HI there,
I have a new install of:
firmware version:LEDE Reboot 17.01.4 r3560-79f57e422d / LuCI lede-17.01 branch (git-17.290.79498-d3f0685)
Kernel version:4.4.92
BusyBox v1.25.1 () built-in shell (ash)
on:
hardware: TP-Link Archer C2600
When I ssh to it and issue a reboot or reboot -f (or I click the perform reboot button on the LUCI interface) the router just shuts down (lights never come back on.) I have to cycle the power to get it to start again.
This is a pain because the router is in a completely different part of the house and I do want to access my home network periodically (and potentially reboot the router.)
Are you having other problems that are necessitating reboots? In general LEDE/OpenWRT is quite stable and shouldn't need frequent reboots except for when making certain configuration changes.
If there are other issues, they could be connected to your device's inability to reboot properly, even if it is as simple as your flash memory being completely full.
You might try backing up your config and re-flashing your device. Test to see if reboots work properly on a fresh flash. Then load your configuration back in and test again. If you've got any extra packages installed, try reinstalling those one-by-one and test rebooting -- maybe there is a package that is causing the issue.
I tried this one (the same one I used to go from the original firmware):
C2600-squashfs-factory.bin
but I get this error:
The uploaded image file does not contain a supported format. Make sure that you choose the generic image format for your platform.
Should I use this one:
C2600-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
OK - I used this:
C2600-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
But it still behaves the same way (reboot shuts down the router). Everything else seems to be OK.
I even restored the settings from backup (after confirming they were wiped out from the upgrade) and it said it was going to reboot, but I had to turn it off and on again to get it to run.
Odd. I'm out of ideas, unfortunately. I don't have one of those devices to experiment with, so I don't think I can add much else. Hopefully someone else will have seen this problem and be able to help. Good luck!
Sounds like a problem with the device. There was a commit in the Linux kernel that fixed the power off or halt command to actually work instead of rebooting the router.
I had the same problem with C2600 on LEDE stable, you have to use a more recent version. I compiled OpenWrt 18.06-SNAPSHOT r6984-fa0275b / LuCI openwrt-18.06 branch (git-18.149.30568-29b4c71) with kernel 4.14.43 and it now reboots as expected.
It mentions:
-'Snapshots are versions of LEDE that are “in development”. They are rebuilt frequently, often multiple times a day.'
-'do I want a development snapshot firmware ? No!'
-'Snapshots do not have LuCi web admin GUI installed by default' etc, etc
Not only this, if you've already gone and configured your present LEDE build to satisfaction, and want to sysupgrade to alleviate the reboot issue, there's no guarantee that ALL settings will migrate over as expected, some actually will change.
See https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-quick-start/sysupgrade.luci under the section titled 'Restore backed up OpenWrt/LEDE configuration'.
Plus manually installing LuCi, and any prior additional packages will also require re-installation.
In my case, I only sysupgraded to see if the reboot issue disappeared. It did, but I went back to 17.01.4, awaiting the next Stable Release build.
I am running OpenWrt 18.06-SNAPSHOT r7093-93860bb / LuCI openwrt-18.06 branch (git-18.163.60998-c379f00) (which appears to be the latest) on my TP-Link Archer C2600 and this problem is fixed (reboot really reboots the router)
Yes I'm aware of the fix in the recent snapshots for v1.1 of TP-Link Archer C2600.
I'm in two minds whether I go for a sys-upgrade from 17.01.4 -> 17.01.5 to see if it actually fixes the issue.
Edit: Slh is correct in saying the 17.01.5 release build (LEDE Reboot 17.01.5 r3919-38e704be71 / LuCI lede-17.01 branch (git-18.180.55366-b78664c) still has the reboot issue with version 1.1 of TP-Link Archer c2600 router.