Configuring a USB UPS

[Amichai Rotman]

Thanks,

I tried to install it, but saw nothing new in the power manager
after  install.

What should I see? a new tab?

Also, there were two options - one with hal and one without it...

Thanks!

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:47, Ronald Artos <ronartos at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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