WNDR3700 (ar71xx) not saving settings.

[trinode]

Hello,

I've compiled a custom image for a netgear WNDR3700 (that's a damn nice router by the way... 680mhz, dual radio, gigabit etc)

It's an ar71xx device so I was suprised there was no image on your site for it after the wireless N anouncement (I've been waiting to switch from openwrt/luci).

The basic.sh page doesn't seem to save any settings made, I fill it all in, click save, then if I go to another page, and come back it's blank again.

I compiled the image as follows:-

*Checked out the image from git.
*make custom
*Did the following in the menus:
- Change the architecture to ar71xx...
- Change the specific model to Netgear WNDR3700
- Selected the gargoyle item in Administration
- Saved changes and exit.
* Let the compile run and flashed the image:
Gargoyle-WNDR3700-squashfs (I'm not at home right now, so don't know the exact name).


It was built about 12 hours ago. I guess there's a package it's downloading that's different to how gargoyle expects it to be, or I missed something in the menuconfig.

I managed to get wired access working for a while, until I clicked save settings, which seemed kill the access.


Any help would be appreciated, I'm willing to assist however I can.

[trinode]

Sorry, I just noticed, there are similar posts on this same problem.
(I'm at work so just sneakily wrote this post up and quickly logged in and pasted it in...)

The others are:-
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/vi ... ?f=6&t=833
http://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/vi ... ?f=6&t=825

[Eric]

This issue is driving me crazy because despite all these reports, I can't reproduce it.

Can you login via ssh and post the output of both logread and dmesg?

No guarantees that will tell me anything, but it might help.

Also, I hadn't realized that router was an ar71xx router. The image for it doesn't get built with the default configuration. I'll add a special configuration profile for it and include it in the next release.

[trinode]

Would you mind running a build on your setup for the WNDR3700?
The reason I ask is that one user has the problem with their custom build, but not the one they got from this site.

See http://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/vi ... ?f=6&t=833

If I can test your build and it works it'll narrow your search to the build process somewhere.

I'll grab the logs you requested when I return from work.

- Anthony

[trinode]

Hi,

I've attached the files requested, in session1 I ran the commands before testing the save changes button, in session2 I had run the save changes before...

I think something's wrong with the javascript, the reset data button doesn't do anything either. (fill it all in and click reset and it's all still there)

[trinode]

Script breakage here:

<script>
<!--
var isBcm94704 = false;
var allLanMacs = [];
brctl: invalid argument 'showmacs' to 'brctl'
var allWifi = new Array();
var wirelessDriver="mac80211";
var mac80211Channels = [];
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("01", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("02", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("03", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("04", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("05", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("06", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("07", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("08", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("09", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("10", 10)+"");
mac80211Channels.push(parseInt("11", 10)+"");
var currentDateSeconds = "1284660458";
var uptime = "39019";
var leaseStartUptime = "16";
var leaseStart = "16";
var leaseLifetime = "503297";
var timezoneOffset = "+0100";
var timezoneName = "BST";


I think there's the answer, the javascript error probably prevents any subsequent code running as it's errored out.

[Eric]

Ahhhhh... yeah. You did a custom build. If you do a custom build in backfire you need to adjust the busybox config so that it doesn't build the busybox version of brctl, but rather the full version. The Gargoyle package has a dependency on the full version, so that should already be enabled, but you also have to disable the busybox version -- otherwise you get this problem.

This is taken care of in the default configuration profiles, so you won't see this problem there. Of course, the reports of other sections not saving properly on broadcom routers, still aren't explained...

[trinode]

how would I exclude that busybox option if doing a custom build?

I'll have a go atdebugging the rest after I've made the basics work

[trinode]

nevermind, found it on the menuconfig