"Signature check failed." /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_packages.

None None

Hi,

I factory reset my Onion today and then tried to do a package update but now get:

root@Omega-1081:~/web# date
Sat Nov 14 00:55:19 GMT 2015
root@Omega-1081:~/web# opkg update
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_base.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/base/Packages.sig.
Signature check passed.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/chaos_calmer_packages.
Downloading http://downloads.openwrt.org/chaos_calmer/15.05/ar71xx/generic/packages/packages/Packages.sig.
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
root@Omega-1081:~/web#

I don't think I am being a noob... can someone test if they have similar problems?

Kit Bishop

@None-None You are not alone While I have not done a factory reset on my Omega, I have just recently done on oupgrade to 0.0.4 b216 and get exactly the same message from opkg update

Additionally, doing opkg list <package-name> and opkg install <package-name> for some packages known to be available from previous runs, now fail.

Boken Lin

This problem exists because the firmware on the Omega are compiled by us here at Onion, so the signature generated during the compilation is different from the signature stored in the Opkg repo server. We will be launching our own repo servers in the coming weeks. For the time being, you just need to change your configuration to fix the issue:

Open /etc/opkg.conf

delete the line that reads option check_signature 1

Try opkg update again and the problem should be fixed.

None None

Thank you for the quick reply. I can confirm that the workaround has worked for me : )

Kit Bishop

Can confirm that this works for me too. Thanks

Pedro Baco

Ufff... Problem solved

E.Tozlu

That saved my day.

Donald Wright

@Boken-Lin I am getting 'Permission denied'

Luciano S.

@Donald-Wright , you are looking in a one year old request! If you use Omega2 this will not be for you.

Read this instaed:
https://community.onion.io/topic/1356/some-reminders-hints-about-using-opkg