[weewx-user] Re: Bad install

2024-02-19 Thread matthew wall
adam, thank you for diving into this. when you do 'apt purge weewx' it is *supposed* to delete the debconf variables. somehow yours did not. there is logic in the weewx postinst maintainer script that is *supposed* to clean user inputs, but that logic does not validate latitude/longitude. i

[weewx-user] Re: Bad install

2024-02-18 Thread Adam White
For anyone encountering this in the future: sudo weectl station reconfigure helped give me a complete and current .conf but still didn't fix the problem sudo grep -Rnw /var -e 89-77993 #revealed: $/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:742:Value: [redacted],-89-77993 $/var/cache/debconf/config.dat-old:74

[weewx-user] Re: Bad install

2024-02-18 Thread Adam White
Submitted without comment. pi@k4spbx:~ $ sudo apt install weewx Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: python3-cheetah python3-configobj python3-ephem python3-usb Suggested packages:

[weewx-user] Re: Bad install

2024-02-18 Thread Adam White
Also, where was that long. persisting if I deleted ALL those files? This install, or lack thereof, displayed some bizarre behavior to say the least. On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 10:35:45 PM UTC-6 Adam White wrote: > I double checked weewx.conf and it was a decimal so something was haywire. >

[weewx-user] Re: Bad install

2024-02-18 Thread Adam White
I double checked weewx.conf and it was a decimal so something was haywire. I grep'd /etc and /var and deleted nearly everything weewx touched. Was waiting for more feedback before continuing with reinstall. On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 12:47:45 PM UTC-6 michael.k...@gmx.at wrote: > Maybe , f

[weewx-user] Re: Bad install

2024-02-18 Thread 'michael.k...@gmx.at' via weewx-user
Maybe , first of all, change [Station] longitude = -89-77993 to [Station] longitude = -89.77993 in your weewx.conf and see, if this helps you getting rid of all this crap. Adam White schrieb am Sonntag, 18. Februar 2024 um 19:33:01 UTC+1: > Hi I'm stuck trying to install weewx on a