My apologies, I didn't wait long enough; output of syslog for about 20 mins 
from starting weewx this am is:-

Dec  8 09:17:36 ray-Aspire-5735 mtp-probe: checking bus 6, device 59: 
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-1"
Dec  8 09:17:36 ray-Aspire-5735 mtp-probe: bus: 6, device: 59 was not an 
MTP device
Dec  8 09:17:38 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13804]: fousb: driver version is 
1.9
Dec  8 09:17:38 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13804]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:17:38 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13804]: fousb: polling interval 
is 60
Dec  8 09:17:38 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13804]: fousb: found station on 
USB bus= device=
Dec  8 09:17:38 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13804]: fousb: Unable to claim 
USB interface 0: [Errno 13] Access denied (insufficient permissions)
Dec  8 09:18:10 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13811]: fousb: driver version is 
1.9
Dec  8 09:18:10 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13811]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:18:10 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13811]: fousb: polling interval 
is 60
Dec  8 09:18:10 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13811]: fousb: found station on 
USB bus= device=
Dec  8 09:18:40 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13825]: fousb: driver version is 
1.9
Dec  8 09:18:40 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13825]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:18:40 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13825]: fousb: polling interval 
is 60
Dec  8 09:18:40 ray-Aspire-5735 wee_device[13825]: fousb: found station on 
USB bus= device=
Dec  8 09:20:19 ray-Aspire-5735 gnome-session[1436]: Gtk-Message: GtkDialog 
mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
Dec  8 09:20:24 ray-Aspire-5735 systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: weewx weather 
system...
Dec  8 09:20:24 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13859]:  * Stopping weewx weather 
system weewx
Dec  8 09:20:24 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13859]:  *  not running...
Dec  8 09:20:24 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13859]:    ...done.
Dec  8 09:20:24 ray-Aspire-5735 systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: weewx weather 
system.
Dec  8 09:20:40 ray-Aspire-5735 gnome-session[1436]: Gtk-Message: GtkDialog 
mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather 
system...
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13909]:  * Starting weewx weather 
system weewx
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13921]: engine: Initializing weewx 
version 3.8.0
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13921]: engine: Using Python 2.7.12 
(default, Nov 20 2017, 18:23:56) #012[GCC 5.4.0 20160609]
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13921]: engine: Platform 
Linux-4.4.0-101-generic-i686-with-Ubuntu-16.04-xenial
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13921]: engine: Locale is 
'LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_TIME=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_NAME=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_ADDRESS=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_TELEPHONE=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_MEASUREMENT=es_ES.UTF-8;LC_IDENTIFICATION=es_ES.UTF-8'
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13921]: engine: pid file is 
/var/run/weewx.pid
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13909]:    ...done.
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather 
system.
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:20:45 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using archive 
interval of 300 seconds (specified by hardware)
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using binding 
'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: manager: Starting backfill of 
daily summaries
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: restx: StationRegistry: 
Registration not requested.
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: restx: Wunderground: Posting 
not enabled.
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: restx: PWSweather: Posting 
not enabled.
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: restx: CWOP: Posting not 
enabled.
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: restx: WOW: Posting not 
enabled.
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not 
enabled.
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Starting up weewx 
version 3.8.0
Dec  8 09:20:46 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: synchronising to the 
weather station (quality=1)
Dec  8 09:21:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get_records failed: 
[Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:23:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: message repeated 3 times: [ 
fousb: get_records failed: [Errno 110] Operation timed out]
Dec  8 09:23:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Max retries exceeded while fetching records
Dec  8 09:23:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:24:40 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:24:55 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:25:10 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:25:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:25:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:25:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:26:25 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:26:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:26:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:27:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:27:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:27:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:28:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:28:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:28:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:28:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:28:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:28:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:29:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:30:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:30:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:30:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:30:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:30:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:31:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:31:44 ray-Aspire-5735 gnome-session[1436]: ** 
(zeitgeist-datahub:2572): WARNING **: zeitgeist-datahub.vala:212: Error 
during inserting events: 
GDBus.Error:org.gnome.zeitgeist.EngineError.InvalidArgument: Incomplete 
event: interpretation, manifestation and actor are required
Dec  8 09:31:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:32:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:32:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:32:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:32:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:33:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:33:34 ray-Aspire-5735 dbus[635]: [system] Activating via systemd: 
service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' 
unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.hostname1.service'
Dec  8 09:33:34 ray-Aspire-5735 systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service...
