[Nut-upsdev] Re: Bug#354429: nut spams consoles and system logs with USB UPS

[Arnaud Quette]

tags 354429 + upstream
thank

2006/2/26, suicune at eml.cc <suicune at eml.cc>:
> Package: nut
> Version: 2.0.1-3
>
>
> This is the spam message:
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: ctrl urb status -32 received
>
> I never once saw this message until after I installed and configured
> nut.
>
> Spam begins during boot and continues infinitely until reboot or nut is
> stopped.
>
> Spam appears on all text mode consoles (not xterms) about once a second,
> making
> the consoles unusable. The spam also appears in several system logs.
> `dmesg` is
> unusable because the spam message is the only thing that appears by the
> time I
> can type the command.
>
> Running `/etc/rc2.d/S20nut stop` halts the spam and sets all back to
> normal.
>
> 2.6.8-2-686 #1 Tue Aug 16 13:22:48 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 13 2005-10-19 12:13 /lib/libc.so.6 ->
> libc-2.3.5.so
>
> Hardware
> Compaq Deskpro EP 6400
> Pentium3 Katmai 450MHz
> UPS is connected to motherboard USB port (Intel 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB)
> UPS is Belkin F6H550-USB
> ...

I suspect something like claiming not working as once newhidups is
started, Linux hid layer shouldn't be used anymore!
A good test would be (if you have no USB/HID keyboard or mouse) to
force the removal of the hid module and see if the messages still
appears.

Peter: any thought on this?

Arnaud
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