ok, after your post Andrew i decided to uninstall weewx then reinstall using the apt-get command, this time around as you said it should i was asked for my location and altitude.
i then used: sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog which gave me this: May 2 11:52:07 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb' May 2 11:52:07 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: restx: StationRegistry: Registration not requested. May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled. May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled. May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: restx: CWOP: Posting not enabled. May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: restx: WOW: Posting not enabled. May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled. May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: engine: Starting up weewx version 3.8.0 May 2 11:52:08 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: fousb: synchronising to the weather station (quality=0) May 2 11:53:25 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: fousb: unstable read: blocks differ for ptr 0x000f80 May 2 11:54:05 raspberrypi weewx[1345]: fousb: invalid data in get_records at 0x0b80, 2018-05-01T01:23:59 already seems better don't you think? now awaiting for the appearance of the web page for the weather station...then will need to edit the config file, which up until now i haven't been able to do, might have to come back for that... thanks to everyone for everything so far, mostly your patience! -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