Dec  8 09:33:34 ray-Aspire-5735 dbus[635]: [system] Successfully activated 
service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1'
Dec  8 09:33:34 ray-Aspire-5735 systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service.
Dec  8 09:33:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:33:53 ray-Aspire-5735 gnome-session[1436]: 
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net 
usershare' returned error 255: info_fn: file 
/var/lib/samba/usershares/files is not a well formed usershare file.
Dec  8 09:33:53 ray-Aspire-5735 gnome-session[1436]: info_fn: Error was 
Path is not a directory.
Dec  8 09:33:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:34:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:34:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:34:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:34:12 ray-Aspire-5735 org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer[1194]: ** 
(zeitgeist-fts:2589): WARNING **: Unable to get info on 
application://nautilus-autostart.desktop
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:35:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:35:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:35:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:35:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:35:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:35:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:36:34 ray-Aspire-5735 org.gnome.zeitgeist.SimpleIndexer[1194]: ** 
(zeitgeist-fts:2589): WARNING **: Unable to get info on 
application://nautilus-autostart.desktop
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:36:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:37:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:37:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:37:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:37:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:37:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: driver version is 1.9
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling mode is 
PERIODIC
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: polling interval is 60
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: found station on USB 
bus= device=
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: StdConvert target 
unit is 0x1
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
values will be calculated: barometer=prefer_hardware, 
windchill=prefer_hardware, dewpoint=prefer_hardware, 
appTemp=prefer_hardware, rainRate=prefer_hardware, windrun=prefer_hardware, 
heatindex=prefer_hardware, maxSolarRad=prefer_hardware, 
humidex=prefer_hardware, pressure=prefer_hardware, 
inDewpoint=prefer_hardware, ET=prefer_hardware, altimeter=prefer_hardware, 
cloudbase=prefer_hardware
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: wxcalculate: The following 
algorithms will be used for calculations: altimeter=aaNOAA, maxSolarRad=RS
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Archive will use data 
binding wx_binding
Dec  8 09:38:41 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Record generation 
will be attempted in 'software'
Dec  8 09:38:56 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 1 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:39:11 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 2 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:39:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: fousb: get archive interval 
failed attempt 3 of 3: [Errno 110] Operation timed out
Dec  8 09:39:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: 
Unable to read archive interval after 3 tries
Dec  8 09:39:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]:     ****  Waiting 60 seconds 
then retrying...
Dec  8 09:40:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: retrying...
Dec  8 09:40:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Using configuration 
file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Dec  8 09:40:26 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[13925]: engine: Loading station type 
FineOffsetUSB (weewx.drivers.fousb)
On Friday, 8 December 2017 10:12:41 UTC+1, Ray wrote:
>
> Tried that, result below :-
> ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ sudo gedit /var/log/syslog 
> [sudo] password for ray: 
> ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ sudo gedit /var/log/syslog 
> ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ 
> ie nothing happened...
>
> On Friday, 8 December 2017 09:52:00 UTC+1, Glenn McKechnie wrote:
>>
>> It appears that you're in your home directory. Unless that's where the 
>> syslog file is, nothing useful will happen using sudo gedit syslog. 
>>
>> Try setting the path to the syslog file... 
>> sudo gedit /var/log/syslog 
>>
>> and that message is probably ignorable. The perils of running GUI 
>> programs from a terminal - a lot of noise. 
>>
>>
>> Cheers 
>>  Glenn 
>>
>> rorpi - read only raspberry pi & various weewx addons 
>> https://github.com/glennmckechnie 
>>
>>
>> On 8 December 2017 at 19:30, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: 
>> > Sorry! Tried again this morning:- 
>> > ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ sudo wee_device --info 
>> > Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf 
>> > Using FineOffsetUSB driver version 1.9 (weewx.drivers.fousb) 
>> > Querying the station... 
