OK. No problem. It is attached. I renamed it to weewx_init. It is called weewx on my Pi.
Noted re upgrading. Nervous about losing data etc.
David.
On Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 20:44:54 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote:
> A favor. Please post the *entire* file. Don't cut and paste, just include
> the file. It's hard to get the full picture from the little pieces.
>
> I would also strongly advise that you upgrade from stretch. It hasn't been
> supported in years. Your RPi 3 is more than capable of running a modern
> version of RPi OS.
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 12:06 PM hind...@gmail.com <hind...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I should add, when I start weewx, I get:
>>
>> [....] Starting weewx (via systemctl): weewx.service==== AUTHENTICATING
>> FOR org.
>>
>>
>> freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units ===
>> Authentication is required to start 'weewx.service'.
>> Multiple identities can be used for authentication:
>> 1. ,,, (pi)
>> 2. root
>> Choose identity to authenticate as (1-2): 1
>> Password:
>> ==== AUTHENTICATION COMPLETE ===
>> Job for weewx.service failed because the control process exited with
>> error code.
>> See "systemctl status weewx.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
>> failed!
>>
>> Does that helpo diagnose the problem. I never remember being asked for
>> identity before. I am not sure I know the root password (dumb, I know).
>> On Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 19:47:33 UTC+1 hind...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> No problem.
>>>
>>> Copied below.
>>>
>>> I don't think I modified anything, My weather website stopped working
>>> when I was on holiday. The last valid graph entry is 20 August 2024 at 5pm
>>> -but not sure my syslog files go back that far to check what happened.
>>>
>>> . /lib/init/vars.sh
>>>
>>> # Define LSB log_* functions.
>>> # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
>>> . /lib/lsb/init-functions
>>>
>>> # start the daemon/service
>>> # 0 if daemon has been started
>>> # 1 if daemon was already running
>>> # 2 if daemon could not be started
>>> # check using ps not the pid file. pid file could be leftover.
>>> do_start() {
>>> NPROC=$(count_procs)
>>> if [ $NPROC != 0 ]; then
>>> return 1
>>> fi
>>> start-stop-daemon --start --chuid $WEEWX_USER --pidfile $PIDFILE
>>> --exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_ARGS || return 2
>>> return 0
>>> }
>>>
>>> # stop the daemon/service
>>> # 0 if daemon has been stopped
>>> # 1 if daemon was already stopped
>>> # 2 if daemon could not be stopped
>>> # other if a failure occurred
>>> do_stop() {
>>> # bail out if the app is not running
>>> NPROC=$(count_procs)
>>> if [ $NPROC = 0 ]; then
>>> return 1
>>> fi
>>> # bail out if there is no pid file
>>> if [ ! -f $PIDFILE ]; then
>>> return 1
>>> fi
>>> start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile $PIDFILE
>>> # we cannot trust the return value from start-stop-daemon
>>> RETVAL=2
>>> c=0
>>> while [ $c -lt 24 -a "$RETVAL" = "2" ]; do
>>> c=`expr $c + 1`
>>> # process may not really have completed, so check it
>>> NPROC=$(count_procs)
>>> if [ $NPROC = 0 ]; then
>>> RETVAL=0
>>> else
>>> echo -n "."
>>> sleep 5
>>> fi
>>> done
>>> if [ "$RETVAL" = "0" -o "$RETVAL" = "1" ]; then
>>> # delete the pid file just in case
>>> rm -f $PIDFILE
>>> fi
>>> return "$RETVAL"
>>> }
>>>
>>> # send a SIGHUP to the daemon/service
>>> do_reload() {
>>> start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
>>> return 0
>>> }
>>>
>>> count_procs() {
>>> NPROC=`ps ax | grep $WEEWX_BIN | grep $NAME.pid | wc -l`
>>> echo $NPROC
>>> }
>>>
>>> RETVAL=0
>>> case "$1" in
>>> start)
>>> log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
>>> do_start
>>> case "$?" in
>>> 0) log_end_msg 0; RETVAL=0 ;;
>>> 1) log_action_cont_msg " already running" && log_end_msg 0;
>>> RETVAL=0 ;;
>>> 2) log_end_msg 1; RETVAL=1 ;;
>>> esac
>>> ;;
>>> stop)
>>> log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
>>> do_stop
>>> case "$?" in
>>> 0) log_end_msg 0; RETVAL=0 ;;
>>> 1) log_action_cont_msg " not running" && log_end_msg 0;
>>> RETVAL=0 ;;
>>> 2) log_end_msg 1; RETVAL=1 ;;
>>> esac
>>> ;;
>>>
>>> On Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 18:33:29 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, but we're going to have to see the entire file. We need to see
>>> how weewxd is invoked.
>>>
>>> One more question: what did you modify? Any reason you can think of why
>>> it stopped working?
>>>
>>> -tk
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 10:23 AM hind...@gmail.com <hind...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, Tom.
>>>
>>> Weewx is version 4.10.2
>>>
>>> /etc/init.d/weewx contains a lot of code. The path section is:
>>>
>>> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
>>>
>>> WEEWX_BIN=/usr/bin/weewxd
>>>
>>> WEEWX_CFG=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>>
>>> WEEWX_USER=root:root
>>>
>>> DESC="weewx weather system"
>>>
>>> NAME=weewx
>>>
>>> PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
>>> My RPi is Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3. I am running it under
>>> quite an old Raspbian version - "Stretch".
>>>
>>> Sorry - how do I use a systemd service file?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 17:48:36 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>
>>> Some sort of PYTHONPATH problem I would imagine, but we need more
>>> information.
>>>
>>> What version of WeeWX?
>>> What's in your /etc/init.d/weewx?
>>> What version of RaspberryPi OS?
>>> Assuming a reasonably recent version, why not use a systemd service file?
>>>
>>> If all else fails, set debug=1, restart weewxd, post the log.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 4:31 AM hind...@gmail.com <hind...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> For some unknown reason my weather station is no longer updating - which
>>> must be due to weewx having failed somehow. When I restart my Raspberry Pi,
>>> to try to reset things, I get the following:
>>>
>>> weewx.service - LSB: weewx weather system
>>>
>>> Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/weewx; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
>>>
>>> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Wed 2024-09-04 12:23:03 BST;
>>> 2min 34s ago
>>>
>>> Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
>>>
>>> Process: 480 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/weewx start (code=exited,
>>> status=1/FAILURE)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi weewx[480]: File
>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd", line 25, in <module>
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi weewx[480]: import weeutil.logger
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi weewx[480]: File
>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/logger.py", line 17, in <module>
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi weewx[480]: import weewx
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi weewx[480]: ImportError: No module named
>>> weewx
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi weewx[480]: failed!
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Control process
>>> exited, code=exited status=1
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: weewx
>>> weather system.
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Unit entered
>>> failed state.
>>>
>>> Sep 04 12:23:03 raspberrypi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with
>>> result 'exit-code'.
>>>
>>> ~
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone know what is going on please?
>>>
>>> Many Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
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