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    • Y
      yozh
      last edited by

      Its not really a package problem as the system doesnt see the device hoba….....
      did usb support change in 1.2 ? as this worked with 1.0.1 with out a problem the system saw the device as soon as it was plugged in. In the system.log all I see is when I disconnect it, not when I connected it. Here is what it says when I disconnect it

      "Apr 13 15:24:53 pfsense kernel: (null): at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected"

      Is the kernel no compiled with the uhid or no ugen as apcupsd uses that support ?

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      • Y
        yozh
        last edited by

        No one can comment on this issue ?

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          hoba
          last edited by

          uhub0 and ugen are both there.

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            yozh
            last edited by

            Why wouldnt the UPS show up as a device at all ? Here is a list from /dev

            ls

            acd0            cuad1          net11          nfs4            ttyv3
            acpi            cuad1.init      net12          nfslock        ttyv4
            ad0            cuad1.lock      net13          null            ttyv5
            ad0s1          devctl          net14          pci            ttyv6
            ad0s1a          devstat        net15          pf              ttyv7
            ad0s1b          fd              net16          ppi0            ttyv8
            ad0s1c          fd0            net17          ptyp0          ttyv9
            agpgart        fido            net18          random          ttyva
            apm            geom.ctl        net19          speaker        ttyvb
            ata            io              net2            stderr          ttyvc
            atkbd0          kbd0            net20          stdin          ttyvd
            bpf0            kbd1            net21          stdout          ttyve
            bpf1            kbdmux0        net22          sysmouse        ttyvf
            bpf2            klog            net23          ttyd0          urandom
            bpf3            kmem            net24          ttyd0.init      usb
            bpf4            lpt0            net3            ttyd0.lock      usb0
            console        lpt0.ctl        net4            ttyd1          usb1
            consolectl      md0            net5            ttyd1.init      xpt0
            crypto          mdctl          net6            ttyd1.lock      zero
            ctty            mem            net7            ttyp0
            cuad0          net            net8            ttyv0
            cuad0.init      net1            net9            ttyv1
            cuad0.lock      net10          network        ttyv2

            and here is output of the dmesg | grep u

            All buffers synced.
            FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
            FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p11 #0: Sun Feb 24 16:32:58 EST 2008
                sullrich@builder6.pfsense.com:/usr/obj.pfSense/usr/src/sys/pfSense.6
            Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
              Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0xf13  Stepping = 3
              Features=0x3febfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm>kbd1 at kbdmux0
            acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
            Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
            cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
            acpi_throttle0: <acpi cpu="" throttling="">on cpu0
            acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
            pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
            pci1: <pci bus="">on pcib1
            pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
            miibus0: <mii bus="">on rl0
            rlphy0: <realtek internal="" media="" interface="">on miibus0
            rlphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
            miibus1: <mii bus="">on rl1
            rlphy1: <realtek internal="" media="" interface="">on miibus1
            rlphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
            isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
            uhci0: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 11 at device 31.2 on pci0
            uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
            usb0: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0
            usb0: USB revision 1.0
            uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
            uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
            pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
            uhci1: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0
            uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
            usb1: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1
            usb1: USB revision 1.0
            uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
            uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
            acpi_button1: <sleep button="">on acpi0
            ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
            lpt0: <printer>on ppbus0
            lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
            ppi0: <parallel i="" o="">on ppbus0
            sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
            Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1703871700 Hz quality 800
            Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
            Fast IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
            Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
            pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
            rl0: promiscuous mode enabled

            What am I doing wrong here ? I just plug it in and nothing comes up anywhere else ?</parallel></printer></parallel></sleep></intel></intel></serial></intel></intel></isa></realtek></mii></realtek></mii></acpi></pci></acpi></power></acpi></acpi></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm>

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            • H
              hoba
              last edited by

              Check the rest of the dmesg if something else is using irq10. Also disable everything in the bios that you don't need (serial ports, lpt ports, soundcards,…). If the bios has an option for pnp os make sure it is set to "no".

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                yozh
                last edited by

                Thanks  hoba

                The network card is on irq 10

                dmesg | grep "irq 10"

                rl1: <d-link 10="" dfe-530tx+="" 100basetx="">port 0xb800-0xb8ff mem 0xdfeffe00-0xdfeffeff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci3
                uhci1: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0
                rl1: <d-link 10="" dfe-530tx+="" 100basetx="">port 0xb800-0xb8ff mem 0xdfeffe00-0xdfeffeff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci3
                uhci1: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0
                rl1: <d-link 10="" dfe-530tx+="" 100basetx="">port 0xb800-0xb8ff mem 0xdfeffe00-0xdfeffeff irq 10 at device 5.0 on pci3
                uhci1: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0

                I guess thats the issue ? I wonder how I can change that, should I try a different PCI slot ?</intel></d-link></intel></d-link></intel></d-link>

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                  hoba
                  last edited by

                  You could try that, or as I suggested disable other unneeded devices in the bios. There's usually a lot of stuff that you can turn off as you don't need it to run pfSense to free up some hardwareressources.

