2007/5/29, Eric S. Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Arnaud Quette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >System log has many entries that say: > > > > > >May 24 12:18:37 snark kernel: [136718.407859] usb 3-2: usbfs: process > > >26061 (megatec_usb) did not claim interface 0 before use > > > > > >How do I troubleshoot this? > > > > not a big trouble, but we are still having sometime such msg. > > this claiming lies in drivers/libusb.c->libusb_open() > > Is it easily reproducible? > > Yes. I've since learned that it's caused by a permissions problem when > opening the device. To reproduce, leave the --with-user option off your > configure line.
if it's only using the nobody user, and not using the udev script to set nobody ownership on the device file, then it's not a bug. > > this is the whole point: you don't have to configure anything, and the > > driver (aka hal addon) is loaded automagically when the device > > plugged. Then the guys (like gnome-power-mgr) is also poping auto ... > > I've had an intern last year to work on configuration things that > > would have been useful, but I'll now leave the "autoconfig upon USB > > device detection" down. HAL is the clear path and is supported by all > > the NUT USB supported platform (linux, *bsd, solaris) > > > > I know you're seeking for usability and easiness, so you might be > > interested in giving a try! > > I am not certain I understood this explanation correctly. Is hald, then, > going to replace the top two levels (upsd and upsmon) of the present > nut architecture? exactly, or about. hald will only replace upsd (data servicing) gnome-power-manager (or alike) take over the upsmon role. Though I don't like that. I would rather prefer a generic daemonized "upsmon" role, leaving only the GUI (notification / configuration) to g-p-m and alike... Arnaud -- Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ Debian Developer - http://people.debian.org/~aquette/ OpenSource Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
