[Nut-upsuser] Sweex 1000VA UPS

[Charles Lepple]

On 11/7/06, YvesDM <ydmlog at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to get a sweex ups working with nut on debian sarge.
> This one:
> http://www.sweex.com/producten.php?lang=1&%20sectie=&item=59&artikel=95
> It's shipped with UPSmart and according to the compatibility list it should
> work with the
> genericups upstype=7 driver. But it doesn't.
> I get:
>
> mybox:/etc/nut# /etc/init.d/nut start
> Starting Network UPS Tools: (upsdrvctl failed).
> mybox:/etc/nut#

genericups does not have very many ways to fail. What if you try
starting the driver directly, such as:

   /lib/nut/genericups -a ups_name

You can also check the system logs for error messages.

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- Charles Lepple