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Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:20:05 +0200
From: Der Tiger <der.tiger.alpine@arcor.de>
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Subject: [alpine-devel] [2.5.4] apcupsd is missing at least one kernel module
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Hi,

I tried to connect my APC BackUp UPS to one of my Alpine Linux systems
with kernel 3.6.11 via USB. While the UPS device was recognized by the
kernel and shows up in /var/log/messages, the apcupsd cannot find the
device. According to the manual at
http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html#verifying-device-detection-and-driver
apcupsd requires the following kernel modules to be installed:

  CONFIG_USB
  CONFIG_USB_HID
  CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV
  CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS

The first two are present and can be modprobed successfully, though
usbhiddev is missing

  alpine:~$ cat /boot/config-3.6.11-grsec | grep CONFIG_USB_HID*
  CONFIG_USB_HID=m
  # CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV is not set

The CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS configuration key seems not to be available in
the current kernel built, so I don't know whether it has been renamed or
has been combined with another key, e.g. CONFIG_USB.

Anyway, in the upcoming built I'd like to ask for the configuration to
be changed to

  CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=m

Has anyone successfully connected an APC UPS through USB to his/her
Alpine Linux system, yet?

Kind Regards, Tiger


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