Thanks, I was missing the "-1" at the end, that solved my problem I managed to downgrade.
sudo apt install weewx=4.10.2-1 Axelle. On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 8:31:56 PM UTC+1 Mks Mk wrote: > Pierre-Yves > we used these commands > sudo apt remove weewx > then > sudo apt install weewx=4.10.2-1 > > On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 10:13:38 PM UTC+3 Pierre-Yves wrote: > >> @ Mks Mk, >> Which command did you use to perform the downgrade from v5to v4.10.2 ? >> I tried "sudo apt install weewx=4.10.2" and "sudo apt install weewx >> 4.10.2" but none of these work... >> >> Thanks, Pierre-Yves >> >> Le mardi 6 février 2024 à 19:44:41 UTC+1, Mks Mk a écrit : >> >>> we just tried the upgrade again to weewx v5.0.1 (sudo apt update) and >>> it worked this time. >>> (we have not done any changes to the system after the downgrade to >>> v4.10.2) >>> >>> On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 8:32:36 PM UTC+3 Pierre-Yves wrote: >>> >>>> @ Matthew, thanks. I need now to "digest" all this information, it's a >>>> bit high level for me ;-) >>>> >>>> @ Stefanos, thanks too, I tested my USB SDR key and obtain the same >>>> result as yours : "Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0bda:2838 Realtek Semiconductor >>>> Corp. RTL2838 DVB-T" >>>> >>>> Pierre-Yves >>>> Le mardi 6 février 2024 à 18:17:07 UTC+1, Stefanos Kalaitzis a écrit : >>>> >>>>> i forgot to write in my last message that when you finished you must >>>>> restart udev or restart the device you using( p.c , rpi ,... etc) >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 7:11:07 PM UTC+2 matthew wall wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 11:38:24 AM UTC-5 Pierre-Yves wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems to be a problem of rules change. In fact, I first upgraded >>>>>> from 4.10.2 to 5.0.0 and weewx worked perfectly. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> weewx was running as root:root. weewx 5.0.0 did not modify any >>>>>> permissions when it upgraded from 4.10.2. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Then I went from 5.0.0 to 5.0.1 an weewx failed to start. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> weewx was running as weewx:weewx. weewx 5.0.1 converts from >>>>>> root:root permissions to weewx:weewx permissions, and runs the daemon as >>>>>> weewx. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> For Weewx,, I did a deb/rpm install and, as far I remember, I >>>>>> installed rtl-sdr following your Git ( >>>>>> https://github.com/matthewwall/weewx-sdr). >>>>>> >>>>>> I tried the command you proposed (sudo usermod -aG plugdev weewx) but >>>>>> that doesn't solve the problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> is there a udev rules file for sdr? (it is a separate step when you >>>>>> build rtl-sdr from source) >>>>>> if there is a udev rules file for sdr, how are the permissions set? >>>>>> did the usermod for weewx succeed? >>>>>> is weewx in the plugdev group? (grep weewx /etc/group) >>>>>> did you restart weewxd after putting weewx into the plugdev group? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regarding the rtl-sdr rules, I have a doubt. I installed the file in >>>>>> /etc/weewx/udev/rules.d. Maybe it is a wrong place... I read in another >>>>>> thread that it should be in /usr/lib/udev/rules.d... What about ? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> packages install to /usr/lib/udev/rules.d >>>>>> >>>>>> system administrators (or end-users acting as system administrators) >>>>>> put things in /etc/udev/rules.d >>>>>> >>>>>> that way you can override whatever a package installs, and your >>>>>> changes will not be overwritten by the package when you upgrade/update. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- 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/fd23e192-a123-4be1-9ac9-e3e085dd591an%40googlegroups.com.