"Path /home/david/weewx-belchertown-x.x.tar.gz" does not exist is a pretty
clear error message. Look at that directory for what your actual filename
is. It is unlikely that x.x is in the filename, if there's a file there
at all.
On Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4:58:21 AM UTC-7 hind...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi - after a long gap, I am now trying to get my weather website working
> again. As per earlier messages in this chain, I did eventually get weewx
> working on a brand new OS install on my RPi, with my previous 9 year
> historical weewx database copied over. As far as I can tell, weewx seems to
> be working OK, as it is adding records to the database, although I still
> seem to get ip-read errors from time to time. Here is an extract from the
> log:
>
> Apr 16 12:51:16 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP
> batch try #1; error: timed out
>
> Apr 16 12:51:17 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
>
> Apr 16 12:52:09 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:e4:57:40:c2:d3:72:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=224.0.0.1
> LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=20279 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:52:10 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:98:9e:63:44:ca:fa:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.10
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=16661 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:52:10 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:9c:32:ce:cc:4b:99:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.11
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=61778 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:53:08 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:f4:21:ca:86:dc:36:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.24
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=36856 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:54:14 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:01:e4:57:40:c2:d3:72:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.1 DST=224.0.0.1
> LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=20288 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:54:14 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:d4:da:cd:c8:97:af:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.154
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0xC0 TTL=1 ID=0 DF PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:54:21 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:64:9a:be:19:4b:8e:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.44
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=60879 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:54:52 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:64:9a:be:19:4b:8e:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.44
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=39300 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:55:14 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> Getting archive packets since 2025-04-16 12:50:00 BST (1744804200)
>
> Apr 16 12:55:16 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
>
> Apr 16 12:55:17 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 2
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.manager: Added record
> 2025-04-16 12:55:00 BST (1744804500) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.manager: Added record
> 2025-04-16 12:55:00 BST (1744804500) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2025-04-07 15:20:00 BST (1744035600) less
> than final timestamp 2025-04-16 12:55:00 BST (1744804500)
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.restx:
> StationRegistry: wait interval (7200 < 86400) has not passed for record
> 2025-04-16 12:55:00 BST (1744804500)
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> Catch up complete.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running
> reports for latest time in the database.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running
> report 'SeasonsReport'
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found
> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/skin.conf for report
> 'SeasonsReport'
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Unable
> to set locale 'en': unsupported locale setting. Using default.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running
> generators for report 'SeasonsReport' in directory
> '/etc/weewx/skins/Seasons' with locale 'en_GB.UTF-8'
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator:
> Using search list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac',
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.DisplayOptions',
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Gettext',
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.JSONHelpers', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.PlotInfo',
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.SkinInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station',
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo']
>
> Apr 16 12:55:18 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily
> summary version is 4.0
>
> Apr 16 12:55:19 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.restx: PWSWeather:
> Published record 2025-04-16 12:55:00 BST (1744804500)
>
> Apr 16 12:55:19 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.restx: WOW: Published
> record 2025-04-16 12:55:00 BST (1744804500)
>
> Apr 16 12:55:19 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.restx:
> Wunderground-PWS: Published record 2025-04-16 12:55:00 BST (1744804500)
>
> Apr 16 12:55:19 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage:
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
>
> Apr 16 12:55:20 weatherpi kernel: [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=01:00:5e:00:00:fb:74:a6:cd:95:8f:9a:08:00 SRC=192.168.0.189
> DST=224.0.0.251 LEN=32 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=1 ID=25395 PROTO=2
>
> Apr 16 12:55:21 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator:
> Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 3.19 seconds
>
> Apr 16 12:55:21 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily
> summary version is 4.0
>
> Apr 16 12:55:22 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator:
> Generated 13 images for report SeasonsReport in 1.30 seconds
>
> Apr 16 12:55:22 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0
> files to /var/www/html/weewx
>
> Apr 16 12:55:22 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
> 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:22 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
> 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:22 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
> 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:22 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
> 'FTP' not enabled. Skipping.
>
> Apr 16 12:55:22 weatherpi weewxd[46890]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report
> 'RSYNC' not enabled. Skipping.
>
> *************************************************************************************************************************************
>
>
> However, I am now trying to reinstall the skin that my weather website
> users - belchertown, and am having problems. The log has the following:
>
> david@weatherpi:~ $ sudo weectl extension install
> /home/david/weewx-belchertown-x.x.tar.gz
>
> Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>
> Install extension '/home/david/weewx-belchertown-x.x.tar.gz' (y/n)? y
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 75, in <module>
>
> main()
>
> File "/usr/share/weewx/weectl.py", line 67, in main
>
> namespace.func(namespace)
>
> File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/__init__.py", line 90, in dispatch
>
> namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace)
>
> File "/usr/share/weewx/weectllib/extension_cmd.py", line 116, in
> install_extension
>
> ext.install_extension(namespace.source, no_confirm=namespace.yes)
>
> File "/usr/share/weewx/weecfg/extension.py", line 132, in
> install_extension
>
> raise InstallError(f"Path {extension_path} does not exist.")
>
> weecfg.extension.InstallError: Path
> /home/david/weewx-belchertown-x.x.tar.gz does not exist.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what is going on? I am wondering if it is a
> PATH related problem, but am not sure. I did successfully download the
> skin gz file, but maybe I put it in the wrong place or something. Any help
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> David.
> On Friday, 13 September 2024 at 16:15:16 UTC+1 hind...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Great. Thanks, Tom. Much appreciated. That worked.
>>
>> On Friday 13 September 2024 at 15:35:08 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>
>>> With the introduction of systemd, WeeWX no longer uses System V style
>>> /etc/init.d scripts. Instead, it uses systemd "service" files.
>>>
>>> With systemd, you restart weewx with
>>>
>>> *sudo systemctl restart weewx*
>>>
>>>
>>> See the section *Running as a daemon
>>> <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/usersguide/running/#running-as-a-daemon>*
>>> in
>>> the User's Guide.
>>>
>>> -tk
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 7:19 AM hind...@gmail.com <hind...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Incidentally, when I do a grep to see what is running, I get
>>>>
>>>> weewx 13880 12.1 3.4 114556 31596 ? Dsl 14:58 2:21
>>>> python3 /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>>> david 13970 0.0 0.2 6088 1920 pts/1 S+ 15:17 0:00 grep
>>>> --color=auto weewxd
>>>>
>>>> On Friday 13 September 2024 at 15:12:53 UTC+1 hind...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It was all going so well....I did as you suggested - first copied all
>>>>> my old weewx files to a USB drive on the Pi, bought a new SD card,
>>>>> installed the latest Raspbian OS (Bookworm) and got my shiny new SD card
>>>>> running fine. I then installed weewx and it started weewx up as expected
>>>>> and began populating the empty database from 4 Sept on. Then I tried to
>>>>> stop weewx so I could copy across the old database with all my history
>>>>> from
>>>>> 2016 onwards. For some bizarre reason I couldn't get the stop command to
>>>>> work, as per below extract:
>>>>>
>>>>> xxxxx@weatherpi:/etc $ sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop
>>>>> sudo: /etc/init.d/weewx: command not found
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I being dumb? Any reason why this shouldn't work?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> David.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 22:25:38 UTC+1 David Hindley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom - OK. Many thanks. Will try that suggestion.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 at 21:32, Tom Keffer <tke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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 <hind...@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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