Re: [Apcupsd-users] Back-UPS 500 and kernel 2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686

[Adam K. <akr...@ro...>]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Ismael Olea <is...@ol...> wrote:
>
> Hello:
> I have troubles setting up apcupsd in my Fedora 15 system.
> Is there any known incompatibility, maybe related with the USB connection?
> some details:
> kernel: 2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686
> apcupsd: apcupsd-3.14.8-7.fc15.i686
> dmesg output:
> [73629.206029] usb 5-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address
> 8
> [73629.383428] usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=051d, idProduct=0002
> [73629.383433] usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=1,
> SerialNumber=2
> [73629.383436] usb 5-1: Product: Back-UPS 500 FW: 6.5.I USB FW: c1
> [73629.383440] usb 5-1: Manufacturer: American Power Conversion
> [73629.383443] usb 5-1: SerialNumber: BB0%%%%%
> [73630.153638] generic-usb 0003:051D:0002.000A: hiddev0,hidraw3: USB HID
> v1.00 Device [American Power Conversion Back-UPS 500 FW: 6.5.I USB FW: c1 ]
> on usb-0000:00:1a.2-1/input0
> [olea@patxuko ~]$ ls -l /proc/bus/usb/
> total 0

That just means usbfs is not mounted which does not matter. Apcupsd
will run just fine without it. It just needs hiddev which by the dmesg
output looks to be ready to go.

--Adam