Vince, Wow that is seriously impressive! How on earth did you find that??

[image: Screenshot from 2026-01-31 23-37-40.png]
Thank you very much indeed :)
Nick.

On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 10:19:44 PM UTC Vince Skahan wrote:

> The problem is a bug in the hacked non-Belchertown Belchertown you are 
> using.
>
> If you look at skin.conf you'll see:
>      copy_once = favicon.ico, *images  /**, json/index.html, 
> js/index.html, js/responsive-menu.js, robots.txt
>                                     ^^
>                                     ||
>                                     ||
>
> See the two extra spaces ?  It should be images/* with no spaces for that 
> item.
>
>
> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 12:40:14 PM UTC-8 O S wrote:
>
>> OK, another update.
>>
>> I installed WeeWX on another R-Pi, using another SD card, installed the 
>> skin, visited the page and there are still no images. What is this?? :O
>>
>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 8:10:58 PM UTC O S wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I did this:
>>>
>>> nick@weewx-pi:/var/www/html/weewx $ sudo systemctl restart weewx
>>> nick@weewx-pi:/var/www/html/weewx $ sudo weectl extension install 
>>> ~/downloaded-extensions/weewx-belchertown-new-1.7beta1-new-belchertown.tar.gz
>>>  
>>>
>>> Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>> Install extension 
>>> '/home/nick/downloaded-extensions/weewx-belchertown-new-1.7beta1-new-belchertown.tar.gz'
>>>  
>>> (y/n)? y
>>> Extracting from tar archive 
>>> /home/nick/downloaded-extensions/weewx-belchertown-new-1.7beta1-new-belchertown.tar.gz
>>> Saving installer file to /etc/weewx/bin/user/installer/Belchertown
>>> Saved copy of configuration as /etc/weewx/weewx.conf.20260131200641
>>> Finished installing extension Belchertown from 
>>> /home/nick/downloaded-extensions/weewx-belchertown-new-1.7beta1-new-belchertown.tar.gz
>>> nick@weewx-pi:/var/www/html/weewx $ sudo systemctl restart weewx
>>> nick@weewx-pi:/var/www/html/weewx $ sudo weectl report run Belchertown
>>> Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
>>> The following reports will be run: Belchertown
>>> Generating as of last timestamp in the database.
>>> Done.
>>>
>>> Still no images so I think I'll reinstall on another SD card.
>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 8:01:26 PM UTC O S wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Vince,
>>>>
>>>> Yes, not sure how I got to where i did. I have already used weectl, but 
>>>> I'll give it one more go - if that doesn't work, I'll likely reinstall the 
>>>> whole thing, I'm guessing that's:
>>>>
>>>> Reinstall WeeWX
>>>> Reinstall the driver
>>>> Overwrite weewx.sdb?
>>>>
>>>> I'll let you know if the reinstall works.
>>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 6:57:54 PM UTC Vince Skahan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I can't even guess what you did or how you got to wherever you are now 
>>>>> on the system.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you use 'weectl extension' to uninstall then reinstall the skin, it 
>>>>> will do the right thing after weewx is restarted when the reports run.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you fiddle with things manually and don't use weectl, your mileage 
>>>>> might vary.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 9:44:38 AM UTC-8 O S wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, apt was the way I installed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I ran that command, restarted, but still no images for sunrise / 
>>>>>> sunset.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 5:28:44 PM UTC Vince Skahan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> apt is the tool used to install debian packages, dpkg is the other 
>>>>>>> older tool. Sorry I use the two terms sometimes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes try running that command.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 9:25:00 AM UTC-8 O S wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello Vince,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you and id gives me:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> uid=1000(nick) gid=1000(nick) 
>>>>>>>> groups=1000(nick),4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),27(sudo),29(audio),44(video),46(plugdev),60(games),100(users),102(input),105(render),110(netdev),111(weewx),993(gpio),994(i2c),995(spi)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure what a dpkg installation is, I used the sudo apt 
>>>>>>>> install weewx method to install.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, can I run the sudo usermod -aG weewx nick command?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Nick
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 4:53:47 PM UTC Vince Skahan wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ssh into the weewx pi and run 'id' and you will likely see that 
>>>>>>>>> your account 'nick' is not in a unix group that has permissions to 
>>>>>>>>> read 
>>>>>>>>> /var/www/html/weewx/belchertown
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Assuming it is group 'weewx', you would need to run "sudo usermod 
>>>>>>>>> -aG weewx nick" and log out/in again.   For a dpkg installation you'd 
>>>>>>>>> want 
>>>>>>>>> to add yourself to group 'weewx' anyway so you can edit things in 
>>>>>>>>> /etc/weewx without needing to use sudo.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 8:12:19 AM UTC-8 O S wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hello Patrick,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes, if I ssh in to the server, I can see the images at the 
>>>>>>>>>> following paths:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/images/sunrise.png
>>>>>>>>>> etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/images/sunset.png
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> But the web browser appears to be looking here:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://192.168.1.49/weewx/belchertown/images/sunrise.png
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I also found this, which doesn't seem right:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> nick@weewx-pi:/var/www/html $ cd weewx/
>>>>>>>>>> nick@weewx-pi:/var/www/html/weewx $ ls -l
>>>>>>>>>> ls: cannot open directory '.': Permission denied
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Not sure if that is related but could there also be permission 
>>>>>>>>>> issues?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Nick.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 4:03:25 PM UTC salinois wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> that, it is the conf inside the skin : 
>>>>>>>>>>> weewx/skins/Belchertown/images/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> but on the web site , it is public_html/belchertown/images/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>>>>>>> Le 31/01/2026 à 16:46, O S a écrit :
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I got in a mess with the Belchertown skin settings so have 
>>>>>>>>>>> completely removed it and reinstalled (a couple of times now)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Each time I reinstall, the images are missing form "Sun & Moon", 
>>>>>>>>>>> as per below:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [image: Screenshot from 2026-01-31 15-39-08.png]
>>>>>>>>>>> If I right click on one of the placeholders for the image and 
>>>>>>>>>>> select "open image in new tab"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I get this in the address bar:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://192.168.1.49/weewx/belchertown/images/sunrise.png
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ... and a 404 not found message.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I have: HTML_ROOT = /var/www/html/weewx/belchertown set in 
>>>>>>>>>>> weewx.conf
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I can find the images in: etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/images, 
>>>>>>>>>>> like:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/images/sunrise.png
>>>>>>>>>>> etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/images/sunset.png
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Does the uppercase "B" have something to do with this? All other 
>>>>>>>>>>> page elements look okay.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Like I say, I have uninstalled/reinstalled the skin several 
>>>>>>>>>>> times with no change.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Nick.
>>>>>>>>>>>
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