On 2006/09/23 10:37, michael hamerski wrote: > However, this week I backported nut 2.0.3 for this box to try and get it > up and running. It seems hidups/newhidups is linux only or at least not > built on OpenBSD and is the necessary driver for this :(
It's one of a growing number of devices that pretend they are a "human interface device" (HID). This type of device is traditionally used by keyboards, mice and so on, but some other types of device are now using it as an easy way to connect to USB (it seems that the firmware can be relatively simple). You need to stop the OS from attaching it as an HID so it can be picked up by ugen instead, in which case libusb (as used by various USB-supporting programs, including NUT, for OS portability) can use it. You do this by either disabling uhid/uhidev in the kernel (no need to compile a new one, config -e will do it) - this also stops other USB HID e.g. keyboards and mice from working, or you can add a quirk for the particular device - I posted how to do this to the list a while ago, search the archives for more information.
