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

[Joseph Borg]

Just a small update; I figured out the udev script so now the processes
don't run as root and all still works :-). Thanks for all your help. The
only remaining issue is the intermittant failures when the driver is
loading..

Joe

On Jan 3, 2008 1:57 PM, Joseph Borg <juu.borg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Arjen,
> Many thanks for your on-going support on this. It seems to be working
> 'mostly' fine now. Just a few points:
>
> >> The better option would be to modify the udev/hotplug script and not
> run
> everything as root.
>
> Any pointers on how to do the above? NUT installed from RPM for me so
> presumably I can get these scripts by downloading the .tar.gz. What needs
> modification in them?
>
> Most of the time, the driver seems to load fine on restart/boot-up. At
> time however, it does not seem to load and will not load no matter how many
> times I try after. In order to overcome this I have to switch off the PC,
> switch off the UPS and then start afresh (switch-on). It therefore seems as
> though the USB/Serial connection is 'stuck' at times and needs some sort of
> reset. Is this a known issue and/or is there any way I can overcome this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
> P.S. If you need my exact config maybe you want to document this a working
> UPS on the NUT page :-).
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 8:17 AM, Arjen de Korte < nut+users at de-korte.org> wrote:
>
> > > I also discovered that the log file is getting filled up with these
> > > errors:
> > >
> > > ---------------------
> > > Jan  2 22:38:19 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24538
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > Jan  2 22:38:19 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24538
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > Jan  2 22:38:20 www upsmon[24650]: Poll UPS [myups at localhost] failed -
> > > Driver not connected
> > > Jan  2 22:38:20 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24380
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > Jan  2 22:38:20 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24380
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > Jan  2 22:38:21 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24538
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > Jan  2 22:38:21 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24538
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > Jan  2 22:38:22 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24380
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > Jan  2 22:38:22 www kernel: usb 1-2: usbfs: process 24380
> > (megatec_usb)
> > > did
> > > not claim interface 0 before use
> > > -------------------------------
> >
> > You have multiple instances of the megatec_usb driver running. That
> > doesn't work.
> >
> > > Same thing happens if I use the init script for everything (I added
> > the -u
> > > root to the script).
> >
> > The better option would be to modify the udev/hotplug script and not run
> > everything as root.
> >
> > Best regards, Arjen
> >
> >
>
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