wviewweather.com

steves68 · Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Clayton, NC

I am running Fedora Core 4. When Fedora starts wview shows red and does not start the daemons. I can manually start wviewd and htmlgend and everything seems to work no prob. I have re-read and reinstalled the package several times with the same results. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve

P.S. I sure am happy to see Linux support for the Vantage PRO

http://n4yog.dyndns.org/weather/

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

Have you placed the wview start script in the right location? Did you define the appropriate soft link for your run level? Can you run wview using the wview start script from the command line as root? If all of the above are true, it should start at boot.

Let me know these specifics.

Mark

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

One other thing: if you specified a non-default PREFIX to the configure scripts for radlib and wview as something other than /usr/local, then the paths in the wview start script will need to be changed to match your PREFIX.

Do a "whereis" on wviewd, htmlgend, wvalarmd, etc. - that will tell what path they are installed on and what the wview start script should match.

Let us know...

Mark

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

Looking at your weather site, it looks like you haven't run wviewconfig properly or completely. Your elevation is showing to be -300 ft, your stationCity and StationState don't look right - maybe you hacked the html template for your page title (not necessary), but the header line at the top of the browser does not show the proper city/state substitutions taking place.

You have some type of problem with spacing in your template file for your weather home page (index.htx) - the other templates appear to be fine. Maybe the editor you used for changing the template did something with spaces. I would start over with a fresh copy of the index.htx file - you may not need to change it at all other than the radar image/link and forecast button.

It is also not preferred or necessary to use all caps for your station city and state.

You will also need to upgrade to 1.7.4 when you can.

Mark

steves68 · Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Clayton, NC

I have edited the template to change the weather radar link at the bottom. Looking at other pages I think that there is a spacing problem between my longitude and elevation. most other sites using the same template seem to have a dash where mine is missing a space and looks like a minus 300 as a result. I will check all the other suggestions and install 1.7.4. I will not be able to try for a few days.
Thanks for all your help!

Steve

steves68 · Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Clayton, NC

Mark,
I have installed 1.7.5 and carefully gone through the configuration with the same results. Here is the results of the whereis command:

[root@linuxbox steve]# whereis wviewd
wviewd: /usr/local/bin/wviewd
[root@linuxbox steve]# whereis htmlgend
htmlgend: /usr/local/bin/htmlgend
[root@linuxbox steve]#

I am going to do some other checking but if there is any info I can provide that might help let me know.

Thanks,
Steve

http://n4yog.dyndns.org/weather/

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

Is the wview start script in /etc/rc.d/init.d?

Is it executable (chmod +x wview)?

What runlevel are you booting into (3 or 5)? 3 if no X windows, 5 if you boot into X windows...

Is there the appropriate soft link in /etc/rc5.d (or rc3.d)? It should be created with the command:

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

BTW, there are more than just the wviewd and htmlgend daemons which potentially get started, according to your configuration (done with the wviewconfig script).

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

Also, I asked before if you could run the wview start script from the command line as root:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/wview start

What is the output of that? What do you see in /var/log/messages?

Post this as well...

Mark

steves68 · Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Clayton, NC

OK,
I am booting into runlevel 5
I have recopied the script, done the chmod command
and recreated the soft link. one note, the command you posted is different than the one in the user manual. the difference being S91wview vs. S98wview in the user manual. I am not sure if this matters.
Sorry but I am somewhat a newbie at linux commands.

When I run /etc/rc.d/init.d/wview start it just returns me to the command line and there are no messages in the /var/log/messages here is the output:

Sep 1 20:24:25 linuxbox ntpd[1884]: kernel time sync disabled 0041
Sep 1 20:24:54 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2509]: session opened for user root by (ui
d=500)
Sep 1 20:24:54 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2509]: session closed for user root
Sep 1 20:24:56 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2514]: session opened for user root by (ui
d=500)
Sep 1 20:25:20 linuxbox ntpd[1884]: synchronized to 128.208.109.7, stratum 3
Sep 1 20:25:20 linuxbox ntpd[1884]: kernel time sync enabled 0001
Sep 1 20:25:23 linuxbox ntpd[1884]: synchronized to 136.159.2.2, stratum 2
Sep 1 20:28:00 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2587]: session opened for user root by (ui
d=500)
Sep 1 20:28:01 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2587]: session closed for user root
Sep 1 20:28:02 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2592]: session opened for user root by (ui d=500)
Sep 1 20:29:26 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2514]: session closed for user root
^[[A
Sep 1 20:30:29 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2647]: session opened for user root by (ui d=500)
Sep 1 20:30:30 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2647]: session closed for user root
Sep 1 20:30:31 linuxbox su(pam_unix)[2652]: session opened for user root by (ui d=500)
^[[A
Sep 1 20:41:35 linuxbox automount[2788]: failed to mount /misc/.directory
Sep 1 20:41:35 linuxbox automount[2789]: >> /usr/sbin/showmount: can't get addr ess for .directory
Sep 1 20:41:35 linuxbox automount[2789]: lookup(program): lookup for .directory failed
Sep 1 20:41:35 linuxbox automount[2789]: failed to mount /net/.directory
Sep 1 20:48:55 linuxbox automount[2898]: failed to mount /misc/.directory
Sep 1 20:48:55 linuxbox automount[2899]: >> /usr/sbin/showmount: can't get addr ess for .directory
Sep 1 20:48:55 linuxbox automount[2899]: lookup(program): lookup for .directory failed
Sep 1 20:48:55 linuxbox automount[2899]: failed to mount /net/.directory

