Those things are generally set in /etc/rsyslog.d On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:54 AM LeaF <lee.fledderjoh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> tk > Thanks for the observation. I'll do some snooping around the bme280 and > see what I can find. > > (It's not only syslog getting overwhelmed with entries, but debug and user > log files are filled with the same info) > > Thanks > Lee > > On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 10:50:01 AM UTC-8 tke...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> It looks like an extension you are using, bme280, is what is creating the >> chatter. Unfortunately, from the little log snippet you gave, it does not >> appear to be WeeWX V4 compliant, so muzzling it will not be as easy as a >> weewx.conf setting. You could ask the author to update it to V4, then you >> could follow the directions in the Wiki article *WeeWX V4 and logging >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/WeeWX-v4-and-logging>*. >> >> OTOH, fortunately, it looks like the log entry is a debug entry, so >> setting debug=0 in weewx.conf should help reduce the number of entries. >> >> -tk >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 10:39 AM LeaF <lee.fled...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have a question regarding what goes into the /var/log/syslog file. >>> >>> I’m running the latest version of weewx on a Raspberry Pi 4. My >>> station is a Peet Bros Ultimeter 100. I also added a Adafruit BME280 >>> breakout board to measure pressure and humidity. >>> >>> This all works very well. Thank you >>> >>> When I run sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog, there appears to be three >>> entries per second being written to the log file. So as you can >>> imagine, the log file has a lot of info that I don’t want in there. Any >>> errors are being written to weewx.log file. >>> >>> How can I limit what is going to the log file so they don’t grow so >>> large? I looked at rsyslog.conf, but don’t know if this is the correct >>> place to limit the log entries. >>> >>> Example, one entry into log file: >>> >>> Jan 20 10:22:47 WeatherPi /weewxd: bme280: {'dateTime': 1611166967, >>> 'usUnits': 1, 'windSpeed': 0.0, 'windDir': 55.058796, 'outTemp': >>> 38.300000000000004, 'rain_total': 0.5, 'barometer': None, 'inTemp': None, >>> 'outHumidity': 77.02371597125266, 'inHumidity': None, 'day_of_year': 19, >>> 'minute_of_day': 620, 'daily_rain': 0.0, 'wind_average': 0.0, 'rain': 0.0, >>> 'pressure': 29.53154056121909} >>> >>> Thanks for your help. >>> >>> Lee >>> >>> -- >>> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7c9cae95-4bcd-4dd6-b293-2113d6a5054cn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7c9cae95-4bcd-4dd6-b293-2113d6a5054cn%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/08c304c3-aa29-4a12-a1ac-d0824643d2f7n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/08c304c3-aa29-4a12-a1ac-d0824643d2f7n%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEBRktGszyjmbSAhaeRv9LJzmt-wyw_eXixfJ0P3535YEw%40mail.gmail.com.
