upsd will not start on SCO 5.0.6

[Anonymous user]

I have a SCO 5.0.6 server and the powerchute daemon , upsd, will not start. Is there any way to start the daemon and get a log of what is happening. I can't find any messages to point me to why it will not start.

[BillP]

can you verify what version of powerchute this is? is it the older powerchute plus? i ask because i didn't think we supported SCO (unix?) on any of the newer software. just curious so we know what we're working with.

[Anonymous user]

Angela,

Yes this is the older powerchute software and it is the character based

one. I have 22 servers (SCO 5.0.6) and it runs fine on all but this one.

As a matter of facte it stopped working a while ago but I just found out

that it crashes at boot time. I get a core dump when it tries to start

at boot time. If I try to start it after the system is up nothing

happens.

[BillP]

Hmm I don't know much about the older PowerChute Plus on Unix. I only know it pretty well on Windows.

Last time I had a question on this I was lost as not many people do know about PowerChute Plus these days but Bill P. - do you have any ideas or know of anything we could try in order to figure out what's going on here?

[Anonymous user]

Who is this Bill P? Do I contact him? I am wondering if it could be the

motherboard?

[BillP]

John,

It sounds like there is either a conflict with another app that is running or corrupt file/s. A few things you can check are.

1 - Is the com port configured properly?

2 - Have you uninstalled and reinstalled?

3 - Have you tried to rebuild the com port? If the com port is corrupted PC+ can crash.

4 - Have you checked the system log to see if it is recording the crash?

[Anonymous user · Accepted solution]

Bill,

Thanks for the reply:

1 - Is the com port configured properly?

As far as I know. This has worked properly but on or about October 30th

it started to core dump. The onsite admin never looked at the system. I

just found out since I was on a project.

2 - Have you uninstalled and reinstalled?

No but that was my next step.

3 - Have you tried to rebuild the com port? If the com port is

corrupted PC+ can crash.

Haven't done that as the com ports get installed during initial

installation.

4 - Have you checked the system log to see if it is recording the

crash?

I did but could not find anything. I am still investigating.

I have 17 of these servers spread out over 5 counties. This one had the

motherboard changed a few years back but it is an INtel board. It most

likely is a corrupt file. The powerchute software starts but the server

daemon is doing the crashing. Also the only way I get it to start (but

it will crash immediately) is to reboot the server. Any attempt after

that does not produce a core dump but the server will not start.

I will do a reinstall and get back to you.