Re: I need advice with UPS connection.

Alan Stern
2020-11-11T15:42:27Z

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 08:17:35PM -0500, Hgntkwis@vfemail.net wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Nov 2020 16:55:11 -0500
> Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'd appreciate any advice trying to get my UPS to stay connected and
> > > not spam the kernel log. The UPS is about 1 year old. It's working
> > > fine. I just want to use nut or apcupsd with it.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > David
> >
> > +Jiri, Ben, and linux-input
> >
>
> I googled Jiri and ben but I don't see anything promising. Can you give
> me more search terms or absolute URLs?

Jiri Kosina and Benjamin Tissoires are the maintainers of Linux's HID
(Human Interface Device) subsystem, which interacts closely with the
Input subsystem. Your UPS uses the HID communication protocol, so they
are the people best suited to fix its problems.

> Also, in pointing me to the linux-input subsystem, are you recommending
> me to write a driver or something else?

I am recommending that the people who work on the Input subsystem should
take a look at your bug report.

Alan Stern