[Nut-upsuser] usbhid-ups on openSUSE 10.3 does not see MGE Ellipse 1500

[Arjen de Korte]

> Dear List, The driver usbhid-ups does not detect my MGE Ellipse 1500.
>
> I'm running openSuSE Linux 10.3, kernel 2.6.22 with mgeups-psp-3.0.4-2,
> nut-2.2.0-20 installed from MGE's rpm's. (Merci MGE!)
>
> lsusb shows:
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0463:ffff MGE UPS Systems UPS
>
> /etc/ups/ups.conf says:
> [myups]
>         driver = usbhid-ups
>         port = auto
>         desc = "Local UPS"
>         vendorid = 0463
>
> I launched upsdrvctl in debug mode:
>
> pastis: # /usr/lib/ups/driver/upsdrvctl -DDDDD start
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-
> Starting UPS: myups
> exec: /usr/lib/ups/driver/usbhid-ups -a myups
> Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.2.0-)
>
> No matching HID UPS found
> Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>
> Any suggestion would be very welcome.

This is a known problem with the new kernel in openSUSE 10.3:

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331749

Unfortunately, this is apparently not very high on the list of priorities.
So for now, I suggest to apply the changes by hand. :-(

Best regards, Arjen
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