IsLogin:/ $ sudo adduser weewx dailout
adduser: The group `dailout' does not exist.

That's a typo.  It is "dialout" not "dailout" but this command is incorrect 
anyway.

 You probably want to "sudo usermod -aG dialout weewx" to add the weewx 
user to the dialout group in order to be able to access the hardware.

re: your question about python versions, you probably have an old os with 
legacy python v2 installed.  Try "python3 -V" and I suspect it will report 
what you're expecting.

Add weewx to the dialout group and see if it works now....

On Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 4:18:38 AM UTC-8 Ian of Awai wrote:

> Hi guys.
> I'm having what seems to be a somewhat common issue.
> I've had weewx running about 6 yrs on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 
> 1.3 perfectly fine with weewx ver 4xxx I think it was and that after a 
> no-brainer install.
>
> This stopped working when my hosting outfit was trying to fix an email 
> posting problem.
> I've since moved to another hosting firm and trying to get weewx  posting 
> again to a site I can check when not home.... obviously.
> When I got interested in setting it up at my new host I did an update of 
> Buster to Linux-4.19.50-v7+-armv7l-with-debian-10.0 and weewx became ver 5.2
>
> Anyway I've been whittling away at this for a couple of weeks and getting 
> no where as not linux savvy.
> Have checked various posts/docs etc re the same problem but not advancing 
> at all and usually just shutting down with  linux cmd overload.
> Usually get side-tracked learning how to chase something then forget why I 
> want to anyway.
> A bit overwhelming.
>
> So it seems to run ok  with sudo weewxd 
> but shows a fail with  sudo systemctl status weewx
>
> Says it using Python 3.7 but system?
> python -V
> Python 2.7.16
> dunno if this is a problem or not.
>
> Have attached a txt of various cmd clips that may help...
> Let me know if more is needed.
> I know this will be a simple fix and hopefully I can rescue my historical 
> data.
> Thankyou for any help someone can shed on this.
>
> cheers
> ian
>
>

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