[Nut-upsuser] Gentoo Ultra USB UPS

[Kjell Claesson]

Hi Barry,
tis 2006-08-01 klockan 08:42 -0400 skrev Barry Fawthrop:
> Hi  Jonathan
> 
> > To know that, run :
> > newhidups -DD -u root -x generic -x vendorid=0d9f auto
> > Look what is exposed, and see if another drivers expose the same
> > variable. If it exist, modify the claim function so it claim your UPS
> > (and if it work, please send us a patch ^_^)
> >
> I could not find a newhidups
> locate newhidups
> /lib/nut/newhidups
> /usr/share/man/man8/newhidups.8.gz
> no executable newhidups file
> 

The /lib/nut/newhidups is the driver. So try
/lib/nut/newhidups -DD -u root -x vendorid=0d9f auto

That should try to identify the ups.

I run Gentoo.
If you use the portage this is the normal directory for the
drivers. nut-2.0.4 is in portage, so you may unmask it and
get some new code.

Kjell