See if https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Understanding-permissions#how-to-fix-device-permissions helps you any. You probably need to add your weewx user into group dialout.
On Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 5:13:00 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > I am a long-time user of Debian (25 years). I have used weewx for about > ten years and have installed weewx several times using pip. > > Machine & OS: Debian 12.11/xfce (fresh installation), Dell Vostro > 200/Intel Core2 > > My weather system is a Davis Vantage Pro2 wireless. I normally devote a > local machine to weewx, and upload a new set of web pages to a remote web > server (HostGator) once a minute, 24/7. > > Following the section of the WeeWx 5 manual titled "Installation using > pip", I installed weewx in a virtual environment. Everything appeared to > go properly until I reached the subsection title "Verify". > > I find in the user directory (which is /home/weewx) the directories > weewx-data and weewx-venv . > > I find in the directory /var the subdirectory /www/ with the subdirectory > /html . In /html I find the file index.html which is the "Debian Logo > Apache2 Debian Default Page". > > Looking at the log files with systemd-journald, I see one prominent error > message (there may be others): > > CRITICAL weewx.engine: *** PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/dev/ttyUSB0' > > At this point I do not know how to proceed. > > RLH > > P.S. Note to Manual Writers: > > (1) Please start putting numerical section numbers (1., 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.) > on manual headings and on the manual index! > > (2) Please make it possible (and, preferably, easy) to print out the > entire manual in one batch. > > RLH > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6f5b83cb-1d68-4508-94bf-0a36a388dd4bn%40googlegroups.com.
