<p>you need to run </p>

<pre><code>electrum daemon load_wallet
</code></pre>

<p>load_wallet or other wallet</p>

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<p>I installed <a href="https://electrum.org/#download" rel="nofollow">Electrum</a> on my Raspberry Pi. </p>

<p>Then, I ran <code>electrum create</code> to make a wallet.</p>

<p>Then, I ran <code>electrum daemon start</code> to start the background process.</p>

<p>I'm currently trying to query the balance of my wallet (should be 0) from the command line using <code>electrum getbalance</code></p>

<p>I get this error</p>

<pre><code>[root@fish ~]# electrum getbalance
daemon is not connected
</code></pre>

<p>Daemon status:</p>

<pre><code>[root@fish ~]# electrum daemon status
{
    "blockchain_height": 352760,
    "connected": false,
    "nodes": [
        "electrum.thwg.org:50002:s",
        "kirsche.emzy.de:50002:s",
        "ecdsa.net:110:s",
        "erbium1.sytes.net:50002:s",
        "electrum.drollette.com:50002:s",
        "eco-electrum.ddns.net:50002:s",
        "EAST.electrum.jdubya.info:50002:s"
    ],
    "server": "electrum.be",
    "server_height": 0
}
</code></pre>

<p>Note the <code>"connected": false,</code> field. What does this mean? Is it related to my node not working?</p>

<linux><electrum>
electrum CLI - 'daemon is not connected'
Nick ODell
# electrum CLI - 'daemon is not connected'

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-19)

I installed [Electrum](https://electrum.org/#download) on my Raspberry Pi.

Then, I ran `electrum create` to make a wallet.

Then, I ran `electrum daemon start` to start the background process.

I'm currently trying to query the balance of my wallet (should be 0) from the command line using `electrum getbalance`

I get this error

```
[root@fish ~]# electrum getbalance
daemon is not connected

```

Daemon status:

```
[root@fish ~]# electrum daemon status
{
    "blockchain_height": 352760,
    "connected": false,
    "nodes": [
        "electrum.thwg.org:50002:s",
        "kirsche.emzy.de:50002:s",
        "ecdsa.net:110:s",
        "erbium1.sytes.net:50002:s",
        "electrum.drollette.com:50002:s",
        "eco-electrum.ddns.net:50002:s",
        "EAST.electrum.jdubya.info:50002:s"
    ],
    "server": "electrum.be",
    "server_height": 0
}

```

Note the `"connected": false,` field. What does this mean? Is it related to my node not working?

**Tags:** linux, electrum


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-10. Score: 2

you need to run

```
electrum daemon load_wallet

```

load\_wallet or other wallet


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