[weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

Thank you for the information yes that appears to be the problem http://203.213.243.61/weewx/owpkg/owpkg.tar.gz the link has expired so unable to update th

[weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

Hi Glenn thanks for helping out Tried the following but still getting errors sudo apt upate sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install owserver ow-shell /etc/owfs.conf file updated pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt install owserver ow-shell Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading st

[weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

OK I figured it out with your help something wrong with python-ow 3-xxx get a clean install with regards to 1 wire ie python-ow the idea is to install python-ow2.9 download the deb packages i copied them to my /var/cache/apt/archives/partia/ dont know if that matters and installed them works

[weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

Hi Just tried this method and it has worked on 3 separate installs one question when i update or upgrade the pi will it over write these files?? causing it to fail again On Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 8:55:42 AM UTC+1, vigilancewx wrote: > > I have used OWFS service for a few years and its w

[weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

Glenn Thanks for the detailed information very informative i guess i will keep a good working .img file nice and safe If and when i do any upgrade i have something to fall back on I know if we never upgraded we would still be using DOS or win 3.1 but sometimes its a headache thanks again

Re: [weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

Don't worry about owpkg.tar.gz. It was relevant at the time, it's not now. dpkg didn't finish the installation of owserver, it failed for some reason. Possibly a version mismatch? Try refreshing the package database with... sudo apt update then redo the installation... sudo apt install owserver

Re: [weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

I don't run mine under systemd, however; If I run through the same install process as above, on a machine that has systemd installed I get the same error as you IF I don't have the USB module plugged in when I attempt to start it. So, is yours plugged in when you do the install or attempt the rest

Re: [weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

Given that you had the dongle installed (per your first post) and that I'm out of ideas. The following list posting at owfs.org may prove interesting? In particular the last post by the OP. https://sourceforge.net/p/owfs/mailman/owfs-developers/thread/8b89c145-3f72-6b2b-d992-36f1666a52d6%40kky.zcu

Re: [weewx-user] Re: OWFS & PI4

I'd say they will be overwritten on the next upgrade. As it's Debian at heart there is a method to lock a package version (search for : debian lock package version ) and prevent upgrades but the problem still exists in that other upgrades and their dependencies, eg weewx's eventual move from py