Are you running an unusual os on the pi ? Did you do something to edit the weewx.service file ?
A clean pi running raspios installs+works just fine here with the apt-get dpkg. The vanilla service file looks like: pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service # systemd service configuration file for WeeWX [Unit] Description=WeeWX Documentation=https://weewx.com/docs Requires=time-sync.target After=time-sync.target Wants=network-online.target After=network-online.target [Service] ExecStart=weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf StandardOutput=null StandardError=journal+console RuntimeDirectory=weewx RuntimeDirectoryMode=775 User=weewx Group=weewx [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target On Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 11:50:36 AM UTC-7 crecre9 wrote: > I have a fresh 5.0.2 install using apt-get. The program won't run as a > service: > > ● weewx.service - WeeWX > Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/weewx.service; enabled; vendor > preset: en > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2024-04-02 13:26:02 -05; > 1min 2s > Docs: https://weewx.com/docs > Process: 2178 ExecStart=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf (code=exited, > status=203/EXEC) > Main PID: 2178 (code=exited, status=203/EXEC) > > Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: Started WeeWX. > Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, > code=exited, > Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Unit entered failed state. > Apr 02 13:26:02 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result > 'exit-code'. > > And when I look at status: > > Apr 02 13:28:28 rpi systemd[1]: [/usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service:12] > Executable path is not absolute, ignoring: weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf > Apr 02 13:28:28 rpi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Service lacks both > ExecStart= and ExecStop= setting. Refusing. > > > Any ideas? Its like the installation files improperly set up the daemon > service. > > > -Joseph > -- 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/2cfd6ded-cf91-48bc-8431-74ec8342476an%40googlegroups.com.