2009/12/1 raf <[email protected]>: > Arnaud Quette wrote: > >> 2009/11/30 raf <[email protected]>: >> > Arnaud Quette wrote: >> > >> >> 2009/11/30 raf <[email protected]>: >> >> > hi, >> >> >> >> Hi Raf, >> >> >> >> > i've just set up two new computers each with a Powerware 3105 ups. >> >> > they have identical nut configurations and identical upss which >> >> > are both plugged in via usb but only one is being detected by nut. >> >> > the other keeps saying: >> >> > >> >> > Broadcast Message from n...@server-1 >> >> > (somewhere) at 14:52 ... >> >> > UPS u...@localhost is unavailable >> >> > (...) >> >> >> >> everything seems fine there. >> >> I've recently made several changes and improvements on this driver >> >> (the USB one) and would be interested in a driver debug output, ie: >> >> $ /lib/nut/bcmxcp_usb -DDD -a ups >> >> >> >> according to these info, I'll be able to give you a solution. >> >> >> >> cheers, >> >> Arnaud >> >> -- >> >> Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://www.eaton.com/mgeops >> >> Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ >> >> Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org >> >> Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ >> > >> > hi arnaud, >> > >> > i've attached the output from both hosts. strangely, the output >> > for the one that works is almost identical to the one that >> > doesn't. >> >> have you started NUT on both machine the same way (ie using >> /etc/init.d/nut or invoke-rc.d)? > > i started it using /etc/init.d/nut start > >> the driver starts fine on both machine, but it seems upsd is missing >> on the 2nd box... >> can you check it (using "ps")? >> and if you confirm it is not there, can you try launching upsd >> manually and report back. > > many thanks. that was the problem. i tried restarting it and > in saw in /var/log/syslog: > > bcmxcp_usb[28359]: Signal 15: exiting > bcmxcp_usb[28359]: CLOSING > upsmon[28363]: Signal 15: exiting > upsmon[28362]: upsmon parent: read > bcmxcp_usb[1222]: Startup successful > upsd[1223]: listening on 0.0.0.0 port 3493 > upsd[1223]: Can't open /etc/nut/ups.conf: Can't open /etc/nut/ups.conf: > Permission denied > upsmon[1225]: Startup successful > upsmon[1227]: UPS [...@localhost]: connect failed: Connection failure: > Connection refused > > so the cause was that the files in /etc/nut weren't > group readable to nut. > > many thanks for your time. it's working beautifully now.
happy to hear it. cheers, Arnaud -- Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://www.eaton.com/mgeops Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
