OK - now I'm properly confused.
I deleted all 'aussearch.py' files and copied the downloaded file into
bin/user. (I know that the Python system found it as it created a
corresponding .pyc file in __pycache__). However the error was the same.
So I deleted that and downloaded the file again
from
https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin/blob/master/Aus/aussearch.py.
Github shows that the file was edited 2 weeks ago so I take it that this is
the latest version.
Again the same error.
So I edited the file to include a couple of print statements just before
the reference to 'self.root_node', one of which tried to print out the
value. The recursion occurred on that print statement.
Am I copying the correct 'aussearch.py' version and, if not, where is it?
Susan (VK3ANZ)
On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 8:47:21 pm UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote:
> The new aussearch.py has to go into where your other user scripts are.
> Like bin/user folder in the weewx structure.
>
> On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 20:34:13 UTC+11 Susan Mackay wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the pointers.
>> I downloaded the .zip file (as above) and expanded it. I then copied the
>> 'Aus' and 'Responsive' directories into the 'skins' folder.
>> I edited the skins.conf file to refer to my location (basically I copied
>> the information from the old version of the file, adjusting as required).
>> However I now get the error:
>>
>> Caught unrecoverable exception in generator
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.CheetahGenerator'
>> **** maximum recursion depth exceeded
>> **** Traceback (most recent call last):
>> **** File
>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py",
>> line 220, in run
>> **** obj.start()
>> **** File
>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/reportengine.py",
>> line 409, in start
>> **** self.run()
>> **** File
>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py",
>> line 163, in run
>> **** self.init_extensions(gen_dict[section_name])
>> **** File
>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py",
>> line 196, in init_extensions
>> **** self.search_list_objs.append(klass(self))
>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 253, in __init__
>> **** generator.converter)
>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 422, in __init__
>> **** if file_stale and self.root is not None:
>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 439, in __getattr__
>> **** if self.root_node is not None:
>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 439, in __getattr__
>> **** if self.root_node is not None:
>> **** File "/home/weewx/bin/user/aussearch.py", line 439, in __getattr__
>> **** if self.root_node is not None:
>> **** [Previous line repeated 491 more times]
>> **** RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
>> **** Generator terminated
>>
>> The relevant code (from Line 433) of aussearch.py is
>>
>> def __getattr__(self, child_or_attrib):
>> # This is to get around bugs in the Python version of Cheetah's
>> namemapper:
>> if child_or_attrib in ['__call__', 'has_key']:
>> print("aussearch: XmlFileHelper file: %s, __getattr__ called
>> for %s" % (self.xml_file, child_or_attrib))
>> raise AttributeError
>>
>> if self.root_node is not None:
>> return getattr(self.root_node, child_or_attrib)
>> else:
>> raise AttributeError
>>
>> with line 439 being:
>>
>> if self.root_node is not None:
>>
>> My 'guess' is that the attempt to get "self.root_node" is recursively
>> calling the "__getattr__" function
>>
>> Any idea what is hapening here?
>> On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 10:31:01 am UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote:
>>
>>> That's probably why I installed it manually......:)
>>> It was a long time ago I installed it.
>>> On Wednesday, 11 February 2026 at 10:16:49 UTC+11 Glenn McKechnie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Susan,
>>>>
>>>> Just had a quick look at the origin files (both sites) and the error
>>>> message is because there is no install.py file within the tree.
>>>> ie:- It doesn't install using the weectl stanza, it's not structured
>>>> that way.
>>>>
>>>> It needs to be installed manually.
>>>> The skin directory is "Responsive". Place that with in the weewx skin
>>>> directory and manually edit weewx.conf to point to it etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Glenn (VK3GLN)
>>>>
>>>> Various WeeWx addons at
>>>> https://github.com/glennmckechnie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 at 10:09, Greg Reive <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think if you download the zip file and install the extension it
>>>>> might work? It won't like the .git extension filename.
>>>>> I manually installed mine.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 at 10:04, Susan Mackay <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> (I think my question follows on from Greg's answer - apologies if not)
>>>>>> I have just tried to reinstall the Responsive skin using Greg's link
>>>>>> from above.
>>>>>> I'm using Weewx 5.0.1 (and yes, i know there are more recent
>>>>>> versions) on a Raspberry Pi running Buster.
