Dump1090...not dumping any data

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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hi all. long time feeder. wanted to get some advice here before re-imaging from scratch since the pi is in a pita location in the building.

it was humming along fine for literally years until it stopped the other day. there was a power outage over a week ago but a power cable reset was fine. the pi right now is still online and talking to fa servers but not seeing anything.

i didn’t check the web log before it went past the point of original failure but here’s some of what it was spitting out…

[2020-06-08 08:10 PDT] mlat-client(831): Connection to localhost:30005 lost: [Errno 111] Connection refused
[2020-06-08 08:10 PDT] mlat-client(831): Reconnecting in 30.0 seconds
[2020-06-08 08:10 PDT] mlat-client(831): Beast-format results connection with 127.0.0.1:30104: [Errno 111] Connection refused
[2020-06-08 08:11 PDT] 3862299 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (0 in last 5m); 3862023 msgs sent to FlightAware

i saw this after a hard reset : [2020-06-08 09:17 PDT] Failed to update feeder ID file at /var/cache/piaware/feeder_id: no space left on device ----- and tried emptying some cache

now it’s just stuck showing : [2020-06-09 09:25 PDT] attempting to start dump1090…
[2020-06-09 09:25 PDT] attempting to start dump1090-fa using ‘systemctl --no-block restart dump1090-fa.service < /dev/null’…
[2020-06-09 09:25 PDT] no ADS-B data program seen listening on port 30005 for 10 seconds, next check in 60s

any femputers out there know what do? thanks.

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please post output of the command
sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa

check if file dump1090-fa exist in /etc/default

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thanks for the response! here’s the result…something failed…

root@piaware:/home/pi# systemctl status dump1090-fa
● dump1090-fa.service - dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dump1090-fa.service; enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-06-09 18:12:41 UTC; 8s ago
Docs: PiAware - ADS-B and MLAT Receiver - FlightAware
Process: 15129 ExecStart=/usr/share/dump1090-fa/start-dump1090-fa --write-json %t/dump1090-fa --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 15129 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

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Me Too!

pi@PIAWARE:/etc/default $ sudo systemctl status dump1090-fa
● dump1090-fa.service - dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dump1090-fa.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2020-06-10 22:06:59 PDT; 24s ago
Docs: PiAware - ADS-B and MLAT Receiver - FlightAware
Process: 23328 ExecStart=/usr/share/dump1090-fa/start-dump1090-fa --write-json /run/dump1090-fa --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 23328 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

/etc/default/dump1090-fa exists and its contents is (note that I had to omit the comments from this file as the HASH characters confuses this comment editor):

ENABLED=yes
RECEIVER_OPTIONS=“–device-index 0 --gain -10 --ppm 0”
DECODER_OPTIONS=“–max-range 360 --fix”
NET_OPTIONS=“–net --net-heartbeat 60 --net-ro-size 1300 --net-ro-interval 0.2 --net-ri-port 0 --net-ro-port 30002 --net-sbs-port 30003 --net-bi-port 30004,30104 --net-bo-port 30005”
JSON_OPTIONS=“–json-location-accuracy 1”

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Reading Fill’s post, it dawned on me that he might also be using one of the original NooElec NESDR USB Sticks (RTL2832 + R820T2).

NooElecSDR
NooElecSDR1042×352 58.7 KB

I bought mine in 2015. Fill, do you have the same dongle?

Is it possible that a dump1090 update broke compatibility with this?

Thanks,

David

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come to think of it, i have the dongle but it’s not the first generation one, it’s the second generation orange one with the amp built into it.

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Total shot in the dark here, but takes 5 seconds to test:

I’ve had this happen before and it ended up being a failed sdcard. Everything appeared normal and could read from the sdcard without issue, but nothing could be written to it.

Get to cmdline via SSH or however you normally do:

touch test.txt
ls -la

If the file test.txt shows in the listing, ‘rm test.txt’ and wait for someone smart to come along with a better idea.

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Yes, I can create files:

pi@PIAWARE:~ $ touch test.txt
pi@PIAWARE:~ $ ls -la test.txt
-rw-r–r-- 1 pi pi 0 Jun 10 23:31 test.txt

and I have lots of free space:

pi@PIAWARE:~ $ df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 15070120 4867196 9541640 34% /
devtmpfs 469540 0 469540 0% /dev
tmpfs 474148 0 474148 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 474148 43540 430608 10% /run
tmpfs 5120 4 5116 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 474148 0 474148 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1 258095 53463 204632 21% /boot
tmpfs 94828 0 94828 0% /run/user/109
tmpfs 94828 0 94828 0% /run/user/1000

I started my feeding in 2015 with a Raspberry Pi 2. In 2018 I upgraded to a Raspberry Pi 3 B+, but kept the same SDR USB dongle. I didn’t know I could preserve my station GUID so I unfortunately lost my 3 years of feeding history :frowning_face:

This February, i.e. 4 months ago, I did a clean install due to problems problems getting Remote Desktop to work again, and this time I preserved my station GUID.

