Sorry - you are quite right - that was very obvious and dumb of me not to
spot it. It installed correctly when I used the correct name. Many Thanks.

David.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 at 17:34, vince <[email protected]> wrote:

> "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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>> 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 [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 [email protected] <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> 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 [email protected] <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> 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
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] 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 "$?" in
>>>>>>>>>>>>             0) log_end_msg 0; RETVAL=0 ;;
>>>>>>>>>>>>             1) log_action_cont_msg " not running" &&
>>>>>>>>>>>> log_end_msg 0; RETVAL=0 ;;
>>>>>>>>>>>>             2) log_end_msg 1; RETVAL=1 ;;
>>>>>>>>>>>>         esac
>>>>>>>>>>>>         ;;
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday 4 September 2024 at 18:33:29 UTC+1 Tom Keffer
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry, but we're going to have to see the entire file. We need
>>>>>>>>>>>> to see how weewxd is invoked.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> One more question: what did you modify? Any reason you can
>>>>>>>>>>>> think of why it stopped working?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> -tk
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 10:23 AM [email protected] <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Tom.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Weewx is version 4.10.2
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> /etc/init.d/weewx contains a lot of code. The path section is:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> WEEWX_BIN=/usr/bin/weewxd
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> WEEWX_CFG=/etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> WEEWX_USER=root:root
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> DESC="weewx weather system"
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> NAME=weewx
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> PIDFILE=/var/run/$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 [email protected] <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> 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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