> Here's what's happening when i try to start the ups daemon: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] log]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] all]# service ups start > Starting megatec: Network UPS Tools - Megatec protocol driver 1.5 (2.0.5) > Carlos Rodrigues (c) 2003-2006 > > Megatec protocol UPS detected [ Pro 1400 4.01p]. > [ OK ] > Starting upsd: Network UPS Tools upsd 2.0.5 > Can't connect to UPS [upguards] (upguards): No such file or directory > [ OK ]
The startup script is probably not using 'upsdrvctl' to start the driver, but starts the driver directly. This is wrong. Talk to whoever wrote this script, we didn't. > Starting UPS monitor (master): Network UPS Tools upsmon 2.0.5 > UPS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (master) (power value 1) > Using power down flag file /etc/killpower > > [ OK ] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] all]# > Broadcast message from nut (Mon May 28 12:41:24 2007): > > Communications with UPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] lost > > Broadcast message from nut (Mon May 28 12:41:29 2007): > > UPS [EMAIL PROTECTED] is unavailable Sure, the socket the driver uses has a different name than the server expects. > The ups.conf file contains only these lines: > > [upguards] > driver = megatec > port = /dev/ttyS1 > desc = "UPguardS Pro 1400" Your 'ups.conf' file is fine. > The funny thing is that when the power to the server was not supplied by > the ups all worked fine but when i go through the ups the daemon fails. This is not related. > I've checked permissions, and i have the user nut that is in the group > uucp and that group can read and write to ttyS1 > > I cannot seem to find who is causing the No such file or directory error > message when the daemon starts up. > > Another weird thing is if i start the driver manually and then the daemon > all is fine and working ! This is indicative for problems in the startup script. Best regards, Arjen -- Eindhoven - The Netherlands Key fingerprint - 66 4E 03 2C 9D B5 CB 9B 7A FE 7E C1 EE 88 BC 57 _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
