[Nut-upsuser] NUT upsdrv Using bcmxcp_usb Won't Connect to UPS

[Richard]

On 07/25/2010 01:42 AM, Kjell Claesson wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> (Answer at the bottom)
>   
>> On 07/24/2010 08:10 PM, Charles Lepple wrote:
>>     
>>> On Jul 24, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Richard wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I can't seem to get NUT to connect to my new PowerWare (Eaton) 5115.
>>>> (Linux 2.6.34.1  x86_64, Gentoo)
>>>>
>>>> # /etc/init.d/upsdrv start
>>>> * Caching service dependencies ...
>>>>
>>>>                     [ ok ]
>>>>
>>>> * Starting UPS drivers ...
>>>> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.4.3
>>>> Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.23 (2.4.3)
>>>> USB communication subdriver 0.18
>>>> Can't claim POWERWARE USB interface: could not claim interface 0: Device
>>>> or resource busy
>>>> Unable to find POWERWARE UPS device on USB bus (USB)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What would already 'claim' the UPS?
>>>>         
>>> Possibly an older version of this driver? Try running "ps auxww | grep
>>> bcmxcp" to see if an older version of the driver wasn't stopped when
>>> you upgraded.
>>>
>>> I'm guessing this is the upgrade scenario described in this thread:
>>> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6362412.html ?
>>>       
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> Yes the gentoo forum link you provided is mine.
>>
>>  ps auxww | grep bcmxcp | grep -v grep
>> 109       7894  0.1  0.0  28616  1540 ?        S    09:23   1:06
>> /usr/libexec/hald-addon-bcmxcp_usb
>>
>> Then
>>  equery belongs /usr/libexec/hald-addon-bcmxcp_usb
>> [ Searching for file(s) /usr/libexec/hald-addon-bcmxcp_usb in *... ]
>> sys-power/nut-2.4.3-r2 (/usr/libexec/hald-addon-bcmxcp_usb)
>>
>> Which is what I would expect.
>>
>> My current suspect is at the very end of the thread:
>>   Should the kernel usb module driver be usbfs? If not how do I change
>> this?
>>     
> You have to enter: 
> sys-power/nut -hal
> Into the file:
> /etc/portage/package.use
> (or /etc/portage/package.use/monolithic)
>
> So you stop nut to build the hal driver.
> You may also remove the
> /usr/libexec/hald-addon-bcmxcp_usb
> if you don't want to re emerge the nut package.
>
> /Kjell
>   
Thanks.  I'll try this tonight.