From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 16 12:26:57 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7158137B400 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:26:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sundsu1.deltast.edu (sundsu1.deltastate.edu [209.147.241.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A49FD43E42 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:26:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu) Received: from jbentley (dhcp-a170.deltastate.edu [10.1.2.170]) by sundsu1.deltast.edu (8.12.2/8.12.2) with SMTP id g6GJQgDQ009121; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:26:42 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20020716141335.007f6430@sundsu1.deltast.edu> X-Sender: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:13:35 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jon From: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu Subject: Re: Need help with software to run my APC UPS In-Reply-To: <20020715230306.61375.qmail@web40306.mail.yahoo.com> References: <3.0.6.32.20020715162307.007d7ca0@sundsu1.deltast.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm keeping the freebsd-questions on these emails in case someone needs to know this stuff, too. :) At 04:03 PM 7/15/02 -0700, you wrote: >--- zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu wrote: >> >> >did you comment out >> > >> >#ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off >> secure >> >or >> >#ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off >> secure >> > in /etc/ttys? this was my problem. >> >> Tried this and it didn't work. >> >> This is where I stand now: >> >> 1. Two computers each with a APC Back-UPS Pro 650 >> and cable >> attached (one has a 940-0095A and the other has a >> 940-0095B). >> >> 2. One computer runs FreeBSD4.6 and the other runs >> FreeBSD4.4 >> >> 3. *Neither* computer will work with "bkpupsd" or >> "apcupsd" >> from the ports collection. >> >> A) type: bkpupsd /dev/cuaa0 >> result: on one computer it starts the daemon, >> but won't perform >> when power plug is pulled, >> on the other computer it starts the >> daemon, but immediately >> annouces the power has failed and >> shuts down >> >> B) type: apcupsd start >> result: one computer hangs, the other >> complains it can't communicate >> with UPS. >> >> Note: A guy on the apcupsd mail-list has the same >> exact UPS+cable >> and runs FreeBSD4.6 and sent me his "apcupsd.conf" >> file. I had >> the same result with it. >> >> 4. Tried installing "upsd" from the ports >> collection on one computer >> and the computer hung on booting -- isn't this one >> needed for NUT to work? >> (Also installed NUT, BTW.) >> >> 5. Totally baffled at this point. >> >> According to apcupsd.com, one possible source of >> error in a >> situation like this one is: >> >> "Chosen serial port has logins enabled. You must >> disable logins on that >> port, otherwise, the system prevents apcupsd from >> using it. Normally, the >> file /etc/inittab specifies the ports for which a >> getty process is started. >> You must disable getty for the port which you wish >> to use." >> >> I'm not sure I disabled logins for the device >> correctly. >> Not sure what to do now. >> >> Important note: Several years ago one of these UPSs >> worked with >> "bkpupsd" with the exact same hardware -- but after >> I upgraded that very >> old version of FreeBSD it won't work. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> :) >> > >the first suggestion i sent was to to make the changes >to /etc/tty that should disable logins via serial ;) Yeah, this didn't seem to change anything. >are the ports enabled in the bios? cuaa0 (serial 1 ) >should be port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4. I checked and one computer had serial 1 disabled. So, obviously this is a problem. I tried to change it to enabled but then I had some kind of conflict. I don't really know about this stuff. The other computer has: serial port 1 3F8/IRQ4 serial port 2 2F8/IRQ3 Thanks, Joe B. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Joseph A. Bentley Professor of Chemistry Dept. of Physical Sciences Phone: (662) 846-4482 P.O. Box 3255-DSU FAX: (662) 846-4486 Delta State University E-mail: jbentley@dsu.deltast.edu Cleveland, MS 38733 E-mail: zjoe@sundsu1.deltast.edu "It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail." -- Gore Vidal ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message