> > I couldn't find an ISO of 24.04.3 LTS that would work when installing
Was it just a kernel issue? If so wouldn't you just install an older kernel package and then use apt-mark hold to stop it from being upgraded? On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 at 15:20, Mike Book <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you to everyone that assisted. > > My weather station is officially back up and running. > > Here is the fix just for those in the future that might be having the same > problem. > > For starters Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS kills the Acurite driver. It appears 25.10 > does the same thing. > > I couldn't find an ISO of 24.04.3 LTS that would work when installing. I > only guessed this would work from looking around on the forums. There is a > live server version of 24.04.3 that might work but I haven't verified that. > I also don't like server version too much. I prefer the usage of a GUI. > > I ended up getting lucky and finding my original flash drive that I used > two years ago. This drive had the Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS ISO installed on it. I > went ahead and gave this a try. My installation of Ubuntu went without any > hiccups. > > That being said, once Ubuntu installed I followed the Debian install on > weewx website. After that was done I got some insufficient permission > errors with weewx. This isn't a weewx problem and there was no need for me > to go down the rabbit hole of creating udevs and such. When weewx installs > it creates a bunch of groups and with Ubuntu any group policy that is made > a complete restart is needed. > > I restarted the computer and checked the HTML path and sure if enough the > Index.HTML file was there. I proceeded to edit my config file to get up and > running on CWOP. > > My weather station is now live and showing data. > > Again, thanks to all of those that helped, it was much appreciated. > > Mike > > On Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 4:46:33 PM UTC-4 Mike Book wrote: > >> 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. This >>>>>>>>>>>> automatically ports to USB 4 I think per weewx hardware >>>>>>>>>>>> information. 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