At some point you must have done an install using apt-get. It puts the configuration file in /etc/weewx. I assume now you are using the setup.py install approach?
The best approach is to always specify the configuration file you want directly. So, it becomes */home/weewx/bin/weewxd /home/weewx/weewx.conf* This always works. -tk On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 8:13 AM Phil Owers <philip.c.ow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry Tom you are correct > I didn't know I had a weewx.conf file in etc/weewx/ > > Sorry if this is a silly question but how can I get it back to using the > home/weewx/weewx.conf file which it did before. I must have missed > something in the upgrage > Phil > > On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 2:17:12 PM UTC+1, Phil Owers wrote: >> >> Hi Guys >> Just upgraded from v4.0.18b to version 4 and it has stopped weewx >> From the logs >> >> May 1 14:05:56 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: weewx weather system. >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather >> system... >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1136] INFO __main__: Initializing weewx >> version 4.0.0 >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1136] INFO __main__: Using Python 3.7.3 >> (default, Dec 20 2019, 18:57:59) #012[GCC 8.3.0] >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1136] INFO __main__: Platform >> Linux-4.19.97-v7l+-armv7l-with-debian-10.3 >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1136] INFO __main__: Locale is >> 'en_GB.UTF-8' >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1136] INFO __main__: PID file is >> /var/run/weewx.pid >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] INFO __main__: Using >> configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] INFO weewx.engine: Loading >> station type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage) >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1124]: Starting weewx weather system: >> weewx. >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather system. >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: Caught >> unrecoverable exception: >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> could not convert string to float: '52.9444 1.2110' >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd", line 148, in main >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> engine = weewx.engine.StdEngine(config_dict) >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 72, in __init__ >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> self.preLoadServices(config_dict) >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 112, in preLoadServices >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> self.stn_info = weewx.station.StationInfo(self.console, >> **config_dict['Station']) >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/station.py", line 51, in __init__ >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> self.latitude_f = float(stn_dict['latitude']) >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> ValueError: could not convert string to float: '52.9444 1.2110' >> May 1 14:05:59 raspberrypi weewx[1140] CRITICAL __main__: **** >> Exiting. >> >> When I look in the weewx.conf file it had the lat an lon figures of >> 52.9444 and 1.2110 >> I changed the values to mine of 52.944 and 1.211 (not sure where the >> extra digits came from) stopped and restarted weewx but it still fails >> The above is after I changed the weewx.conf file which has >> >> # WEEWX CONFIGURATION FILE >> # >> # Copyright (c) 2009-2019 Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> >> # See the file LICENSE.txt for your rights. >> >> ############################################################################## >> # This section is for general configuration information. >> # Set to 1 for extra debug info, otherwise comment it out or set to zero >> debug = 0 >> # Root directory of the weewx data file hierarchy for this station >> WEEWX_ROOT = /home/weewx >> # Whether to log successful operations >> log_success = True >> # Whether to log unsuccessful operations >> log_failure = True >> # How long to wait before timing out a socket (FTP, HTTP) connection >> socket_timeout = 20 >> # Do not modify this. It is used when installing and updating weewx. >> version = 4.0.0 >> >> ############################################################################## >> # This section is for information about the station. >> [Station] >> >> # Description of the station location >> location = SheringhamWeatherCenter >> >> # Latitude in decimal degrees. Negative for southern hemisphere >> latitude = 52.944 >> # Longitude in decimal degrees. Negative for western hemisphere. >> longitude = 1.211 >> >> # Altitude of the station, with unit it is in. This is downloaded from >> # from the station if the hardware supports it. >> altitude = 150, foot # Choose 'foot' or 'meter' for unit >> Phil >> >> > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6dee94c3-10f4-40cb-91a1-dd8289298ac1%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/6dee94c3-10f4-40cb-91a1-dd8289298ac1%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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