>> > Fine Offset station settings: 
>> >                     local time: 2017.12.08 09:18:11 CET 
>> >                   polling mode: PERIODIC 
>> > 
>> >                   abs_pressure: 1026.6 
>> >                    current_pos: 27956 
>> >                   data_changed: 0 
>> >                     data_count: 140 
>> >                      date_time: 2017-12-08 09:17 
>> >                  hum_in_offset: 5897 
>> >                 hum_out_offset: 2066 
>> >                             id: 6143 
>> >                  lux_wm2_coeff: 0 
>> >                        magic_1: 0x55 
>> >                        magic_2: 0xaa 
>> >                          model: None 
>> >                      rain_coef: 5137 
>> >                    read_period: 5 
>> >                   rel_pressure: 1016.5 
>> >                 temp_in_offset: 5888 
>> >                temp_out_offset: 0 
>> >                       timezone: 17 
>> >                     unknown_01: 0 
>> >                     unknown_18: 0 
>> >                        version: 255 
>> >                      wind_coef: 6417 
>> >                      wind_mult: 0 
>> > 
>> >          max.abs_pressure.date: 2017-12-05 09:56 
>> >           max.abs_pressure.val: 1034.5 
>> >              max.dewpoint.date: 2015-01-01 12:00 
>> >               max.dewpoint.val: 21.5 
>> >                max.hum_in.date: 2017-11-24 17:54 
>> >                 max.hum_in.val: 72 
>> >               max.hum_out.date: 2017-11-23 02:58 
>> >                max.hum_out.val: 99 
>> >            max.illuminance.val: 61345.2 
>> >              max.rain.day.date: 2017-11-25 00:00 
>> >               max.rain.day.val: 60.3 
>> >             max.rain.hour.date: 2015-01-01 16:00 
>> >              max.rain.hour.val: 35.1 
>> >            max.rain.month.date: 2017-12-01 00:00 
>> >             max.rain.month.val: 159.3 
>> >            max.rain.total.date: 2017-12-07 21:53 
>> > 
>> >             max.rain.total.val: 176.4 
>> >             max.rain.week.date: 2017-11-26 00:00 
>> >              max.rain.week.val: 100.8 
>> >          max.rel_pressure.date: 2017-12-05 09:56 
>> >           max.rel_pressure.val: 1024.4 
>> >               max.temp_in.date: 2015-01-01 12:06 
>> >                max.temp_in.val: 25.5 
>> >              max.temp_out.date: 2015-01-01 12:00 
>> >               max.temp_out.val: 26.3 
>> >                     max.uv.val: 3 
>> >              max.wind_ave.date: 2017-11-22 12:25 
>> >               max.wind_ave.val: 7.1 
>> >             max.wind_gust.date: 2017-11-22 15:25 
>> >              max.wind_gust.val: 12.9 
>> >             max.windchill.date: 2015-01-01 12:00 
>> >              max.windchill.val: 26.3 
>> >          min.abs_pressure.date: 2017-11-22 15:42 
>> >           min.abs_pressure.val: 1001.4 
>> >              min.dewpoint.date: 2017-12-05 08:30 
>> >               min.dewpoint.val: 0.8 
>> >                min.hum_in.date: 2015-01-01 12:04 
>> >                 min.hum_in.val: 32 
>> >               min.hum_out.date: 2017-11-14 12:29 
>> >                min.hum_out.val: 33 
>> >          min.rel_pressure.date: 2017-11-22 15:42 
>> >           min.rel_pressure.val: 991.3 
>> >               min.temp_in.date: 2017-12-06 09:19 
>> >                min.temp_in.val: 17.6 
>> >              min.temp_out.date: 2017-12-06 07:27 
>> >               min.temp_out.val: 2.9 
>> >             min.windchill.date: 2017-12-06 07:27 
>> >              min.windchill.val: 2.9 
>> > 
>> >       settings_1.pressure_inHg: False 
>> >        settings_1.pressure_hPa: False 
>> >          settings_1.temp_out_F: False 
>> >       settings_1.pressure_mmHg: True 
>> >             settings_1.rain_in: False 
>> >           settings_1.temp_in_F: False 
>> >                settings_1.bit4: False 
>> >                settings_1.bit3: False 
>> >            settings_2.wind_bft: False 
>> >            settings_2.wind_mps: False 
>> >           settings_2.wind_knot: False 
>> >                settings_2.bit7: False 
>> >                settings_2.bit6: False 
>> >                settings_2.bit5: False 
>> >           settings_2.wind_kmph: False 
>> >            settings_2.wind_mph: True 
>> > 
>> >            display_1.wind_gust: True 
>> >        display_1.show_day_name: False 
>> >            display_1.show_year: True 
>> >        display_1.time_scale_24: True 
>> >         display_1.pressure_rel: True 
>> >           display_1.alarm_time: False 
>> >             display_1.date_mdy: False 
