[Nut-upsuser] upsdrvctl doesn't seem to start with init.d

[Zachary LaCelle]

> 2010/12/16 Zach La Celle <lacelle at roboticresearch.com>
>
>> I can run "upsdrvctl start" and it starts fine.  On computer boot,
>> however,
>> it doesn't start properly.
>>
>> I'm trying to find the logs which would give more detail, but I'm not
>> sure
>> where they are.  I see no logs in /etc/nut or /var/log.
>>
>
> try running directly your driver in debug mode (as root), ie:
> $ /path/to/apcsmart -DDD -a <upsname>
>
> and send us back the output.
>
> have you also verified device privileges? (ie "ls -l /dev/ttyS0" or
> something like that)
>
> cheers,
> Arnaud
> --
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>

Permission settings were as follows:
ups.conf, upsd.conf, upsd.users, upsmon.conf, upssched.conf: 640, root.nut
hosts.conf, nut.conf, upsset.conf, upsstats.conf, upsstats-single.html:
644, root.root

I tried changing them all to root.nut and 644.

It's hard to know what works and what doesn't, because when I start the
process manually it seems to work fine.


The output of /lib/nut/apcsmart -DDD -a rack3ups when run as root is:
Network UPS Tools - APC Smart protocol driver 2.03 (2.4.3)
APC command table version 2.1
   0.000000	debug level is '3'
   0.046913	Attempting firmware lookup
   0.133912	Not found in table - trying normal method
   0.133922	APC - Attempting to find command set
   0.705908	APC - Parsing out command set
   0.705925	UPS supports variable [ups.model]
   0.849914	UPS supports command [load.on]
   0.849925	UPS supports variable [input.quality]
   0.893910	UPS supports variable [battery.packs]
   0.949928	UPS supports command [test.panel.start]
   0.949943	UPS supports variable [battery.voltage]
   1.025917	UPS supports variable [ups.temperature]
   1.097916	UPS supports command [calibrate.start]
   1.097927	UPS supports command [calibrate.stop]
   1.097936	UPS supports variable [ups.test.interval]
   1.149916	UPS supports variable [input.frequency]
   1.221911	UPS supports variable [input.transfer.reason]
   1.257912	UPS supports command [shutdown.stayoff]
   1.257922	UPS supports variable [input.voltage]
   1.333914	UPS supports variable [input.voltage.maximum]
   1.405916	UPS supports variable [input.voltage.minimum]
   1.481917	UPS supports variable [output.voltage]
   1.559161	UPS supports variable [ups.load]
   1.629912	UPS supports command [shutdown.return]
   1.629923	UPS supports command [test.failure.start]
   1.629933	protocol_verify: 0x56 [V] unrecognized
   1.629940	UPS supports command [test.battery.start]
   1.629947	UPS supports command [test.battery.stop]
   1.629955	UPS supports variable [ups.test.result]
   1.673913	UPS supports command [load.off]
   1.673925	UPS supports variable [ups.firmware]
   1.757914	UPS supports variable [ups.id]
   1.849918	UPS supports variable [battery.charge.restart]
   1.890663	UPS supports variable [battery.charge]
   1.965911	UPS supports variable [battery.voltage.nominal]
   2.013911	UPS supports variable [battery.runtime]
   2.089915	UPS supports variable [battery.alarm.threshold]
   2.121912	UPS supports variable [input.transfer.low]
   2.173914	UPS supports variable [ups.mfr.date]
   2.265911	UPS supports variable [ups.serial]
   2.405916	UPS supports variable [output.voltage.nominal]
   2.457913	UPS supports variable [ups.delay.shutdown]
   2.505911	UPS supports variable [battery.runtime.low]
   2.549915	UPS supports variable [ups.delay.start]
   2.597914	UPS supports variable [input.sensitivity]
   2.633914	UPS supports variable [input.transfer.high]
   2.681913	UPS supports variable [battery.date]
   2.773917	APC - About to get capabilities string
   4.913922	Supported capability: 75 (D) - input.transfer.high
   4.914006	Supported capability: 6c (D) - input.transfer.low
   4.914061	Supported capability: 65 (4) - battery.charge.restart
   4.914090	Supported capability: 6f (D) - output.voltage.nominal
   4.914105	Supported capability: 73 (4) - input.sensitivity
   4.914125	Supported capability: 71 (4) - battery.runtime.low
   4.914147	Supported capability: 70 (4) - ups.delay.shutdown
   4.914166	Supported capability: 6b (4) - battery.alarm.threshold
   4.914184	Supported capability: 72 (4) - ups.delay.start
   4.914202	Supported capability: 45 (4) - ups.test.interval
   4.914219	APC - UPS capabilities determined
Detected SMART-UPS 2200 [YS0234212126] on /dev/ttyUSB0
   4.957916	update_info_all: starting
   7.027656	update_info_all: done
   7.027694	dstate_init: sock /var/run/nut/apcsmart-rack3ups open on fd 5
   7.067659	update_info_normal: starting
   7.935414	update_info_normal: done
   8.877741	new connection on fd 6
   9.065918	update_info_normal: starting
   9.933913	update_info_normal: done
  11.065919	update_info_normal: starting

It looks like it might work now: starting and stopping the nut service
seems to start and stop the driver correctly, which it didn't before.

Thank you.