[radvd] does not start

[mkresin]

Radvd refuses to start with the following error:

[Oct 17 23:47:52] radvd: can't open /usr/local/etc/radvd.conf: No such file or directory

Changing line 76 in src/router/services/services/radvd.c to

        ret = eval("radvd", "-C/tmp/radvd.conf");

seams to fix this error. But now I get the following error message while booting the dd-wrt box:

[Jan 01 00:00:08] radvd: IPv6 forwarding seems to be disabled, exiting

It looks like a start dependency problem with the firewall which enables IPv6 forwarding.

Executing 'radvd -C /tmp/radvd.conf' from the command line works as expected.

[mkresin]

What for manners... It would be nice if you would write why the report is invalid. Anyway, i've checked it against r15723 (with the updated radvd) and the bugs are still present. No surprise here, the bugs are located in the dd-wrt environment and not in radvd itself.

[mikepelley]

I'm having the same problem as mkresin with r14896. I have an alternate suggestion for the first problem that I thought I'd pass on (although I haven't been able to test it yet).

I noticed that no prefix was supplied to the main radvd configure in /src/router/rules/radvd.mk (line 4). The default prefix is /usr/local, so PATH_RADVD_CONF gets set to /usr/local/etc/radvd.conf, which becomes embedded in the radvd binary. Setting the prefix to an empty string changes the embedded path to /etc/radvd.conf, which seems more appropriate.

cd .. && ./configure --prefix= --host=$(ARCH)-linux CFLAGS="$(COPTS)
-DNEED_PRINTF -I$(TOP)/radvd/flex" LDFLAGS="-L$(TOP)/radvd/flex"
--with-flex=$(TOP)/radvd/flex; \

Because radvd.conf is written to /tmp, a symlink from /tmp/radvd.conf to /etc/radvd.conf is also required (not sure where to do this - maybe in radvd.mk under "radvd-install:" ?).

I tried to follow "the dd-wrt way" with this suggestion; hopefully it's helpful ;o)

I haven't got a suggestion for the "IPv6 forwarding seems to be disabled" problem unfortunately, but the path fix could be done as an interim commit before the forwarding issue is resolved.

[mkresin]

r16265 fixes the missing config file issue.

[stevocz]

still not auto start after reboot on rt-n16 with 17084mega. radvd start after touch apply settings only to restart.

when i add:

radvd -C /tmp/radvd.conf

into startup command radvd works after reboot