[Nut-upsuser] trying to use powerware 3110 USB with NUT

[John H.]

 ls -la
total 20K
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 4.0K Oct  5 16:21 .
drwxr-xr-x  29 root root 4.0K Sep 10 12:31 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4.0K Jul 28 16:28 apt
drwxrwx---   2 nut  nut  4.0K Oct  5 16:21 ups


but still

 bcmxcp_usb -DD -a PW3
Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.09 (2.1.0)

debug level is '2'
Can't chdir to /var/state/ups: Permission denied

as su root.

On 10/5/05, Kjell Claesson <kjell.claesson at telia.com> wrote:
> Hi John.
>
> Yep, you need the /var/state/ups directory. And it
> must be accessible by the user you run the NUT as.
>
> This is how it look's on my side.
> ls -al /var/state/
> totalt 0
> drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  96  9 sep  2004 .
> drwxr-xr-x  15 root root 408  1 maj 21.08 ..
> -rw-r--r--   1 root root   0  8 sep 22.12 .keep
> drwxrwx---   2 nut  nut  144  5 okt 18.09 ups
>
> This directory holds the socket to communicate at
> and some pid files.
>
> ls -al /var/state/ups/
> totalt 8
> drwxrwx---  2 nut  nut  144  5 okt 18.09 .
> drwxr-xr-x  3 root root  96  9 sep  2004 ..
> srw-rw----  1 nut  nut    0  5 okt 18.07 bcmxcp_usb-auto
> -rw-r--r--  1 nut  nut    5  5 okt 18.07 bcmxcp_usb-auto.pid
> -rw-r--r--  1 nut  nut    5  5 okt 18.09 upsd.pid
>
> Create this directory, then try.
>
> /usr/local/ups/bin/bcmxcp_usb -DD -a PW3
>
> If your ups.conf holds the.
>
> [PW3]
>         driver = bcmxcp_usb
>         port = auto
>         shutdown_delay = 60
>         desc = "My pc"
>
> kjell
>
>
> ons 2005-10-05 klockan 15:36 -0500 skrev John H.:
> >  bcmxcp_usb -DDDDD -a PW3
> > Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.09 (2.1.0)
> >
> > debug level is '5'
> > Can't chdir to /var/state/ups: No such file or directory
> >
> >
> > Did I miss something?  what do I put for your_ups, which is device?  I
> > have auto specfied in ups.conf
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/5/05, Arnaud Quette <aquette.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > 2005/10/5, John H. <mistamaila at gmail.com>:
> > > > ls -la libhidups
> > > > -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 481 Sep 29 08:05 libhidups
> > >
> > >  ok, so stop every pieces of NUT, and try to start the driver manually, and
> > > in debug mode (ie bcmxcp_usb -DDDDD -a your-ups) after having set the env.
> > > var USB_DEBUG to 3 (ie export USB_DEBUG=3).
> > >
> > >  Then send back this output.
> > >
> > >  The underlying problem might be a device disconnexion due to EMI. But the
> > > reconnexion might fail for some reason. If you see anything that can be
> > > interesting in your log (ie some failure of hotplug...), send it also back.
> > >
> > >  Arnaud
> > >
> >
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