On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Arjen de Korte wrote:
> Justin Piszcz wrote: > >>> Beats me, I'm not the author of this driver. But now that nut-2.2.0 has >>> been released, you should first check if the problem still exists in >>> that version. We've had quite some changes since nut-2.0.5 came out, so >>> chances are the problem no longer exists. > > In the mean time, I had time to talk to the author. This is a bug in the > UPS, not in NUT. The problem is that when we receive a report > 'UPS.PowerSummary.BelowRemainingCapacityLimit' (which triggers the low > battery warning) on the interrupt pipeline (uninvited), it is wrong (bug > in the UPS firmware). Only when we specifically ask for this report, it > will show the right information. > > Previously we ignored this report through a gross hack in usbhid-ups, > but this no longer works because of caching in the underlying routines > (which is badly needed to prevent beating UPSes to death with repeatedly > asking for the same information). Unfortunately, this will also cache > the bogus information we receive from your UPS, which will pop up once > in while when the cache hasn't expired. > >> Is there an ETA for 2.2.0 in Debian-testing? > > That one will have the same problems. We need to work around this > (preferably in the belkin-hid subdriver), so upgrading to nut-2.2.0 will > make no difference. Please note that this is due to a bug in the UPS > software (sending out erroneous information), not in NUT. We'll keep you > informed, so that when an updated version is available for testing, you > can try it out. Can you compile NUT from the sources? > > Best regards, Arjen > > software (sending out erroneous information), not in NUT. We'll keep you > informed, so that when an updated version is available for testing, you > can try it out. Can you compile NUT from the sources? Yes and thanks for following up on this-- will try them out when they're ready. Justin. _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
