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Another enhancement request from @tehmessiah75:

"Something which I figure is more complicated and maybe a completely different project. Make the text a bit smaller and at the top or bottom and then put the local radar image on a refresh for the background. "

>>> Yes, this would be complicated, especially adding a radar image. Interesting idea, though.

Enhancement requests from @tehmessiah75:

1. "Configuration options to change the colour of (a) the background or (b) the text. Just basic Red Green Blue Yellow or Black with a light background colour."

>>> Should be straight-forward using Tk. The enhancements would effect the code and the config file.

2. "Change the startup location of the mouse cursor or somehow make the cursor hide after a 10 seconds (or some other predefined timeout). When mine loads the cursor is right in the middle of the screen over the temperature."

>>> I saw that too when I had a viable TFT screen to work with (It died!). I thought that I defeated this anomaly but apparently not. Note that I am having a lot of trouble ordering https://www.adafruit.com/product/2441 as a replacement.

Added logic to validate the configuration file TEMP_UNITS value which must be one of the following after converting to lower case:

• metric
• imperial
• kelvin

Fixed in version 4.1.

Logging to stdout is working. But, it is supposed to be replicated to the log file.

Hi - rpi3 bullseye with adafruit screen syncing a local ntp server. Pi is syncing to ntp server accurately, confirmed by watch -n 0.1 date and timedatectl timesync-status but rpi_clock screen display updates time far less frequency - varies between 2s and 48s every minute, not seemingly dependent on ntp minpoll settings. Is there a way to set/reduce/manipulate the screen display refresh so it more accurately tracks the ntp system time? thanks

To make a long story short, the Weather Underground are being absorbed by a more commercial
enterprise, The Weather Channel ("TWC" on USA cable and many app-oriented boxes).

Recovery steps:

• Migrated from the Weather Underground to Open Weather Maps.
• All of the operational files in subdirectory bin are affected.
• But, it really is a total project refresh - ugh.

Version 4 reflects the completed migration.

The last update from somebody (?) very recently created this symptom.
Fix: sudo apt-get install rng-tools
Verified ok now.

Affected source file: rpi_clock.py

Nice project and run perfect, .cfg easy to understand, but I got something wrong info when I ssh to my raspberry, can you help me to solve it or told me what happened.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ Traceback (most recent call last):
File "rpi_clock.py", line 345, in
initialize_the_process()
File "rpi_clock.py", line 151, in initialize_the_process
oops("initialization: Must not run in SSH session")
File "rpi_clock.py", line 49, in oops
parms.logging_init("OOPS", True)
File "/home/pi/rpi_clock/bin/rpi_clock_parameters.py", line 40, in logging_init
fh = logging.FileHandler(log_file)
File "/usr/lib/python3.7/logging/init.py", line 1079, in init
filename = os.fspath(filename)
TypeError: expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, not bool

Thank you!

@TehMessiah reported this: Why can't rpi_clock run in an ssh session? It can provided that the -Y (X11 forwarding) parameter is provided. If -Y was not provided, the DISPLAY variable will be missing from the O/S environment.

As of v5.0, rpi_clock checks that this variable is present:

• Present: proceed with execution.
• Missing: fatal error.

@tehmessiah75 @vacumcollapse @DEV-XiA @MRDGH2821 @youanan

I have a spare Raspberry Pi 2 model B. And, I finally found stock of the Adafruit PiTFT 3.5" Touch Screen for Raspberry Pi at Tinkersphere. My issue is finding a new or old Raspbian O/S image with a desktop that will work with the TFT product. Hopefully, I did not receive a lemon as it is currently not functional beyond showing a blank powered-up screen.

In the "Easy Install" instructions at Adafruit (https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-pitft-3-dot-5-touch-screen-for-raspberry-pi/easy-install-2), they are recommending distros that are "Lite" i.e. without a desktop. I can do that and add a desktop or simply add enough X-Windows to make it work. But, that complicates the prep notes for a non-programming user.

You lot have gotten rpi_clock to work on Raspberry Pis so I have a few questions. There are no wrong answers! Opinions are most welcome. Any other issue readers are also solicited.

1. Are you using the Adafruit PiTFT 3.5" Touch Screen?
2. Which Raspbian or Raspberry Pi OS with desktop are you using? A precise URL for download would be useful.
3. If you downloaded a Lite O/S, how did you add enough X-Windows to satisfy Tk so that rpi_clock ran? Was this straight-forward enough for a non-programming user?
4. What did you have to do in raspi-config to get it to work? Enable SSH, of course, for remote connection. How about SPI?
5. Did you hand-edit the boot config.txt file? If so, details, please.
6. Any other comments? Anything else that might help a non-programming user?

By the way, you can run with an ssh -Y connection in v5.0 (ready for installation).

This seems to be a nice project and the closest one to solve my problem.
I just want to know how to display only clock and nothing else, that too with larger font size?

Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
When i reboot the Pi after following your instruction i receive the following error

$ Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ben/rpi_clock/bin/rpi_clock.py", line 10, in
from tkinter import Button, Label, Tk
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'tkinter'

Expected behavior
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Screenshots
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Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Raspian Bullseye Lite

Here's the problem (from the command line):
pi@raspberrypi:~/rpi_clock/bin $ python3 rpi_clock.py rpi_clock.cfg
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "rpi_clock.py", line 15, in
parms = RpiClockParameters()
File "/home/pi/rpi_clock/bin/rpi_clock_parameters.py", line 64, in init
home = str(Path.home())
AttributeError: type object 'Path' has no attribute 'home'

I'm at Python 3.4. I tried pointing the symlink 'python' in usr/bin to 'python3', but that didn't help.

The project looks great. I hope to use it.

"tk" in the window title is not very useful.

Describe the bug

File "/home/ben/rpi_clock/bin/rpi_clock.py", line 9
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Hi, I got this message when I run the script:
[2019-02-11 18:36:37,248]::OOPS::CRITICAL::initialization: Configuration file path is required
[2019-02-11 18:36:37,248]::CRITICAL::initialization: Configuration file path is required

what am I supposed to do?
Many thanks

Source file affected: rpi_clock_parameters.py

Hi! I very like this code, but, some times, I want display my desktop,How do you close it?

only: Go Back, Reboot, Shutdown,

I did how you described in the readme, but I cannot get it to work.

I should note that I am a complete newbie and this is very new to me, but I really like this idea for a project.

I get this:

$[2021-02-12 21:41:32,362]::CRITICAL::OOPS, initialization: Must not run in SSH session ^C
[1]+ Izlaz 86 ( cd $HOME/rpi_clock/bin; python3 rpi_clock.py rpi_clock.cfg 2>&1 > $HOME/rpi_clock.log )

also, cannot find autostart folder.