Re: [Nut-upsdev] debugging options on upsdrvctl (was Re: [Nut-upsuser] about Smart-Ups RT)

2009-05-22 Thread Arjen de Korte
Citeren Charles Lepple clep...@gmail.com: I concede that debugging output from multiple drivers would be a mess, but it wouldn't hurt to have debug level 1 or 2 print a message saying that they should 1) go to the nut-upsdev list for further guidance, and 2) when they ask for help, include the

Re: [Nut-upsdev] debugging options on upsdrvctl (was Re: [Nut-upsuser] about Smart-Ups RT)

2009-05-21 Thread Charles Lepple
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Arjen de Korte nut+de...@de-korte.org wrote: Don't forget that the debugging options in NUT aren't meant to help Joe User, it's to enable us (the developers) to get additional information on why something isn't working as it should. Therefor, when asking Joe to

Re: [Nut-upsdev] debugging options on upsdrvctl (was Re: [Nut-upsuser] about Smart-Ups RT)

2009-05-20 Thread Arnaud Quette
2009/5/16 Arjen de Korte nut+de...@de-korte.org nut%2bde...@de-korte.org Citeren Charles Lepple clep...@gmail.com: I'm btw wondering if we should pass the debug flags to the driver in such a case... comments? Agreed - we have been telling people to use upsdrvctl and enable debugging,

Re: [Nut-upsdev] debugging options on upsdrvctl (was Re: [Nut-upsuser] about Smart-Ups RT)

2009-05-16 Thread Arjen de Korte
Citeren Charles Lepple clep...@gmail.com: I'm btw wondering if we should pass the debug flags to the driver in such a case... comments? Agreed - we have been telling people to use upsdrvctl and enable debugging, and the two messages conflict with each other somewhat. I'm slightly

[Nut-upsdev] debugging options on upsdrvctl (was Re: [Nut-upsuser] about Smart-Ups RT)

2009-05-15 Thread Charles Lepple
On May 15, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Arnaud Quette wrote: 2009/5/15 dblackbeer dblackb...@gmail.com ... here's error message: [r...@dgc etc]# ../bin/upsdrvctl -D -u nut start I really meant the *driver*, not upsdrvctl: ../bin/apcsmart -D - a apcsmart I'm btw wondering if we should pass