AB-Solution - The Ad Blocking Solution

[thelonelycoder]

Trying to find a way to break things is half the fun right

Haha, glad I have observant users. Thanks.

I fixed it locally, along with extra pixelserv-tls IP validation when installing (due to a recent user experience).
Before I upload the changed files, anything else to fix for this update?

I will bump the AB version number from 3.9.1 to 3.9.2, which is a bit of work. But this would trigger the update features AB has built in.

 

[Alfsu]

That's good news.
But I don't understand: The pixelserv-tls install is enabled now in the file, did you install before I made the change?

Yes, I did...

So, I removed Entware and ab-solution to test your modified script, and get the following:

AB-Solution 3.9: install  Stage: 7/7


 getting update-hosts.add from
 ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
 download successful, preparing file
 update-hosts.add integrated into AB-Solution

 getting rotate-logs.add from
 ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
 download successful, preparing file
 rotate-logs.add integrated into AB-Solution

 getting functions.add from
 ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
 download successful, preparing file
 functions.add integrated into AB-Solution

 amalgamating the shooter40sw blocking file
 this may take a while to process

It seems as if pixelserv-tls.add is not downloaded:

What do you want to do? ps
____________________________________________________

/tmp/mnt/4GB/ab-solution.sh: .: line 88: can't open '/tmp/mnt/4GB/adblocking/addon/pixelserv-tls.add'

 

[thelonelycoder]

Yes, I did...

So, I removed Entware and ab-solution to test your modified script, and get the following:

AB-Solution 3.9: install  Stage: 7/7


 getting update-hosts.add from
 ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
 download successful, preparing file
 update-hosts.add integrated into AB-Solution

 getting rotate-logs.add from
 ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
 download successful, preparing file
 rotate-logs.add integrated into AB-Solution

 getting functions.add from
 ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
 download successful, preparing file
 functions.add integrated into AB-Solution

 amalgamating the shooter40sw blocking file
 this may take a while to process

It seems as if pixelserv-tls.add is not downloaded:

This addon file is not downloaded during the initial install of AB-Solution.
Some addon files are only downloaded when first needed.

But entering the ps function should trigger the download.
Is this file already in the addon directory? The path is the same as in your error message.
If you find it, delete it and run ps again.

 

[Alfsu]

This addon file is not downloaded during the initial install of AB-Solution.
Is this file already in the addon directory? The path is the same as in your error message.
If you find it, delete it and run ps again.

pixelserv-tls.add wasn't in the addon directory, and the error message remains when selecting the ps option.

 

[thelonelycoder]

pixelserv-tls.add wasn't in the addon directory, and the error message remains when selecting the ps option.

That's new.
Run 1233 to re-download all AB files from the server.
See if that fixes it.

 

[thelonelycoder]

pixelserv-tls.add wasn't in the addon directory, and the error message remains when selecting the ps option.

Also, enter dM in AB-Solution. It shows some extra info in the header of the UI.
Please post it.
Enter dM again to leave that mode.

 

[Protik]

Hi,

I use the google app to access recent news. I think google prefers to load AMP pages within the google app itself. After installing AB-Solution, I was noticing delay loading these pages. Sometimes it did not load at all, just a white page. Sometimes trying to load the link again worked. I checked the URL, it worked when it's not AMP. I think that's the fallback URL for AMP pages. Today I got this image while trying to access a link from google app.

https://i.imgur.com/5IvcZEg.png

I am using Asuswrt-Merlin 380.68_4 on an AC68U. My AB-Solution version is 3.9.1. I am using blocking file Medium along with pixelserv-tls.

This started after I installed AB-Solution. So I suspect AB-Solution have something to do with this. Please let me know how I can troubleshoot this issue. Your help is much appreciated.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Hi,

I use the google app to access recent news. I think google prefers to load AMP pages within the google app itself. After installing AB-Solution, I was noticing delay loading these pages. Sometimes it did not load at all, just a white page. Sometimes trying to load the link again worked. I checked the URL, it worked when it's not AMP. I think that's the fallback URL for AMP pages. Today I got this image while trying to access a link from google app.

https://i.imgur.com/5IvcZEg.png

I am using Asuswrt-Merlin 380.68_4 on an AC68U. My AB-Solution version is 3.9.1. I am using blocking file Medium along with pixelserv-tls.

This started after I installed AB-Solution. So I suspect AB-Solution have something to do with this. Please let me know how I can troubleshoot this issue. Your help is much appreciated.

Is the app called "Google News & Weather"?

 

[Protik]

Is the app called "Google News & Weather"?

By function, yes. But formally just Google. In play store it looks like this:

https://imgur.com/4m3rOoa

 

[thelonelycoder]

By function, yes. But formally just Google. In play store it looks like this:

https://imgur.com/4m3rOoa

Hint: To attach an image, just use the Image icon (to the right of the smiley face) and paste the image URL into it, making sure it has an extension.
I modified yours to png: https://i.imgur.com/4m3rOoa.png but you can select that direct link on the imgur page.

 

[Protik]

Hint: To attach an image, just use the Image icon (to the right of the smiley face) and paste the image URL into it, making sure it has an extension.
I modified yours to png: https://i.imgur.com/4m3rOoa.png but you can select that direct link on the imgur page.

