Hello,
Got it somewhat up&running on a TP-Link AX23; so obviously I ran out of space and now it seems some useless stuff, like themes I don't use are here to stay -- can't uninstall via terminal or luci -- the whole process succeeds, but after that is like nothing ever happened
Can you show us the output of the commands you've issued?
And let's also see:
ubus call system board
df -h
Sure, it goes something like this:
root@AX23:~# opkg remove luci-theme-argon
Removing package luci-theme-argon from root...
root@AX23:~# ubus call system board
{
"kernel": "5.15.162",
"hostname": "AX23",
"system": "MediaTek MT7621 ver:1 eco:3",
"model": "TP-Link Archer AX23 v1",
"board_name": "tplink,archer-ax23-v1",
"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "23.05.4",
"revision": "r24012-d8dd03c46f",
"target": "ramips/mt7621",
"description": "OpenWrt 23.05.4 r24012-d8dd03c46f"
}
}
root@AX23:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 4.0M 4.0M 0 100% /rom
tmpfs 58.8M 2.1M 56.8M 4% /tmp
/dev/mtdblock4 8.8M 8.6M 136.0K 98% /overlay
overlayfs:/overlay 8.8M 8.6M 136.0K 98% /
tmpfs 512.0K 0 512.0K 0% /dev
root@AX23:~#
oh, also I can't switch themes which "should" be installed if this helps
One more things we should look at, too:
mount
root@AX23:~# mount
/dev/root on /rom type squashfs (ro,relatime,errors=continue)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
/dev/mtdblock4 on /overlay type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlay (ro,noatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay/upper,workdir=/overlay/work)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,size=512k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,noatime,mode=600,ptmxmode=000)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,noatime)
bpffs on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,mode=700)
root@AX23:~#
yes, right away
root@AX23:~# opkg remove luci-theme-argon
Removing package luci-theme-argon from root...
root@AX23:~#
as if it succeeded, same in luci
Your overlay is mounted as read only. This is probably because of the fact that it was filled up.
Try this:
mount -o remount,rw /
opkg remove luci-theme-argon
Show us the output
root@AX23:~# mount -o remount,rw /
mount: mounting overlayfs:/overlay on / failed: Read-only file system
aand
root@AX23:~# opkg remove luci-theme-argon
Removing package luci-theme-argon from root...
root@AX23:~#
so no output doesnt mean success :D, thanks alot btw
make a backup of your current config, then we'll see if it will reset to defaults in the current state (it might not work)
firstboot -y && reboot
okay, let's do this
it defaults to default configs,
now ofc I only have the backup on my laptop which only has wifi :D:D
Sorry, I just assumed you were using a machine with ethernet. Try a usb stick to move it from your laptop to your ethernet connected device.
it's okay, fully my fault 
I'm not sure I have usb mini stick, I'll figure something out.
the bad news is -- I found an older backup on the ethernet machine and it says it's not readable 
Well, another option is that you can simply configure wifi on your router and then connect the laptop again. Then restore the backup from the laptop.
I got it online via my phone, now it's only a matter of time before cloud services start working
same thing, says backup not readable
How are you trying to restore the backup? What is the exact file name (including the extensions) that you have for the backup file.
backup-AX23-2024-08-17.tar
I try to upload it via luci
it needs to be a tar.gz file. Your browser probably automatically un-gz'd it when it downloaded. Safari on a Mac will do that if you have the "automatically open safe files" preference enabled.