Generation of log files no longer works

[Andre]

I screwed up.

I tried to "Minimize writes on SD cards" and had to undo it because I got problems. And now I can't create weewx log files anymore. And of course I did not make any backups before. Like a professional. ;)

Can anyone help me to restore the original state? Step-by-step if possible.

pi@weewx:/etc $ sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog
Jul 12 18:39:59 weewx rngd[417]: stats: HRNG source speed: (min=129.625; avg=333.380; max=530.870)Kibits/s
Jul 12 18:39:59 weewx rngd[417]: stats: FIPS tests speed: (min=11.847; avg=14.746; max=30.372)Mibits/s
Jul 12 18:39:59 weewx rngd[417]: stats: Lowest ready-buffers level: 2
Jul 12 18:39:59 weewx rngd[417]: stats: Entropy starvations: 0
Jul 12 18:39:59 weewx rngd[417]: stats: Time spent starving for entropy: (min=0; avg=0.000; max=0)us
Jul 12 18:41:31 weewx systemd[1]: Starting Daily apt download activities...
Jul 12 18:41:32 weewx systemd[1]: apt-daily.service: Succeeded.
Jul 12 18:41:32 weewx systemd[1]: Started Daily apt download activities.
Jul 12 18:51:09 weewx rngd[417]: block failed FIPS test: 0x02
Jul 12 19:17:01 weewx CRON[8598]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)

/etc/weewx/rsyslog.d/weewx.conf

:programname,isequal, "weewx" /var/log/weewx.log
:programname, isequal, "weewx"
:programname,startswith, "wee_" /var/log/weewx.log
:programname,startswith, "wee_"


#if $programname == 'weewx' then /var/log/weewx.log
#if $programname == 'weewx' then


# older versions of rsyslog use this syntax
#:programname,isequal, "weewx" /var/log/weewx.log
#:programname,isequal, "weewx" #
#:programname,startswith, "wee_" /var/log/weewx.log
#:programname,startswith, "wee_" #


# some prefer this dialect of rsyslog
#if $programname == 'weewx' then /var/log/weewx.log
#if $programname == 'weewx' then

/etc/weewx/logrotate.d/weewx

/var/log/weewx.log {
  weekly
  missingok
  rotates 52
  compress
  delaycompress
  notifempty


# on some older systems the permissions do not propagate, so force them
# debian uses root:adm
# create 644 root adm
# ubuntu uses syslog:adm
# create 644 syslog adm


# on some older systems rsyslog must be restarted to send output to right file
# sharedscripts
# postrotate
# standard way of invoking rc scripts
# /etc/init.d/rsyslog stop
# /etc/init.d/rsyslog start
# on some systems a reload will work
# /etc/init.d/rsyslog reload > /dev/null
# some ubuntu systems use upstart
# service rsyslog restart > /dev/null
# some redhat/fedora systems have their own way
# reload rsyslog > /dev/null 2>&1
# some debian systems do it this way
# invoke-rc.d rsyslog reload > /dev/null
# endscript
}

[John Kline]

These files haven’t changed in a long time.  You can compare them to these:

https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/master/util/rsyslog.d/weewx.conf

https://github.com/weewx/weewx/blob/master/util/logrotate.d/weewx

That said, if you have these files in place, they will cause WeeWX log output to go to /var/log/weewx.log, but you are showing tail output for /var/log/syslog!

Are you sure the output isn’t being written to /var/log/weewx.log?

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[Andre]

Thanks for your reply, John.

I'll compare and test it tomorrow.

Real life is calling...

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[John Kline]

Did you catch the end of my reply?

Have you looked to see if your log is being written to /var/log/weewx.log (rather than /var/log/syslog)?

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[Andre]

I read all your lines. But I just didn't have time to test and answer yesterday.

John, many thanks for pointing me the right hint.

I could'nt find a /var/log/weewx.log yesterday.

I tried to edit /etc/weewx/rsyslog.d/weewx.conf with parameter from your link above on Github.

And now it works as aspected.

Thanks again and I hope I will be less annoying with my questions in the future.

Regards, Andre

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