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here is the wview script
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#! /bin/bash
#
# wview Start/Stop the wview daemons
#
# processnames: wviewd htmlgend wviewftpd wvalarmd wvcwopd wviewsshd
# config: /etc/wview
# pidfiles: /var/wview/*.pid

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

RUN_DIRECTORY=/var/wview
WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin

WVIEWD_BIN=$WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR/wviewd
test -x $WVIEWD_BIN || exit 5

HTMLD_BIN=$WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR/htmlgend
test -x $HTMLD_BIN || exit 6

FTPD_BIN=$WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR/wviewftpd
test -x $FTPD_BIN || exit 7

SSHD_BIN=$WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR/wviewsshd
test -x $SSHD_BIN || exit 7

ALARMD_BIN=$WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR/wvalarmd
test -x $ALARMD_BIN || exit 8

CWOPD_BIN=$WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR/wvcwopd
test -x $CWOPD_BIN || exit 8

WUNDER_BIN=$WVIEW_INSTALL_DIR/wvwunderd
test -x $WUNDER_BIN || exit 8

WVIEWD_PID=$RUN_DIRECTORY/wviewd.pid
HTMLD_PID=$RUN_DIRECTORY/htmlgend.pid
FTPD_PID=$RUN_DIRECTORY/wviewftpd.pid
SSHD_PID=$RUN_DIRECTORY/wviewsshd.pid
ALARMD_PID=$RUN_DIRECTORY/wvalarmd.pid
CWOPD_PID=$RUN_DIRECTORY/wvcwopd.pid
WUNDER_PID=$RUN_DIRECTORY/wvwunderd.pid

case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting wview daemons:"
if [ -f $WVIEWD_PID ]; then
echo "wviewd pid file $WVIEWD_PID exists - killing existing process"
kill -15 `cat $WVIEWD_PID`
rm -f $WVIEWD_PID
fi
if [ -f $HTMLD_PID ]; then
echo "htmlgend pid file $HTMLD_PID exists - killing existing process"
kill -15 `cat $HTMLD_PID`
rm -f $HTMLD_PID
fi
if [ -f $FTPD_PID ]; then
echo "wviewftpd pid file $FTPD_PID exists - killing existing process"
kill -15 `cat $FTPD_PID`
rm -f $FTPD_PID
fi
if [ -f $SSHD_PID ]; then
echo "wviewsshd pid file $SSHD_PID exists - killing existing process"
kill -15 `cat $SSHD_PID`
rm -f $SSHD_PID
fi
if [ -f $ALARMD_PID ]; then
echo "wvalarmd pid file $ALARMD_PID exists - killing existing process"
kill -15 `cat $ALARMD_PID`
rm -f $ALARMD_PID
fi
if [ -f $CWOPD_PID ]; then
echo "wvcwopd pid file $CWOPD_PID exists - killing existing process"
kill -15 `cat $CWOPD_PID`
rm -f $CWOPD_PID
fi
if [ -f $WUNDER_PID ]; then
echo "wvwunderd pid file $WUNDER_PID exists - killing existing process"
kill -15 `cat $WUNDER_PID`
rm -f $WUNDER_PID
fi

$WVIEWD_BIN
sleep 1
$HTMLD_BIN
$ALARMD_BIN
$CWOPD_BIN
$WUNDER_BIN
$FTPD_BIN
$SSHD_BIN
;;
stop)
echo "Shutting down wview daemons..."
if [ -f $WUNDER_PID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $WUNDER_PID`
fi
if [ -f $CWOPD_PID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $CWOPD_PID`
fi
if [ -f $ALARMD_PID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $ALARMD_PID`
fi
if [ -f $SSHD_PID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $SSHD_PID`
fi
if [ -f $FTPD_PID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $FTPD_PID`
fi
if [ -f $HTMLD_PID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $HTMLD_PID`
fi
if [ -f $WVIEWD_PID ]; then
kill -15 `cat $WVIEWD_PID`
fi
;;
restart)
$0 stop && sleep 2
$0 start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
esac

