Nut,usb and installation

david walcroft david_walcroft at yahoo.com.au
Tue Sep 27 03:26:37 UTC 2005


Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 10:47 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> 
>>Markku Kolkka wrote:
>>
>>>david walcroft kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai, 26. 
>>>syyskuuta 2005 08:39):
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sep 26 15:35:05 reddwarf upsd[4089]: /var/run/nut is world
>>>>readable Sep 26 15:35:05 reddwarf upsd[4089]:
>>>>/etc/ups/upsd.conf is world readable
>>>
>>>
>>>chmod those files to 600 or 640.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sep 26 15:35:05 reddwarf 
>>>>upsd[4089]: Can't connect to UPS [powermate3105]
>>>>(upsdrvctl-hiddev0): No such file or directory Sep 26 15:35:10
>>>
>>>
>>>Your UPS driver isn't configured correctly and doesn't start.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>reddwarf upsd[4105]: Startup successful Sep 26 15:35:10
>>>>reddwarf upsd[4105]: writepid: fopen
>>>>/var/run/nut/upsd.pid: Permission denied
>>>
>>>
>>>Check the ownership and protection of /var/run/nut/ and the files 
>>>in it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sep 26 15:35:10 reddwarf upsmon[4108]: Startup successful
>>>>Sep 26 15:35:10 reddwarf upsd[4105]: Rejecting TCP connection
>>>
>>>>from 127.0.0.1
>>>
>>>
>>>Change the access controls in upsd.conf to allow connections from 
>>>localhost.
>>>
>>
>>Markku,
>>     you have been a great help but 'nut'is becoming to complicated and 
>>confusing for me (Bi-Polar, Depression, etc) to get configured,its 
>>actully depressing me working on it.It looks as if my powermate will 
>>finish up as a power filter and not a ups. It says little for Linux 
>>where one service (ups) takes 3> programmes,7> confifig files to get up 
>>and running, the M$ jibe about Linux is built by geeks for geeks has a 
>>gem of truth!!
> 
> ----
> another way of looking at the same thing might be - let the buyer
> beware. There are UPS systems such as APC that have software and would
> work out of the box and there are 3rd party programs such as APCUPSD
> which are terrific and easy enough. Of course, you would have to check
> on these things before you purchase.
> 
> also, there is the notion that the net gain is zero. You gave up and
> thus no one learned anything at all from your efforts or from the
> efforts given on the list to help you get it working. If you were to
> persevere instead of giving up, document what you did for the next
> person who follows in your footstep, Linux would probably benefit and
> the driver db in the 'nut' project could probably include your hardware.
> Alas, you surrendered.
> 
> Craig
> 
> 
I wish I had a simple choice between carry on or stop, depression says 
stop!!


   david




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