I ran the script and this is the output
pi@weewx:~ $ sudo systemctl start weewx
pi@weewx:~ $ wget -qO -
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinceskahan/weewx-quickconfig/main/quickconfig.bash
#-----------------------------------------------------------
# this does a quick report of basic os and weewx installations
# to aid in debugging. See the README file for usage
#
# tested on debian, ubuntu, almalinux, freebsd
# and in vagrant as well on those os
#
# this will not work on macos or alpinelinux because
# they are just different for the sake of being different
#-----------------------------------------------------------
DPKG_PRESENT=`which dpkg 2>/dev/null`
YUM_PRESENT=`which yum 2>/dev/null`
ARCH_PRESENT=`which arch 2>/dev/null`
RPM_PRESENT=`which rpm 2>/dev/null`
UNAME=`uname`
# we supersede this on debian systems because on pi it reports
# incorrectly yet dpkg knows what is really running
if [ "x${ARCH_PRESENT}" != "x" ]
then
ARCH=`arch`
else
ARCH=`uname -p` # freebsd
fi
# we will assume os-release is present rather than
# rely on lsb_release which we know is not always present
if [ -f /etc/os-release ]
then
source /etc/os-release
fi
if [ "x${DPKG_PRESENT}" != "x" ]
then
# debian systems
# supersede the 'arch' command because on a pi it reports
# the wrong thing, but dpkg knows reality
ARCH=`dpkg --print-architecture`
VERSION=`cat /etc/debian_version`
INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG=`dpkg -l | grep weewx | awk '{print $3}'`
if [ "x${INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG}" = "x" ]
then
INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG="no_pkg_installed"
fi
elif [ "x${RPM_PRESENT}" != "x" ]
then
# redhat systems
INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG=`rpm -q weewx`
if [ "x${INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG}" = "x" ]
then
INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG="no_pkg_installed"
fi
else
INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG="not_available_for_this_os"
fi
#-----------------------------------------
# look for weewx in a few likely places
#-----------------------------------------
# v4 pip
if [ -d /home/weewx ]
then
HOME_WEEWX_EXISTS="true"
else
HOME_WEEWX_EXISTS="false"
fi
# pkg
if [ -d /etc/weewx ]
then
ETC_WEEWX_EXISTS="true"
else
ETC_WEEWX_EXISTS="false"
fi
# v5 pip pi or vagrant users
if [ -d /home/pi/weewx-venv ]
then
HOME_VENV_EXISTS="true"
FOUNDUSER="pi"
elif [ -d /home/vagrant/weewx-venv ]
then
HOME_VENV_EXISTS="true"
FOUNDUSER="vagrant"
else
HOME_VENV_EXISTS="false"
FOUNDUSER=""
fi
# TODO: this could even output JSON if needed
# TODO: this could even output JSON if needed
# TODO: this could even output JSON if needed
# TODO: this could even output JSON if needed
echo ""
echo "basic system configuration:"
echo " os = ${PRETTY_NAME}"
echo " arch = ${ARCH}"
echo ""
echo "looking for weewx installations"
echo " /home/weewx: ${HOME_WEEWX_EXISTS}"
echo " /etc/weewx: ${ETC_WEEWX_EXISTS}"
if [ "x${FOUNDUSER}" != "" ]
then
echo " /home/${FOUNDUSER}/weewx-venv: ${HOME_VENV_EXISTS}"
fi
echo ""
echo "installed weewx package:"
echo " weewx_pkg = ${INSTALLED_WEEWX_PKG}"
echo ""
# this attempts to grab the version from the code
# this is a little ugly since there might be multiple python installations
# and varying weewx versions therein, so do some ugly output for those cases
if [ ${HOME_VENV_EXISTS} ]
then
echo "installed weewx pip version:"
WEEWX_INIT_FILES=`find
/home/${FOUNDUSER}/weewx-venv/lib/python*/site-packages/weewx/__init__.py
-type f -print 2>/dev/null`
WEEWX_INIT_FILES_COUNT=`find
/home/${FOUNDUSER}/weewx-venv/lib/python*/site-packages/weewx/__init__.py
-type f -print 2>/dev/null | wc -l`
if [ "x${WEEWX_INIT_FILES_COUNT}" = "x0" ]
then
echo " version = (none installed)"
elif [ "x${WEEWX_INIT_FILES_COUNT}" != "x1" ]
then
for f in ${WEEWX_INIT_FILES}
do
echo " in file ${f}"
v=`grep ^__version__ ${f} | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e s/\"//g`
echo " ${v}"
done
else
for f in ${WEEWX_INIT_FILES}
do
# the typical one-python-version-installed is much cleaner
v=`grep ^__version__ ${f} | awk '{print $3}' | sed -e s/\"//g`
echo " version = ${v}"
done
fi
else
HOME_PI_VENV_EXISTS="false"
fi
#-----------------------------------------
# ok on linux, not on freebsd
if [ "${UNAME}" = "FreeBSD" ]
then
# hopefully more portable
RUNNING_WEEWX_PROCESSES=`ps axu | grep weewxd | grep -v grep | awk
'{print $11" "$12" "$13" "$14" "$15}'`
else
RUNNING_WEEWX_PROCESSES=`ps -eo command | grep weewxd | grep -v grep`
fi
if [ "x${RUNNING_WEEWX_PROCESSES}" = "x" ]
then
RUNNING_WEEWX_PROCESSES=" none"
fi
echo ""
echo "running weewx processes:"
echo "${RUNNING_WEEWX_PROCESSES}"
echo ""
Op zaterdag 28 juni 2025 om 20:15:30 UTC+2 schreef Koen Huisbrink:
> Yes I saw it myself that it was the wrong one. I have tried to install
> weewx in different ways with 2 different sd cards and had this card in the
> raspberry. Sorry for the mistake,
> I don't know what the best way is, what do you advise?
> Otherwise I start with a very clean sd card
>
> Op zaterdag 28 juni 2025 om 00:39:44 UTC+2 schreef vince:
>
>> Wild guess here. His first post showed a venv installation. You told
>> him to 'not' reinstall. He then 'did' reinstall with a dpkg installation.
>> Sigh.
>>
>> My guess is something got hosed in udev land somehow in the process.
>>
>> I also note the dpkg log is debug=0 when you told him to run debug=1.
>> Perhaps he has two things running and one did attach to the device (?)
>>
>> I have a quick bash script at
>> https://github.com/vinceskahan/weewx-quickconfig if you wanted to give
>> him a quick command to try to quantify what the heck he has installed and
>> how....
>>
>>
>>
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