You must be coming from a very old version… >From the release notes…
4.10.1 01/30/2023¶ <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.0/changes/#4101-01302023> Logging handler rotate has been removed. Its need to access privileged location /var/log/weewx.log on start up would cause crashes, even if it was never used. V5 logging docs are at https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/logging On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 6:37:44 PM UTC-8 Kevin Key wrote: > I made the mistake of upgrading weewx to the latest version. Now it won't > run. > > kevin@linux:~$ sudo systemctl status weewx > × weewx.service - WeeWX > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service; enabled; preset: > enabled) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2024-02-10 18:36:31 PST; > 11s ago > Duration: 177ms > Docs: https://weewx.com/docs > Process: 25355 ExecStart=weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf (code=exited, > status=3) > Main PID: 25355 (code=exited, status=3) > CPU: 153ms > > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: > weeutil.logger.setup(namespace.log_label, config_dict) > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: File > "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/logger.py", line 154, in setup > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: > logging.config.dictConfig(log_dict) > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: File > "/usr/lib/python3.11/logging/config.py", line 823, in dictConfig > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: > dictConfigClass(config).configure() > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: File > "/usr/lib/python3.11/logging/config.py", line 580, in configure > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: raise ValueError('Unable to > configure handler ' > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux weewxd[25355]: ValueError: Unable to configure > handler 'rotate' > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, > code=exited, status=3/NOTIMPLEMENTED > Feb 10 18:36:31 linux systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result > 'exit-code'. > kevin@linux:~$ > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/24c5b9b5-ee04-4953-bb57-509a08c82294n%40googlegroups.com.