I wouldn't have known where to start, thanks again.

Do I need to tell the skin author, or something?

On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:57:23 PM UTC Vince Skahan wrote:

> I looked in skin.conf for the copy once line.
>
> https://weewx.com/docs/5.2/reference/skin-options/copygenerator/
>
>
> On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 3:38:55 PM UTC-8 O S wrote:
>
>> 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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