Not everyone puts their database in a protected area. Errors to the effect of being unable to write to a readonly area are extremely common, and almost always point to a lack of permissions.
See the FAQ on the subject in the wiki: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/faq-permission-denied On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 2:50 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > That did the trick. Perhaps someone could update the Troubleshooting > article? > > Thanks! > > On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 11:12:34 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > >> Your database is in a protected area. Precede the command you used with >> 'sudo'. For example, >> >> *sudo wee_device --dump* >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 9:52 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for that. It certainly does look like my problem. >>> >>> Resetting the Vantage Pro by removing power (and batteries) did not >>> help, so I am trying the memory dump. However, when I stopped weewx and did >>> a memory dump, I get a nothing but errors like this: >>> ERROR weewx.manager: Unable to add record 2022-04-17 07:55:00 PDT >>> (1650207300) to database 'weewx.sdb': attempt to write a readonly database >>> >>> Before I wipe the memory, I wanted to check that this is expected (the >>> troubleshooting page only mentions a 'duplicate primary keys' error, which >>> I don't see. >>> >>> Is there something else I need to do to the DB file before performing >>> the memory dump? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 9:18:00 PM UTC-7 gjr80 wrote: >>> >>>> Looks like a clear case of corrupt station memory, not unusual in a >>>> vantage station after a power loss. See the wiki article WeeWX >>>> generates HTML pages, but it does not update them >>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station#weewx-generates-html-pages-but-it-does-not-update-them>. >>>> >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 20 April 2022 at 13:34:09 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have been using weewx 4.5.1 more or less continuously since late >>>>> 2019, running on a Pi zero. I have had occasional problems, but they >>>>> always >>>>> seem to be resolved by a restart or a system reboot. There was a power >>>>> outage yesterday that shut down the power for several hours. After the >>>>> power came back, I have had no new data stored or displayed. Data during >>>>> the power outage was recovered though. Syslog indicates that weewx was >>>>> very >>>>> busy after power was restored uploading the missing data to Wunderground, >>>>> but once that was done, it stopped creating new data. Every 5 minutes, it >>>>> creates a new report, but there is no new data in the database, no data >>>>> upload to Wundergound and no change to the images used to create the >>>>> report >>>>> locally. >>>>> >>>>> It is as if the Vantage Pro weather station has stopped working, but >>>>> as far as I can tell, it is fine. I had the server in debug mode before >>>>> this happened, so it seems like there should be a smoking gun in Syslog, >>>>> but I don't see it. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas on what I should try to get back up and running? See below >>>>> for a Google drive link to the syslog file. Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uRIm29J9T8Dv2tAg7M1G6P7fKmaXpaCy/view?usp=sharing >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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/62e9d375-1d8a-430a-ae17-c39b27419d90n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/62e9d375-1d8a-430a-ae17-c39b27419d90n%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/9344609d-dc79-421a-8817-d85b299b8390n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/9344609d-dc79-421a-8817-d85b299b8390n%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/CAPq0zEAQO9f_6T180NHj3spSqx36UgUba2-zTKg8uE_j2OXTPg%40mail.gmail.com.
