The aussearch.py dated 4th Feb is the same as I am using. I have my weewx installed via pip and is using python 3.13. (don't know if that makes a difference or not)
Under skins/Responsive I have: ├── aussearch ├── DATA ├── font ├── icons ├── lang ├── NOAA └── TEST in aussearch I have: .rw-r--r-- 649k root 2026-02-12 09:51 IDN11060.xml .rw-r--r-- 7.8k root 2026-02-12 09:55 IDN11113.xml .rw-r--r-- 129k root 2026-02-12 11:11 IDN60801.95762.json .rw-r--r-- 2.2k root 2026-02-12 11:11 IDZ00054.warnings_nsw.xml And they are being updated as you can tell by the time stamp. My site is here: https://weather.ubeaut.work/ On Thursday, 12 February 2026 at 11:18:22 UTC+11 Carlingford Weather wrote: > Check if you have old cache files the specified or default aussearch cache > location. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf > of Susan Mackay <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2026 11:13:27 AM > > *To:* weewx-user <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [weewx-user] Re: Weewx Responsive Skin - Aus Forecast > Extension > 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/tsujx_iCtFc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f7b04572-fc95-437f-81df-85325a2419a0n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f7b04572-fc95-437f-81df-85325a2419a0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAD_tbc9LHv%3DQ_8iuKYdo70Qpg%2B2BCfvwFYZa-bONAhwCEbB%2BPA%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAD_tbc9LHv%3DQ_8iuKYdo70Qpg%2B2BCfvwFYZa-bONAhwCEbB%2BPA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/weewx-user/tsujx_iCtFc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f1936929-5b06-4aa7-bd39-9a3c264fc009n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f1936929-5b06-4aa7-bd39-9a3c264fc009n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/a71a3943-85e6-4797-9aeb-6df0dab26364n%40googlegroups.com.
