From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 10 09:39:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 360731065670 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 09:39:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@ivangelion.tw) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71578FC13 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 09:39:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin@ivangelion.tw) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u3so212187tia.3 for ; Sun, 10 May 2009 02:39:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.110.16.15 with SMTP id 15mr392126tip.53.1241946503087; Sun, 10 May 2009 02:08:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Chun-fan Ivan Liao Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 17:08:03 +0800 Message-ID: <173f52ec0905100208sda471d2q31534ca168650d63@mail.gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, apcupsd-users@lists.sourceforge.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: 4 apcupsd problems using USB to connect on FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 09:39:18 -0000 OS version: FreeBSD 7.2 RELEASE apcupsd version: 3.14.5 UPS model: APC-MGE Back-UPS RS 1000VA (BR1000TW) UPS cable type: usb 3 important lines in /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf: --------- UPSCABLE usb UPSTYPE usb DEVICE --------- Other lines are default. Problem Description: 1. The APC box cannot be detected when connected to the FreeBSD system on system boot. (apcupsd_enable=3D"YES" is set in /etc/rc.conf ) The associated messages in /var/log/messages: --------- May 10 16:08:27 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[901]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in bsd-usb.c at line 735 Cannot find UPS device -- For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information, please see . May 10 16:08:27 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[901]: apcupsd error shutdown complet= ed --------- 2. Continuing 1, if I unplug the connecting USB then re-plug it to the same port, the USB cannot be identified. The associated message in /var/log/messages: --------- May 10 16:36:17 aura-cosmetics kernel: uhub0: device problem (TIMEOUT), disabling port 3 --------- 3. Contiuning 2, changing the port to plug the USB will do, and /var/log/messages reads: --------- May 10 16:41:07 aura-cosmetics root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x051d product 0x0002 bus uhub1 May 10 16:41:08 aura-cosmetics kernel: ugen0: on uhub1 --------- But when starting the apcupsd now using [apcupsd start], there is no "freebsd startup succeeded" message appearing in /var/log/messages. However using [ps ax| grep apcupsd], there is the following associated procedure in the standard output: --------- 1264=C2=A0 ??=C2=A0 Ss=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 0:00.01 apcupsd start --------- 4. The last problem continuing 3, if stopping the apcupsd now using [apcupsd stop], the following error messages occur in /var/log/messages: --------- May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1270]: Valid lock file for pid=3D1264, but not ours pid=3D1270 May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1271]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in bsd-usb.c at line 735 Cannot find UPS device -- For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information, please see . May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1271]: Valid lock file for pid=3D1264, but not ours pid=3D1271 May 10 16:48:11 aura-cosmetics apcupsd[1271]: apcupsd error shutdown comple= ted --------- Any help will be greatly appreciated.