2012/9/6 Martyn Hill <[email protected]> > Hi Arnaud >
Hi Martin, > I have not made progress with re-compiling NUT against libusb-0.1 on my > FreeBSD v8.2 box as I cannot figure out how to do so. > > Instead, I built a FreeBSD v7.4 install in a VM (VirtualBox) on my XP > laptop and attempted to test NUT there as a PoC for this UPS. > > FeeBSD definately uses libusb-0.1, as the following linkage for blazer_usb > shows: > indeed /usr/local/libexec/nut/blazer_**usb: > libusb-0.1.so.8 => /usr/local/lib/libusb-0.1.so.8 (0x2808d000) > libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5 (0x28093000) > libthr.so.3 => /lib/libthr.so.3 (0x280a9000) > libc.so.7 => /lib/libc.so.7 (0x280be000) > > Unfortunately, VirtualBox refused to allow me to attach the UPS USB port > to the guest OS (saying 'busy with a previous request'), so that came to > nothing - and after several night's effort::-( > have you shared the device, in VBox ? Ie, allowed explicitly your VM to use the UPS, or even exclusively? > So, do you (or anyone else here) have any guidance on how to force NUT to > link against libusb-0.1 at compile time ??? > > I'm still not convinced that the FreeBSD implementation of libusb v2 is > fully compatible with v0.1 - the available documentation is confusing... > > Meanwhile, I've seen a posting from a FreeBSD v9 user, who clearly gets > further than the 'Unknown error' message that I get when running their > (supported) UPS over USB in FreeBSD... > try grouping your efforts, FreeBSD knowledges (I'm a newby there) and results. you may also try with Linux first, to get around a possible device issue with the driver, and then get back to FBSD... cheers, Arno
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