long time no see. Well I was the guy with the old VIM1, that had a sudden USB Port death. While not wanting to throw away this device, I wonder, if I cannot turn it into something useful.
My idea was to build a tiny travel router running OpenWRT on it.
So flashed the SD Card, throw it in - but no luck, it prints out an error, that there is no USB Hub (yes I know…).
hub 2-0:1.0:config failed hub doesnt have any ports (err -19)
thermal read num_of_pp failed
and than reboots endlessly.
Is there some way, to get OpenWRT booting? For any hints Im thankful to get it back to life.
Alright! But can I install OpenWRT with Krescue without USB Ports anyways? As far as I know I have to use a keyboard for installing it on the GUI or am I wrong?
Okay, since I had a running ubuntu mate on it, i can ssh into the Vim1. I looked for the available krescue images, but there is no openwrt anymore listed so i changed the download location to whats on your servers… any idea how to proceed? Sorry, i act like an idiot
This is what I got:
root@Khadas:~# curl -sfL dl.khadas.com/.mega | sh -s - -A VIM1 Khadas.OpenWrt.servers.last.emmc.kresq > /dev/mmcblk0
[i] VIM1 detected
[i] auto detect unsafe write to rootfs bootable device and set force system RO
[w] plz use -Y or -y for unsafe writes /dev/mmcblk0
root@Khadas:~# curl -sfL dl.khadas.com/.mega | sh -s - -Y VIM1 Khadas.OpenWrt.servers.last.emmc.kresq > /dev/mmcblk0
[i] VIM1 detected
[i] auto detect unsafe write to rootfs bootable device and set force system RO
[i] system goto RO only
[i] OUTPUT > /dev/mmcblk0
[i] download Krescue system (VIM1) from https://dl.khadas.com/Firmware/Krescue/system/VIM1.krescue.sd.img.gz
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 15.7M 100 15.7M 0 0 1330k 0 0:00:12 0:00:12 --:–:-- 1868k
[i] download image https://dl.khadas.com/Firmware/Krescue/images/Khadas.OpenWrt.servers.last.emmc.kresq
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 40.1M 100 40.1M 0 0 2314k 0 0:00:17 0:00:17 --:–:-- 5048k
[i] autoinstall configure (total images: 1)
When I reboot the device, I get a bluescreen but at least I see it on my router with an valid ip. When I try to ssh into krescue, then it says connection refused…
if openwrt was installed u need remove sd card - and reboot ! - and connect to your vim device check new AP with wifi sid openwrt-vim (its must works as wifi router)
last krescue version - have firewall for income ethernet - u can change it (for example via UART serial or USB net)
krescue and openwrt - same have usb otg network - just plug your vim board to PC can u can get access via USB (its allways must works )
