Nut upsuser - Feb 2015 - One more try at nut, this time on debian 7.8 (wheezy)

Greetings Charles;

I eventually gave up making it work on ubuntu-10.04.4 LTS, and that drive 
is slowly curling up its toes, so I am running wheezy on a fresher drive 
now.

I have installed all the nut stuffs from the repo, and now have two more 
scripts in /etc/init.d called nut-client and nut-server.

dmesg |grep Belkin - :
root at coyote:/etc/nut# dmesg|grep Belkin
[    4.242066] usb 2-3: Product: Belkin UPS
[    4.242069] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Belkin 
[    4.975284] generic-usb 0003:050D:0751.0001: hiddev0,hidraw0: USB HID 
v1.11 Device [Belkin  Belkin UPS] on usb-0000:00:02.0-3/input0


I have added this stanza to /etc/nut/nut.conf:
[myups]
driver=generic-usb
port=/dev/ttyUSB0

Some attempts to start nut-server:
root at coyote:/etc/nut# /etc/init.d/nut-server start
[ ok ] Starting NUT - power devices information server and drivers:  
(driver(s) failed). upsd.
root at coyote:/etc/nut# /etc/init.d/nut-server stop
[ ok ] Stopping NUT - power devices information server and drivers: upsd 
(driver(s) failed).
root at coyote:/etc/nut# /etc/init.d/nut-server start
[ ok ] Starting NUT - power devices information server and drivers:  
(driver(s) failed). upsd.
root at coyote:/etc/nut# /etc/init.d/nut-server status
Checking status of NUT - power devices information server and drivers
[ ok ] upsd is running.

Even though I installed nut-doc, there are no man pages so I am running in 
the dark again.

Where is the initial config and startup procedure to be found?  ISTR it 
was a web page at one time.

Thanks Charles.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

On Feb 18, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> Even though I installed nut-doc, there are no man pages so I am running in 
> the dark again.
They seem to be in the file list:

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/amd64/nut-client/filelist

Is $MANPATH set to something strange?
> 
> Where is the initial config and startup procedure to be found?  ISTR it 
> was a web page at one time.
This?

http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/ar01s06.html

While Roger Price's guide is for openSuse, it is a little more approachable
than the NUT manual (which is more of a reference, I guess).

http://rogerprice.org/NUT.html

Also note my post from earlier this evening- wheezy might also be affected by
that Debian bug, if you have a USB UPS.

- Charles
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On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 10:10:37 PM Charles Lepple
wrote:
> On Feb 18, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
wrote:
> > Even though I installed nut-doc, there are no man pages so I am
> > running in the dark again.
> 
> They seem to be in the file list:
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/amd64/nut-client/filelist
> 
> Is $MANPATH set to something strange?
> 
Empty, LF terminated string. Or maybe the echo terminated it.
> > Where is the initial config and startup procedure to be found?  ISTR
> > it was a web page at one time.
> 
> This?
> 
> http://www.networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/ar01s06.html
I believe it is, thanks Charles.
 
> While Roger Price's guide is for openSuse, it is a little more
> approachable than the NUT manual (which is more of a reference, I
> guess).
> 
> http://rogerprice.org/NUT.html
I'll take a look at that too.
 
> Also note my post from earlier this evening- wheezy might also be
> affected by that Debian bug, if you have a USB UPS.
I believe it can be either, connected to usb ATM.
> 
> - Charles
Thanks Charles, I'll pursue this when I have both eyes open.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>