Thank you for that suggestion, much appreciated. However, for comparison purposes I would like to have access to the old records...they go back nearly 15 years! Is there anyway I can do both?
On Friday 12 July 2024 at 09:01:52 UTC+12 vince wrote: > 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/3e7b3bec-e5a9-4bd1-adbc-0772495acc0cn%40googlegroups.com.
