I have just found a back up sd image from about a year ago...should I use that and try and update it to the latest weewx or should I start from scratch? I know it is my choice..but which would be less risky for a not very experienced person like me? Thank you!
On Thursday 11 July 2024 at 22:32:39 UTC+12 Monica Mulholland wrote: > As I have to reinstall my system from scratch - the SD card did indeed > fail, I have decided up update the RPi from a 3 to a 4 and download the > latest RaspberryPi OS. I have backed up copies of weewx-etc and > weewx-var-lib. (from a few years ago!...and nothing much has changed from > my side in that time). I would appreciate some tips and suggestions of the > most efficient way (and any problems to watch out for) to get my weather > station up and running again. > > Thanks in advance. > > > On Thursday 11 July 2024 at 12:17:04 UTC+12 Monica Mulholland wrote: > >> Ah! I think I know what that was all about....the incipient failure of my >> SD card.....The Rpi will now not boot anymore....It never rains but it >> pours!.....I guess I should now go over to booting the Rpi from a USB >> stick...something I have been avoiding for years...in order not to 'upset' >> what was working! .....Wish me luck! >> >> Thank you all for your all, and especially Tom Keffer, for the continuous >> support and encouragement!..it is greatly appreciated indeed! >> >> On Thursday 11 July 2024 at 10:52:05 UTC+12 Monica Mulholland wrote: >> >>> Following on from my posts on "External Website not updating" ( >>> https://groups.google.com/g/weewx-user/c/xYp5iQ996TQ) ....TLDR!! >>> >>> ...i have been given a new password which does seem to work on FTP - >>> when tried in Filezilla. See attached! >>> >>> So I put the new password in weewx.conf flie and rebooted.....The only >>> thing I changed was the FTP password (AFAIK!!). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> pi@WeatherPi:~ $ sudo systemctl status weewx >>> ● weewx.service - LSB: weewx weather system >>> Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/weewx; generated; vendor preset: enabled) >>> Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2024-07-11 08:57:17 >>> NZST; 1h 40m >>> Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) >>> Process: 342 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/weewx start (code=exited, >>> status=1/FAILURE) >>> >>> Jul 11 08:57:10 WeatherPi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather >>> system... >>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi weewx[342]: Starting weewx weather system: >>> weewxError >>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi weewx[342]: No handlers could be found for >>> logger "__m >>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi weewx[342]: failed! >>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Control process >>> exited, cod >>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: weewx weather >>> system. >>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Unit entered failed >>> state. >>> Jul 11 08:57:17 WeatherPi systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result >>> 'exit-co >>> lines 1-14/14 (END) >>> >>> This saga goes on and on...what have I done wrong now? >>> >> -- 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/bb574e7c-c6e4-493a-b740-d3a851406a14n%40googlegroups.com.
