apcupsd fails to start - lock file has incorrect pid#

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#1

apcupsd used to work under 12.3, but not any more. I’ve looked at the recent threads regarding this and none of them address my issue. The version of apcupsd I’m running is 3.14.10 (13 September 2011) suse.

My UPS is an APC Back-UPS BX1500, attached via USB, as shown in KInfoCenter. I have set **/etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf **(changes are bold) to use the following settings:


**UPSCABLE       usb
UPSTYPE        usb**
UPSCLASS       standalone
UPSMODE        disable
**DEVICE**
NOLOGON        disable
NETSERVER      on
LOGSTATS       off
LOCKFILE       /var/lock
SCRIPTDIR      /etc/apcupsd
PWRFAILDIR     /etc/apcupsd
NOLOGINDIR     /etc
EVENTSFILE     /var/log/apcupsd.events
STATFILE       /var/log/apcupsd.status
NISPORT        3551
NISIP          0.0.0.0
ONBATTERYDELAY    6
BATTERYLEVEL      5
MINUTES           3
TIMEOUT           0
ANNOY           300
ANNOYDELAY       60
KILLDELAY         0
EVENTSFILEMAX    10
STATTIME          0
DATATIME          0

When I start apcupsd with the YaST Services Manager I see the following:


apcupsd.service - APC UPS Power Control Daemon for Linux
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/apcupsd.service; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2014-08-08 11:09:35 CDT; 2h 31min ago
  Process: 7997 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apcupsd -b -f /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
  Process: 7994 ExecStartPre=/bin/rm -f /etc/apcupsd/powerfail (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 7997 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   CGroup: /system.slice/apcupsd.service

Aug 08 11:09:35 pinto systemd[1]: Started APC UPS Power Control Daemon for Linux.
Aug 08 11:09:35 pinto apcupsd[7997]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in smartsetup.c at line 70
Aug 08 11:09:35 pinto apcupsd[7997]: Cannot open UPS port : No such file or directory
Aug 08 11:09:35 pinto apcupsd[7997]: apcupsd FATAL ERROR in smartsetup.c at line 70
                                     Cannot open UPS port : No such file or directory
Aug 08 11:09:35 pinto apcupsd[7997]: apcupsd error shutdown completed
Aug 08 11:09:35 pinto systemd[1]: apcupsd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 08 11:09:35 pinto systemd[1]: Unit apcupsd.service entered failed state.
Aug 08 13:34:41 pinto systemd[1]: Stopped APC UPS Power Control Daemon for Linux.
Aug 08 13:38:20 pinto systemd[1]: Stopped APC UPS Power Control Daemon for Linux.
Aug 08 13:40:35 pinto systemd[1]: Stopped APC UPS Power Control Daemon for Linux.

When I run gapcupsd the Active Monitors tab has no entries.

YaST says apcupsd is reporting “Cannot open UPS port : No such file or directory”; does that mean it cannot find the USB device?

#2

I was getting the message quoted in the thread title earlier, but that doesn’t seem to be happening now. :frowning:

I installed KRecord to do some testing, but it doesn’t seem to be able to find my sound card. When I start it I get the message


can't open sound card: No such file or directory.

It gives no clue as to the resource it’s trying to access.

#3

Also arecord does not capture anything (except possibly a beep; don’t know where that came from):


$cd ~;arecord -vv sample.wav
[1]+  Done                    krecord
Recording WAVE 'sample.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
Plug PCM: Rate conversion PCM (48000, sformat=U8)
Converter: libspeex (builtin)
Protocol version: 10002
Its setup is:
  stream       : CAPTURE
  access       : RW_INTERLEAVED
  format       : U8
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 1
  rate         : 8000
  exact rate   : 8000 (8000/1)
  msbits       : 8
  buffer_size  : 2730
  period_size  : 170
  period_time  : 21333
  tstamp_mode  : NONE
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 170
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 1
  stop_threshold   : 2730
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 768426686420090880
Slave: Route conversion PCM (sformat=S32_LE)
  Transformation table:
    0 <- 0
Its setup is:
  stream       : CAPTURE
  access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
  format       : U8
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 1
  rate         : 48000
  exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
  msbits       : 8
  buffer_size  : 16384
  period_size  : 1024
  period_time  : 21333
  tstamp_mode  : NONE
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 1024
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 6
  stop_threshold   : 16384
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 4611686018427387904
Slave: Soft volume PCM
Control: Digital Capture Volume
min_dB: -30
max_dB: 30
resolution: 121
Its setup is:
  stream       : CAPTURE
  access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
  format       : S32_LE
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 2
  rate         : 48000
  exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
  msbits       : 32
  buffer_size  : 16384
  period_size  : 1024
  period_time  : 21333
  tstamp_mode  : NONE
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 1024
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 6
  stop_threshold   : 16384
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 4611686018427387904
Slave: Direct Snoop PCM
Its setup is:
  stream       : CAPTURE
  access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
  format       : S32_LE
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 2
  rate         : 48000
  exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
  msbits       : 32
  buffer_size  : 16384
  period_size  : 1024
  period_time  : 21333
  tstamp_mode  : NONE
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 1024
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 6
  stop_threshold   : 16384
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 4611686018427387904
Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel MID' device 0 subdevice 0
Its setup is:
  stream       : CAPTURE
  access       : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
  format       : S32_LE
  subformat    : STD
  channels     : 2
  rate         : 48000
  exact rate   : 48000 (48000/1)
  msbits       : 32
  buffer_size  : 16384
  period_size  : 1024
  period_time  : 21333
  tstamp_mode  : ENABLE
  period_step  : 1
  avail_min    : 1024
  period_event : 0
  start_threshold  : 1
  stop_threshold   : 0
  silence_threshold: 0
  silence_size : 0
  boundary     : 4611686018427387904
  appl_ptr     : 0
  hw_ptr       : 570291232
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The old Microphone Settings in OpenSuse mentions Phonon; could there be a problem with that? I see nothing relevant when I px fax | grep ph.

#4

On 2014-08-08 23:36, jlturriff wrote:

> I was getting the message quoted in the thread title earlier, but that
> doesn’t seem to be happening now. :frowning:
>
> I installed KRecord to do some testing, but it doesn’t seem to be able
> to find my sound card. When I start it I get the message

Please, no, one issue per thread. If you now don’t have an issue with
apcupsd, just say so, and the thread ends.

If you now have an issue with sound, please open a new thread with sound
somewhere in the title. Perhaps in the multimedia forum, perhaps in
hardware one, perhaps here.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.

(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” (Minas Tirith))

#5

**
Oops! Posted that to the wrong thread. Ignore the reference to KRecord.**