freebsd port: apcupsd-3.14.3_1

Eric Zimmerman heli at mikestammer.com
Wed Apr 30 16:57:29 UTC 2008


Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Mike Stammer wrote:
> 
>> Last night i installed apcupsd and there was a post install message
>> mentioning to comment out the following in the kernel:
>>
>> device      uhid        # "Human Interface Devices"
>>
>> i do not think this is necessary anymore as I, in the process of
>> determining my first UPS was bad, tried a kernel both with and without
>> the line above commented out.
> 
> Are you connecting to the UPS by USB or by old-fashioned serial 
> (RS-232)?  I suspect that that message would only apply for RS-232 
> connections.
> 
> But that is just a guess on my part.
> 

I used a USB cable as supplied by APC.

I do have several machines at remote sites that use RS-232 cables and 
the line above is not commented out of the kernel. They work as expected.

Eric


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