apcupsd problems

[Uwe Dippel <udippel_(_at_)_uniten_(_dot_)_edu_(_dot_)_my>]

Install went through without hitch (apcupsd-3.10.13 on OpenBSD 3.5)

There seems some communication, but not as expected:

went through the shutdown-tests, successfully; except the last one:
 
 Thu May 20 23:28:39 SGT 2004  Power failure.
 Thu May 20 23:28:40 SGT 2004  User logins prohibited
 Thu May 20 23:28:46 SGT 2004  Running on UPS batteries.
 Thu May 20 23:30:47 SGT 2004  Users requested to logoff.
 Thu May 20 23:33:47 SGT 2004  Reached run time limit on batteries.
 Thu May 20 23:33:47 SGT 2004  Initiating system shutdown!
 Thu May 20 23:33:47 SGT 2004  apcupsd FATAL ERROR in apcipc.c at line 146
 Mutex lock failure. ERR=Resource deadlock avoided
 Thu May 20 23:33:47 SGT 2004  apcupsd error shutdown completed
 
 The real shutdown does not take place.
 
 Furthermore, the
 /etc/rc.apcupsd status fails:
 
 FATAL ERROR in apcaccess.c at line 278
 tcp_open: cannot connect to server 0.0.0.0 on port 3551.
 ERR=Invalid argument
 
 However, it is activated in the .conf:
 
 #  EVENT data over the network (used by CGI programs).
 NETSERVER on
 #
 [...]
 #  Additionally you can listen for a single IP like 192.168.10.1
 NISIP 0.0.0.0
 #
 [...]
 #  and rebuild the cgi programs.
 NISPORT 3551
 
 and the server seems to start:
 
 May 20 23:38:22 server apcupsd[6460]: NIS server startup succeeded
 
 Any help appreciated !