The error message is cryptic, but what it means is that the pickle contents
are corrupted. What kind of storage are you using? The problem may be a
failing SD card.

-tk

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Rob Cranfill <[email protected]>
wrote:

> This is similar to some issues posted previously, but a) is not exactly
> the same, and b) continues to bedevil me. So I humbly ask for any
> assistance dealing with this issue. Which is, to post the log (with
> debug=1), thus:
>
>
> pi@x10pi /etc/weewx $ tail -f /var/log/syslog | grep weewx
>
> Nov 27 12:08:02 x10pi weewx[7951]: engine: Loading service
> weewx.engine.StdReport
> Nov 27 12:08:02 x10pi weewx[7951]: engine: Finished loading service
> weewx.engine.StdReport
> Nov 27 12:08:02 x10pi weewx[7951]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.6.2
> Nov 27 12:08:02 x10pi weewx[7951]: vantage: gentle wake up of console
> successful
> Nov 27 12:08:02 x10pi weewx[7951]: engine: Clock error is -3.46 seconds
> (positive is fast)
> Nov 27 12:08:02 x10pi weewx[7951]: vantage: Getting archive packets since
> 2016-11-27 12:07:00 PST (1480277220)
> Nov 27 12:08:02 x10pi weewx[7951]: vantage: gentle wake up of console
> successful
> Nov 27 12:08:03 x10pi weewx[7951]: vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s); starting
> index= 4
> Nov 27 12:08:03 x10pi weewx[7951]: manager: added record 2016-11-27
> 12:08:00 PST (1480277280) to database 'weewx.sdb'
> Nov 27 12:08:04 x10pi weewx[7951]: manager: added record 2016-11-27
> 12:08:00 PST (1480277280) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
> Nov 27 12:08:08 x10pi weewx[7951]: engine: Starting main packet loop.
> Nov 27 12:08:08 x10pi weewx[7951]: vantage: gentle wake up of console
> successful
> Nov 27 12:08:08 x10pi weewx[7951]: vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
> Nov 27 12:08:08 x10pi weewx[7951]: vantage: gentle wake up of console
> successful
> Nov 27 12:08:08 x10pi weewx[7951]: restx: Wunderground-PWS: Published
> record 2016-11-27 12:08:00 PST (1480277280)
> Nov 27 12:08:14 x10pi weewx[7951]: cheetahgenerator: Generated 14 files
> for report StandardReport in 38.19 seconds
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]: genimages: Generated 18 images for
> Amphibian in 27.96 seconds
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]: reportengine: copied 0 files to
> /var/www/weewx/amphibian
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]: reportengine: Running report FTP
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]: reportengine: Found configuration file
> /etc/weewx/skins/Ftp/skin.conf for report FTP
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]: reportengine: Caught unrecoverable
> exception in generator weewx.reportengine.FtpGenerator
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****  insecure string pickle
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****  Traceback (most recent
> call last):
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****    File
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 238, in run
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****      obj.start()
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****    File
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 271, in start
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****      self.run()
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****    File
> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/reportengine.py", line 322, in run
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****      n = ftp_data.run()
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****    File
> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/ftpupload.py", line 94, in run
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****      (timestamp, fileset)
> = self.getLastUpload()
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****    File
> "/usr/share/weewx/weeutil/ftpupload.py", line 241, in getLastUpload
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****      fileset   =
> cPickle.load(f)
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****  ValueError: insecure
> string pickle
> Nov 27 12:08:22 x10pi weewx[7951]:         ****  Generator terminated
>
> I started this log capture shortly after reloading the service; I hope I
> got all relevant info.
>
> I have, many times, deleted the /var/www/#FTP.last file, but this
> continues to happen within hours of doing so.
>
> I note that other similar issues have had something, perhaps, to do with
> the real time clock, but mine is being set correctly, as indicated above.
>
> Suggestions? Thanks for any help!
>
> /rob
>
>  http://robcranfill.net/weather (where, until I fix this bug, you will
> see stale info)
>
>
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