You have to run the driver with "-u root", or else it will drop root priviledges before opening the device. -- Peter
John Thacker wrote: > > I have a new Belkin F6C900-UNV. I see that it's not listed in belkin-hid.c > > The VendorID is 0x050d like all the Belkin UPSes, and the ProductID is 0x0900. > > I haven't had a chance to actually test the development version of nut > yet, since I'm running Fedora Core 6, which still has nut 2.0.3. > `newhidups -DD -a myups` gives the error of: > > Checking device (050D/0900) (001/002) > - VendorID: 050d > - ProductID: 0900 > - Manufacturer: unknown > - Product: unknown > - Serial Number: unknown > - Bus: 001 > Trying to match device > Device matches > failed to claim USB device, trying 2 more time(s)... > detaching kernel driver from USB device... > failed to detach kernel driver from USB device... > trying again to claim USB device... > failed to claim USB device, trying 1 more time(s)... > detaching kernel driver from USB device... > failed to detach kernel driver from USB device... > trying again to claim USB device... > failed to claim USB device, trying 0 more time(s)... > detaching kernel driver from USB device... > failed to detach kernel driver from USB device... > trying again to claim USB device... > Unable to get HID descriptor (error sending control message: Operation > not permitted) > > The gnome-power-manager method of detecting the UPS through HAL seems > to work fine, but I'd like access to some of the more advanced > features that nut offers. > > Hope this helps, > John Thacker > > _______________________________________________ > Nut-upsuser mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser > _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