>>>>>> I've tried 2 ways and get 2 separate errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> First:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (weewx-venv) xxxx:~/weewx-venv $ ./bin/weectl extension install
>>>>>> https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin.git
>>>>>> Using configuration file /home/weewx/weewx.conf
>>>>>> Install extension '
>>>>>> https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin.git'
>>>>>> (y/n)? y
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>> File "./bin/weectl", line 10, in <module>
>>>>>> sys.exit(main())
>>>>>> File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectl.py",
>>>>>> line 66, in main
>>>>>> namespace.func(namespace)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/__init__.py",
>>>>>> line 121, in dispatch
>>>>>> namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/extension_cmd.py",
>>>>>>
>>>>>> line 116, in install_extension
>>>>>> ext.install_extension(namespace.source, no_confirm=namespace.yes)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py",
>>>>>> line
>>>>>> 124, in install_extension
>>>>>> raise IOError(f"Unknown extension type found at
>>>>>> '{extension_path}'")
>>>>>> OSError: Unknown extension type found at '
>>>>>> https://github.com/Lint-Free-Technology/weewx-responsive-skin.git'
>>>>>> I think this may be more related to the WeeWx not recognising the
>>>>>> .git extension but I'm not sure.
>>>>>> I copied the zip file to the Pi and got the Second error which is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (weewx-venv) xxxx:~/weewx-venv $ ./bin/weectl extension install
>>>>>> /mnt/pishare/weewx-responsive-skin-master.zip
>>>>>> Using configuration file /home/weewx/weewx.conf
>>>>>> Install extension '/mnt/pishare/weewx-responsive-skin-master.zip'
>>>>>> (y/n)? y
>>>>>> Extracting from zip archive
>>>>>> /mnt/pishare/weewx-responsive-skin-master.zip
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/__init__.py",
>>>>>> line
>>>>>> 714, in get_extension_installer
>>>>>> __import__('install')
>>>>>> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'install'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>> File "./bin/weectl", line 10, in <module>
>>>>>> sys.exit(main())
>>>>>> File "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectl.py",
>>>>>> line 66, in main
>>>>>> namespace.func(namespace)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/__init__.py",
>>>>>> line 121, in dispatch
>>>>>> namespace.action_func(config_dict, namespace)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weectllib/extension_cmd.py",
>>>>>>
>>>>>> line 116, in install_extension
>>>>>> ext.install_extension(namespace.source, no_confirm=namespace.yes)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py",
>>>>>> line
>>>>>> 138, in install_extension
>>>>>> extension_name = self._install_from_file(extension_path, filetype)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py",
>>>>>> line
>>>>>> 168, in _install_from_file
>>>>>> extension_name = self.install_from_dir(extension_dir)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/extension.py",
>>>>>> line
>>>>>> 179, in install_from_dir
>>>>>> installer_path, installer =
>>>>>> weecfg.get_extension_installer(extension_dir)
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> "/home/pi/weewx-venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/weecfg/__init__.py",
>>>>>> line
>>>>>> 716, in get_extension_installer
>>>>>> raise ExtensionError("Cannot find 'install' module in %s" %
>>>>>> extension_installer_dir)
>>>>>> weecfg.ExtensionError: Cannot find 'install' module in
>>>>>> /tmp/tmpkrjxk9dm/weewx-responsive-skin-master/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>> Susan
>>>>>> On Wednesday, 4 February 2026 at 4:54:48 pm UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The forecast and the weather warning were causing the Responsive
>>>>>>> skin to crash.
>>>>>>> Darryn has fixed the crashes and now everything is working again.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/dcapslock/weewx-responsive-skin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This new BOM website is taking a while to iron all the bugs out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My site is here: https://weather.ubeaut.work/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again Daryn. I still really like this skin for weewx.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Saturday, 6 February 2021 at 22:52:28 UTC+11 Greg from Oz wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes my icons disappeared as my site is https but I changed a
>>>>>>>> setting on the browser just for my site.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On chrome it is called insecure content.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then the icons came back again.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 6 February 2021 at 20:41:16 UTC+11 Darryn Capes-Davis
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Long time since my last post. A few months ago I noticed that my
>>>>>>>>> iPhone stopped showing the BOM Forecast icons. With the change to
>>>>>>>>> everything needing to be HTTPS, the BOM HTTP only icons will only
>>>>>>>>> continue
>>>>>>>>> to disappear if you host the Responsive skin on HTTPS, like I do at
>>>>>>>>> https://carlingfordweather.sydney, and you use a modern strict
>>>>>>>>> browser.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So I took time to source some weather icons and adjust and size to
>>>>>>>>> suit the Aus Forecast part of the Responsive skin. The changes have
>>>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>>>> push to GitHub -
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/dcapslock/weewx-responsive-skin
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also included is some exception handling to mark corrupt
>>>>>>>>> downloaded forecast files as stale.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Darryn Capes-Davis
>>>>>>>>> https://carlingfordweather.sydney
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