It's hard for me to unravel what's happening. The only thing i can suggest is to use systemctl. Seems to work for me:
sudo systemctl start weewx Sorry, but I don't have any insights. -tk On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 8:25 PM brisguy foo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh. I just assumed I was starting/stopping things incorrectly, so did not > think a log was relevant. No problem, here it is, along with some more info. > > HW = RaspberryPi Zero > OS = Raspbian 10.1 > > In the log, the switching between direct a daemon execution starts around > 10:15 which is when I finally successfully installed version 4.1.1. It > looks like I killed the daemon around 10:15 and fixed an error in the .conf > file and started directly. Then stopped that and tried to start the daemon. > You will see a reboot eventually after that, at which point everything > works. At some point, I also changed the conf debug setting from zero to 1. > > Thanks! > > On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 2:06:22 PM UTC-7, Tom Keffer wrote: >> >> Depends on the operating system, but you have the general idea. >> >> You may not think there is anything useful in the log, but please humor >> me: post it anyway. And, tell us the operating system. >> >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 2:03 PM brisguy foo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I had to do some debugging og my weewx installation recently and needed >>> to swap back and forth between running directly and as a daemon. However, >>> once I used the direct method, I never seem to be able to get the daemon >>> launched again without just doing a reboot. >>> >>> I have been doing the following (starting from a running daemon) >>> sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop # to stop the daemon >>> sudo weewxd /etc/weewx/weewx.conf # to run directly >>> CTL-C # to stop running directly >>> sudo /etc/init.d/weewx start # to start the daemon >>> >>> After the attempt to start the daemon, the terminal responds [OK], but >>> looking at the syslog file, I can see it never did and there is no error >>> message. At this point, I reboot and things run fine. >>> >>> What is the correct way to start/stop these processes? >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/da07f3e0-1205-4d15-94ce-9b2eb28a8ec3o%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/da07f3e0-1205-4d15-94ce-9b2eb28a8ec3o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/77e7e690-ca57-41b5-9b22-4b82638e7070o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/77e7e690-ca57-41b5-9b22-4b82638e7070o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEC9jcL0MS313HvJM43CBZgF40Mfv_B2iNYYO6ZPTvvaag%40mail.gmail.com.
