[Nut-upsuser] nut suddenly stopped working...

[A.Lizard]

I almost had nut_2.0.5-3_i386.deb (from 
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/nut - installed via dpkg, not via 
repository) working:

* problems with getting it to come up during boot
* monitoring via knutclient was OK
* shutdown on low battery worked adequately, if not quite as described)

and newhidups suddenly stopped talking to my Belkin F6C550-AVR . It's only 
been in use for a couple of months, so I doubt it's a hardware problem. And 
in general, the USB setup works, my printer runs just fine.

also installed - nut-usb nut-dev (2.0.5-3)

Computer hardware:
Biostar Geforce 6100 AM2  (integrated motherboard nvidia chipsets)
OS: Debian Etch
terrarium:/home/alizard/install# uname -a
Linux terrarium 2.6.18-3-486 #1 Mon Dec 4 15:59:52 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux


thanks
A.Lizard

terrarium:/etc/default# /lib/nut/newhidups -DD port=auto
Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.0.5)

Checking device (050D/0551) (001/008)
- VendorID: 050d
- ProductID: 0551
- Manufacturer: unknown
- Product: unknown
- Serial Number: unknown
- Bus: 001
Trying to match device
Device matches
failed to claim USB device, trying 2 more time(s)...
detaching kernel driver from USB device...
failed to detach kernel driver from USB device...
trying again to claim USB device...
failed to claim USB device, trying 1 more time(s)...
detaching kernel driver from USB device...
failed to detach kernel driver from USB device...
trying again to claim USB device...
failed to claim USB device, trying 0 more time(s)...
detaching kernel driver from USB device...
failed to detach kernel driver from USB device...
trying again to claim USB device...
Unable to get HID descriptor (error sending control message: Operation not 
permitted)
HID descriptor retrieved (Reportlen = 424)
Unable to get Report descriptor (-1): Operation not permitted

Checking device (0000/0000) (001/001)
- VendorID: 0000
- ProductID: 0000
- Manufacturer: unknown
- Product: unknown
- Serial Number: unknown
- Bus: 001
Trying to match device
Device does not match - skipping
No appropriate HID device found
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