I'm sorry, but there are too many moving parts here. The problem depends on
your environment, /etc/default/weewx, what's in /usr/bin/weewxd, the
location of the other weewx files, etc.
Something changed on your system. You're going to have to track it down.
Here's what I would do: get a second SD card (less than $10). Install the
latest RPi OS on it. Install WeeWX v5 on it.
Then copy over the database (located under /var/lib/weewx) and the skins
(located under /etc/weewx) from the old card. Or, copy from your backup. No
chance of losing any data.
-tk
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM hind...@gmail.com <hindle...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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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