Updated to newest Omega2+ firmware, now can't install block-mount

chris Ó Luanaigh

This is what I see when I try and opkg install

root@omega:/etc/opkg# opkg find block*
block-mount - 2017-06-30-bdcb075f-1 - Block device mounting and checking
block-mount - 2018-12-28-af93f4b8-4
root@omega:/etc/opkg# opkg install block-mount
Installing block-mount (2018-12-28-af93f4b8-4) to root...
Collected errors:

opkg_download_pkg: Package block-mount is not available from any configured src.
opkg_install_pkg: Failed to download block-mount. Perhaps you need to run 'opkg update'?
opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package block-mount.

I've tried uncommenting the following in distfeeds.conf and then running opkg update

src/gz reboot_core http://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01-SNAPSHOT/targets/ramips/mt7688/packages
src/gz reboot_base http://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01-SNAPSHOT/packages/mipsel_24kc/base

But have had no joy.

It's odd, because opkg find returns:

root@omega:/etc/opkg# opkg find block*
block-mount - 2018-12-28-af93f4b8-4
block-mount - 2017-06-30-bdcb075f-1 - Block device mounting and checking
block-mount - 2018-04-16-6609e98a-1 - Block device mounting and checking

György Farkas

@chris-Ó-Luanaigh Try to use:
opkg update
opkg install block-mount

# Omega2+ v0.2.2 b201

root@Omega-5533:/# opkg update
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/core/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/omega2_core
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/core/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/omega2_base
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/base/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/omega2_packages
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/omega2_routing
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/routing/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/onion/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/omega2_onion
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/onion/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.

root@Omega-5533:/# opkg install block-mount
Installing block-mount (2017-06-30-bdcb075f-1) to root...
Downloading http://repo.onion.io/omega2/packages/core/block-mount_2017-06-30-bdcb075f-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
Configuring block-mount.
this file has been obsoleted. please call "/sbin/block mount" directly

Good luck.

chris Ó Luanaigh

Hi György,

I took a somewhat more.. um... muscular approach...

I tarred up all my customisations, shipped them out and did a restore to factory settings.

Then I got exactly that error. Fortunately, there was an /sbin/block to call and I can now get on with what I was trying to do.

Some documentation needs updating however

Thanks and peace!

chris