[luci] luci modules not loading correctly

[Andrew Grove]

Hello LuCI group,

I am trying to cross-compile LuCI to run on my linux based ARM9 embedded 
processor (not a Linksys WRT platform).  I have already compiled Lua 
5.1.4 and LuCI 0.8.6 for my target platform.  I can verify Lua works on 
my target by running Lua interactively and executing a few commands.  To 
launch the lucittpd server I wrote a script (similar to build/hostenv.sh 
in the source download) that sets up the Lua and other environment 
variables before starting lucittpd.  The lucittpd program runs be I get 
the below error:

...sr/local/luci/usr/lib/lua/luci/ttpd/handler/file.lua:21: loop or 
previous error loading module 'luci.fs'
/usr/local/luci/usr/lib/lua/luci/dispatcher.lua:28: loop or previous 
error loading module 'luci.fs'

The LuCI build files (the contents of the host directory in my build 
directory) are located at /usr/local/luci on my target platform.  I have 
done some digging in Lua and found that this error comes from loadlib.c: 
ll_require().  The strange thing is that if I setup my environment 
variables the same way and run Lua interactively, I can require 
"luci.fs" and access its function without any problems. 

The LuCI source built and ran just fine on my linux desktop, but I'm at 
a loss as to why it's not running on my target.  Has anyone experienced 
this behavior before?  Any input on what to try next would be appreciated. 



Thanks,


Andrew