fr24feed no connection

[FlightAX7]

Hi,

I'm running since years a data feed on a raspberry pi (Pi 2B with Rasbian 11), based on dump1090-mutability. A couple of weeks ago, the fr24 feed stopped working, while dump1090 is still receiving data and displaying it locally. Therefore I've only realised now the fr24 problem (and don't fully recall if I did any relevant change in the Pi at that time). In the log I've found this error, repeating every 2 minutes;

2024-02-12 04:03:15 | [feed][i]Downloading configuration
2024-02-12 04:03:15 | [feed][i]Failed on start, Sleeping 120 seconds

I've tried to reinstall following option 2 here:

https://forum.flightradar24.com/forum/radar-forums/flightradar24-feeding-data-to-flightradar24/8804-raspberry-pi-how-to-install-raspian-os-dump1090-fr24-data-feeder

Now it fails at signup, after I've entered my sharing key:

Verifying sharing key...[W] Fall back to HTTP for error: SSL connect
error
Got no response or empty response from the server :(

All other network connections work normal, I can connect to any website but ipv4 and ipv6.

What could be the problem here? Do you know which kind of connection (https?) / with which target fr24feed is trying to establish?

Thanks
FlightAX7

[Oblivian]

Is your feeder 1.4x or 1.3x.
1.30 was killed.

[FlightAX7]

Not sure to get the version number right... seems to be 1.0.4x

[main][i]FR24 Feeder/Decoder
[main][i]Version: 1.0.46-1/generic
[main][i]Built on Jan 11 2024 15:10:35​

[f14driver]

you are running the correct version 1.0.46-1 or 1.0.46-2 is right one at this point in time

[bimmerdriver]

Hi,

I'm running since years a data feed on a raspberry pi (Pi 2B with Rasbian 11), based on dump1090-mutability. A couple of weeks ago, the fr24 feed stopped working, while dump1090 is still receiving data and displaying it locally. Therefore I've only realised now the fr24 problem (and don't fully recall if I did any relevant change in the Pi at that time). In the log I've found this error, repeating every 2 minutes;

2024-02-12 04:03:15 | [feed][i]Downloading configuration
2024-02-12 04:03:15 | [feed][i]Failed on start, Sleeping 120 seconds

I've tried to reinstall following option 2 here:

https://forum.flightradar24.com/forum/radar-forums/flightradar24-feeding-data-to-flightradar24/8804-raspberry-pi-how-to-install-raspian-os-dump1090-fr24-data-feeder

Now it fails at signup, after I've entered my sharing key:

Verifying sharing key...[W] Fall back to HTTP for error: SSL connect
error
Got no response or empty response from the server :(

All other network connections work normal, I can connect to any website but ipv4 and ipv6.

What could be the problem here? Do you know which kind of connection (https?) / with which target fr24feed is trying to establish?

Thanks
FlightAX7

I'm not sure about the message "Failed on start", but I've encountered the signup problem several times. I have never been able to get around it except by uninstalling fr24feed completely and reinstalling it. Others may have an easier work-around.

[FlightAX7]

I've basically reinstalled already. Just tried again with an explicit "apt remove fr24feed" before. No change.

Is there any specific cleaning needed before reinstall?

[bimmerdriver]

I've basically reinstalled already. Just tried again with an explicit "apt remove fr24feed" before. No change.

Is there any specific cleaning needed before reinstall?

I've been following the steps on this link, but I'm not using an RPi, so your mileage may vary:

https://github.com/abcd567a/fr24feed-debian-ubuntu-amd64-i386/blob/master/README.md

[night]

I am also getting this error message when I run the setup. Right after I enter the key.

Verifying sharing key...[W] Fall back to HTTP for error: SSL connect error
Got no response or empty response from the server :(​

I am running version (1.0.46-1) on a raspberry Pi

Night

[abcd567]

STEP-1: Purge & Clean

sudo apt purge fr24feed   

sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/fr24   

sudo apt clean  

sudo apt autoclean  

sudo reboot

STEP-2: Install fr24feed

wget -qO- https://fr24.com/install.sh | sudo bash -s

.

[bimmerdriver]

I am also getting this error message when I run the setup. Right after I enter the key.

Verifying sharing key...[W] Fall back to HTTP for error: SSL connect error
Got no response or empty response from the server :(​

I am running version (1.0.46-1) on a raspberry Pi

Night

Like I said above, whenever I've encountered that problem, the only way I could get past it was to uninstall fr24feed and reinstall it, using the instructions in the link. After you uninstall fr24feed, be sure that dump1090 is starting properly before you reinstall fr24feed. If it doesn't start properly, then uninstall and reinstall it also.

Again, perhaps someone else has a work-around that doesn't involve uninstalling and reinstalling fr24feed, but I haven't found one.

[FlightAX7]

STEP-1: Purge & Clean

   
  sudo apt purge fr24feed
   
  sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/fr24
   
  sudo apt clean
   
  sudo apt autoclean
   
  sudo reboot

STEP-2: Install fr24feed

   
  wget -qO- https://fr24.com/install.sh | sudo bash -s

.

Many thanks abcd567

This did the trick, now it works perfect again :-)

[night]

Just to be clear, I'm running on a raspberry pi that is running FA

Night

[abcd567]

Just to be clear, I'm running on a raspberry pi that is running FA

Night

Did you try "purge-clean-fresh install" given below? This method is applicable to raspberry pi that is running either dump1090-fa or dump1090-mutability


STEP-1: Purge & Clean Existing fr24feed install

sudo apt purge fr24feed  

sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/fr24  

sudo apt clean  

sudo apt autoclean  

sudo reboot

STEP-2: Fresh install of fr24feed

wget -qO- https://fr24.com/install.sh | sudo bash -s

.

[night]

Thank you. After following the directions, I now have my system working again.

Night