I get between 0 and 10 unstable read notifications per day - just ignore
them - they seem to be a quirk of Fine Offset and the fousb driver.
On Friday, 8 December 2017 13:30:35 UTC+2, gjr80 wrote:
> Not sure what you are asking here?
>
> sudo - shoul dnot be required to tail syslog, if running tail without sudo
> works then enjoy not having to type the 5 extra keystrokes, if it only
> works with sudo then so be it, you will have to type the extra 5 keystrokes
> each time :)
>
> named[954] lines - not sure but looks like some sort of domain name server
> (DNS) issue. It may or may not be of consequence. Almost certainly not a
> weeWX issue.
>
> weewx[18057] lines - this is exactly what you should be seeing; records
> added to database, reports being generated, images (plots) being generated.
> Copying 0 files is normal. This sequence should be repeated every 5
> minutes. As I said two posts back the only other check is to verify the
> generated files (and plots) are as they should be.
>
> Gary
>
> On Friday, 8 December 2017 21:17:07 UTC+10, Ray wrote:
>>
>> Tried the tail -f /var/log/syslog command again but with sudo:-
>> ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
>> [sudo] password for ray:
>> Dec 8 12:06:59 ray-Aspire-5735 named[954]: network unreachable resolving
>> './NS/IN': 2001:dc3::35#53
>> Dec 8 12:06:59 ray-Aspire-5735 named[954]: network unreachable resolving
>> './NS/IN': 2001:7fe::53#53
>> Dec 8 12:06:59 ray-Aspire-5735 named[954]: network unreachable resolving
>> './NS/IN': 2001:500:2::c#53
>> Dec 8 12:06:59 ray-Aspire-5735 named[954]: DNS format error from
>> 198.97.190.53#53 resolving ./NS: non-improving referral
>> Dec 8 12:06:59 ray-Aspire-5735 named[954]: FORMERR resolving './NS/IN':
>> 198.97.190.53#53
>> Dec 8 12:10:42 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: manager: Added record
>> 2017-12-08 12:10:00 CET (1512731400) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>> Dec 8 12:10:42 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: manager: Added record
>> 2017-12-08 12:10:00 CET (1512731400) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>> Dec 8 12:10:42 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: cheetahgenerator: Generated
>> 14 files for report StandardReport in 0.46 seconds
>> Dec 8 12:10:43 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: imagegenerator: Generated
>> 12 images for StandardReport in 0.27 seconds
>> Dec 8 12:10:43 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: copygenerator: copied 0
>> files to /var/www/html/weewx
>> Of course *I* don't understand, but one of you experts may::?
>>
>> On Friday, 8 December 2017 12:06:56 UTC+1, Ray wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't understand much of the log entries but noticed this one -
>>> Dec 8 11:55:37 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: fousb: unstable read:
>>> blocks differ for ptr 0x006da0
>>> What's that about?
>>> Ray
>>>
>>> On Friday, 8 December 2017 11:46:13 UTC+1, Ray wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Did all you suggested Gary then, with weewx running again tried to
>>>> gedit the syslog but got no display from$ sudo gedit syslog (as I THINK I
>>>> did it previously) so did :-
>>>>
>>>> ray@ray-Aspire-5735:~$ tail -f /var/log/syslog
>>>> Dec 8 11:35:06 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: engine: Starting up weewx
>>>> version 3.8.0
>>>> Dec 8 11:35:07 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: fousb: synchronising to
>>>> the weather station (quality=1)
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:03 ray-Aspire-5735 gnome-session[1436]:
>>>> (zeitgeist-datahub:2572): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to read the recently
>>>> used resources file at '/home/ray/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but
>>>> the
>>>> parser failed: Failed to open file
>>>> '/home/ray/.local/share/recently-used.xbel': Permission denied.
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:03 ray-Aspire-5735 gnome-session[1436]: (nautilus:1773):
>>>> Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to read the recently used resources file at
>>>> '/home/ray/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but the parser failed: Failed
>>>> to open file '/home/ray/.local/share/recently-used.xbel': Permission
>>>> denied.
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:15 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: fousb: changing data
>>>> format from 1080 to 3080
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:15 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: manager: Added record
>>>> 2017-12-08 11:39:15 CET (1512729555) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:16 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: manager: Added record
>>>> 2017-12-08 11:39:15 CET (1512729555) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:16 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: engine: Starting main
>>>> packet loop.
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:19 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: fousb: station status
>>>> {'unknown': 0, 'lost_connection': 0, 'rain_overflow': 0} (0)
>>>> Dec 8 11:39:27 ray-Aspire-5735 wpa_supplicant[942]: wlp3s0: WPA: Group
>>>> rekeying completed with 00:21:f2:0f:f6:b0 [GTK=CCMP]
>>>> Dec 8 11:40:19 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: manager: Added record
>>>> 2017-12-08 11:40:00 CET (1512729600) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>>>> Dec 8 11:40:19 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: manager: Added record
>>>> 2017-12-08 11:40:00 CET (1512729600) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>>>> Dec 8 11:40:21 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: cheetahgenerator:
>>>> Generated 14 files for report StandardReport in 1.38 seconds
>>>> Dec 8 11:40:22 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: imagegenerator: Generated
>>>> 36 images for StandardReport in 1.46 seconds
>>>> Dec 8 11:40:22 ray-Aspire-5735 weewx[18057]: copygenerator: copied 9
>>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx
>>>>
>>>> that is now running in a separate terminal window ( I didn't EVEN know
>>>> that you could run more than one terminal!)
>>>> Thanks again to ALL
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, 8 December 2017 10:39:45 UTC+1, gjr80 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ray,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is what we need to see, whether you use gedit, tail, nano or some
>>>>> other method as long as it works for you stick with it.
>>>>>
>>>>> The log extract shows that weeWX is not able to connect to your
>>>>> station for some reason. I am not a Fine Offset (and clones) whiz, though
>>>>> I
>>>>> know Fine Offset stations are prone to USB lockups (I am not sure if that
>>>>> is the case here). All I can suggest is you stop weeWX, unplug your
>>>>> stations USB cable, remove the power/batteries from the station, give it
>>>>> a
>>>>> minute or so and then re-apply power and plug in your the USB. Start
>>>>> weeWX
>>>>> and monitor syslog.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course if Matthew or some other Fine Offset his has some ideas....
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>>
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