PC doesn't shut down when UPS power low?

[Gilles Gravier]

Hello!

David Vincent wrote:
> Gilles Gravier wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> OK... yesterday there was a power failure due to a storm... so I decided
>> to sit in front of the ubuntu server and watch if everything was OK. I
>> noticed that by default, the power management recognizes the
>> USB-attached UPS... and gives me indications as to what the UPS power
>> level is... And in the settings, I can configure it so that it shuts
>> down when UPS power level is beyond a certain point (LOW or CRITICAL).
>>
>> Well... this doesn't happen. It doesn't trigger its own shutdown. But
>> the power status applet dies...
>>
>> Bug? Did I miss something?
>>     
>
> I've got two APC UPSes, a Back-UPS 650 ES and a 725, both attach with
> USB.  I had the same problem and eventually looked up "apcupsd",
> installed and configured it and now everything works fine.
>
> "nut" is another alternative, I've used that to talk to another
> serial-attached Belkin UPS.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/apcupsd
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=114748
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UPSwithNUT
>
> http://keystoneit.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/network-ups-tools-nut-on-ubuntu/
>
> hth
>
> -d
>
>
>   
Yep. APCUPSD does the trick... but I would have prefered not having to
add anything else. Then again, I like the monitoring features of apcupsd. :)

Gilles

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