[Nut-upsuser] snmp-ups 2.4.3 cannot talk to upsd

[Arnaud Quette]

2010/6/24 Fabio Papa <f.papa at mcmspa.it>

> Il giorno mar, 22/06/2010 alle 16.06 +0200, Arjen de Korte ha scritto:
> > Citeren Fabio Papa <f.papa at mcmspa.it>:
> >
> > > Hi again,
> > > ok, I've found the problem. The issue is here, in
> > > drivers/netvision-mib.c:
> > >
> > > #define NETVISION_OID_BATTERYSTATUS
> > > ".1.3.6.1.4.1.4555.1.1.1.1.2.1.0"
> > > static info_lkp_t netvision_batt_info[] = {
> > >         { 2, "" }, /* battery normal */
> > >         { 3, "LB" }, /* battery low */
> > >         { 4, "LB" }, /* battery depleted */
> > >         { 5, "" }, /* battery discharging */
> > >         { 6, "RB" },  /* battery failure */
> > >         { 0, "NULL" }
> > > };
> >
> > No. This problem was reported before
> >
> >
> https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=312364&group_id=30602&atid=411542
> >
> > As you can see, the resolution is in the netvision_output_info info
> element.
> >
> > > As you can see, labels for values 2 and 5 are empty. This is bothering
> > > upsmon. I took the old values from 2.4.1 (they were in a .h file
> before)
> > > which were OL for 2 and OB for 5, recompiled and it all works!
> > > I can submit a patch if you like, but it's quite easy to add those 4
> > > char by hand...
> >
> > This was fixed in the development version almost four months ago, so
> > no patch is needed. Thanks anyway.
> >
> > Best regards, Arjen
>
> Hi,
> that's good to know, but I wonder why no stable release is out with the
> patch in place. As it is, there are distro out (like lucid in my case)
> with non working snmp driver, at least not for netvision.
>

the lack of manpower, and the numerous tasks with a much higher priority
than the above (sorry for you) seems to be a good explanation.

now, the FLOSS movement is good enough to provide other means of support:
file a bug on Launchpad Ubuntu pointing this patch:
http://boxster.ghz.cc/projects/nut/changeset/2367

Chuck will hopefully have more time than me.

cheers,
Arnaud
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