Save Settings Error

[pendolsp]

I installed AllSky on a new RPi 4b 8 GB. This was my first attempt, so no existing files to copy. During installation of AllSky I had to change the RPi locale setting. I then continued the AllSky installation. I attempted to set the lat/lon of my device. Saving settings failed every attempt stating an error in the lat/lon required field, which always came back empty. So, I updated the lat/lon directly in the settings.json file and restarted AllSky. I also updated the location, owner, lens, and computer settings manually in the json file. This is because each time I attempt to save settings, the error "Settings NOT saved due to errors above" is the result. But, no errors are shown. I searched, though not exhaustively, for a solution, but no joy.

[pendolsp]

I've also attempted to update the admin password, which also fails. I must have a permissions problem somewhere.

[EricClaeys]

Please attach /var/log/lighttpd/error.log and /var/log/allsky.log and I will take a look.

[pendolsp]

Works now. I re-imaged my Pi and installed AllSky. Seems to be working now. I clearly made mistakes when installing previously. Thank you for your response.

[EricClaeys]

It would have been nice to have the log file so I could have made the installation more bullet proof. The installation checks for bad user input but it's possible there are things it's missing.

[rcisco60]

I am having the same issue. I have re-installed raspberry and allsky several times and have the same results. I cannot set the debug to level4 because it will not save any settings. I did clear the log file and will attach it here.
allsky.log

[EricClaeys]

@rcisco60, Please attach /var/log/lighttpd/error.log and /var/log/allsky.log and I will take a look.

[rcisco60]

I cannot open the lighttpd folder. It says permission denied.

[EricClaeys]

So it rebooted to change the locale, but you didn't re-do the installation, so nothing worked. Is that correct?

What could the installation have done to make it clearer you needed to restart the installation? I'm pretty sure other people have done the same thing as you, so I need to improve the installation but need feedback.

[rcisco60]

I didn't see anything that said i needed to start the installation again. That was the only difference from all the other times I installed it. The other times I installed it I was also installing pi

[rcisco60]

It did work. It is up and running now

[EricClaeys]

Thanks for the feedback. There will be a message in the next point release in a week or two.