[Nut-upsuser] [Bug 447586] [NEW] megatec_usb does not work anymore with a Trust PW-4130M UPS

[Svein Skogen (listmail account)]

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Arnaud Quette wrote:
> Hi Björn,
> 
> 2009/10/9 Björn Torkelsson
> 
>     Public bug reported:
> 
>     Binary package hint: nut
> 
>     I have recently upgraded from hardy to intrepid to jaunty. After
>     upgrading to Intrepid the megatec_usb stopped recognizing my Trust PW-
>     4130M ups, it still does not work on Jaunty. It worked without any
>     problems in hardy.
> 
>     I tried the megatec_usb driver from hardy and it detects the ups.
> 
>     ProblemType: Bug
>     Architecture: amd64
>     DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
>     Package: nut 2.4.1-2ubuntu4 [modified: usr/share/nut/driver.list
>     lib/nut/megatec_usb]
>     SourcePackage: nut
>     Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-server x86_64
> 
>     ** Affects: nut (Ubuntu)
>         Importance: Undecided
>             Status: New
> 
> 
>     ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
> 
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>     megatec_usb does not work anymore with a Trust PW-4130M UPS
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/447586
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>     ubuntu.
> 
> 
> (leaving the full bug report for the NUT team)
> 
> I vaguely remember something with this driver and the default subdriver
> used.
> Alex may have more info.
> 
> can you check the latest development version (subversion trunk).
> For more info on getting and compiling the development release:
> http://buildbot.ghz.cc/~buildbot/docs/r2003-144/website/download.html
> 
> Note that you don't need to install nut ; simply running from the build
> directory is sufficient, using:
> $ sudo ./drivers/megatec_usb -DDDDD -a <upsname>
> 
> you might also give a try to blazer_usb, which will replace megatec*
> $ sudo /lib/nut/blazer_usb -DDDDD -a <upsname>
> and/or
> $ sudo ./drivers/blazer_usb -DDDDD -a <upsname>
> 

Sounds like this, along with several bugs listed on the mailing list
lately, would have been solved by simply building for sources, not
installing a binary package (and then wishing for the correct version of
libraries).

Maybe it's time to stop shipping those binary packages and simply ship a
self-contained source that could batch-compile itself (something similar
to the ports structure of bsd)?

//Svein

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