From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24-148-111-2.ip.mhcable.com ([24.148.111.2] helo=smtp.mhcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DlbxC-0002j0-00 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:21:54 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF85BE71FA for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:21:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 21629-09FAC1FA; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:21:46 -0400 Received: from hhs48.com (24-105-197-112.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.197.112]) by smtp.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDB84E71F9 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:21:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chuckh (helo=localhost) by hhs48.com with local-esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1DlbxB-0003nz-Ti for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:21:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 20:21:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20050623212108.GD15544@rednote.net> Message-ID: References: <20050623212108.GD15544@rednote.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.28.0.18; VDF: 6.28.0.106; host: smtp.mhcable.com) Subject: Re: Accessing a USB device X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 00:21:55 -0000 Well I'll be dipped! Suddenly it's working. After writing about my woes I thought I'd try it one more time, and at least generate that "failure to register" error. When I unplugged the USB cable and plugged it in again, I got this: usb 2-1: USB disconnect, address 3 usb 2-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4 hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [APC Back-UPS ES 350 FW:800.e5.D USB FW:e5] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-1 *** There used to be an error message appearing right here, but this time none. *** So then I ran the test program, which said I might still have a problem, but I went ahead anyway and ran the monitoring daemon, which ran without complaint. Next, I ran the "access" program to display the status of my UPS, and here is my proud outcome: APC : 001,033,0813 DATE : Thu Jun 23 20:15:27 EDT 2005 HOSTNAME : hhs48 RELEASE : 3.10.17 VERSION : 3.10.17 (18 March 2005) debian UPSNAME : hhs48 CABLE : USB Cable MODEL : Back-UPS ES 350 UPSMODE : Stand Alone STARTTIME: Thu Jun 23 19:58:30 EDT 2005 STATUS : ONLINE LINEV : 118.0 Volts LOADPCT : 9.0 Percent Load Capacity BCHARGE : 100.0 Percent TIMELEFT : 42.1 Minutes MBATTCHG : 5 Percent MINTIMEL : 3 Minutes MAXTIME : 0 Seconds LOTRANS : 088.0 Volts HITRANS : 138.0 Volts ALARMDEL : Always BATTV : 13.5 Volts NUMXFERS : 0 TONBATT : 0 seconds CUMONBATT: 0 seconds XOFFBATT : N/A STATFLAG : 0x02000008 Status Flag MANDATE : 2005-04-17 SERIALNO : AB0516149651 BATTDATE : 2000-00-00 NOMBATTV : 12.0 FIRMWARE : 00.e5.D USB FW:e5 APCMODEL : Back-UPS ES 350 END APC : Thu Jun 23 20:15:53 EDT 2005 *** Theoretically I know what all that stuff means. That is, I know where to look it up! *** Now for my obsessive self flagellation: I don't know why the damn thing did not work before, and I don['t know why it is working now. But this is looking pretty good to me right now. A prolonged power outage will shut my system down gracefully, and will also turn off the UPS itself. I will have to do some more configuring to get it to restart unattended when power is restored, but the book says I can do that if I want to. Pretty soon this computer will not need me at all, for anything, and I will be FREE! Chuck The Moon is Waning Gibbous (95% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh