hi my girldfriend have a belkin ups and get often this message USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd newhidups rqt 161 rq 1 len 8 ret -71 ups.conf [myups] driver = newhidups port = /dev/hiddev0 desc = "Local UPS" any idea? thanks -- Marc Collin ing. jr www.laboiteaprog.com