[HowTo] Get a HeadStart on a WL-500gP

Hi Raas,

While exploring why the Upload NZB functionality didn't seem to work, I think I may have found the root of some of the minor HellaNZB issues. It appears the /mnt/protected/WebUI/zussaweb/settings.php file needs a couple small changes.

On lines 8 & 9, instead of:
$disk = '/mnt/HellaNZB/usenet';
$download_nzb_path = '/mnt/HellaNZB/nzb/daemon.queue';

I believe they should be:
$disk = '/mnt/protected/Downloaders/HellaNZB/usenet';
$download_nzb_path = '/mnt/protected/Downloaders/HellaNZB/nzb/daemon.queue';

After those changes, lines 3 & 4 of the functions.php can be changed to:

function freediskspace($disk) {
return (round (disk_free_space($disk)/1024/1024,2));

HTH.

Hi Raas,

first of all.. Thank you very much for the great work on the headstart.

I have been working with it for a while now and i thought it might be good to upgrade the packages to the newest versions, so i gave the command:

ipkg update
ipkg upgrade -force-defaults

after that I couldn't start lighttpd any more..

samba is still working but i can't control transmission anymore..

Do you have an idea how I can fix this?

tnx in advance

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Originally Posted by embee

after that I couldn't start lighttpd any more..

samba is still working but i can't control transmission anymore..

Do you have an idea how I can fix this?

tnx in advance

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look at my post:
http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=166318&postcount=38
they left out e-poll in newer releases, so you need to select poll:)

Thank you very much...

after editing the .conf file I was able to do everything again :D

Hey Raas,

i am working at your tut now, i have done the tut of Wengi, for a year ago, but now i want have that PHP server inclusive MySQL database.

I am reading your tut, but my 1tb hdd is formatting :mad: takes a while, i knew that..

But when i reading you are talking about:

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Step 1.
I couldn't have done a better job than WENGI. (Thanks man!)
Follow step 1 to 4b exactly from the excellent tutorial made by WENGI (found here: http://www.wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=10307). If you read Step5: IPKG, stop, and continue this tutorial.

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( i can remember in the past there was a 4a and 4b part, but now:
there is no 4a and 4b.. only part 4 ..

Part 5 is

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5. Startup-scripts

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and

Part 6 is

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6. IPKG

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I think it means i have to do the Wengi tut till Part 6, so inclusive 5...

Do i have right? or am I wrong?

Thanks in advance:)

yes the how-to seems to have split 4a and 4b into 4 and 5.
so you should stop at part 6, since this headstart will give you ipkg installation:p

Thanks for the answer! i was going on with 5, and after 5 i go to this tut..

But i have a problem now.

When I got to check http://192.168.1.1:8082

i got the message:

1045: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)
Unable to connect to the DATABASE server.
Please check dbhost, dbuser, and dbpass variables in cp_config.php

do you know how i can fix that?

Now i have to go to sleep, but tomorrow i will go on, it would be in the evening.

thanks for your help!!

Hi,

hmmmm.... I never knew that wengi had changed his tut so my hint to his steps are a bit messed up.
wpte is right, you should have completed until and including step 5 now.

since headstart replaces the opt and mnt directories, you should stop at step 6.

now, from what I read in step 5, some files on opt are changed or created by wengi´s tutorial. could be that it conflicts with headstart. I haven´t looked into that yet, as I just discover this occurs.

in your ssh session, check if the msyql database engine is running by looking for the process.

also. check if you can log into mysql through ssh (code to do so is in this tut. at the change mysql password section.)


HTH

gotta go.

Hello all,

i've done it, again and again, but it is working NOW!!

Great...

but there is a little ( i guess little ) problem

i want use the program TCPDF on my WL500gp

so, i copied all data,, but i when i want to start, i get the message:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 6291456 bytes) in /mnt/prive/tcpdf/unicode_data.php on line 16485

now i've looked around and i read my php has got to less memory, i can change my php.ini file..

But where can i find that file, or in which map, i have to put in this file ?

Thanks in Advance!!


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Other problem i have with Transmission,

in past i used the tut from Wengi, ( only for the Transmission ) and everything worked fine, but now my Transmission didn't work fine.

He has downloaded some torrents, but it was,, with the Wengi tut,, he started immidiately with uploading this torrent, but now he doesn't upload anything.

also strange is he doesn't show information about how many percent he has downloaded, or uploaded.

Also he doesn't give the date / time on my screen when the download was completed.

This is all i get on my screen, when i go to Transmission:

see attachment 1

all torrents are just in map Works, ( where they have to download )
But the site where i download from, gives i have downloaded it for 100%

How's that possible, or where did I make a mistake

Thanks in Advance!

php.ini is found in /opt/etc/php.ini


try to update transmission, or use other torrent-client, there are a couple of how-to's on this forum.

Hey guys,

I have a problem :)

when i do the following,

PHP Code:

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#! /bin/sh
/Opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start 


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The response is: "pattern not found"


Well.. shall i wait for detailled suggestions as for a newbie that i am? :)

hi,

check the contents of the file, and compare it to the file in wengi's tutorial.
my best guess is that's the problem.

HTH.

Maybe try /opt/etc/... (small 'o')

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Originally Posted by sarlacc

Maybe try /opt/etc/... (small 'o')

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Dude!, you must have 20-20 vision!
I didn't see that..
but since *nix has 'case-sensitivity' in file names you're right !!!

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Originally Posted by raas

try to update transmission, or use other torrent-client, there are a couple of how-to's on this forum.

