Oops, sorry, not an SD card. Just a plain hard disk, it isn't very new though. Certainly something to keep an eye on.
-Warren On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 5:06:30 PM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote: > > Hard to say what started the original "pile up" without seeing the log. It > could be a failing disk: you didn't say whether this was an SD card, but I > suppose not. > > -tk > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:37 PM, wep11 <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Okay, I fixed it! I'll list what I did: >> >> 1.) I ran the command ./wee_database ../weewx.conf --backfill-daily which >> in all likelihood did nothing >> 2.) I attempted to stop weewx. This wasn't happening because, as you >> pointed out, our weewx processes were backing up out the door. >> 3.) I rebooted and found out that I haven't logged data since I started >> messing with this around 3:15PM, so I waited for that to backlog >> 4.) While I was waiting, I went in to reduce the number of plots (I want >> another computer to handle this anyways) >> 5.) After the database was done backfilling, the two NOAA reports were >> generated no problem >> >> I have a suspicion that it was the pile-up of requests that you noticed, >> but I also don't know if anything else I did played a role. Any ideas on >> what the deal was? And thanks for pointing me in the right direction. >> >> Thanks for the help! >> >> On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 4:15:33 PM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote: >>> >>> Well, unless your archive interval is longer than 1991 seconds, you're >>> going to run into problems. The next archive record is coming due before >>> the last one has been processed, leading to thrashing and reports that are >>> ever more behind. >>> >>> Your machine is being asked to do too much. Even on my 10 year old >>> Fit-PC with its antique 500 MHz Geode processor, it only takes 3 seconds or >>> so. >>> >>> How long since you restarted weewx? >>> >>> Let's try an experiment: set debug=1, then restart weewx. Let it run >>> through your first archive report (5 minutes? 10 minutes?). Send the log >>> from the restart. >>> >>> -tk >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:03 PM, wep11 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, the file /home/weewx/skins/Standard/NOAA/NOAA-YYYY.txt.tmpl >>>> definitely exists with no special hidden characters in its name. >>>> >>>> This is Weewx V.3.6.2 , I just upgraded today from 3.4.0 but the >>>> problem has existed for a while now. The error is very consistent, I think >>>> it is occurring each time. I haven't seen the yearly report this year at >>>> all, and this month's report only stopped working a few weeks ago. >>>> >>>> Yeah, the machine we're proudly running on is a Xeon dual core machine >>>> with about 2 GB of RAM. I suspect the reason for such a long generation >>>> time is that the computer is pretty much the flagship for our website >>>> weather.uncc.edu (albeit an old steamer compared to a speed boat). >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 3:49:07 PM UTC-5, Tom Keffer wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just to confirm: you are saying that the file >>>>> /home/weewx/skins/Standard/NOAA/NOAA-YYYY.txt.tmpl exists? >>>>> >>>>> What version of weewx? >>>>> >>>>> Does it give this error every time? Or, just occasionally? >>>>> >>>>> I should also note that your time to generate 12 images, 1991 seconds, >>>>> or over half an hour, is exceptionally long. This may be a sign of a >>>>> failing disk. What is this being run on? Does it use an SD card, or a >>>>> hard >>>>> disk? >>>>> >>>>> -tk >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:27 PM, wep11 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am having trouble getting this month's report and yearly report >>>>>> written. The following is coming out: >>>>>> >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:32 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: genimages: Generated 12 images >>>>>> for StandardReport in 1991.13 seconds >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:32 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: reportengine: copied 0 files >>>>>> to /home/weewx/public_html >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:36 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: cheetahgenerator: Generate >>>>>> failed with exception '<type 'exceptions.OSError'>' >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:36 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: cheetahgenerator: **** >>>>>> Ignoring template /home/weewx/skins/Standard/NOAA/NOAA-YYYY.txt.tmpl >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:36 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: >>>>>> [Errno 2] No such file or directory >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:36 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** Traceback (most recent >>>>>> call last): >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:36 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** File >>>>>> "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 301, in generate >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:36 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** except os.error: >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:36 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** OSError: [Errno 2] No >>>>>> such file or directory >>>>>> >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:27 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: cheetahgenerator: Generate >>>>>> failed with exception '<type 'exceptions.OSError'>' >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:27 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: cheetahgenerator: **** >>>>>> Ignoring template /home/weewx/skins/Standard/NOAA/NOAA-YYYY-MM.txt.tmpl >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:27 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: >>>>>> [Errno 2] No such file or directory >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:27 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** Traceback (most recent >>>>>> call last): >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:27 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** File >>>>>> "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 301, in generate >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:27 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** except os.error: >>>>>> Nov 30 15:24:27 WxDisPC-3 weewx[1774]: **** OSError: [Errno 2] No >>>>>> such file or directory >>>>>> >>>>>> Any ideas why the file is being reported as not existing? I can >>>>>> confirm that it does indeed exist. 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