Hi, An alternate suggestion instead of modifying grub config. You can try the following
create a file "/etc/modprobe.d/ups-usbhid.conf" append / add the line below --8<-- options usbhid quirks=0x0463:0xffff:0x08 -->8-- hth On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 10:40 AM Eyal Lebedinsky <e...@eyal.emu.id.au> wrote: > > On 2020-08-19 17:36, Louis van Dyk wrote: > > Hi > > > > BACKGROUND INFO: > > I have a new Eaton 5E 1100i USB UPS which their website claims is supported > > on Linux. They don't provide software for it for Linux, only for Windows. > > Referring links: > > https://www.eaton.com/za/en-gb/catalog/backup-power-ups-surge-it-power-distribution/Eaton_5E_UPS.html > > https://www.eaton.com/za/en-gb/skuPage.5E1100IUSB.specifications.html > > It was manufactured in May 2020 according to the sticker on the box. > > > > I am running on Fedora 32 with all the latest patches. I installed nut and > > nut-client from the Fedora repository, which provides version > > nut-2.7.4-27.fc32.x86_64 > > nut-client-2.7.4-27.fc32.x86_64 > > > > On https://networkupstools.org/stable-hcl.html I am told that it is 5* > > green "vendor provided protocol and hardware" using usbhis-ups as a driver. > > > > PROBLEM: > > 1. The UPS is listed in "lsusb" as > > Bus 002 Device 101: ID 0463:ffff MGE UPS Systems UPS > > However, I notice that is disappears and reconnects every 19 seconds. I've > > seen some posts noticing this too, and stating that it stops once it is > > successfully connected to the software. I hope that is true and that I > > haven't been wasting effort on a faulty device. I have tried with my > > printer's USB cable and seen the same thing. I then tried it on my laptop > > (also on Fedora 32) with the same result. To me this eliminates my PC and > > the cabling. > > > > 2. The device is detected by "nut-scanner -U" as: > > > > root@fedora <mailto:root@fedora> ~]# nut-scanner -U > > > > Scanning USB bus. > > > > [nutdev1] > > > > driver = "usbhid-ups" > > > > port = "auto" > > > > vendorid = "0463" > > > > productid = "FFFF" > > > > product = "5E" > > > > bus = "002" > > > > I have put that exact info into /etc/ups/ups.conf - it's the only info not > > commented with a # in the file. I changed the name to eaton5e though. > > > > When I then run: > > > > [root@fedora <mailto:root@fedora> ~]# /usr/sbin/usbhid-ups -DDDD -a > > eaton5e > > > > Network UPS Tools - Generic HID driver 0.41 (2.7.4) > > > > USB communication driver 0.33 > > > > 0.000000 debug level is '4' > > > > 0.002054 upsdrv_initups... > > > > 0.017685 Checking device (0463/FFFF) (002/120) > > > > 2.024057 - VendorID: 0463 > > > > 2.024080 - ProductID: ffff > > > > 2.024083 - Manufacturer: unknown > > > > 2.024087 - Product: unknown > > > > 2.024090 - Serial Number: unknown > > > > 2.024093 - Bus: 002 > > > > 2.024096 - Device release number: 0001 > > > > 2.024099 Trying to match device > > > > 2.024122 Device matches > > > > 2.024134 failed to claim USB device: Device or resource busy > > > > 4.898305 detached kernel driver from USB device... > > > > 4.898344 nut_usb_set_altinterface: skipped usb_set_altinterface(udev, > > 0) > > > > 9.901010 Unable to get HID descriptor (Connection timed out) > > > > 9.901031 HID descriptor length (method 1) -1 > > > > 9.901037 i=0, extra[i]=09, extra[i+1]=21 > > > > 9.901044 HID descriptor, method 2: (9 bytes) => 09 21 10 01 21 01 22 > > 25 02 > > > > 9.901048 HID descriptor length (method 2) 549 > > > > 9.901052 HID descriptor length 549 > > > > 9.901370 Unable to get Report descriptor: Broken pipe > > > > 9.901403 Checking device (1B1C/0A17) (002/003) > > > > 9.901435 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901441 Checking device (8087/0024) (002/002) > > > > 9.901448 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901452 Checking device (1D6B/0002) (002/001) > > > > 9.901462 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901468 Checking device (1B80/B403) (001/005) > > > > 9.901477 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901483 Checking device (18F8/0F97) (001/004) > > > > 9.901491 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901497 Checking device (048D/1345) (001/003) > > > > 9.901506 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901511 Checking device (8087/0024) (001/002) > > > > 9.901520 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901526 Checking device (1D6B/0002) (001/001) > > > > 9.901534 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901540 Checking device (1D6B/0003) (004/001) > > > > 9.901549 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901555 Checking device (1D6B/0002) (003/001) > > > > 9.901563 Failed to open device, skipping. (Permission denied) > > > > 9.901569 No appropriate HID device found > > > > 9.901575 No matching HID UPS found > > > > > > (If I run it with -u root it tries to read my headphones and other USB > > devices, but the UPS still has the same result.) > > > > So my problem is: > > > > 2.024099 Trying to match device > > > > 2.024122 Device matches > > > > 2.024134 *failed to claim USB device: Device or resource busy* > > > > 4.898305 detached kernel driver from USB device... > > > > 4.898344 nut_usb_set_altinterface: skipped usb_set_altinterface(udev, > > 0) > > > > > > Please could you assist me in getting the driver to load and successfully > > connect? > > > > Many thanks, > > Louis > > Had this ups, turns out the special treatment for this UPS was removed at > some point > when it was thought that it is not needed anymore... > > I manually enabled the quirk with a kernel boot option > usbhid.quirks=0x0463:0xffff:0x08 > Append this to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > > I do not have a record of the source of this advice, I found it searching the > 'net. > > HTH > > -- > Eyal Lebedinsky (e...@eyal.emu.id.au) > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > Nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net > https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list Nut-upsuser@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser