What am I doing wrong? dump1090 not running

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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pi@raspberrypi(/etc/init.d) 131$ sudo ./fadump1090.sh start
ok ] Starting fadump1090.sh (via systemctl): fadump1090.service.
pi@raspberrypi(/etc/init.d) 132$ sudo piaware-status
dump1090 is not running.
faup1090 is not running.
piaware is running.
no program appears to be listening for connections on port 30005.
faup1090 is NOT connected to port 30005.
piaware is connected to FlightAware.
got ‘couldn’t open socket: connection refused’
maybe dump1090 is NOT producing data on port 30005.
pi@raspberrypi(/etc/init.d) 133$

What am I doing wrong? How do I see why fadump1090 is dying?

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If it’s running a systemD service, check


sudo systemctl status fadump1090 -l
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I fixed it. I had to blacklist the DVB driver

opendesignengine.net/news/53

pi@raspberrypi(~) 150$ sudo piaware-status
dump1090 is running.
faup1090 is running.
piaware is running.
dump1090 is listening for connections on port 30005.
faup1090 is connected to port 30005.
piaware is connected to FlightAware.
dump1090 is producing data on port 30005.
pi@raspberrypi(~) 151$

Is there a GUI I can run to see what I’m collecting? How do I know if I’m contributing to the network?

John

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At the very top of this page, click on the My ADS-B link to see what you are feeding to FA.

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Local device GUI is normally localipaddress:8080