[Nut-upsuser] nut and usb activity

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Hello,

I inserted a USB multi-cardreader to read my SD cards; I noticed this
upset nut and pptpd a bit:

Aug 27 08:27:59 epia kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using
uhci_hcd and address 3
Aug 27 08:27:59 epia kernel: usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Aug 27 08:27:59 epia kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage
devices
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel:   Vendor: DMI       Model: MultiFlash
  Rev: 3.00
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sda
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel:   Vendor: DMI       Model: MultiFlash
  Rev: 3.00
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:1: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel:   Vendor: DMI       Model: MultiFlash
  Rev: 3.00
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel: SCSI device sdc: 8105984 512-byte hdwr
sectors (4150 MB)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508561 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508562 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508563 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508564 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508565 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508566 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508567 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:04 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508568 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508569 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508570 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508571 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508572 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel: SCSI device sdc: 8105984 512-byte hdwr
sectors (4150 MB)
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel: sdc: Write Protect is off
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel: sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel:  sdc:<7>usb-storage: queuecommand called
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel:  unknown partition table
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:2: Attached scsi removable disk sdc
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:2: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia pptp[1839]: anon log[decaps_gre:pptp_gre.c:407]:
buffering packet 7508573 (expecting 7508554, lost or reordered)
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel:   Vendor: DMI       Model: MultiFlash
  Rev: 3.00
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel:   Type:   Direct-Access
  ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:3: Attached scsi removable disk sdd
Aug 27 08:28:05 epia kernel: sd 1:0:0:3: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
Aug 27 08:28:07 epia upsd[1937]: Data for UPS [myups] is stale - check
driver
Aug 27 08:28:07 epia upsmon[1941]: Poll UPS [myups at localhost] failed -
Data stale
Aug 27 08:28:07 epia upsmon[1941]: Communications with UPS
myups at localhost lost
Aug 27 08:28:07 epia wall[13181]: wall: user nut broadcasted 1 lines (46
chars)
Aug 27 08:28:09 epia upsd[1937]: UPS [myups] data is no longer stale
Aug 27 08:28:12 epia upsmon[1941]: Communications with UPS
myups at localhost established
Aug 27 08:28:12 epia wall[13185]: wall: user nut broadcasted 1 lines (53
chars)
Aug 27 08:30:07 epia upsd[1937]: Connection from 127.0.0.1
Aug 27 08:30:07 epia upsd[1937]: Client on 127.0.0.1 logged out


It is strange to see that USB gets priority as it seems and other
important tasks suffer. What could I do to make nut complain not so fast
anymore?

Udo