Try adding the weewx user to group plugdev if I recall correctly. Basically the user weewx runs has to be in a group that is permitted to access the hardware.
On Monday, April 29, 2024 at 11:07:49 AM UTC-7 Mary Ann Horton wrote: > I'm having a similar problem to what I see others are having, but the > solutions I see here don't seem to work for me. > I had weewx 4 running on xubuntu 20.04 for years with a Acurite USB > weather station - it worked great. Then my PC died. I got a new PC, a fresh > xubuntu 22.04 installation, and a fresh "apt install weewx". I'm getting > the permission error: > CRITICAL weewx.drivers.acurite: Unable to claim USB interface 0: [Errno > 13] Access denied (insufficient permissions) > > The documentation says a fresh install will create the rule in > /etc/udev/rules.d. It did not. > I found the acurite line in /etc/weewx/udev, and copied it into > /etc/udev/rules.d/71-weewx.rules. Ran udevadm control --reload. service > weewx restart. Same error. > I also found by unplugging the USB cable that the associated device is > /dev/hidraw0. I've chowned it to weewx:weewx and chmodded it to 660. No joy. > > What am I missing? How do I track this down? > > -- 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/73810eaf-4c57-4c67-8fe4-5eb8cd116256n%40googlegroups.com.
