apcupsd lock file error

[david walcroft]

Anthony Messina wrote:
> john bray wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 16:51 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>   Would anyone tell me what needs to be done to fix this lockfile
>>>
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>> ours pid=21621
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcdevice.c at 
>>> line 77
>>> Unable to create UPS lock file.
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>> ours pid=21621
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  apcupsd error shutdown completed
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>> ours pid=21942
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcdevice.c at 
>>> line 77
>>> Unable to create UPS lock file.
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>> ours pid=21942
>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  apcupsd error shutdown completed
>>>
>>> I can't find "apcdevice.c" it's probably a binary and I'm hopeless at 
>>> binary.
>>> But 'ls /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd' exists.
>>>
>>>
>>>   Thanks   david
>>>
>>
>> david - i'll bet you have selinux turned on.  set it to non-enforcing
>> mode.  there's always been a problem with apcupsd and it's lock file
>> with selinux.
>>
>> john
> 
> 
> wait now.  don't just disable selinux. that would be a workaround, not a 
> solution.  besides, there are plenty of us running apcupsd with selinux 
> enabled with no lock problems.  john summerfield wrote a good way of 
> trying to track the problem down in his previous post.  kill apcupsd, 
> then delete the lock file from the /var/lock/subsys dir and start 
> apcupsd using the startup script ~#] service apcupsd start
> 
> then tell us what happens.
> 
Ok,
   I did as suggested by john summerfield, stopped apcups,delete the 
lockfile,start apsups again,this error is the result of"apctest" --


[david at reddwarf ~]$ apctest


2006-02-13 14:39:49 apctest 3.12.1 (06 January 2006) redhat
Checking configuration ...
Attached to driver: usb
sharenet.type = DISABLE
cable.type = USB_CABLE

You are using a USB cable type, so I'm entering USB test mode
mode.type = USB_UPS
Setting up the port ...
apctest FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 649
Cannot find UPS device --
For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information,
please see <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>.
apctest FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 649
Cannot find UPS device --
For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information,
please see <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>.
apctest error termination completed

I have SELinux disabled at the moment so I'll enable it and try again.

   Thanks   david