Conky weather+moon scripts (Accuw/WUndergr/NWS/MoonGiant)

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 16:49:16

morfik wrote:

Is there any way to test this vpn? I used riseup and it works fine. :]

What do you mean test it?

EDIT: Right, no you can't test it, it requires a subscription.

EDIT2: bansurveilancecapitalism had this problem as well...

Last edited by TeoBigusGeekus (2019-10-13 16:54:11)

morfik · 2019-10-13 17:09:04

Check via wireshark -- it will tell you what's wrong. big_smile

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 17:42:09

When I connect without a vpn, I monitor my ethernet, filter by accuweathers ip, and I get packages.
When I connect with a vpn, I filter by the ip wget tries to reach and I get nothing, no packages at all.
What's the proper way to use wireshark in my case?

morfik · 2019-10-13 17:47:24

I would monitor the vpn interface and see what happens there.

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 17:48:56

How do I find the vpn interface?

morfik · 2019-10-13 17:50:27

It's usually tun/tap. When you start vpn, the interface will be listed in the main screen, just select it.

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 17:52:37

Ok, it's tun0.
Can I get it to only monitor one command, ie. wget?

morfik · 2019-10-13 17:55:28

I don't think it can filter by process. Just use http/https filter and then just catch the conversation and filter by it.

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 18:06:23

Alright, thanks again, I'll see what i can do

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 19:14:13

Nope, can't figure out anything.
When the vpn is on the conversation never ends.

morfik · 2019-10-13 19:51:59

Could you save the log and send me? big_smile

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 19:58:00

Nah, I gave up and uninstalled wireshark.
Screw Accuweather, for us vpn users anyway...

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-13 20:50:09

ANNOUNCEMENT
Nobody seems to complain about the WUnderground script, so I merged the weatherfont branch to master and deleted the former. Furthermore, I renamed the script and its folder.
Switch to the master branch and pull the new script.

00ninja · 2019-10-14 19:23:01

TeoBigusGeekus wrote:

I use Expressvpn, I cannot try other vpns.

First I want to thank you and other forum members for the amazing Conky weather scripts and support you and others give. Truly amazing!

I have been using the Accuweather script for a couple of years now, modified to fit in with my own Conky script. I have been lurking and trying to keep up with the issues and noticed the VPN problem is not just me. I am using Private Internet Access so it seems there are some VPN providers that the script is not working with.

I also have no issues browsing the Accuweather.com in a browser when connected to the VPN. The only other issue I have had was that it would display my US address in Celsius if I connected to Canadian VPN, which was just annoying smile

I also see that it hangs and never responds with using VPN:

URL transformed to HTTPS due to an HSTS policy
--2019-10-14 14:15:46--  https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/xxxxx/xxxxx/current-weather/xxxxx
Resolving www.accuweather.com (www.accuweather.com)... 23.33.160.46
Connecting to www.accuweather.com (www.accuweather.com)|23.33.160.46|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...

without VPN:

URL transformed to HTTPS due to an HSTS policy
--2019-10-14 14:15:46--  https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/xxxxx/xxxxx/current-weather/xxxxx
Resolving www.accuweather.com (www.accuweather.com)... 23.33.160.46
Connecting to www.accuweather.com (www.accuweather.com)|23.33.160.46|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Cookie coming from www.accuweather.com attempted to set domain to m.accuweather.com
Cookie coming from www.accuweather.com attempted to set domain to m.accuweather.com
Length: unspecified [text/html]

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-14 20:56:20

Thanks for the kind words and the feedback 00ninja.
I tried wireshark in case I found a solution, got frustrated and gave up.
The strange thing is that the majority of the script's users don't use a vpn, so Accuweather has almost nothing to gain from it; it has to be a side effect of some of their web filters.
I had been using the Accuweather script since it's inception 10 years ago; I'm forced to admit that I've switched to Weather.com, both because of the vpn issue, but also because I've got tired of my old conkyrc.
I also want to monitor closely the weather.com script: weather.com has given me much trouble in the past, that's why I had abandoned the old (like really old) version of their script. Let's hope that this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship...
As for Accuweather, I don't know what else I can do, my Google-fu has failed me miserably.

morfik · 2019-10-14 21:05:52

I think accuweather changed again. :]

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-14 21:07:21

What now?

morfik · 2019-10-14 21:08:11

The curr_cond file has something like:

EMPTY LINE FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH THE OLD CONKYRC FILES
EMPTY LINE FOR COMPATIBILITY WITH THE OLD CONKYRC FILES
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:
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TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-14 21:09:11

Oh dear, let me turn my vpn off...

00ninja · 2019-10-14 22:00:57

TeoBigusGeekus wrote:

Oh dear, let me turn my vpn off...

Ha! This time it is not VPN related. I am seeing the same on multiple computers, with only one that is using a VPN.

So you say you are using weather.com script? I didn't see it in the first post other than the WU script (and NWS).

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-14 22:06:18

Yeah, I've been meaning to announce it as a canonical script, but accuweather don't let me do anything else but correct their script.
Grab it from here.

Be warned though that this script doesn't run on all systems...
Give it a try and report back.

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-14 22:38:54

ANNOUNCEMENT
Corrected the curr_cond file after Accuweather's new tricks. Unfortunately, we've lost the Ceiling value from the current weather conditions, I hope it wasn't too important, whatever it was.

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-14 22:42:21

I'd like a report from people from the US, as I can't test the script with imperial units because Accuweather goes bonkers when I use my vpn.

manuel-909 · 2019-10-14 23:05:01

i test on bunsen , mx , dosent work . arch linux it works , i dont find the fix yet still serching .

TeoBigusGeekus · 2019-10-14 23:08:24

Something to do with imagemagick was the final verdict, wasn't it?

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