Dear Nutters, I am trying to get NUT as supplied with SuSE 10.1 working and I think I have a USB problem, possibly due to some missing startup scripts concerning permissions. The machine sees the USB device as per /var/log/messages:
Jun 5 16:28:27 silver-server kernel: usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 7 Jun 5 16:28:27 silver-server kernel: usb 2-1: new device found, idVendor=0592, idProduct=0002 Jun 5 16:28:27 silver-server kernel: usb 2-1: new device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 Jun 5 16:28:27 silver-server kernel: usb 2-1: Product: Powerware UPS Jun 5 16:28:27 silver-server kernel: usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Powerware Jun 5 16:28:27 silver-server kernel: usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice -------------------------------------------------- Trying to start the driver as per SuSE docs fails: # /etc/init.d/upsd start Starting NUT UPS drivers failed starting the driver manually however with user root apparently succeeds: # /usr/lib/ups/driver/bcmxcp_usb -a myups -DDDDD -u root Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.10 (2.0.3) debug level is '5' Model = POWERWARE UPS 1000VA Firmware = 00.50 Shutdown delay = 60 seconds Index Offset Format NUT 0027 0000 51 output.frequency 0028 0004 51 input.frequency 0033 0008 51 battery.voltage 0041 0012 f0 None 0043 0016 f0 None 0047 0020 f0 None 0056 0024 f0 input.voltage 0065 0028 51 output.current 0068 0032 51 None 0078 0036 f0 output.voltage Length of alarm map: 24 Index Alarm Supported -001 INVERTER_AC_OVER_VOLTAGE No -001 INVERTER_AC_UNDER_VOLTAGE No -001 INVERTER_OVER_OR_UNDER_FREQ No <snip> -001 AUTO_OFF_COMMAND_EXECUTED No -001 AUTO_ON_COMMAND_EXECUTED No 0010 BATTERY_TEST_FAILED Yes dstate_init: sock /var/lib/ups/bcmxcp_usb-auto open on fd 6 (is the driver meant to do more than just be open ?) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The man entry for bcmxcp_usb(8) states i.a. : You also need to install manually the hotplug files (libhidups and libhid.usermap), generally in etc/hotplug/usb/, to address the permission settings problem. Lastly note that the libhidups file must have execution flag set . The files libhidups and libhid.usermap do not exist anywhere on the system, and neither does the /etc/hotplug directory and /proc/bus/usb is empty but a trawl through the nut sources reveals that libhidups is a small script which changes the permissions and ownership of a USB device. I suspect therefore that I have permissions problems and / or missing usb script(s) A few hints towards further progress would be gratefully received. Gary _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
