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
>
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