diff -U 3 -r nut-2.6.0.orig/drivers/main.c nut-2.6.0/drivers/main.c

--- nut-2.6.0.orig/drivers/main.c	2011-02-08 12:57:11 +0200

+++ nut-2.6.0/drivers/main.c	2011-02-08 13:05:17 +0200

@@ -557,6 +557,19 @@

 	upsdebugx(1, "debug level is '%d'", nut_debug_level);

+	upsdrv_initups();

+

+	/* UPS is detected now, cleanup upon exit */

+	atexit(upsdrv_cleanup);

+

+	/* now see if things are very wrong out there */

+	if (upsdrv_info.status == DRV_BROKEN) {

+		fatalx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Fatal error: broken driver. It probably needs to be converted.\n");

+	}

+

+	if (do_forceshutdown)

+		forceshutdown();

+

 	new_uid = get_user_pwent(user);

 	if (chroot_path)

@@ -574,19 +587,6 @@

 	/* clear out callback handler data */

 	memset(&upsh, '\0', sizeof(upsh));

-	upsdrv_initups();

-

-	/* UPS is detected now, cleanup upon exit */

-	atexit(upsdrv_cleanup);

-

-	/* now see if things are very wrong out there */

-	if (upsdrv_info.status == DRV_BROKEN) {

-		fatalx(EXIT_FAILURE, "Fatal error: broken driver. It probably needs to be converted.\n");

-	}

-

-	if (do_forceshutdown)

-		forceshutdown();

-

 	/* note: device.type is set early to be overriden by the driver

 	 * when its a pdu! */

 	dstate_setinfo("device.type", "ups");