On Friday 26 August 2005 20:15, Robert Bell wrote: > I'm hoping someone can help me here. I'm reading the docs for NUT, > trying to get it to talk to my CyberPower AVR1500 UPS. The docs say: > > Next, create an entry in ups.conf like this: > > [myups] > driver = hidups > port = /dev/usb/hid/hiddev0 > > If you don't have those entries in /dev, make them with mknod - > they're character devices, major 180, minor 96 and up. > > > I have no clue how how to do whatever it says to do in the last sentance. I > know the system is reporting my UPS on > > kernel: hiddev96: USB HID v1.10 Device [Cyber Power System CPS RS232 USB > BRIDGE for UPS] on usb-0000:00:10.1-2 > > /dev/usb/hid/hiddev96 does not exist. Can someone tell me how to make it? > > Thanks ! Take a look at the man and info pages for mknod. You have to create the node. You have the clues you need above. It's a character device, named /dev/usb/hid/hiddev0, the major number is 180 and the minor number is 96. Therefore, as root run this command: mknod /dev/usb/hid/hiddev0 c 180 96 Please do the reading first to be sure you know what you're doing. HTH, Tom -- Tom Taylor Linux user #263467 Federal Way, WA Iraq war: 1,872 and counting