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here is the output of ls -al /etc/rc5d/
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[root@linuxbox rc5.d]# ls -al /etc/rc5.d/
total 292
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 1 20:39 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 1 03:24 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 1 03:34 K01yum -> ../init.d/yum
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Sep 1 03:34 K02NetworkManager -> ../init.d/Networ
kManager
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Sep 1 03:34 K02NetworkManagerDispatcher -> ../ini
t.d/NetworkManagerDispatcher
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:24 K05saslauthd -> ../init.d/saslauthd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:35 K10dc_server -> ../init.d/dc_server
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 03:32 K10psacct -> ../init.d/psacct
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:35 K12dc_client -> ../init.d/dc_client
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 1 03:34 K20nfs -> ../init.d/nfs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 03:42 K20tomcat5 -> ../init.d/tomcat5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 03:32 K24irda -> ../init.d/irda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:40 K25squid -> ../init.d/squid
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Sep 1 03:57 K30spamassassin -> ../init.d/spamassa
ssin
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 1 03:45 K35smb -> ../init.d/smb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:53 K35vncserver -> ../init.d/vncserver
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 09:30 K35winbind -> ../init.d/winbind
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 09:12 K36lisa -> ../init.d/lisa
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 09:24 K36mysqld -> ../init.d/mysqld
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 03:33 K50netdump -> ../init.d/netdump
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:46 K50snmpd -> ../init.d/snmpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:46 K50snmptrapd -> ../init.d/snmptrapd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 1 03:35 K50tux -> ../init.d/tux
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 1 03:34 K69rpcsvcgssd -> ../init.d/rpcsvcgssd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 09:30 K73ypbind -> ../init.d/ypbind
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 09:30 K74nscd -> ../init.d/nscd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:34 K85mdmpd -> ../init.d/mdmpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:33 K89named -> ../init.d/named
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 1 03:20 K89netplugd -> ../init.d/netplugd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:19 K89rdisc -> ../init.d/rdisc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 1 10:42 K92iptables -> ../init.d/iptables
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 1 03:33 K94diskdump -> ../init.d/diskdump
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:29 S05kudzu -> ../init.d/kudzu
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 1 03:33 S06cpuspeed -> ../init.d/cpuspeed
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 03:34 S09isdn -> ../init.d/isdn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 03:34 S09pcmcia -> ../init.d/pcmcia
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 03:24 S10network -> ../init.d/network
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Sep 1 10:42 S11firestarter -> ../init.d/firestart
er
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 03:24 S12syslog -> ../init.d/syslog
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 03:34 S13portmap -> ../init.d/portmap
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 03:34 S14nfslock -> ../init.d/nfslock
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:34 S15mdmonitor -> ../init.d/mdmonitor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 03:19 S18auditd -> ../init.d/auditd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:34 S18rpcidmapd -> ../init.d/rpcidmapd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 03:34 S19rpcgssd -> ../init.d/rpcgssd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:33 S25bluetooth -> ../init.d/bluetooth
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:24 S25netfs -> ../init.d/netfs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 03:34 S26apmd -> ../init.d/apmd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 1 03:45 S26lm_sensors -> ../init.d/lm_sensors
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 03:33 S28autofs -> ../init.d/autofs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 03:48 S33nifd -> ../init.d/nifd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Sep 1 03:48 S34mDNSResponder -> ../init.d/mDNSRes ponder
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:33 S44acpid -> ../init.d/acpid
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 03:33 S55cups -> ../init.d/cups
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 03:34 S55sshd -> ../init.d/sshd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 09:22 S56xinetd -> ../init.d/xinetd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Sep 1 09:52 S58ntpd -> ../init.d/ntpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 1 13:02 S60vsftpd -> ../init.d/vsftpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Sep 1 03:34 S80sendmail -> ../init.d/sendmail
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 1 03:31 S85gpm -> ../init.d/gpm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 13:02 S85httpd -> ../init.d/httpd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:34 S90crond -> ../init.d/crond
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 1 03:47 S90xfs -> ../init.d/xfs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Sep 1 20:39 S91wview -> /etc/rc.d/init.d/wview
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Sep 1 03:30 S95anacron -> ../init.d/anacron
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Sep 1 03:32 S95atd -> ../init.d/atd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Sep 1 03:21 S97messagebus -> ../init.d/messagebus
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Sep 1 03:35 S97rhnsd -> ../init.d/rhnsd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Sep 1 03:48 S98cups-config-daemon -> ../init.d/cu ps-config-daemon
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Sep 1 03:29 S98haldaemon -> ../init.d/haldaemon
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Sep 1 03:24 S99local -> ../rc.local
[root@linuxbox rc5.d]#

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I hope I have answered everything. Thanks a bunch for the time you have spent helping me.

