If you don't care about saving old readings from your old database, please just follow the v5 documentation (link) <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/quickstarts/debian/> and start anew. Your blood pressure will thank you.
All you'll need to do at some point is configure any optional uploaders such as the FTP one you've been battling. Having your old weewx.conf file someplace safe on another computer to use as a reference will help. On Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 1:16:00 PM UTC-7 Monica Mulholland wrote: > 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/251a5330-3e21-43aa-86e0-6919a850b75dn%40googlegroups.com.
