> > status=4/NOPERMISSION
That pretty much says it all, weewxd doesn't have permission to access the USB device. Have you looked at this page? https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Understanding-permissions It has a section on USB permissions On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 at 18:14, bushtech <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > Conf. file 5.5.2 > Davis Vantage pro using USB to serial cable > During ubuntu update got the usual conf file out of date so kept old one. > But afterwards > decided to use later conf. file. > > What worries me is Ubuntu 26 uses python 3.14. > > The weewx documentation says this: > > *"Python* > Python 2.7, or Python 3.5 or later is required." > > Am I between a rock and a hard place or am I being stupid > > This is what I get when doing sudo systemctl status weewx: > > Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** > File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/v> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver > weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** self.hardware_type = > self._determine> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL > weewx.engine: **** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver > weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File > "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/v> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver > weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** raise > weewx.WeeWxIOError(msg) Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: > CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** weewx.WeeWxIOError: Unable to read hardw> Oct > 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL *main*: Unable to load > driver: Unable to read hardware type. C> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver > weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL *main*: **** Exiting... Oct 02 16:05:12 > Ubuntuserver systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, code=exited, > status=4/NOPERMISSION Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver systemd[1]: > weewx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. > > Please tell me what is gong on here. Is this a hardware problem now Am I > missing something stupid > > -- > 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/317e81b0-ee8b-43c5-98fb-e4168c00d7ddn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/317e81b0-ee8b-43c5-98fb-e4168c00d7ddn%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/CAGTinV7Yu5Jw%3DWxDB0UOZ9ouuc6G6sybUduE%3Ds5mdVjaU32Ljw%40mail.gmail.com.