>> >           display_1.clock_12hr: False 
>> >        display_2.temp_out_temp: True 
>> >            display_2.rain_hour: True 
>> >           display_2.rain_month: False 
>> >            display_2.rain_week: False 
>> >       display_2.temp_out_chill: False 
>> >             display_2.rain_day: False 
>> >         display_2.temp_out_dew: False 
>> >           display_2.rain_total: False 
>> >       display_3.illuminance_fc: False 
>> >                 display_3.bit7: False 
>> >                 display_3.bit6: False 
>> >                 display_3.bit5: False 
>> >                 display_3.bit4: False 
>> >                 display_3.bit3: False 
>> >                 display_3.bit2: False 
>> >                 display_3.bit1: False 
>> > 
>> >          alarm.abs_pressure.hi: 780.0 
>> >          alarm.abs_pressure.lo: 720.1 
>> >              alarm.dewpoint.hi: 10.0 
>> >              alarm.dewpoint.lo: -10.0 
>> >                alarm.hum_in.hi: 75 
>> >                alarm.hum_in.lo: 35 
>> >               alarm.hum_out.hi: 90 
>> >               alarm.hum_out.lo: 24 
>> >              alarm.illuminance: 300000.3 
>> >                 alarm.rain.day: 150.0 
>> >                alarm.rain.hour: 3.0 
>> >          alarm.rel_pressure.hi: 780.0 
>> >          alarm.rel_pressure.lo: 720.1 
>> >               alarm.temp_in.hi: 20.0 
>> >               alarm.temp_in.lo: 0 
>> >              alarm.temp_out.hi: 34.0 
>> >              alarm.temp_out.lo: -1.0 
>> >                     alarm.time: 12:00 
>> >                       alarm.uv: 7 
>> >             alarm.wind_ave.bft: 3 
>> >              alarm.wind_ave.ms: 12.1 
>> >                 alarm.wind_dir: 0 
>> >            alarm.wind_gust.bft: 5 
>> >             alarm.wind_gust.ms: 23.9 
>> >             alarm.windchill.hi: 20.0 
>> >             alarm.windchill.lo: 0 
>> >             alarm_1.hum_out_hi: False 
>> >              alarm_1.hum_in_lo: False 
>> >              alarm_1.hum_in_hi: False 
>> >             alarm_1.hum_out_lo: False 
>> >                   alarm_1.time: False 
>> >                   alarm_1.bit3: False 
>> >               alarm_1.wind_dir: False 
>> >                   alarm_1.bit0: False 
>> >               alarm_2.wind_ave: False 
>> >              alarm_2.wind_gust: False 
>> >              alarm_2.rain_hour: False 
>> >        alarm_2.pressure_rel_lo: False 
>> >        alarm_2.pressure_abs_hi: False 
>> >               alarm_2.rain_day: False 
>> >        alarm_2.pressure_rel_hi: False 
>> >        alarm_2.pressure_abs_lo: False 
>> >            alarm_3.temp_out_hi: False 
>> >          alarm_3.wind_chill_lo: False 
>> >           alarm_3.dew_point_lo: False 
>> >             alarm_3.temp_in_lo: False 
>> >          alarm_3.wind_chill_hi: False 
>> >             alarm_3.temp_in_hi: False 
>> >            alarm_3.temp_out_lo: False 
>> >           alarm_3.dew_point_hi: False 
>> > ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ sudo wee_device --clear-memory 
>> > Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf 
>> > Using FineOffsetUSB driver version 1.9 (weewx.drivers.fousb) 
>> > Records in memory: 140 
>> > Clear console memory (y/n)? y 
>> > Records in memory: 1 
>> > ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ /etc/init.d/weewx stop 
>> > [ ok ] Stopping weewx (via systemctl): weewx.service. 
>> > ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ /etc/init.d/weewx start 
>> > [ ok ] Starting weewx (via systemctl): weewx.service. 
>> > ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ sudo gedit syslog 
>> > 
>> > ** (gedit:13949): WARNING **: Set document metadata failed: Setting 
>> > attribute metadata::gedit-position not supported 
>> > 
>> > All seemed to go weel up to calling for syslog what's wrong now? 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Thursday, 7 December 2017 20:25:22 UTC+1, vince wrote: 
>> >> 
>> >> On Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 10:43:39 AM UTC-8, Ray wrote: 
>> >>> 
>> >>> My apologies, I forgot the  --clear-memory action, did it with this 
>> >>> result:- 
>> >>> 
>> >>> ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ wee_device --clear memory 
>> >>> 
>> >>> IOError: memory is not a file 
>> >>> 
>> >> 
>> >> c'mon Ray - look very carefully at what you typed..... 
>> >> 
>> >> I think you might be overthinking stuff and making typos at this 
>> >> point..... 
>> > 
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