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      shaffergr @dennypage
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      so rebooted XG-7100 back into 22.05 (thanks to ZFS) and confirmed nut package and USB drivers work as expected. Rebooted back into 23.01 and same - exit on signal 10.

      Some data points:

      My NAS runs TrueNAS Core 13.0-U3.1, which os based on FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p2. It is connected to a 1U CyberPower 700VA UPS via nut and it is also working as expected - no issues.

      If I connect the 700VA UPS to my XG-7100 I get the same results - exit on signal 10. If I connect the 500VA UPS (normally connected to the XG-7100) to my TrueNAS server, works as expected - no issues and reports correct information.

      Also, I have connected the USB cable of both UPS to both USB 2.0 ports on my XG-7100 with the same results - eventually exits on signal 10.

      so...

      nut package and USB devices look to work correctly under FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE and FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE. Issue must be with FreeBSD-14-CURRENT.

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        tman222 @dennypage
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        @dennypage said in NUT package:

        @tman222 Hey, I'm sorry if you mentioned this before and I missed it, but could you share some information on the kind of hardware you are running pfSense on? Is it Intel or Arm based? Thanks

        Hi @dennypage - this particular system that is seeing the signal 10 errors is based on newer Intel based hardware (running on an 10th gen Intel Core i3 CPU). It looks like it continues to run fine using the interruptonly flag as additional input to the NUT usbhid-ups driver (no disconnections/crashes yet). Please let me know if the NUT status screenshots would still be helpful to have.

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          shaffergr @tman222
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          @tman222

          where do you put the interruptonly flag in the nut config gui?

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            tman222 @shaffergr
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            @shaffergr said in NUT package:

            @tman222

            where do you put the interruptonly flag in the nut config gui?

            Hi @shaffergr - you would put it in the "Extra Arguments to driver (optional)" section:

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              keyser Rebel Alliance @dennypage
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              @dennypage Thank you very much for your excellent work on this package.
              I have not upgraded to 23.01 yet, so a quick question:

              Should we expect this to be an issue with all USB-HID driver local attached UPS’es, or do you suspect this is UPS model (USB implementation) dependant?

              About once or twice a week I have a short UPS dropout (< 1 minute) on SG-2100/22.05 with my Eaton 500S UPS.
              The SG-2100 is VERY remote, so I will try and replace the USB cable in a couple of weeks when I’m on-site again. I was hoping to upgrade to 23.01 at that time :-)

              My SG-6100/22.05 have no such symptoms with its Eaton 550SC.

              Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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                dennypage @tman222
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                @tman222 said in NUT package:

                Please let me know if the NUT status screenshots would still be helpful to have.

                They would. The purpose is to know what additional variables are being processed for the cyberpower when interruptonly is not set. Thanks.

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                  dennypage @keyser
                  last edited by dennypage

                  @keyser said in NUT package:

                  Should we expect this to be an issue with all USB-HID driver local attached UPS’es, or do you suspect this is UPS model (USB implementation) dependant?

                  So far all the signal 10/11 reports pertain to the cyberpower subdriver of usbhid. Not a guarantee, but a good indicator.

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                    dennypage @shaffergr
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                    @shaffergr said in NUT package:

                    My NAS runs TrueNAS Core 13.0-U3.1, which os based on FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p2. It is connected to a 1U CyberPower 700VA UPS via nut and it is also working as expected - no issues.

                    Is the nas running nut 2.8.0? Or is it still on 2.7.4? I was thinking it was nut, particularly the cyberpower subdriver, rather than a kernel issue.

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                      tman222 @dennypage
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                      @dennypage - actually, here is a list of all the CyberPower monitored variables from UPS status page. First one is with the interruptonly flag set, the second one is the full set (i.e. regular with polling enabled). I figured it would easier for you to diff the sets this way:

                      Interrupt Only:
                      battery.charge
                      battery.runtime
                      battery.runtime.low
                      device.mfr
                      device.model
                      device.serial
                      device.type
                      driver.flag.interruptonly
                      driver.name
                      driver.parameter.pollfreq
                      driver.parameter.pollinterval
                      driver.parameter.port
                      driver.parameter.synchronous
                      driver.version
                      driver.version.data
                      driver.version.internal
                      driver.version.usb
                      ups.beeper.status
                      ups.mfr
                      ups.model
                      ups.productid
                      ups.serial
                      ups.status
                      ups.vendorid

