mick tooher wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if anybody out there has got the APC
> Back-UPS up and running under mandrake. I tried the
> red-hat rpms of PowerChute (available from the
> www.apcc.com) and they loaded nicely in Mandrake 8.0.
> However the soltware could not communicate with he
> serial-input port /dev/ttyS0. I get the message
>
> /dev/ttyS0 appears to be a local control port
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> WARNING: Port must be configured for modem control in
> order to work
> with a
> "Simple" Signaling UPS
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> If I try to "cu" to this port I get
>
> cu -l /dev/modem
> cu: creat (/var/lock/TMP0000000c8b): Permission denied
> cu: /dev/modem: Line in use
>
> Anybody got past this point in the installation. I
> also tried the nut program without success.
>
> P.S. Yes, I do gave the infamous 940-0020B serial
> cable from APC, which is the one that supposedly
> works???
>
> Mick
>
John Rye wrote:
>Does the UPC software 'stipulate' that /dev/ttyS0 is to be used??
>
>Do you in fact have a modem assigned to one of your /dev/ttySx ports ?
> - which one ??
> - how is it assigned/configured
>
>Are you able to use another /dev/ttyS? - give it another bash and see what
>happens.
>
>Be a bit careful with connections to /dev/ttyS0 port as your mouse
>(regardless of type) still/may/might be assigned here despite what you
>think as indicated by the error message getting returned above.
I have been seeing the exact same error with /dev/ttyS1 (my mouse is on
ttyS0). Sad to say, though the APC software purports to support any
serial port I (also) have never gotten it to work on any.
--
Mike Rambo
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