p.s. just noticed I'm not getting a symlink for the DavisVP rule but I haven't rebooted since I added that local rule.
Joe Verreau On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 3:05:41 PM UTC-5 Joseph Verreau wrote: > hmm. this seems to be my issue on installing 5.0.0 following erasing > 4.10. On my own I tried adding weewx user to the wheel group and to > sudoers file. I tried what Matt and Paul were discussing about rule > changes and yet I still get the "ERROR weewx.engine: Import of driver > failed: [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: [Errno 13] Permission > denied:" When I run as root from command line all seems to be good. > Should I do a full report with journal log? > > Joe Verreau KMIOKEMO13 > Okemos, MI > > On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 11:09:41 AM UTC-5 matthew wall wrote: > >> On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 3:29:36 AM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >> Hi Matthew >> >> Thanks for the information about the various udev folders which helps me >> understand their interaction. >> >> I created a file /etc/udev/50-localusb.rules and inserted the rule. Also, >> inherited from Linux Mint 20.1 running Weewx 4.8, I also have the following >> line in /etc/udev/descriptive-names.rules >> >> ATTRS{serial}=="1344794749", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="Silicon Labs", >> SYMLINK+="DavisVP" >> >> and that SYMLINK is created. >> >> /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-weewx.rules contains 10+ lines for different >> stations and includes the following for Vantage: >> >> # davis vantage via usb-serial >> >> SUBSYSTEM=="tty",ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4",ATTRS{idProduct}=="ea60",MODE="0664",GROUP="weewx",SYMLINK+="vantage" >> >> SUBSYSTEM=="tty",ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4",ATTR{idProduct}=="ea61",MODE="0664",GROUP="weewx",SYMLINK+="vantage" >> >> The vantage SYMLINK is not being created. >> >> Not sure if I should leave 'as is' or edit 60-weewx.rules and remove >> 50-localusb.rules >> >> >> you can keep your 50-localusb.rules. you might want to consolidate the >> vpro rule in localusb.rules with the vpro rule in descriptive-names.rules. >> or not. depends on how you like to manage things. and your weewx.conf >> must already refer to 'DavisVP'... >> >> if you modify /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-weewx.rules, it will be >> overwritten when you next upgrade weewx, so just leave it. >> >> on your system, is there a /dev/vantage that is a symlink to the >> usb-serial adapter? if so, that indicates the weewx.rules in /usr/lib/udev >> is working. >> >> m >> > -- 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/382a675e-92ac-43d5-83bd-f4206a588e35n%40googlegroups.com.