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                  • Y
                    yozh
                    last edited by

                    Got you will try tommorow as this is a headless machine. Thanks.

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                    • Y
                      yozh
                      last edited by

                      Ok I was able to do it now. The irq 10 is clean now, still no luck with the devices

                      dmesg | grep "irq 10"

                      uhci1: <intel 82801ba="" bam="" (ich2)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0

                      ls

                      acd0            cuad1          net11          nfs4            ttyv3
                      acpi            cuad1.init      net12          nfslock        ttyv4
                      ad0            cuad1.lock      net13          null            ttyv5
                      ad0s1          devctl          net14          pci            ttyv6
                      ad0s1a          devstat        net15          pf              ttyv7
                      ad0s1b          fd              net16          ppi0            ttyv8
                      ad0s1c          fd0            net17          ptyp0          ttyv9
                      agpgart        fido            net18          random          ttyva
                      apm            geom.ctl        net19          speaker        ttyvb
                      ata            io              net2            stderr          ttyvc
                      atkbd0          kbd0            net20          stdin          ttyvd
                      bpf0            kbd1            net21          stdout          ttyve
                      bpf1            kbdmux0        net22          sysmouse        ttyvf
                      bpf2            klog            net23          ttyd0          urandom
                      bpf3            kmem            net24          ttyd0.init      usb
                      bpf4            lpt0            net3            ttyd0.lock      usb0
                      console        lpt0.ctl        net4            ttyd1          usb1
                      consolectl      md0            net5            ttyd1.init      xpt0
                      crypto          mdctl          net6            ttyd1.lock      zero
                      ctty            mem            net7            ttyp0
                      cuad0          net            net8            ttyv0
                      cuad0.init      net1            net9            ttyv1
                      cuad0.lock      net10          network        ttyv2

                      I dont have to reinstall do I ?</intel>

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                      • Y
                        yozh
                        last edited by

                        The funny thing is that when I disconnect the UPS I get this messages,

                        Apr 14 22:58:09 pfsense kernel: (null): at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected
                        Apr 14 23:00:02 pfsense kernel: (null): at uhub0 port 2 (addr 2) disconnected

                        but nothing on connect to eather port, and this was all good before :(

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                          hoba
                          last edited by

                          Reinstallation should not be neccessary but maybe it would help. Try to fire up the livecd and see if it detects the hotplug of the ups before reinstalling.

                          Oh, and did you try to reset the ups? Maybe it has crashed and doesn't provide useful information anymore to the system?

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                          • Y
                            yozh
                            last edited by

                            I tried with another UPS and all the same, for some reason it doesn't see that kind of UPS, I was able to use a USB keyboard, USB jumpdrive all fine hotpluged and everything, but when I plug in the UPS I get nothing…...... I disabled everything in the BIOS even the floppy...... This is very strange I wonder whats different here vs 1.0.1

                            For reference its a APC Backup UPS ES 350R

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                              hoba
                              last edited by

                              I would start searching freebsd lists regarding usb and that ups. 1.0.1 and 1.2 have different freebsd versions. 1.2 is much newer of course.

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                                yozh
                                last edited by

                                Yeah I figured as much, I looked last night, couldn't really find much. I cant remember what version of FreeBSD was 1.0.1 on ?

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                                  hoba
                                  last edited by

                                  6.1 iirc.

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                                  • Y
                                    yozh
                                    last edited by

                                    Well I looked around, and I cant find anything. I will try installing 6.2 on a white box and try connecting to it to see what happenes.

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                                      Cry Havok
                                      last edited by

                                      Worth visiting the NUT (Network UPS Tools) list archive too.  ISTR that FreeBSD and USB UPS support is still pretty poor.

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                                      • Y
                                        yozh
                                        last edited by

                                        Thanks tried everything and nothing works. SO maybe downgrade is in  my future. :(

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                                          David_W
                                          last edited by

                                          Rather than downgrading, you can look the other way to see if that will help. pfSense 1.2.1 should be here by the end of the month, and will be based on FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE (rather than the 6.2-RELEASE used in 1.2).

                                          Click here for the development snapshots. The ISO works fine on my Dell Poweredge R200, which, being ICH9 based, will not work with FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE. However, it's not advised to use this in production.

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