imagebuilder issue ????
So I downloaded and flashed the the plain linksys_wrt3200acm-squashfs-factory.img. Same flash fail.
So I reinstalled 5.15.90 snapshot and then DLed the linksys_wrt3200acm-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin and attempted an upgrade in place. Same flash fail.

Observations:
All flash attempts were to partition two so as to keep 22.03.03 intact on partition one.
All flash attempts were without retaining any configuration files.
I compiled all my img files up to 5.15.90 with imagebuilder and the finished factory img all came to 34.1MB.
When I compiled a 5.15.91 factory img it came to 33.7MB with exact same package recipe.

So for right now this is the last snapshot that would boot for me.

Linksys WRT3200ACM
Architecture ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)
Target Platform mvebu/cortexa9
Firmware Version OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r21968-acd8e94d20 / LuCI Master git-23.013.73089-9634086
Kernel Version 5.15.90
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Had the same problem with yesterdays image on a WRT 1900ACS when i tried this morning
Thanks for the help with fixing it, sad that the newer images with 5.15.91 is borked atm :frowning:

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Same here. WRT3200ACM. Had to revert back to 5.15.90 as you did.
I don't have a serial port connection, so I can't see if there are any messages "down under" like from the uboot environment. The only option was the 3X hard power switch to go back to the other partition with 5.15.90 on it.

issue 11933

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Yes. Was using standard 22.03.2 install without issues. (22.03.3 isn't available for WRT3200ACM because of issue with switch ports failing back to hub mode).

But 5.15.91 fails to install. The ethernet ports "fail open" to act like a hub, so I can see traffic from other devices open my LAN. But there is nothing other than a power light when using 5.15.91. No ping, ssh, DHCP, etc. I don't have a serial port connection, so I can't see if there are any uboot messages.

I was using 5.15.90 snapshot without issues. This version installed without problems, was running fine with no uptime issues.

Nothing special in my setup, just LUCI. I have wifi turned off, using it as wired LAN/WAN gateway device.

Thank you. I don't have serial port access, so I can't debug further. But I can certainly help with testing images.

As stated in the issue, the problem has been identified, just needs to be reverted.

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In WRT1900acsv2 I have SNAPSHOT r21920 (Linux 5.15.90) that works everything I use and in the other partition I test new versions until .91, which after the flash appears as installed in "advanced reboot" pack. but once inside there it is no access at all.

The fix has been pushed to master, will take the buildbots some time to generate working images.

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Changed this in config/Config-kernel.in:

config KERNEL_DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
 	bool
+	default n
 	depends on arm
 
 config KERNEL_DEBUG_LL
 	bool
+	default n
 	depends on arm
 	select KERNEL_DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
 	help

Compiled and all working good now.

Thanks robimarko

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My WRT3200ACM now boots and runs Openwrt with this latest snapshot but luci GUI freezes at the login page on boot even thou I can ssh into Owrt and it seems to be alive and well. Does this edit address luci freezing?

In my WRT1900acsv2 doesn´t do that. Everythings goes well.

I also have a WRT1900 with same symptoms. It boots and luci login page comes up. At this point I have full shell access. I can passwd create or clear passwords from the shell which I have tried both ways but when I login in luci it hangs on Status Page "Loading view". It is not crashed. I can still go back to shell access and have control. I can even change or delete passwords at this stage but nothing impacts it.

SNAPSHOT r22036-1a145ccb0a right?

The link ".fs_state" is broken because it's target "2" does not exist.
This is in the overlay folder.

I found it. It's the vlan thing. I don't know what to do about it just yet but if I disable vlans, luci launches.

I use vlans without problem.

Booted the router with minimum network config.Got it up and running.And then uploaded the saved config files from previous 5.15.90 build and everything came back.Vlans and all.

Running three AP's. One is a WRT1900v2 and one is a WRT3200ACM.
Have baked in basic network settings and vlan setting on the imagebuilder builds for quite awhile. It allows me to do hard reboots on the AP's without lossing connections. But on the 05.15.92 imagebuilder it doesn't seem to like that anymore. So now if I hard reboot an AP I'm gonna lose the connection.

Do you send your vlans down any trunk lines?