[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-08 Thread Kimberly Olsen
Hi Glenn Yep did all of that. No sign of a swap file. I edited weewx.conf and all is fine K On Saturday, 7 April 2018 12:48:18 UTC+10, Kimberly Olsen wrote: > > I've been attempting to get ftp working this morning and suddenly when > attempting to edit weewx.conf, I get the mess

[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-07 Thread Kimberly Olsen
Glenn, I can see no swap file despite vi insisting there is. No amount of ls -la will find one K On Saturday, 7 April 2018 12:48:18 UTC+10, Kimberly Olsen wrote: > > I've been attempting to get ftp working this morning and suddenly when > attempting to edit weewx.conf, I get the mess

[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-07 Thread Kimberly Olsen
I absolutely did end the nano session (i prefer nano) properly every time- so there must be another explanation. Yesterday I was editing from SSH and was experiencing extreme lag. I am betting the two things are related K On Saturday, 7 April 2018 12:48:18 UTC+10, Kimberly Olsen wrote

[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-07 Thread Kimberly Olsen
and when I look for weewx.conf.swp, it doesn't exist...no nothing strange here ;-) On Saturday, 7 April 2018 12:48:18 UTC+10, Kimberly Olsen wrote: > > I've been attempting to get ftp working this morning and suddenly when > attempting to edit weewx.conf, I get the mess

[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-07 Thread Kimberly Olsen
If I attempt to edit weewx.conf in vi rather than nano, I get informed that the file is open and that the swap file is newer etc etc -- 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

[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-07 Thread Kimberly Olsen
K On Saturday, 7 April 2018 12:48:18 UTC+10, Kimberly Olsen wrote: > > I've been attempting to get ftp working this morning and suddenly when > attempting to edit weewx.conf, I get the message below > > This is when I am ssh-ing in from my Mac. > When I attempt to edit the file

[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-07 Thread Kimberly Olsen
OK then why does it work most of the time and fail only occasioanally? On Sunday, 8 April 2018 03:52:03 UTC+10, vince wrote: > > On Friday, April 6, 2018 at 7:48:18 PM UTC-7, Kimberly Olsen wrote: >> >> I've been attempting to get ftp working this morning and suddenly when >

[weewx-user] Lets see if I can get a response to this post. Installing new skins

2018-04-07 Thread Kimberly Olsen
I am very interested in a skin I saw at Carlingford weather https://carlingfordweather.sydney/ but I can't follow his instructions, nor those in the weewx docs. His instructions are Welcome to Sydney! To install a report skin in weewx, you just need to grab the skin and copy to the skins

[weewx-user] Re: Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-06 Thread Kimberly Olsen
I should have added I have stopped WeeWX before editing but that makes no difference -- 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

[weewx-user] Error reading lock file /etc/weewx/.weewx.conf.swp: Not enough data read

2018-04-06 Thread Kimberly Olsen
I've been attempting to get ftp working this morning and suddenly when attempting to edit weewx.conf, I get the message below This is when I am ssh-ing in from my Mac. When I attempt to edit the file directly on the pi, I cannot save it Any ideas ? Error reading lock file

[weewx-user] Re: WeatherLinkIP disconnection from WeeWX frequently

2018-04-06 Thread Kimberly Olsen
> > :-) > fat fingers I found the IP address for the WLIP set to 192.168.0.20 instead of 192.168.1.20 -- 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

[weewx-user] Re: WeatherLinkIP disconnection from WeeWX frequently

2018-04-06 Thread Kimberly Olsen
> > Turns out it was not the socket error this time as revealed below, but for > some reason it is not posting to PWS not anywhere else. > *pi@raspberrypi*:*~ $* sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog Apr 6 06:25:02 raspberrypi CRON[2367]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts

[weewx-user] WeatherLinkIP disconnection from WeeWX frequently

2018-04-05 Thread Kimberly Olsen
Hi everyone. I am an old hand a weather stations and typically used WeatherCat on my Mac, but in the interests of conserving energy and my love of fiddling with raspberryPis, I have moved over to WeeWX. My brand new Vantage Vue utilises WeatherlinkIP because I wanted to access the console