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I've updated transmission, without results, i cannot see the status.

Also, when my torrents are completed downloaded, Transmission, put them into Suspended, but i want he put them in Seeding.

In past everything worked fine, but when i followed Headstart tut, he comes with this problem. And the problem that i cannot see anything under the STATUS ( see my previous post incl the image )

Anyone knows what goes wrong?

Thanks in advance

Hi arbadelli,

did you only upgrade transmission or have you deinstalled it, and after that did a reinstall of transmission?
if not, try this.. remove transmission (ipkg remove transmission ????)
and after that. reinstall (ipkg install transmission ????)

HTH

hello
can u help me change the root dir on ftp?

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Originally Posted by raas

Hi arbadelli,

did you only upgrade transmission or have you deinstalled it, and after that did a reinstall of transmission?
if not, try this.. remove transmission (ipkg remove transmission ????)
and after that. reinstall (ipkg install transmission ????)

HTH

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I only upgraded it, but now i have removed transmission and installed it, but everything looked the same.

Also, my torrents will be downloaded in source.. when i pushed them, they came into my WORK directory, and also if they finnished, they will stay in my WORK directory. They won't get to my Target dir or Done directory.

Also in my transmission screen, i only see: Active ( torrents ) and Suspended ( torrents )

I`ve just made a fresh instal of HeadStart image.
Could you tell me how to do ipkg update & ipkg upgrade, but that everything remains functional, since it wasn`t when I tried last time.

Also, I would like to have new transmission interface, so I`ll be grateful for some help.

Hi.
I've been using HeadStart II for several years now, everything ok.
But today while streaming a tvshow I just stopped the player (a good old xbox with xbmc) and the samba link just went away.
After rebooting, ssh is gone as every service as in HeadStart II is gone too.
Telnet, web interface and basic functionality are up and running.
From web interface, system command 'df' returns only root partition:

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Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 3072 3072 0 100% /

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My guess is that, if the hardware is not broken, I will have to install the whole HeadStartII again.
Does it sound coherent at all?
Any tip on how to proceed?
thanks for reading.

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Originally Posted by caksi

Any tip on how to proceed?

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USB HDD or flash drive is not mounted. See syslog for details or post it here.

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Originally Posted by ryzhov_al

USB HDD or flash drive is not mounted. See syslog for details or post it here.

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I have looked at the log but have not seen any clue, or don't know what to look for.

Log attached.

thanks again,

ryzhov is right.. usb/flash drive isn't mounted.

-checked your connections (cables, connectors)?
-if hdd... does it spin up?

ssh and all isn't running because the asus can't find the software located in /opt

login wiht telnet (port 23) and see if there's anything listed in

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/dev/discs/

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there should be a disc0 if the asus has detected the harddisk

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Originally Posted by raas

there should be a disc0 if the asus has detected the harddisk

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ok there was no /dev/discs.

So I have powered down all the disks. Disconnected all disks except the one that usually was disc0. Waited some time. Rebooted, and /dev/disc0 came to live.
The last change I remember before losing disc0 was that external case of disk1 was broken and I had replaced the case with another case that has a USB hub.
Anyway, I rebooted the router a couple of times and it worked with all disks connected.
It may be that the order of devices appearing at /dev/discs could be different at every boot? Does it depend on the hub and if it has every port with a connected device or no device connected at all?
Any case, thank you everyone for your time and advice. It's working now and I'm happy with it.

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Originally Posted by caksi

So I have powered down all the disks. Disconnected all disks except the one that usually was disc0. Waited some time. Rebooted, and /dev/disc0 came to live.

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The same story. One of my external HDD cases wont start after reboot. The cheapest one:) Helps same solution: turning off, and then on.

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Originally Posted by caksi

It may be that the order of devices appearing at /dev/discs could be different at every boot? Does it depend on the hub and if it has every port with a connected device or no device connected at all?

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Anyway, first avaliable partition wil be mounted to /tmp/harddisk at startup. Its firmware feature.

First of all thank you for an excellent headstart compilation which sure makes it easier for the rest of us.

I have gone through the guide and done as prescribed. Everything works great except 2 things:

1) My printer (Brothers HL-2035) doesn't work. How do I activate it? It has worked great with the standard Asus firmware before I installed the HeadStart.

2) Samba isn't working on my Mac. Before (on the standard Asus firmware) I could access my external HD using the Mac, but this is not possible anymore. Why?

excellent headstart compilation !
I done a fresh install an every think works good with one exception :

After i done all instalation i was able to connect to my headstart homepage : http://192.168.1.1:8082

But after i made an ipk update / ipk upgrade apears the problem !!:mad:


I cant access headstart homepage : http://192.168.1.1:8082

with df i see that partitions are mounted correctly !
with ps axf i see that server lighttpd are running !

The script post mount /usr/local/sbin/post-mount is correct :

PHP Code:

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#! /bin/sh
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start 


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I can access Samba on http://192.168.1.1:901/ so samba is running and works ok !

The only page that i cannot access is headstart homepage http://192.168.1.1:8082 !!!

any suggestions pls ?

Ok, i made a fresh install ... again ... and :

headstartd page works default :
samba work
all services working

BUT... always is a "BUT"

afer i made update & upgrade to ipkg ... all services crushed..

headstart - connection refused
samba - connection refused

from this point ...all thing are real annoying..

I think in repository they are many new version :samba2,bussybox,lightttpd..etc etc ... after upgrade all of them crushed !

maybe is time that someone should make a new HOW TO - step by step for all installation.. here are many "how to" and avery one is different !