Thank you friend, I have it downloading now. I also got a desktop version of 22.04.5 which resembles exactly how I remember my desktop looking before updating the current software.
I will try it later tonight to see if it works. On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 3:31:08 PM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote: > My apologies. I missed that point. > > Just use the same URL, except substitute 24.04.3 for 24.04.4: > > > https://ubuntu.com/download/server/thank-you?version=24.04.3&architecture=amd64<s=true > > -tk > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:41 AM Mike Book <[email protected]> wrote: > >> yes but it appears this version is the version that kills the Acurite >> driver. Was looking to get 24.04.3 which I had last year and had never >> updated. >> >> On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 2:26:15 PM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote: >> >>> Until 26.04 comes out, that's the current "Long Term Support" version. >>> You can find it on their download page: >>> https://ubuntu.com/download/server >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 10:54 AM Mike Book <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Since it was mentioned that there has been issues with acurite drivers >>>> from newer Linux distros it has occurred to me that is more than likely >>>> the >>>> issue. >>>> >>>> When I first installed my weather station in 2025 Ubuntu 24.04.4 had >>>> not been released. I'm pretty sure I was running 24.04.3 and I took a look >>>> through the forums and it appears the consensus was to install that >>>> version >>>> of Ubuntu. >>>> >>>> Problem is I moved recently and can't find the original USB drive I >>>> used to install Ubuntu. >>>> >>>> I've tried getting the ISO direct from Ubuntu but that hasn't helped. >>>> I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can get the amd64 iso for 24.04.3. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 12:11:47 PM UTC-4 Pablo Sanchez wrote: >>>> >>>>> I use openSUSE Tumbleweed. I installed weewx using the pip method - >>>>> https://weewx.com/docs/5.3/quickstarts/pip/ >>>>> >>>>> It works great! >>>>> >>>>> I should probably update the OS as it has been 50 odd days since my >>>>> last update. :) >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> pablo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2026-03-11 12:04, Mike Book wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I thank you for that but I have searched the forums for my exact >>>>> errors and everything that is listed has not worked. >>>>> >>>>> I recently got openSUSE installed to try that but it won't install. >>>>> mike@mint:~> sudo rpm --import https://weewx.com/keys.html >>>>> [sudo] password for root: >>>>> mike@mint:~> curl -s https://weewx.com/suse/weewx.repo | \ >>>>> > sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/weewx.repo >>>>> [weewx] >>>>> name=weewx >>>>> baseurl=http://weewx.com/suse/weewx/suse$releasever_major >>>>> enabled=1 >>>>> gpgcheck=1 >>>>> mike@mint:~> sudo zypper install weewx >>>>> Error building the cache: >>>>> [weewx|http://weewx.com/suse/weewx/suse20260308] Failed to retrieve >>>>> new repository metadata. >>>>> History: >>>>> - [weewx|http://weewx.com/suse/weewx/suse20260308] Repository type >>>>> can't be determined. >>>>> Warning: Skipping repository 'weewx' because of the above error. >>>>> Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error. >>>>> Loading repository data... >>>>> Reading installed packages... >>>>> 'weewx' not found in package names. Trying capabilities. >>>>> No provider of 'weewx' found. >>>>> Resolving package dependencies... >>>>> Nothing to do. >>>>> mike@mint:~> >>>>> >>>>> This is all I got. I'm not sure what could be wrong here. >>>>> >>>>> To the previous. I understand nothing much has changed on Weewx which >>>>> I get but something isn't right. >>>>> >>>>> If its not Ubuntu distro then that makes sense but I'm pretty sure I >>>>> never updated my distro previously until the SDD crash and it worked >>>>> fine. >>>>> >>>>> If its a distro issue then some guidance would be great. Again >>>>> searched the forums and not finding much that helps. >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 11:53:55 AM UTC-4 p q wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> There's a problem with the more recent Linux versions and the USB >>>>>> Acurite interface. Search this forum for conversations about it. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 8:35 AM Tom Keffer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> While things like logging have changed, the guts of the Acurite >>>>>>> driver has not changed since v3.9.2 in early 2019. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When you updated your copy of Ubuntu, did it change the version of >>>>>>> Python? There have been some problems with pyusb and Python 12. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 7:18 AM Mike Book <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Oh I'm not even getting the HTML file. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Weewx won't make that file if it isn't collecting any data. Since >>>>>>>> I'm currently getting absolutely nothing for the data thus no file. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is version 5.3 that I was installing. My last system that >>>>>>>> worked was on the same Ubuntu OS but I was using weewx 5.1. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Not sure if there is a problem with Weewx. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Currently I'm attempting to install an openSUSE system and going to >>>>>>>> try installing that way. Hopefully it will work. