apcupsd lock file error

[david walcroft]

david walcroft wrote:
> Anthony Messina wrote:
> 
>> john bray wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 16:51 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>   Would anyone tell me what needs to be done to fix this lockfile
>>>>
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>>> ours pid=21621
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcdevice.c at 
>>>> line 77
>>>> Unable to create UPS lock file.
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>>> ours pid=21621
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:19:04 EST 2006  apcupsd error shutdown completed
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>>> ours pid=21942
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcdevice.c at 
>>>> line 77
>>>> Unable to create UPS lock file.
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  Valid lock file for pid=2296, but not 
>>>> ours pid=21942
>>>> Sun Feb 12 16:20:38 EST 2006  apcupsd error shutdown completed
>>>>
>>>> I can't find "apcdevice.c" it's probably a binary and I'm hopeless 
>>>> at binary.
>>>> But 'ls /var/lock/subsys/apcupsd' exists.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Thanks   david
>>>>
>>>
>>> david - i'll bet you have selinux turned on.  set it to non-enforcing
>>> mode.  there's always been a problem with apcupsd and it's lock file
>>> with selinux.
>>>
>>> john
>>
>>
>>
>> wait now.  don't just disable selinux. that would be a workaround, not 
>> a solution.  besides, there are plenty of us running apcupsd with 
>> selinux enabled with no lock problems.  john summerfield wrote a good 
>> way of trying to track the problem down in his previous post.  kill 
>> apcupsd, then delete the lock file from the /var/lock/subsys dir and 
>> start apcupsd using the startup script ~#] service apcupsd start
>>
>> then tell us what happens.
>>
> Ok,
>   I did as suggested by john summerfield, stopped apcups,delete the 
> lockfile,start apsups again,this error is the result of"apctest" --
> 
> 
> [david at reddwarf ~]$ apctest
> 
> 
> 2006-02-13 14:39:49 apctest 3.12.1 (06 January 2006) redhat
> Checking configuration ...
> Attached to driver: usb
> sharenet.type = DISABLE
> cable.type = USB_CABLE
> 
> You are using a USB cable type, so I'm entering USB test mode
> mode.type = USB_UPS
> Setting up the port ...
> apctest FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 649
> Cannot find UPS device --
> For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information,
> please see <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>.
> apctest FATAL ERROR in linux-usb.c at line 649
> Cannot find UPS device --
> For a link to detailed USB trouble shooting information,
> please see <http://www.apcupsd.com/support.html>.
> apctest error termination completed
> 
> I have SELinux disabled at the moment so I'll enable it and try again.
> 
>   Thanks   david


I just enabled SELinux,no change from above posting

     david