this was helpful. fired up VNC. saw terminal command line. got it running and typed in
sudo weewxd weewx.conf alas! it didn't work. says it can't find the .conf file. thoughts? ideas? On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 10:34:51 AM UTC-5, Andrew Milner wrote: > > In the command line window ….(or terminal) > > Try to use command line raher than the GUI when using weewx - it is much > much easier. > > This may be helpful > > https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/15-useful-commands-every-raspberry-pi-user-should-know/ > > and this > https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/terminal/ > > > > On Monday, 14 May 2018 18:13:00 UTC+3, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> I read the weewx doc TWICE and have to admit I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT ALL >> THAT STUFF MEANS. where do I type those commands? >> >> don't rag on my son-in-law - he got it going the first time. I think he >> did pretty good! >> >> On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 9:39:19 AM UTC-5, Andrew Milner wrote: >>> >>> Did you read the user guide >>> http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm >>> and the running weewx section and the running as a daemon section? >>> >>> If it did not restart automatically then your son-in-law may well have >>> not done things correctly, so the instructions may not help too much >>> either!! You need your son-in-law to find the time to correct his >>> installation!! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Monday, 14 May 2018 17:14:06 UTC+3, Mark Roberts wrote: >>>> >>>> Built me a Raspberry Pi (which was fun) but had a little trouble >>>> figuring out how to install/config weewx. Got son-in-law who is a web >>>> developer to figure it out for me and get it up and running. Ka-bang! >>>> I'm >>>> up with my Davis Weather Station and all is working and is good. >>>> >>>> Then we had a power outage. >>>> >>>> Not good. He thinks he set it up to auto start on a reboot but >>>> apparently ... not. I have no reporting. Nada. I can see the Raspberry >>>> Pi on the VPN viewer on my laptop but I have no idea what to do to start >>>> WeeWx. I need a weewx.exe to double click! LOL >>>> >>>> Yes, I could get him to fix it but he's super busy and can't get around >>>> to it. And I figure we'll get a power blink again sometime so I might as >>>> well learn what to do to get back online. Can anybody give me a step by >>>> step procedure to make it go? THANKS! >>>> >>>> -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
