Rpi4 < $(community_build)

excellent... put that there to catch when someone had multi-if wan's...

it's kinda relavent to a few things... but for now it's safe to disable... ( put 'exit 0' near top )...

i'll try to make it just return silently in future... the variable FWCUSTOM=1 used to turn that file on... but was experimenting with a few things and got sloppy...

i'll keep an eye on the logic in those / re-instate the need for FWCUSTOM again... for the future

thanks again!

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In ctinfo_4layercake_rpi4.qos wouldn't be better to pass ipset rules to dnsmasq as an additional servers file? That way the dhcp file it's clear.

Thanks for your work, i always prefer my own builds but i like to see the work of others so i can tweak my builds better :slight_smile:

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How you finding the "ctinfo qos" any better than piece of cake? I'm not on the community build yet so can't test it myself.

Qualitative for my home use case, but i've seen a big improvement in real-time scenarios in comparison to layer_cake / piece of cake:

  • Can stream multiple 4k videos from YouTube / Netflix etc even when competing with full WAN saturation from BitTorrent / uncapped downloads etc
  • My family can be on multiple zoom & facetime calls during uncapped downloads without a single blip in quality.
  • Overall snappiness of web & streaming just feels faster - video streaming feels like they've already started buffering before you hit play
  • People have actually commented on the video quality of my conferences!!

Cheers @anon50098793

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Might have to make the swap to the community build then, been putting it off as running own images with settings hard coded into them, so no need to backup settings then restore etc.

You should be able to migrate quite easily by taking a backup of the contents of /etc/config and overwriting these after you update to the community build.

Alternatively, the qos scripts look like they are reasonably portable, you could probably run these on your own build without much effort - you'd need to bring over /usr/lib/sqm from this build into yours.

There might be edge cases I'm not considering so probs best for @anon50098793 to comment on that.

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In my network I have all my devices set with static ips to there Mac addresses, and hostnames, I'm not sure if I do a backup and then restore onto the community build it would mess things up.

Apart from modifying my DNS settings to divert via a pihole server, my build is basic, watchcat, DNS over HTTPs, Nft-qos and banip.

I assume the "ctinfo rpi4 sqm" is related to the hisham topic mentioned at the start of the community build post, but upon reading it, it's way above my level of understanding to configure.

Hi
I am trying to write the disk image file to a new SD Card and it's not working. (rpi4.64-snapshot-25261-2.7.15-2-r15599-ext4-fac.img)
Win32DiskImager shows completed but nothing is written to the sd card.
I tried balenaEtcher and a message popped up saying the image is missing a partition or is not bootable/ compatible. Same error with Rufus USB tool. Tried with ImgFlasher and also doesn't work.
I tried SD Card formatter till 95% then cancelled it as per instructions here; RPi4 step-by-step set up: please help - #11 by stargeizer
can someone please advise on what could be the problem?

Hi
Can someone please confirm if the image is working correctly? (rpi4.64-snapshot-25261-2.7.15-2-r15599-ext4-fac.img)
I downloaded the image on 3 windows 10 pc's and tried to 2 sd cards with Win32DiskImager and it fails to write the image to the SD Cards...

how about you try to write the official image?

this way you'll be able to post on the general forum and solicit the help of a much wider audience...

I don't run windows... and 70+ people have accessed that image with zero issues... one thing I would suggest... is perhaps trying to un-gz with an alternate tool... as the trailer may be tripping up whatever window utility you are using ( and have failed to mention )...

p.s. i did run a web search yesterday on the error/s you reported and there are gazillions of issues/posts/threads/hits with these tools... even with iso's... so I think overfocussing on the image is doing you a disservice here...

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Try writing the SD with Balena Etcher (https://www.balena.io/etcher/?) and report back. It's way easier than using Win32DiskManager.

@anon50098793 - Thanks for your reply,
Sorry if I failed to provide sufficient details.
About a month ago I used the community build image file provided here and followed the instructions to write the image to SD Card, it worked without a problem. Was running OpenWRT on my RPI4. (The SD Card is a SanDisk Edge 16GB that came with RPI4 Kit).
I purchased a new SanDisk Ultra 16GB SD Card and downloaded the latest image.
SD Card reader is a Transcend RDP8 https://www.transcend-info.com/Support/No-220 - Same one used to write the image previously.
I unzipped it with 7-Zip and ran Win32DiskImager, selected the img file and proceeded to Write. Pop-up message shows complete, but nothing gets written to SD Card. I tried to write to the original SD card that was working and it did not work.
I thought there might be an issue with the image file, hence the reason for asking.

@cesarvog - I have tried balenaEtcher and get a message - Missing Partition Table - It looks like this is not a bootable image. The image does not appear to contain a partition table, and might not be recognized or bootable by your device.

I downloaded Ubuntu desktop now and have running off a USB. I managed to write the Official Image, with etcher, but cannot access the interface through 192.168.1.1.
I tried to write rpi4.64-snapshot-25261-2.7.15-2-r15599-ext4-fac.img and same message about missing partition table appears...

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if you have recent firmware on your device you can also try 2.7.51 on a usb stick... ( make sure mmc slot is empty if you have the default boot order )

I currently do not have a working firmware on the rpi4...
Correct me if I'm wrong, so I download and write rpi4.64-snapshot-25571-2.7.51-22-r15731-ext4-fac.img to USB stick, with Win32DiskImager or balenaEtcher?

as mentioned... i don't run windows so i'm unable to advise regarding tool selection...

use whatever tool that works... but yes...

  • download the fac.img.gz
  • un-gzip the .img.gz file -> .img
  • write the .img to a usb disk

Ok, I have tried that and it does not write anything to the USB disk.
I tried on Windows 10, with Win32DiskImager and balenaEtcher.
I tried on Ubuntu desktop and also does not write anything to the USB disk.
When I wrote this img file to the SD card, it creates the rootfs and boot directories, but when I try your img files, it does not write anything and no directories are created on disks.

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Hi Fellow RPI Openwrt / Wulfy23 (awesome build thank you), just trying to get SQM ui running in openwrt but I keep getting the resource unavailable message - I've started the service but still get this any ideas?

start service from settings and dont think need to reboot, but you can try rebooting

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Thanks I did that first time around and it didn't work but I left things for 20 mins and went back and now it all works....odd but at least it works. Thanks for your suggestion.

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