It then includes it in the post like this:

Thanks. I actually tried that, but the image scaling is bad so posted as code.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Thanks. I actually tried that, but the image scaling is bad so posted as code.

Yes, you'd have to scale the image before uploading.

Anyway I don't see the error.

I'm going by the error message "err_quic_protocol_error".
You can try this:
In Chrome, enter into the URL bar:

chrome://flags

Scroll down in the list and look for "Experimental QUIC protocol" and disable it.

 

[Protik]

Yes, you'd have to scale the image before uploading.

Anyway I don't see the error.

I'm going by the error message "err_quic_protocol_error".
You can try this:
In Chrome, enter into the URL bar:

chrome://flags

Scroll down in the list and look for "Experimental QUIC protocol" and disable it.

Working for now. Will keep you posted if anything comes up.

 

[thelonelycoder]

Working for now. Will keep you posted if anything comes up.

This might be a feature to stay, so you can always use the f option 1 to see what domains are blocked in AB (with the QUIC protocol enabled of course).
I have a bunch of amp sites that show up but they are not blocked.
I am using a larger blocking file, shooter40sw, which blocks significantly more than the Medium file.

 

[Alfsu]

That's new.
Run 1233 to re-download all AB files from the server.
See if that fixes it.

AiProtection was the culprit, here is the output with AiProtection enabled:

What do you want to do? 1233

getting update-hosts.add from
ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
download failed: not an addon file
reinstated existing update-hosts.add

getting rotate-logs.add from
ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
download failed: not an addon file
reinstated existing rotate-logs.add

getting functions.add from
ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
download failed: not an addon file
reinstated existing functions.add

getting ab-solution.sh from
ab-solution.info/releases/latest

downloaded file is not ab-solution.sh

And here is the output with AiProtection disabled:

What do you want to do? 1233

getting update-hosts.add from
ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
download successful, preparing file
update-hosts.add integrated into AB-Solution

getting rotate-logs.add from
ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
download successful, preparing file
rotate-logs.add integrated into AB-Solution

getting functions.add from
ab-solution.info/releases/addon/3.9
download successful, preparing file
functions.add integrated into AB-Solution

getting ab-solution.sh from
ab-solution.info/releases/latest
download successful, preparing file
previous version moved to
/backup/ab-solution-3.9.sh_2017-10-31_17.30

With AiProtection disabled, Entware and Pixelserv-tls were installed without any problem.

 

[Alfsu]

@thelonelycoder

I wonder about the relevance of these messages in the AC86U:

Welcome
This is AB-Solution 3.9 [3.9.1]

looking for an installation
found AB-Solution on /tmp/mnt/4GB
checking installation state
ls: /tmp/var/spool/cron/crontabs: No such file or directory
grep: /tmp/var/spool/cron/crontabs/nelars: No such file or directory
ls: /tmp/var/spool/cron/crontabs: No such file or directory
grep: /tmp/var/spool/cron/crontabs/nelars: No such file or directory
reading services state
starting UI

 

[thelonelycoder]

@thelonelycoder

I wonder about the relevance of these messages in the AC86U:

Does this show consistently at every start?
What cron jobs does the cj function show?

 

[.TT.]

Does this show consistently at every start?
What cron jobs does the cj function show?

I see this on my AC86u aswell.
Also after each run on AB-solution i get a message:

Spoiler: LOG

Oct 31 18:23:15 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 78 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:15 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 78 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:15 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 78 bytes
and:
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 92 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to read /tmp/resolv.conf: Cannot allocate memory
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: cannot read /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: Cannot allocate memory
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 104 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:21 kernel: dnsmasq[23407]: unhandled level 3 translation fault (11) at 0x00000000, esr 0x92000007

After rebooting router changes are applied and functional.

 

[thelonelycoder]

I see this on my AC86u aswell.
Also after each run on AB-solution i get a message:

Spoiler: LOG

Oct 31 18:23:15 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 78 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:15 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 78 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:15 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 78 bytes
and:
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 92 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to read /tmp/resolv.conf: Cannot allocate memory
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: cannot read /tmp/resolv.dnsmasq: Cannot allocate memory
Oct 31 18:23:21 dnsmasq[23407]: failed to allocate 104 bytes
Oct 31 18:23:21 kernel: dnsmasq[23407]: unhandled level 3 translation fault (11) at 0x00000000, esr 0x92000007

After rebooting router changes are applied and functional.

If those dnsmasq errors repeatedly happen post it in the 382 beta thread so Merlin can have a look at it.

Also, what cron jobs does cj show?

 

[.TT.]

Here you go =)
Cron:

Spoiler: CJ

Cron job(s) info:
AB-Solution sets these cron jobs when service is on:

AB_UpdateHosts: a is on, updates blocking file, weekly
AB_RotateLogs: l is on, rotates log files, daily
AB_WeeklyStats: rs is on, sends stats, weekly
AB_AutoBackup: bu is on, sends backup files
AB_ABupdateNotify: un is on, checks for AB-Solution updates

The following cron jobs are set (cru l):
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ls: /tmp/var/spool/cron/crontabs: No such file or directory
(there are no cron jobs set at the moment)
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