Piaware not running

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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pi@piaware:~$ piaware-status

PiAware master process (piaware) is not running.
PiAware ADS-B client (faup1090) is not running.
PiAware mlat client (fa-mlat-client) is not running.
Local ADS-B receiver (dump1090-fa) is running with pid 1010.

dump1090-fa (pid 1010) is listening for connections on port 30005.
faup1090 is NOT connected to the ADS-B receiver.
piaware is NOT connected to FlightAware.

I tried a few reboots and restarts but without success
Feeder Type: PiAware (SD Card) 3.1.0

Thanks for looking
Emil

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As note
Feeding on fr24 plane spoter is running and fine. Only piaw are feeding is affected

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I have an identical problem

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What does /var/log/piaware.log say?

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@ obj

dump1090-fa
Wed Nov 16 11:11:32 2016 UTC dump1090-fa v3.1.0 starting up.
Using sample converter: UC8, integer/table path
Found 1 device(s):
0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001 (currently selected)
usb_claim_interface error -6
Error opening the RTLSDR device: Device or resource busy

pi@piaware:~$ cd /var/log
pi@piaware:/var/log$ du
du: cannot read directory ‘./lighttpd’: Permission denied
4 ./lighttpd
4 ./ntpstats
du: cannot read directory ‘./lightdm’: Permission denied
4 ./lightdm
124 ./apt
900 ./pfclient
12 ./fsck
283704 .
pi@piaware:/var/log$

Regarding your question, sorry, i’m just starting my way in linux so… show me the way :slight_smile:

But I guess that something else is getting exclusivity on the receiver

Maybe I will reinstall the entire image from ground.

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Run ‘less /var/log/piaware.log’
‘>’ to go to the end of the file
‘q’ to exit

Or try ‘sudo journalctl -u piaware’

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You have an incorrect username/password configured:



Nov 16 11:10:46 grung fa_adept_server[24151]:  login as user EmilK was unsuccessful: incorrect username or password, exit in 60 seconds

I’d recommend clearing that config entirely, piaware will log in by MAC.

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Thank you but how do I clear that
I know that I have done something wrong he he but how U reverse it?
Thanks again for your support

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obj

clear which config, how? linux newbie

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$ piaware-config flightaware-user ""
$ piaware-config flightaware-password ""
$ sudo systemctl restart piaware
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obj

Working now. Thanks.

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Hurray back online
Thanks a lot

@ obj
You saved me… I really appreciate your help, great to see an active community.
I hope that in one day I will be capable to help other too.

Take care
Emil

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I’m having the same problem but the listed steps did not work for me
$ /var/log/piaware.log
bash: .var.log.piaware.log: Permission denied

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Try
sudo less /var/log/piaware.log

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piaware version 3.1.0 is running
login failed: Status 'error': reason 'creation of new feeder sites requires a newer piaware client that supports feeder ID's please update and try again'

Do i have an out of date version?

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I got it working now. Thank you.

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Probe to run piaware as root.
in piaware.service change
[Service]
User=root

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Don’t do that, piaware is not designed to run as root.

If you’re trying to fix some other problem by doing that … please create a new thread with details. This thread is several years old.

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Why you want to run piaware as root?

By default, the piaware is run by User=piaware.
If I recall correctly, this user is a system user created by
useradd --system piaware

.
Later addition:
Further info:

pi@piaware:~ $ cat /etc/passwd | grep piaware
piaware:x:999:996::/usr/share/piaware:/bin/bash