It’s been working mostly fine since then, with an occasional hiccup/wedge that a reboot would always fix.

Until now…

David

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Looking at the PiAware logs in /var/log, these are the last non-zero dump1090 messages received:

Jun 9 21:24:59 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Receiver status: connected
Jun 9 21:24:59 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Server status: not synchronized with any nearby receivers
Jun 9 21:24:59 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Receiver: 1.5 msg/s received 0.8 msg/s processed (53%)
Jun 9 21:24:59 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Server: 0.0 kB/s from server 0.0kB/s TCP to server 0.0kB/s UDP to server
Jun 9 21:24:59 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Aircraft: 0 of 0 Mode S, 1 of 1 ADS-B used
Jun 9 21:29:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: 1786774 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (12 in last 5m); 1782379 msgs sent to FlightAware
Jun 9 21:34:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: 1786821 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (47 in last 5m); 1782426 msgs sent to FlightAware
Jun 9 21:39:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: 1786857 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (36 in last 5m); 1782462 msgs sent to FlightAware
Jun 9 21:40:00 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Receiver status: connected
Jun 9 21:40:00 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Server status: synchronized with 8 nearby receivers
Jun 9 21:40:00 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Receiver: 1.5 msg/s received 0.9 msg/s processed (65%)
Jun 9 21:40:00 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Server: 0.0 kB/s from server 0.0kB/s TCP to server 0.0kB/s UDP to server
Jun 9 21:40:00 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Aircraft: 2 of 2 Mode S, 0 of 0 ADS-B used
Jun 9 21:40:00 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Out-of-order timestamps: 2
Jun 9 21:44:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: 1786865 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (8 in last 5m); 1782470 msgs sent to FlightAware
Jun 9 21:49:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: 1786865 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (0 in last 5m); 1782470 msgs sent to FlightAware
Jun 9 21:54:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: 1786865 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (0 in last 5m); 1782470 msgs sent to FlightAware

then about an hour later PiAware tries to restart everything but dump1090 doesn’t come up:

Jun 9 22:43:37 PIAWARE piaware[503]: no new messages received in 3783 seconds, it might just be that there haven’t been any aircraft nearby but I’m going to try to restart everything, just in case…
Jun 9 22:43:37 PIAWARE piaware[503]: faup1090 exited with SIG SIGHUP
Jun 9 22:43:37 PIAWARE piaware[503]: attempting to restart dump1090…
Jun 9 22:43:37 PIAWARE piaware[503]: attempting to restart dump1090-fa using ‘systemctl --no-block try-restart dump1090-fa.service < /dev/null’…
Jun 9 22:43:37 PIAWARE piaware[503]: dump1090 restart appears to have been successful
Jun 9 22:43:47 PIAWARE piaware[503]: ADS-B data program ‘dump1090-fa’ is listening on port 30005, so far so good
Jun 9 22:43:47 PIAWARE piaware[503]: Starting faup1090: /usr/lib/piaware/helpers/faup1090 --net-bo-ipaddr localhost --net-bo-port 30005 --stdout --lat 47.494 --lon -122.464
Jun 9 22:43:47 PIAWARE piaware[503]: Started faup1090 (pid 27459) to connect to dump1090-fa
Jun 9 22:44:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: 1786865 msgs recv’d from dump1090-fa (0 in last 5m); 1782470 msgs sent to FlightAware
Jun 9 22:45:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Lost connection to localhost:30005
Jun 9 22:45:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Reconnecting in 30.0 seconds
Jun 9 22:45:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Beast-format results connection with ::1:30104: connection lost
Jun 9 22:45:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: lost connection to dump1090-fa via faup1090
Jun 9 22:45:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: faup1090 exited normally
Jun 9 22:45:07 PIAWARE piaware[503]: reconnecting to dump1090-fa
Jun 9 22:45:09 PIAWARE piaware[503]: no ADS-B data program seen listening on port 30005 for 2 seconds, next check in 60s
Jun 9 22:45:37 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Connection to localhost:30005 lost: [Errno 111] Connection refused
Jun 9 22:45:38 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Reconnecting in 0.5 seconds
Jun 9 22:45:38 PIAWARE piaware[503]: mlat-client(5304): Beast-format results connection with 127.0.0.1:30104: [Errno 111] Connection refused

Hmmm. I’m at the end of time to investigate today.

David

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Is the stick still working?

What give the command sudo lsusb?

Should be something like this:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0bda:2832 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2832U DVB-T
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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What’s the output of sudo journalctl -u dump1090-fa? This is the logging that will show why dump1090-fa is failing to start.

