Plugins are all 10MB or larger

[Spine]

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| Gargoyle version 1.9.X    | OpenWrt Chaos Calmer branch        |
| Gargoyle revision 786d90e | OpenWrt commit a03a846             |
| Built April 10, 2016      | Target  ar71xx/default             |
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root@Gargoyle:~# gpkg list-installed
root@Gargoyle:~# 

[Lantis]

Well... That's peculiar.
That should output a long list. So maybe the problem is in gpkg/opkg.

Can another user please confirm the same thing happens?

Thanks so far Spine.

[Spine]

TL-MR3220 v1. Hardware for the test, I can if needed to experiment with it.
Data collected after the "firstboot -y"

[thunderdust]

Same! Here's mine.

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| Gargoyle version 1.9.0    | OpenWrt Chaos Calmer branch        |
| Gargoyle revision 5dd9058 | OpenWrt revision r47335            |
| Built November 06, 2015   | Target  ar71xx/default             |
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root@Gargoyle:~# gpkg list-installed
root@Gargoyle:~#

[Steeve85]

In System --> Plugins --> Plugin List, the plugins (with the exception of "themes" and "USB printer...") have always appeared as at least 10MB or bigger of required disk space.

I see other people have posted similar problems, but I haven't been able to find a solution. Does anyone know why this might be happening, and how to fix it?

My setup:
Gargoyle 1.9.0
D-Link DIR-615 rev. C1

Everything has been working beautifully for many months

Thanks for any help!

Hi , I have the same problem right now? Did you find the solution? Thank you

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[Lantis]

@All,

Installing plugins has been disabled on 4MB routers due to the high probability that doing so will cause the router to cease functioning.
This is achieved by purging the opkg records, and hence it does not think you have libc installed. Without libc "installed", you cannot install any other plugins because they appear too large (because it thinks you will need libc as well).

This change was made as a part of the last ditch attempt to make 4MB routers still usable under 1.9.X.

I'm sorry that i can't give happier news.

[Spine]

It was a bad idea.
/ overlay can be taken to USB.
OpenWrt does not have this problem.
If necessary you can disable the installation of plug-ins on the official releases available on http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download.php

[Lantis]

It was a bad idea.
/ overlay can be taken to USB.
OpenWrt does not have this problem.
If necessary you can disable the installation of plug-ins on the official releases available on http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download.php

How do you intend to do that without USB support? Your router doesn't get compiled with usb support (as far as i know) because it does not have enough space to fit it.

It IS disabled on those versions, and any intermediate testing versions as well. Because the purpose of those images is to test them for bugs. So they should be as close as possible to the final releases.

Openwrt does not have this problem because it does not take up as large a footprint on the router. Gargoyle adds functionality.

If you have better ideas and you wish to contribute, please do so. The code is freely available for modification.

[thunderdust]

Installing plugins has been disabled on 4MB routers due to the high probability that doing so will cause the router to cease functioning.
...
This change was made as a part of the last ditch attempt to make 4MB routers still usable under 1.9.X.

Thanks a lot, Lantis. I have no complaints here. I am very thankful that my 4MB router has the opportunity to use Gargoyle!

Thanks for your help and for your hard work helping others!!