Post-install error on bluetooth module - but seems to work anyway

morgon · 2017-01-26T18:34:54.000Z

Hi,

I get this error when installing kmod-bluetooth via opkg:

pkg_run_script: package “kmod-bluetooth” postinst script returned status 255.
opkg_configure: kmod-bluetooth.postinst returned 255.

How can I investigate this problem further?

It’s probably nothing as my bluethooth-dongle seems to work fine anyway, but I am curious…

Many thanks!

alzhao · 2017-02-01T22:24:47.000Z

the 255 errors must be something between the web server (lighttpd) and opkg scripts.

I do hope to debug and find the problem. As the problem doesn’t really cause troubles now so we didn’t get the solved.

morgon · 2017-02-06T02:18:04.000Z

It really is a non-issue.

What seems to happen is that the post-install script wants to load a kernel-module that already is loaded (or something like that, I can’t remember) and returns a non-zero exit code even though there is not really a problem.

But the error keeps being reported every time you install packages. To fix this you can simply mark the package as “installed” and all is fine.

alzhao · 2017-02-06T10:43:03.000Z

How to To fix this you can simply mark the package as “installed” and all is fine ?

morgon · 2017-02-06T23:19:39.000Z

The problem is that the post-install script reports an error that really is not an error.

But this causes the error-message that you’ll then see again and again every time you install a package as for the opkg-system the installation of the bluetooth module has not completed yet.

To get rid of this (wrong) error message you simply do a “opkg mark installed kmod-bluetooth”.

Then opkg assumes the installation is complete and the error messagee goes away. And bluetooth works as there was never really a problem, so everyting is fine: Working bluetooth and no more error-messages.

This is of course only a work-around for a problem that should properly be fixed in the post-install script of this package.

alzhao · 2017-02-07T13:07:12.000Z

I see. Thanks. Will try.