[Nut-upsuser] Need help with Unitek Alpha 1200sx.

[Arjen de Korte]

Joseph Borg wrote:

> The strange thing is that this fails really fast...it's as though it's
> not even trying to detect the ups....

No, it won't. You need to pass the '-u root' option, since the
hotplug/udev rules are not setup for this VID:PID combination. Until
then, you'll have to tell the driver to run as root, otherwise it will
drop privileges and will never be able to claim the port.

Best regards, Arjen