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@obj :
Jun 11 06:24:02 piaware systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 06:24:02 piaware systemd[1]: Unit dump1090-fa.service entered failed state.
Jun 11 06:24:32 piaware systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jun 11 06:24:32 piaware systemd[1]: Stopping dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)…
Jun 11 06:24:32 piaware systemd[1]: Starting dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)…
Jun 11 06:24:33 piaware systemd[1]: Started dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization).
Jun 11 06:24:33 piaware dump1090-fa[16807]: Thu Jun 11 06:24:33 2020 UTC dump1090-fa 3.8.1~bpo8+1 starting up.
Jun 11 06:24:33 piaware dump1090-fa[16807]: rtlsdr: no supported devices found.
Jun 11 06:24:33 piaware systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 06:24:33 piaware systemd[1]: Unit dump1090-fa.service entered failed state.

@foxhunter :

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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Here is the problem. The USB bus cannot see the dongle (the lsusb output corroborates that). Probably it is a hardware failure.

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@obj : i swapped in an old generic R820T2 (same model # marking as the flightaware usb stick i’m using but no amp built in) usb i had laying around and this is the new output

Jun 11 16:17:06 piaware systemd[1]: Starting dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)…
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware systemd[1]: Started dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization).
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: Thu Jun 11 16:17:07 2020 UTC dump1090-fa 3.8.1~bpo8+1 starting up.
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr: using device #0: Generic RTL2832U OEM (Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN stratux:978)
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware systemd[1]: Unit dump1090-fa.service entered failed state.
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: No supported tuner found
Jun 11 16:17:07 piaware dump1090-fa[474]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1

*edit - some more after hitting enter a few times :

Jun 11 17:14:21 piaware dump1090-fa[792]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -4
Jun 11 17:14:21 piaware dump1090-fa[792]: Failed to submit transfer 0!
Jun 11 17:14:21 piaware dump1090-fa[792]: rtlsdr: rtlsdr_read_async returned unexpectedly, probably lost the USB device, bailing out
Jun 11 17:14:21 piaware dump1090-fa[792]: Thu Jun 11 17:14:21 2020 UTC Waiting for receive thread termination
Jun 11 17:14:21 piaware dump1090-fa[792]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -4
Jun 11 17:14:21 piaware dump1090-fa[792]: Thu Jun 11 17:14:21 2020 UTC Abnormal exit.
Jun 11 17:14:52 piaware systemd[1]: dump1090-fa.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jun 11 17:14:52 piaware systemd[1]: Stopping dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)…
Jun 11 17:14:52 piaware systemd[1]: Starting dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization)…
Jun 11 17:14:52 piaware systemd[1]: Started dump1090 ADS-B receiver (FlightAware customization).
Jun 11 17:14:52 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: Thu Jun 11 17:14:52 2020 UTC dump1090-fa 3.8.1~bpo8+1 starting up.
Jun 11 17:14:52 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr: using device #0: Generic RTL2832U OEM (Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN stratux:978)
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: r82xx_write: i2c wr failed=-1 reg=10 len=1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: r82xx_init: failed=-1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr: enabling tuner AGC
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: r82xx_write: i2c wr failed=-1 reg=05 len=1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: r82xx_write: i2c wr failed=-1 reg=17 len=1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: r82xx_set_freq: failed=-1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_demod_read_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: rtlsdr_write_reg failed with -1
Jun 11 17:14:53 piaware dump1090-fa[862]: weirdness: rtlsdr gave us a block with an unusual size (got 0 bytes, expected 262144 bytes)

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Do you have your Stick attached via the USB HUB documented as Device 004?

If yes, remove the Hub and connect it directly. dump1090 is obviously having trouble finding your device

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@foxhunter : i don’t have any hub or anything, but i plugged in an older stick and this is the new output

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

so i guess my old stick is dead if it couldn’t be seen, but the new one is seen but is not supported? pretty sure it was once upon a time.

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That also looks like hardware problems.

possible options are:

  • you were unlucky and both dongles have failed
  • bad power
  • bad USB cabilng / bad USB hub, if you’re not directly connecting the dongles (I see you have an external hub on the bus, at least)
  • bad USB port or controller on the Pi

Try swapping things out one at a time.

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the first lsusb command shows something like this:

Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. 4-Port HUB

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USB hub in a keyboard?

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it’s been so long i completely forgot. i’m using a powered usb extension because it’s a hard to reach area, so it might think the extension is a usb hub that may have failed? i tried a third usb dongle of the same type and dump1090 still doesn’t start. i didn’t have time at the office to try but tomorrow i will try a different usb port on the pi and try all three dongles again. if that doesn’t work i’m going to take the pi down and direct usb all 3 dongles to see if it’s the usb extension that’s the issue.

does flightaware not sell the packaged dongles any more?