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#1 2013-06-10 08:53:27

scar
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From: Hungary
Registered: 2009-10-01
Posts: 442

apcupsd fails to start

As in the title.

I get this when I start apcupsd :

jún 09 20:12:00 router systemd[1]: Starting APC UPS Monitor...
jún 09 20:12:00 router systemd[1]: Started APC UPS Monitor.
jún 09 20:12:00 router apcupsd[625]: Valid lock file for pid=128, but not ours pid=625
jún 09 20:12:00 router systemd[1]: apcupsd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
jún 09 20:12:00 router systemd[1]: Unit apcupsd.service entered failed state.

the lockfile is specified as

LOCKFILE /etc/apcupsd

and it is there (ls -la /etc/apcupsd | grep LCK)

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    11 jún    7 06.50 LCK..ttyS0

I've changed the lockfile to /var/lock/ in the config file. Now it works.

Why does it not work at the default location?
Is it a bug?

Last edited by scar (2013-06-10 08:54:03)


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#2 2013-10-08 22:21:27

lb.laboon
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From: United States
Registered: 2013-10-08
Posts: 21
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Re: apcupsd fails to start

I had this same issue. Deleting the lock file in /etc/apcupsd/ fixed it, but then it eventually happened again. I switched the location to /var/lock/ and it's working again. Will post back if it fails again.

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#3 2014-04-04 05:12:49

Harveythedog
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From: Australia
Registered: 2009-12-23
Posts: 1

Re: apcupsd fails to start

Same problem, same fix!

Thanks for the thread/posts with the solution...

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#4 2014-04-04 14:36:50

ewaller
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From: Pasadena, CA
Registered: 2009-07-13
Posts: 19,739

Re: apcupsd fails to start

Harveythedog,
Welcome to Arch Linux.    I am going  to go ahead and close this old post
Glad your problem is solved.


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