automatic reload of weewx.conf

[bob dingle]

HI all,

I had to redo my pi sd card and reinstall weewx after a power outage mangled the installation. I was surprised to find that my original configuration files appeared in the new installation without me redoing all the parameters. Am I missing something or is this just the magic gremlin that occasionally does something good on our PCs?

[Dave Webb KB1PVH]

In what way did a power outage cause weewx to be mangled? 

Dave-KB1PVH


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On Fri, Aug 2, 2019, 2:11 PM bob dingle <g0ocb...@gmail.com> wrote:

HI all,

I had to redo my pi sd card and reinstall weewx after a power outage mangled the installation. I was surprised to find that my original configuration files appeared in the new installation without me redoing all the parameters. Am I missing something or is this just the magic gremlin that occasionally does something good on our PCs?

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[vince]

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 11:11:34 AM UTC-7, bob dingle wrote:

I had to redo my pi sd card and reinstall weewx after a power outage mangled the installation. I was surprised to find that my original configuration files appeared in the new installation without me redoing all the parameters. Am I missing something or is this just the magic gremlin that occasionally does something good on our PCs?

You're going to want to replace that SD card sooner rather than later, if you found some files corrupted after a power hit.

[Robert Lorenzini]

Get a power pack with "pass through charging". Cheap  and easy battery
backup. If your card is ~yr old you are on borrowed time IMHO. SSD would
save a lot of headaches.

Bob - wd6dod

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[Greg from Oz]

I wondered why my pi stopped the other day. The sd card had a hole burnt though it!

On Saturday, 3 August 2019 07:41:28 UTC+10, Popeye wrote:

Get a power pack with "pass through charging". Cheap  and easy battery
backup. If your card is ~yr old you are on borrowed time IMHO. SSD would
save a lot of headaches.

Bob - wd6dod

On 8/2/2019 1:22 PM, vince wrote:

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 11:11:34 AM UTC-7, bob dingle wrote:

I had to redo my pi sd card and reinstall weewx after a power outage mangled the installation. I was surprised to find that my original configuration files appeared in the new installation without me redoing all the parameters. Am I missing something or is this just the magic gremlin that occasionally does something good on our PCs?

You're going to want to replace that SD card sooner rather than later, if you found some files corrupted after a power hit.

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[vince]

On Friday, August 2, 2019 at 5:32:22 PM UTC-7, Greg from Oz wrote:

I wondered why my pi stopped the other day. The sd card had a hole burnt though it!

Wow - that'll do it for sure.

What model pi ?

Did you have it someplace it was crazy hot, or did you just get a short or something ?

[Greg from Oz]

Model is Pi 3

It wasn't anywhere hot and its winter here so it was cold.

Apparently it is a common fault.