gl-iNet MT6000 opkg update failure

[radiomean]

As title - and sorry if this topic has been addressed, but I have searched and found nothing.

The router is obviously on the internet via a wireless ap...

I'm trying to do 'opkg update' after flashing my MT6000 with the latest OpenWRT firmware. I get several error messages that the repo is not found or not available:

Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz
*** Failed to download the package list from https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz

I haven't changed anything - this config is just as the firmware has been flashed to the router, so why is it not working please?

I then manually added a repo as I want to install some custom cellular modem packages and the list updated successfully from there:

Downloading https://github.com/4IceG/Modem-extras/raw/main/myrepo/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/IceG_repo
Downloading https://github.com/4IceG/Modem-extras/raw/main/myrepo/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.gz

What am I doing wrong, please!

[radiomean]

I've just checked and I still can't update from the automaticlly installed OpenWRT repos.
The following are the error-messages:

Errors
Collected errors:
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
 * opkg_download: Failed to download https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/Packages.gz, wget returned 8.
The opkg update command failed with code 6.

I can sucessfully download from the repo I added:

Downloading https://github.com/4IceG/Modem-extras/raw/main/myrepo/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/IceG_repo
Downloading https://github.com/4IceG/Modem-extras/raw/main/myrepo/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.gz

Please can someone advise?
Thanks.

[radiomean]

I have tried several different builds of OpenWRT and the opkg update fails on all...

[frollic]

guess it wasn't a recent snapshot ? The future is now: opkg vs apk - #29 by efahl.

you could try a 24.10 snapshot too - https://mirror-03.infra.openwrt.org/releases/24.10-SNAPSHOT/.

[radiomean]

Having experimented a bit more, I think I should add that I've found the 'vanilla' OPenWRT build works with opkg.
The (more interesting) community build where opkg does not work is -

Custom builds by pesa1234

MT6000 custom build with LuCi and some optimization - kernel 6.6.x

Dear. I would like to share with you my custom build with kernel 6.6.x Difference with standard openWRT version: iBF settings & QAM-256 VHT on 2g activable in Luci [immagine] WED setting is on LuCi [immagine] Background radar setting can be activable in LuCi [immagine] TWT setting activable in LuCi (it is on advanced tab of wifi settings) [immagine] Setting of chanlist in LuCi in case you enable the background radar feature. if you don't use auto channel it is mandatory to insert a…

Thanks for the suggestions.

[frollic]

The 24.10 snapshots have opkg instead of apk.

[pesa1234]

If you post the error I can see what's going wrong.
But I think that is due to is pointing to opkg and now apk on latest snapshot.
So if you want you can change link on opkg settings (you can do it simply from luci) to my repo. It is written on that thread first post.

[radiomean]

The error message is shown in my first post, thanks!
Please can you advise what is the correct 'link' to your repo.

Cheers.

[x86]

Interestingly, I think I have a similar issue, but with APK.

It looks like to me that my MX6000 just up an decided it can't make reliable connections anymore.

Flint2 on 24.10, apk repo gets randomly fail

Installed SNAPSHOT from Nov 12. Worked flawlessly no issues. Messed with VLANs, of course I locked myself out. Did a button reset. Back in SSH, can't install packages with apk. No LUCI, ok, can fix. apk add luci - falls with 11 errors apk add luck - fails with 9 errors `apk add luci - fails with 3 errors It's getting closer every time!? apk add luci - works 30MiB in 169 packages WTF? Seems super unreliable. Example from what I saw and got working: root@OpenWrt:~# apk add luci ( 1/11)…

[radiomean]

Interesting! However, using the stock gl-iNet firmware, it seem to work ok. It will connect to a cellular network using a Quectel RM520N-GLAA modem.

But of course, we want to use proper OpenWRT...

[radiomean]

Thanks, but please can you post the links to your repo to put in the opkg-configure.
I am rather an OpenWRT novice!

[bluewavenet]

@radiomean

The router is obviously on the internet via a wireless ap...

You do not go into any detail about this. Do you mean you have a wireless connection to an access point?
How did you configure this?

Show the output of:

wget -s https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz

Note the -s means wget just "spiders" or tests the download without saving it anywhere.
It should look something like:

root@meshnode-8ecb:~# wget -s https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz
Downloading 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.5/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz'
Connecting to 151.101.2.132:443
(null)                 183k --:--:-- ETA
Download completed (187499 bytes)
root@meshnode-8ecb:~# 

[radiomean]

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[radiomean]

@bluewavenet

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OK, I've now flashed it with the standard OpenWRT for the MT6000 and opkg updates correctly. It looks like it is a problem with the repos pesa1234 is using...