On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 11:20, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 29 Oct 2003 5:46 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 07:48, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Wednesday 29 Oct 2003 12:57 pm, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 05:34, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > My ups is working well, but I would like to use the > > > > > monitoring software. Unfortunately I seem to have a config > > > > > problem, which I don't understand. These are the error > > > > > messages: > > > > > > > > > > Wed Oct 29 09:53:14 GMT 2003 Cannot create > > > > > /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd/LCK..ttyS0 serial port lock file: > > > > > ERR=No such file or directory > > > > > Wed Oct 29 09:53:14 GMT 2003 apcupsd FATAL ERROR in > > > > > apcdevice.c at line 87 > > > > > Unable to create UPS lock file. > > > > > Wed Oct 29 09:53:14 GMT 2003 apcupsd error shutdown > > > > > completed > > > > > > > > > > The directory /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd exists. Why can't it > > > > > create the lock file? > > > > > > > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > I guess the first obvious question is does the dir have the > > > > correct permissions for whatever apcupsd is running as? On my > > > > system it runs as root. And, are you sure there is a > > > > /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd directory? I have a apcupsd file in > > > > /var/lock/subsys/ but no apcupsd directory... > > > > > > I think you pointed me at the solution <g>. I created the > > > /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd directory, because it seemed to want to > > > use that to create the lock file. However, I now think I was > > > wrong. I have deleted that directory. There is a file > > > /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd, which must be used in the lock file > > > creation. We'll see what happens at the next reboot, but I think > > > that is right. > > > > > > Anne > > > > Note that they are files in this dir not directories. From my > > experience (as useless as it may be.) these are just 0 byte files > > that get touched by a product to signal that it is running. I've > > seen the create error a number of times when a process dies > > incorrectly and this file is left behind. The next time it starts > > it can't touch the file and fails to start because the program > > doesn't know how to recover from this condition. If you remove it > > from this dir is the program then able to start correctly? > > > > James > > Hi, James. I had ended up with a directory and a file with the same > name. Unfortunately, even after deleting the directory, all is not > well. The upsmon program is not as well documented as apcupsd, imo, > so I accept that my config file is faulty, but I don't know how to > correct it. Do the errors in the attached file tell you what I need > to do? > > Anne
I would pay attention here. Oct 29 19:05:58 anne-linux upsmon: Fatal error: insufficient power configured! Oct 29 19:05:58 anne-linux upsmon: Oct 29 19:05:58 anne-linux upsmon: Sum of power values........: 0 Oct 29 19:05:58 anne-linux upsmon: Minimum value (MINSUPPLIES): 2 I don't have a system I can look at/ test to see what it should be but it seems that your config file power values add up to 0 which is what it's really complaining about. It would seem that the error about writing the lock file is designed to through you off track *grin*. James
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