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 10:14:27 AM UTC-4 Steven Hulse >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Mike, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm experiencing a similar issue after an update to 5.3 in Linux >>>>>>>>> Mint. Did you check the web page that comes with Weewx? I looked at >>>>>>>>> mine, >>>>>>>>> and it is gathering data, so that's a way you can test to see if it's >>>>>>>>> still >>>>>>>>> working. My problem is that it's not publishing to Weatherunderground >>>>>>>>> anymore. Is that what you are experiencing (not publishing)? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 10:10:45 AM UTC-6 Mike Book wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> At one point weewx was working just fine for me. I had an issue >>>>>>>>>> with the PC and had to update with a fresh install of Ubuntu. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I have no idea what is wrong here but with the new install and >>>>>>>>>> following the debian install tutorial to the tee I'm getting USB >>>>>>>>>> errors on >>>>>>>>>> weewx. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ● weewx.service - WeeWX >>>>>>>>>> Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/weewx.service; >>>>>>>>>> enabled; preset: enabled) >>>>>>>>>> Active: active (running) since Tue 2026-03-10 11:51:36 EDT; >>>>>>>>>> 7min ago >>>>>>>>>> Docs: https://weewx.com/docs >>>>>>>>>> Main PID: 6217 (python3) >>>>>>>>>> Tasks: 2 (limit: 8004) >>>>>>>>>> Memory: 16.9M (peak: 17.3M) >>>>>>>>>> CPU: 327ms >>>>>>>>>> CGroup: /system.slice/weewx.service >>>>>>>>>> └─6217 python3 /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py >>>>>>>>>> /etc/weewx/weewx.conf >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:57:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> INFO weewx.engine: 'pyephem' detected, extended almanac data is >>>>>>>>>> available >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:57:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> INFO __main__: Starting up weewx version 5.3.1 >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:57:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> INFO weewx.engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb' >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:57:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:57:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> INFO weewx.manager: Empty database >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:57:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> INFO weewx.engine: Starting main packet loop. >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:57:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> ERROR weewx.drivers.acurite: Failed attempt 1 of 10 to get LOOP >>>>>>>>>> data: >>>>>>>>>> [Errno 5] Input/Output Error >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:58:07 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> ERROR weewx.drivers.acurite: Failed attempt 2 of 10 to get LOOP >>>>>>>>>> data: >>>>>>>>>> [Errno 5] Input/Output Error >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:58:37 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> ERROR weewx.drivers.acurite: Failed attempt 3 of 10 to get LOOP >>>>>>>>>> data: >>>>>>>>>> [Errno 5] Input/Output Error >>>>>>>>>> Mar 10 11:59:07 weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q weewxd[6217]: >>>>>>>>>> ERROR weewx.drivers.acurite: Failed attempt 4 of 10 to get LOOP >>>>>>>>>> data: >>>>>>>>>> [Errno 5] Input/Output Error >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> This is the error I'm getting. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> When I list my USB devices I do see the weather station. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> weatherstation@weatherstation-ThinkCentre-M715q:~$ lsusb >>>>>>>>>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub >>>>>>>>>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub >>>>>>>>>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub >>>>>>>>>> Bus 002 Device 003: ID 2357:012d TP-Link Archer T3U [Realtek >>>>>>>>>> RTL8812BU] >>>>>>>>>> Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c534 Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver >>>>>>>>>> Bus 002 Device 005: ID 24c0:0003 Chaney Instrument Model 01036 >>>>>>>>>> weather center >>>>>>>>>> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Oddly enough my weather station is not a 01036 it is an 02064. >>>>>>>>>> Like stated this was working a day ago until the PC problems. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> When I put the USB devices as a tree this is what I see. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> lsusb -t >>>>>>>>>> /: Bus 001.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, >>>>>>>>>> Driver=ehci-pci/1p, 480M >>>>>>>>>> /: Bus 002.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, >>>>>>>>>> Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 480M >>>>>>>>>> |__ Port 001: Dev 005, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, >>>>>>>>>> Driver=[none], 1.5M >>>>>>>>>> |__ Port 004: Dev 002, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M >>>>>>>>>> |__ Port 001: Dev 003, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, >>>>>>>>>> Driver=rtw88_8822bu, 480M >>>>>>>>>> |__ Port 003: Dev 004, If 0, Class=Human Interface >>>>>>>>>> Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M >>>>>>>>>> |__ Port 003: Dev 004, If 1, Class=Human Interface >>>>>>>>>> Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M >>>>>>>>>> /: Bus 003.Port 001: Dev 001, Class=root_hub, >>>>>>>>>> Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Also, the 02064 doesn't have the USB modes to select. 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