Configuring a USB UPS

[Ronald Artos]

I guess for desktop go with gnome-power-manager, if it's an ubuntu
server,use NUT.

::hardc0l2e

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 12/12/2010 01:16 PM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We had some bad weather that caused some AC spikes and reboots to my
> > Ubuntu Lucid box.
> >
> > I went out and bought the first UPS I could find in my price range (I
> > know - not very smart),,,,
> >
> > It's called  SilverLine Hornet 1000VA - some generic OEM I guess,
> >
> > It connects to my PC with USB. lsusb lists it as:
> >
> > Bus 005 Device 003: ID 05b8:0000 Agiler, Inc.
> >
> > I am trying to configure NUT to monitor the USP - but I can't figure
> > out the right settings to put in the /etc/nut/ups.conf
> >
> > I was trying to follow this HOWTO:
> >
> >
> http://blog.shadypixel.com/monitoring-a-ups-with-nut-on-debian-or-ubuntu-linux/
> >
> > But got stuck on the
> >
> > $ sudo upsdrvctl start
> >
>
> what do you mean "got stuck"  What is the command output?
>
> Why nut?  my recollection is that gnome-power-manager works "out of the
> box" on a desktop machine, just like on a laptop.  (Sitting at my laptop
> away from my desk at the moment, so I can't check my configuration until
> later . . .)
>
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