                      Full (Polling Enabled):
                      battery.charge
                      battery.charge.low
                      battery.charge.warning
                      battery.mfr.date
                      battery.runtime
                      battery.runtime.low
                      battery.type
                      battery.voltage
                      battery.voltage.nominal
                      device.mfr
                      device.model
                      device.serial
                      device.type
                      driver.name
                      driver.parameter.pollfreq
                      driver.parameter.pollinterval
                      driver.parameter.port
                      driver.parameter.synchronous
                      driver.version
                      driver.version.data
                      driver.version.internal
                      driver.version.usb
                      input.voltage
                      input.voltage.nominal
                      output.voltage
                      ups.beeper.status
                      ups.delay.shutdown
                      ups.delay.start
                      ups.load
                      ups.mfr
                      ups.model
                      ups.productid
                      ups.realpower.nominal
                      ups.serial
                      ups.status
                      ups.test.result
                      ups.timer.shutdown
                      ups.timer.start
                      ups.vendorid

                      Hope this helps.

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                        shaffergr @dennypage
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                        @dennypage

                        "pkg list" shows nut-2.7.4_20 installed

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                          dennypage @shaffergr
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                          @shaffergr said in NUT package:

                          "pkg list" shows nut-2.7.4_20 installed

                          That's what I expected. With 23.01, pfSense moved to nut 2.8.0. I expect that it's a regression in nut itself.

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                            shaffergr @dennypage
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                            @dennypage

                            I also added the "interruptonly" flag to the "Extra Arguments to driver" at approx 11:40 AM. No signal 10 errors/issues found in /var/log/system.log so far (little over 3 hours).

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                              shaffergr @dennypage
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                              @dennypage

                              Also if it helps, XG-7100 has a Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3558 @ 2.20GHz processor and my TrueNAS system is a SuperMicro Server MB with an Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3758 @ 2.20GHz processor, so both amd64 architecture.

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                                dennypage @lcbbcl
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                                @lcbbcl, @xavier1 Are you still having a problem or is it resolved?

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                                  dennypage @shaffergr
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                                  @shaffergr, @tman222, @JonathanLee Can you check on your systems and see if you have any existing core dumps from usbhid-ups?

                                  They would probably be in /root, but just in case you can run

                                  find / -name '*.core'

                                  to search the entire system. Thanks.

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                                    xavier1 @dennypage
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                                    @dennypage Yeah same issue. Did a clean install upgraded from 2.6.0 up to 23.01 then added the package still no luck. Says daemon pending. Then reloaded my xml config and still no go.

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                                      lcbbcl @dennypage
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                                      @dennypage
                                      I delete and reinstall nut and i have the same problem.
                                      Why i see Can't connect to UPS [APC] (usbhid-ups-APC): No such file or directory
                                      Pf is not able to find that file, is not generated or what?

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                                        shaffergr @dennypage
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                                        @dennypage @tman222, @JonathanLee

                                        no cores found. Also nothing in /var/crash

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                                          dennypage @xavier1
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                                          @xavier1 said in NUT package:

                                          Did a clean install upgraded from 2.6.0 up to 23.01 then added the package still no luck. Says daemon pending.

                                          Can you confirm that you have rebooted or done an unplug/replug following reload of config and install of nut? There is a common permissions issue with usb until you do that.

                                          Please confirm that you are using UPS Type of "Local USB" with driver "usbhid", and that you have nothing in the Extra Arguments to driver section, and the all sections of the Advanced settings are empty. [You can stuff back later if needed]

                                          Where do you see "daemon pending"? In the widget? In the status page (Services / UPS / Status)? In both? If the status page, what happens if you refresh the browser? Does it still show pending?

                                          Lastly, can you check your system logs and post any entries matching "usbhid" since the reboot please? Thanks

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                                            dennypage @shaffergr
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                                            @shaffergr said in NUT package:

                                            no cores found

                                            I was afraid of that. Since nut is not running as root, it won't be able to write to /root.

                                            Would you mind executing the following in a shell and then regenerating the crash?

                                            sysctl kern.corefile=/var/tmp/%N.core
                                            

                                            This will cause the core file to be written in /var/tmp which is world writable. Note that this setting will not persist across reboots.

                                            Thanks

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