Steve

Razz

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

No problem...

You are running the wview script as root?

As root:
Post the output of "env"...
Post the output of "whereis bash"...

You should see "Starting wview daemons..." even if the script fails when you execute it.

It is beginning to sound like you didn't install bash, but you would have to try very hard to do that during install.

Also, post your /etc/syslog.conf file contents...

Mark

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

Hey, just had a thought -

Comment out the line in the wview start script

steves68 · Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 6 Location: Clayton, NC

Here are the results of env and whereis bash
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KDE_MULTIHEAD=false
SSH_AGENT_PID=2302
HOSTNAME=linuxbox
TERM=xterm
SHELL=/bin/bash
HISTSIZE=1000
GTK2_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:/root/.gtkrc-2.0:/root/.kde/share/config/gtkrc
GTK_RC_FILES=/etc/gtk/gtkrc:/root/.gtkrc:/root/.kde/share/config/gtkrc
GS_LIB=/root/.fonts
WINDOWID=33554439
QTDIR=/usr/lib/qt-3.3
KDE_FULL_SESSION=true
USER=root
LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=00;34:ln=00;36:pi=40;33:so=00;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;0
1:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:ex=00;32:*.cmd=00;32:*.exe=00;32:*.com=00;32:*.b
tm=00;32:*.bat=00;32:*.sh=00;32:*.csh=00;32:*.tar=00;31:*.tgz=00;31:*.arj=00;31:
*.taz=00;31:*.lzh=00;31:*.zip=00;31:*.z=00;31:*.Z=00;31:*.gz=00;31:*.bz2=00;31:*
.bz=00;31:*.tz=00;31:*.rpm=00;31:*.cpio=00;31:*.jpg=00;35:*.gif=00;35:*.bmp=00;3
5:*.xbm=00;35:*.xpm=00;35:*.png=00;35:*.tif=00;35:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-AyrUjT2246/agent.2246
KDEDIR=/usr
SESSION_MANAGER=local/linuxbox:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2390
KONSOLE_DCOP=DCOPRef(konsole-2432,konsole)
PATH=/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/ bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
DESKTOP_SESSION=default
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/root
GDM_XSERVER_LOCATION=local
KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION=DCOPRef(konsole-2432,session-1)
PWD=/root
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
GDMSESSION=default
SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/libexec/openssh/gnome-ssh-askpass
SHLVL=3
HOME=/root
XCURSOR_THEME=default
LOGNAME=root
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-vYEzXrk2Gr,guid=84131843c759da1 fb05558a8ea9d8500
LESSOPEN=|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
DISPLAY=:0.0
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES=1
COLORTERM=
XAUTHORITY=/root/.Xauthority
_=/bin/env
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[root@linuxbox ~]# whereis bash
bash: /bin/bash /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz
[root@linuxbox ~]#

---------------------------------------------------------------------
here is /etc/syslog.conf
----------------------------------------------------------
# Log all kernel messages to the console.
# Logging much else clutters up the screen.
#kern.* /dev/console

# Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher.
# Don't log private authentication messages!
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages

# The authpriv file has restricted access.
authpriv.* /var/log/secure

# Log all the mail messages in one place.
mail.* -/var/log/maillog

# Log cron stuff
cron.* /var/log/cron

# Everybody gets emergency messages
*.emerg *

# Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file.
uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler

# Save boot messages also to boot.log
local7.* /var/log/boot.log

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thanks,
Steve

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

Comment out the line I indicated in the above post - I bet a dollar that is it...

I am going to fix the wview start scripts in the 1.7.6 distro now - the wvwunderd daemon is the first (and only) daemon which is conditionally built by the configure script, thus it very possibly may not be there and the start script should continue anyway...

Everything else looks fine.

mteel · Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 435 Location: Collinsville, TX

I just released version 1.7.7 which fixes the start script bug when Weather Underground support is not included during configuration. This should fix your problems, sorry to run you through all of the background info, but hopefully it will be beneficial for someone else in the future.

Mark