# restarting piaware how ??

**URL:** <https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/restarting-piaware-how/18501>\
**Category:** ADS-B Flight Tracking\
**Created:** [May 16, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/restarting-piaware-how/18501 "2016-05-16T10:50:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![spatieman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/spatieman/32/122914_2.png) [@spatieman](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/spatieman)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/restarting-piaware-how/18501/1 "2016-05-16T10:50:04Z")

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normaly i auto reboot my pi every day to ensure piaware does not hang.  
but it seems it isnt feeding for last 10 hours, so, how do i restart piaware, or check if it is running correctly.  
i see that it is running.  
but that it.

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**Author:** ![spatieman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/spatieman/32/122914_2.png) [@spatieman](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/spatieman)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/restarting-piaware-how/18501/2 "2016-05-16T20:26:00Z")

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never mind…  
found it…  
piaware-config -restart did the job.  
i wonder why it hanged anyway…

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**Author:** ![jonhawkes2030](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/jonhawkes2030/32/137435_2.png) [@jonhawkes2030](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/jonhawkes2030)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/restarting-piaware-how/18501/3 "2016-05-16T20:32:18Z")

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look at the logs  
/tmp/piaware.out

also check  
/var/log/dump1090.log  
/var/log/messages

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**Author:** ![spatieman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/spatieman/32/122914_2.png) [@spatieman](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/spatieman)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/restarting-piaware-how/18501/4 "2016-05-19T11:07:30Z")

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hmm, i dont see the dump1090.log file  
but i guess its bcouse i use malcoms 1090 feeder.