Looks like you forgot to remind me that you need it ... with more than 500 messages in PM Inbox and plenty of subscribed topics here, I really lost the track where and to whom I replied. Sorry. You should have PM from me - check it.
@awmac1: Solution which you provided already bricked his unit. Reasons - unstable or not available all the time recovery server, update server does not respond from time to time (despite that Netgear made it to always return static result that no updates are available, no matter which version is flashed).
This one which I provide is with latest update pre-installed and updates are disabled, no matter what's the status of update server. Additionally it flashes ltest kernel, which factory recovery does not.
I was just wondering if you could PM me to share the workaround for the Stora 346 error code during registration. I had to make a hard reset and now I am stuck at the setup screen with the error "Error message: at /var/www/admin/update.pm line 346 "...
Thanks in advane for your help and work on this! Much appreciated bring back to life my stora!
If carefully read that topic at message 11/page 1 there is a post from JimFromCanada:
"
I just spazzed out and fixed the update issue. I "deparsed" the perl module for updates:
$ perl -MO=Deparse update.pm > ~/update.pl
Which then let me see what it was doing. I tried throwing a quick 'return' in it, but it turns out this gets called in 'setup_update.pm'.
So I "deparsed" that module:
$ perl -MO=Deparse setup_update.pm
Then I realized what it was doing and basically deleted the whole thing.
If you copy/paste the below into a new file (after renaming the existing one) it will bypass the setup issue.
-bash-3.2$ cat setup_update.pm
package setup_update;
sub process {
return 'success';
}
sub display {
my $vars = shift @_;
my $template = shift @_;
$$vars{'name'} = $name;
die 'Template error: ' . $template->error . "\n" unless $template->process('setup_update.html', $vars);
}
'???';
I don't know if this will fix the random rebooting issue though. That one is the most troubling for me. 😕
Actually, here's a script that'll do the aforementioned update:
#!/bin/bash
# This is the contents of the updated script:
NEW_SCRIPT=$(cat << EOF
package setup_update;
sub process {
return 'success';
}
sub display {
my $vars = shift @_;
my $template = shift @_;
$$vars{'name'} = $name;
die 'Template error: ' . $template->error . "\n" unless $template->process('setup_update.html', $vars);
}
'???';
EOF
)
# Make a backup of the existing file just in case:
cp /var/www/admin/setup_update.pm /var/www/admin/setup_update.pm.bak
# Dump the new script into the old location. Note: this doesn't have to be compiled/turned into bytecode.
# Plain-text perl scripts can be relablled .pm and used as modules.
echo "$NEW_SCRIPT" > /var/www/admin/setup_update.pm
2) create a new file and copy/paste the above code into it. If you follow the tutorial on the lenny site, he shows how to install nano. If you have nano installed, just run 'nano meow.sh' and then copy/paste the code into it.
3) make sure the file is executable by running 'chmod +x meow.sh'
4) run the script with sudo: sudo ./meow.sh
5) navigate the browser to the stora web page and it'll get past the blocker.
Warning: do the above at your own risk, yadda yadda yadda. It's fairly harmless as it makes a backup of the existing file before stomping it.
I should also point out: if anyone is brave enough (read: has lots of time on their hands) then you could easily rip through the perl code and update it to do whatever you like. I would really like to know if the update server is what was causing my reboot issue--if it was, and someone knows where that code lives, please post up. If it's actually the website doing the updates (I don't see how it could be?) then this may solve the problem inadvertantly.
Good luck."
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Another way from me (temporary, just to pass setup phase):
"Message 19 of 44 on this topic:
- To finish setup:
** I am assuming that you are at step with updates error ****
Open SSH, get root privilege. You should know how or how to Connect to stora via SSH. AS ROOT COPY/PASTE THIS COMMAND and run it:
echo "4" > /var/lib/admin-util/setup-page
Open in browser Stora IP address, contunue setup with remaining steps. NEVER check for updates from web interface - results are unpredictable. This is temporary and very dirty trick.
Summary with all steps required to get activated unit, from factory defaulted:
1. Open in browser IP address of stora
2. Type your product key and unit name
3. Type desired username, display name for user (optional) and password for user (twice)
4. Wait for updates failure (Error 346), don't close setup page.
5. Conect on SSH, get root privileges (there is a so much results on Google how to do it)
6. Type or copy paste command below and hit enter:
echo "4" > /var/lib/admin-util/setup-page
7. Refresh Stora setup page, it should display next step (asking for notification e-mail address I think).
8. Finish setup, login to Stora with newly created user and MAKE SURE THAT YOU NEVER CHECK FOR UPDATES!
9. Enjoy and wait for me to release firmware with stripped off update checks and pre-applied last update.
--------------------------------------- Happy STORA MS2120 Owner. >Buy me a coffee if you liked my work: https://paypal.me/Gitsov/2 I'll be away from home until 12.08.2018, please expect some delays with my answers.
Method 3 - Reflash unit with firmware which have last update for Stora and fixed updates: Send me PM if you need it, I'll reply with instructions when I can.
On my Stora I also get this error 346 in the configuration window. I have read all above, but I do not understand what you are doing. The story is that my old Stora stopped working. The mainboard are caput. So I bought a used Stora without disc. Installed the "new" Stora (no disk in). Used my original username, password and product key from the old Stora. Now sitting here and cannot get further. I am running Windows - and all what you do - is proberly though some Linux or ??. So can somebody guide me though this, so I can get the disk in and access to my data??? I have Ubunto on a boot dvd which, can run in a ramdisk.
