Nut upsuser - Oct 2007 - usbhid-ups on openSUSE 10.3 does not see MGE Ellipse 1500

Dear List, The driver usbhid-ups does not detect my MGE Ellipse 1500.

I'm running openSuSE Linux 10.3, kernel 2.6.22 with mgeups-psp-3.0.4-2,
nut-2.2.0-20 installed from MGE's rpm's. (Merci MGE!)

lsusb shows:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0463:ffff MGE UPS Systems UPS

/etc/ups/ups.conf says:
[myups]
        driver = usbhid-ups
        port = auto
        desc = "Local UPS"
        vendorid = 0463

I launched upsdrvctl in debug mode:

pastis: # /usr/lib/ups/driver/upsdrvctl -DDDDD start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-
Starting UPS: myups
exec: /usr/lib/ups/driver/usbhid-ups -a myups
Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.2.0-)

No matching HID UPS found
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

Any suggestion would be very welcome.

Roger

> Dear List, The driver usbhid-ups does not detect my MGE Ellipse 1500.
>
> I'm running openSuSE Linux 10.3, kernel 2.6.22 with mgeups-psp-3.0.4-2,
> nut-2.2.0-20 installed from MGE's rpm's. (Merci MGE!)
>
> lsusb shows:
> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0463:ffff MGE UPS Systems UPS
>
> /etc/ups/ups.conf says:
> [myups]
>         driver = usbhid-ups
>         port = auto
>         desc = "Local UPS"
>         vendorid = 0463
>
> I launched upsdrvctl in debug mode:
>
> pastis: # /usr/lib/ups/driver/upsdrvctl -DDDDD start
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-
> Starting UPS: myups
> exec: /usr/lib/ups/driver/usbhid-ups -a myups
> Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.2.0-)
>
> No matching HID UPS found
> Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
>
> Any suggestion would be very welcome.
This is a known problem with the new kernel in openSUSE 10.3:

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331749

Unfortunately, this is apparently not very high on the list of priorities.
So for now, I suggest to apply the changes by hand. :-(

Best regards, Arjen
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Arjen de Korte wrote:
> This is a known problem with the new kernel in openSUSE 10.3:
> 
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331749
> 
> Unfortunately, this is apparently not very high on the list of priorities.
> So for now, I suggest to apply the changes by hand. :-(
I applied the change, and the head of file /etc/udev/rules.d now says:

   # udev rules for the NUT USB drivers

   ACTION!="add", GOTO="nut-usbups_rules_end"
   SUBSYSTEM=="usb_device", GOTO="nut-usbups_rules_real"
   SUBSYSTEM=="usb", GOTO="nut-usbups_rules_real"
   BUS!="usb", GOTO="nut-usbups_rules_end"

   LABEL="nut-usbups_rules_real"

   # MGE UPS SYSTEMS - usbhid-ups
   SYSFS{idVendor}=="0463", .....

Again I tried to start usbhid-ups but I still get:

pastis:~ # /usr/lib/ups/driver/upsdrvctl -DDD start
Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.2.0-
Starting UPS: myups
exec: /usr/lib/ups/driver/usbhid-ups -a myups
Network UPS Tools: 0.28 USB communication driver 0.28 - core 0.30 (2.2.0-)

No matching HID UPS found
Driver failed to start (exit status=1)

Best Regards,
Roger