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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">I'<font size="-1">ve just set up
apcupsd to manage <font size="-1">my</font> small LTSP
network <font size="-1">powered by a<font size="-1"> USB</font>
APC UPS.<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">It successfully shuts everything down <font
size="-1">after</font> the designated </font>runtime on
battery. The only problem is that i<font size="-1">t</font>
only posts warning messages to the wall command, which
outputs only to console sessions. On the face of it,
useless to <font size="-1">the</font> desktop user who will
find the system inexp<font size="-1">licably shutting down
while he is </font>in the middle of all his work.<br>
<br>
<font size="-1">XFCE4-power-manager, the current Lubuntu
default power manager, is not a solution<font size="-1">,
since it does not know how to <font size="-1">monitor
this UPS</font></font></font>. (I filed <font
size="-1">the</font> b<font size="-1">ug<font size="-1"> a
while back, but hav<font size="-1">e not received any
news of progress.)</font></font></font><br>
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<font size="-1">There is also Network UPS Tools (NUT), which
I have not tried, but apcupsd is regard<font size="-1">ed
as the best choice for <font size="-1">APC UPS's.<br>
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<font size="-1">So <font size="-1">I'm wondering if
apcupsd can be made to work <font size="-1">via
so<font size="-1">me tool that c<font size="-1">apture<font
size="-1">s wall messages and disp<font
size="-1">lays them on the d<font
size="-1">esktop.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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