1. The SFTP extension may not be installed.
2. The key belchertown_locale is missing in section [Extras] of skin.conf.

hind...@gmail.com schrieb am Donnerstag, 17. April 2025 um 17:01:17 UTC+2:

> So after correcting this daft error, I managed to download the belchertown 
> skin.  Before the problems occured last September, I was successfully using 
> this skin for my weather website.  I had retained the skin.conf files (both 
> the main one and the belchertown one) so I copied the relevant parts to the 
> new weewx conf files.  I also copied over the sftp conf file, as I use sftp 
> to transfer files to my webserver.  
>
> However, upon restarting weewx with the belchertown skin enabled, I seem 
> to get some errors related to sftp.  An extract from the log file is 
> below.  Not sure if the difficulty in finding user.sftp is connected at all 
> to the earlier message in the log about not finding the en.conf file?
>
> Any suggestions as to what might be going wrong would be much appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> David.
>
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.restx: 
> StationRegistry: Delaying post by 35 seconds
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> reports for latest time in the database.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'SeasonsReport' not enabled. Skipping.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> report 'sftp'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found 
> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/sftp/skin.conf for report 'sftp'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Cannot 
> read localization file /etc/weewx/skins/sftp/lang/en.conf for report 
> 'sftp': Config file not found: "/etc/weewx/skins/sftp/lang/en.conf".
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: **** 
> Using defaults instead.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Unable 
> to set locale 'en': unsupported locale setting. Using default.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> generators for report 'sftp' in directory '/etc/weewx/skins/sftp' with 
> locale 'en_GB.UTF-8'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: Unable 
> to instantiate generator 'user.sftp.SFTPGenerator'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  No module named 'user.sftp'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 231, in run
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      obj = weeutil.weeutil.get_object(generator)(
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/weeutil.py", line 1404, in get_object
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in 
> import_module
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: Traceback (most recent call last):
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 231, in run
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     obj = 
> weeutil.weeutil.get_object(generator)(
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:           
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/weeutil.py", line 1404, in get_object
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     module = 
> importlib.import_module(module_name)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:             
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     return 
> _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:           
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File "<frozen 
> importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File "<frozen 
> importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File "<frozen 
> importlib._bootstrap>", line 1142, in _find_and_load_unlocked
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ModuleNotFoundError: No module 
> named 'user.sftp'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1142, in 
> _find_and_load_unlocked
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'user.sftp'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  Generator ignored
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> report 'Belchertown'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found 
> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/skin.conf for report 
> 'Belchertown'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Cannot 
> read localization file /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/lang/en.conf for report 
> 'Belchertown': Config file not found: 
> "/etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/lang/en.conf".
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: **** 
> Using defaults instead.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Unable 
> to set locale 'en': unsupported locale setting. Using default.
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> generators for report 'Belchertown' in directory 
> '/etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown' with locale 'en_GB.UTF-8'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
> Using search list ['user.belchertown.getData', 
> '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 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: INFO user.belchertown: version 
> 1.3.1
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine: Caught 
> unrecoverable exception in generator 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.CheetahGenerator'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  'belchertown_locale'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 248, in run
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      obj.start()
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 465, in start
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      self.run()
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 166, in run
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      ngen = self.generate(gen_dict[section_name], section_name, 
> self.gen_ts)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****             
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 226, in 
> generate
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      ngen += self.generate(section[subsection], subsection, gen_ts)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 226, in 
> generate
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      ngen += self.generate(section[subsection], subsection, gen_ts)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 309, in 
> generate
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      searchList = self._getSearchList(encoding, timespan,
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 401, in 
> _getSearchList
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      search_list += obj.get_extension_list(timespan, db_lookup)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/belchertown.py", line 300, in 
> get_extension_list
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      if self.generator.skin_dict["Extras"]["belchertown_locale"] == 
> "auto":
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/configobj/__init__.py", line 
> 554, in __getitem__
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****      val = dict.__getitem__(self, key)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  KeyError: 'belchertown_locale'
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: ERROR weewx.reportengine:         
> ****  Generator terminated
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: Traceback (most recent call last):
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 248, in run
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     obj.start()
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 465, in start
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     self.run()
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 166, in run
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     ngen = 
> self.generate(gen_dict[section_name], section_name, self.gen_ts)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:           
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 226, in generate
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     ngen += 
> self.generate(section[subsection], subsection, gen_ts)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:             
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 226, in generate
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     ngen += 
> self.generate(section[subsection], subsection, gen_ts)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:             
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 309, in generate
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     searchList = 
> self._getSearchList(encoding, timespan,
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:                 
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 401, in _getSearchList
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     search_list += 
> obj.get_extension_list(timespan, db_lookup)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:                   
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/etc/weewx/bin/user/belchertown.py", line 300, in get_extension_list
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     if 
> self.generator.skin_dict["Extras"]["belchertown_locale"] == "auto":
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:       
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:   File 
> "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/configobj/__init__.py", line 554, in 
> __getitem__
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:     val = dict.__getitem__(self, 
> key)
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]:           
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Apr 17 15:45:18 weatherpi weewxd[2181]: KeyError: 'belchertown_locale'
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, 16 April 2025 at 18:12:56 UTC+1 David Hindley wrote:
>
>> 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 <vince...@gmail.com> 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 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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