Hi Shane, Sounds like the same error I am getting.
Have you tried rebooting the UPS? (turn it off with the power button then back on and reboot your computer) I find that fixes it for a the current session, until I reboot the computer a few times then it stops again. Thanks, Leith Bade [email protected] On 10 August 2014 10:54, Charles Lepple <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Shane Alderton > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> Wondering whether anyone has managed to get NUT working with the Eaton >> 5E Essential UPS, or has any tips as to what I might try to get it >> working, or whether I'm just out of luck? >> >> >> My config is: >> OS name and version: Kubuntu 14.04 >> exact NUT version: 2.7.1-1ubuntu1 >> NUT installation method: sudo apt-get install nut >> exact device name: 5E2000iUSB-AU >> ups.conf entry: >> [Eaton5E2000] >> driver = usbhid-ups -DD >> port = auto >> desc = "Eaton 5E2000 UPS" >> Output of "sudo /lib/nut/usbhid-ups -DD -a Eaton5E2000": >> Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.38 (2.7.1) >> USB communication driver 0.32 > [...] >> 0.022796 Checking device (0463/FFFF) (003/006) >> 0.023496 - VendorID: 0463 >> 0.023511 - ProductID: ffff >> 0.023517 - Manufacturer: unknown >> 0.023522 - Product: unknown >> 0.023528 - Serial Number: unknown >> 0.023533 - Bus: 003 >> 0.023538 Trying to match device >> 0.023546 Device matches >> 0.024498 Unable to get HID descriptor (error sending control message: >> Broken pipe) >> 0.024518 HID descriptor length 549 >> 0.024861 Unable to get Report descriptor: Broken pipe > > Hi Shane, > > Going through old list posts, and I noticed the similarity to Leith's email: > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2014-August/009128.html > > The "Broken pipe" error message might also show up in dmesg output as > "error -32". > > What kind of motherboard do you have, and what version of the kernel > are you running? > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
