Windows Setup/Feed Migration (virtualVM) Assistance

[Oblivian]

Please disregard this post.
While I was waiting for the moderators to review the post (more then 12h), I did something to make everything work.
Thanks for all the direct and indirect help on this forum.

Now I can focus on more important things in life ... like building an outdoor antenna

FYI it doesn't notify me there are posts to moderate. And I seem to be the only one who ever checks.

[kkomarica]

I tried a newer linux image for my android tv stick a got some progress!
I managed to install dump1090 and it works.
I have tried several versions of fr24feed but there were always issues. The best results were when I installed fr24feed_1.0.18-5_amrhf.tgz
But here also I ran into issues that I don't know how to solve. I hope that you can figure it out of this:

Please disregard this post.
While I was waiting for the moderators to review the post (more then 12h), I did something to make everything work.
Thanks for all the direct and indirect help on this forum.

Now I can focus on more important things in life ... like building an outdoor antenna

[Stealth]

Oblivian
wiedehopf

My previous method included upgrading the Raspbian.
This unnecessarily added huge number of packages, mostly irrelevant to fr24feed.

I have now determined packages actually needed by fr24feed, and removed "sudo apt upgrade".

Here is the minimal install

Just now carried out an install following those steps. It was truly "a piece of piss" and is working fine getting its feed from the Mode-S Beast on the Windows host. Thanks again to all.

[Oblivian]

That's basically what I did from your previous guide. Not fill it with armhf everything. Worked well.

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[abcd567]

Oblivian
wiedehopf

My previous method included upgrading the Raspbian.
This unnecessarily added huge number of packages, mostly irrelevant to fr24feed.

I have now determined packages actually needed by fr24feed, and removed "sudo apt upgrade".

Here is the minimal install

# Add architecture armhf to use RPi armhf package on i386 / i686 / x86_64 PC:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf
sudo apt update

# Install dependencies
sudo apt install gcc-6-base:armhf libc6:armhf libgcc1:armhf libstdc++6:armhf  

# Download fr24feed armhf.deb package and install it on i386 / x86_64 PC
wget -O fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb http://repo-feed.flightradar24.com/rpi_binaries/fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb
sudo systemctl restart fr24feed

sudo fr24feed --signup

fr24feed-status

[kkomarica]

As you probably won't be able to get all the required packages to compile dump1090-mutability 1.15, maybe try 1.14

wget...
sudo dpkg -i dump1090-mutability_1.14_armhf.deb

I tried a newer linux image for my android tv stick a got some progress!
I managed to install dump1090 and it works.
I have tried several versions of fr24feed but there were always issues. The best results were when I installed fr24feed_1.0.18-5_amrhf.tgz
But here also I ran into issues that I don't know how to solve. I hope that you can figure it out of this:

root@danuntu:/home/danuntu# systemctl status fr24feed
fr24feed.service - Flightradar24 Decoder & Feeder
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/fr24feed.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sri 1969-12-31 19:00:10 EST; 49 years 4 months ago
  Process: 577 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fr24feed (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
  Process: 573 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/fr24/create_missing_directories.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 563 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/fr24/unregister_kernel_modules.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 555 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/fr24/install_dump1090.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

root@danuntu:/home/danuntu# systemctl restart fr24feed
root@danuntu:/home/danuntu# systemctl status fr24feed
fr24feed.service - Flightradar24 Decoder & Feeder
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/fr24feed.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Ned 2019-05-12 09:16:09 EDT; 2s ago
  Process: 1513 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fr24feed (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
  Process: 1509 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/fr24/create_missing_directories.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 1504 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/fr24/unregister_kernel_modules.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 1500 ExecStartPre=/usr/lib/fr24/install_dump1090.sh (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

[abcd567]

The miraculous workings of armhf binaries working on x86_64.

Actually I learned dpkg --add-architecture from J Prochazka, but he used it only for installing i386.deb on x64_86 machines, never for armhf. This is discovered now by trial & error that it works for armhf.deb on i686 and x64_86. Miraculous indeed!

[wiedehopf]

The miraculous workings of armhf binaries working on x86_64.

Very curious. I'm no Linux noob by any means but finding information on the --add-architecture feature is really not easy.
Looked around but didn't find anything basically.

[Oblivian]

ABCDs guide has the auto start buried somewhere.

I don't think mlat is enabled/valid for basestation/sbs users. Only beast and dump1090

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[tomascubero]

OK. made a fresh install of Raspbian x86 on Oracle VM on Windows, and carefully did the steps, and found these are the required steps:

aleluya.png

I cannot explain how happy I am to see this on my VM! It worked! I am back online and feeding data. Thank you so much ABCD and & Oblivian, I could have never gotten it back up with your help. The trick was installing the armhf deb and that probably came with the fix you guys were talking about it understanding the SBS/Basestation raw data.

Just one more thing, why do I get a NO under MLAT? It is enabled as YES in the .ini file as well as raw data and SBS feed.

Is this because my SBS-1er is incapable of sending MLAT? I think the settings file says that MLAT only works with a Raspberry Pi and another device.

Thanks again for all the help, really you guys are geniuses with this!

Tomas.

[kkomarica]

You should follow the instructions for the Raspberry Pi, as the board you are using is an ARM chipset.

Try this:

wget ...
sudo dpkg -i fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb

Does it install?

If it doesn't you will need to use this link:


But running the binary is kinda complicated and you would need to figure that out on your own.

Thanks for your help!
I did follow instructions for Raspberry Pi and managed to install fr24feed, but I did not manage to install dump1090.
It seems that the distro used is really old and missing a lot of packages needed to install apps (like apt and git and who knows what else).

Is there maybe anther option, maybe another linux version that could work on this TV-stick? Or are the linux versions so CPU and chipset specific?

[wiedehopf]

As you probably won't be able to get all the required packages to compile dump1090-mutability 1.15, maybe try 1.14

wget https://github.com/mutability/dump10...1.14_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i dump1090-mutability_1.14_armhf.deb

[abcd567]

@tomascubero
Please do not quote FULL posts, as this is unnecessary repetition, and makes threads very long and difficult to follow.
Quoting only the small key part of posts is much better and cleaner.
Thanks for your understanding.

[tomascubero]

OK. made a fresh install of Raspbian x86 on Oracle VM on Windows, and carefully did the steps, and found these are the required steps:

uname -m
# output of above command on my computer is i686,
# it may be different on your computer.


# Four vital steps in red below:
[COLOR="#FF0000"]
sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install libstdc++6:armhf 
[/COLOR]


wget -O fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb http://repo-feed.flightradar24.com/rpi_binaries/fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb

sudo dpkg -i fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb


fr24feed --reconfigure

fr24feed-status

[ATTACH=CONFIG]10598[/ATTACH]

This sounds promising. I will try later today and will report back with my results. Need to get this going already downgraded to a Gold subscription...

[abcd567]

OK. made a fresh install of Raspbian x86 on Oracle VM on Windows, and carefully did the steps, and found these are the required steps:

uname -m
# output of above command on my computer is i686,
# it may be x86_64 on your computer.


# Five vital steps in red below:
[COLOR="#FF0000"]
sudo dpkg --add-architecture armhf

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt upgrade --fix-missing

sudo apt install libstdc++6:armhf 
[/COLOR]


wget -O fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb http://repo-feed.flightradar24.com/rpi_binaries/fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb

sudo dpkg -i fr24feed_1.0.23-8_armhf.deb


fr24feed --reconfigure

fr24feed-status

FR24 LINUX 1.0.23-8 - C.png