Thanks Igor for your response. I can't answer your questions but hopefully one of the Devs may respond.
I have given up trying to install nut-client for the moment. I'm still interested in how others handle power outages - do you just allow a hard shutdown of the the EFW? Wayne Igor Mikolic-Torreira wrote: > > wayner wrote: >> I found the add-on package apcupsd but as I don't have an APC UPS, this >> wont >> work for me. My UPS is an UPSonic which uses the NUT driver megatec_usb. >> I >> would assume that not all EFW users are using APC UPS's - so how do >> non-APC >> users manage extended power outs? >> >> Some help or feedback would be appreciated. >> > > I haven't tried 2.2final yet, but 2.2rc3 lacked the hiddev > support used by both apcupsd and NUT to talk to UPSes via > usb. I wasn't able to get either of them to work with 2.2rc3. > > Also, the 2.2rc3 source packages were incomplete and so you > couldn't re-compile the kernel from the source rpms (neither > "as is" kernel nor kernel with hiddev support). > > I've downloaded the new 2.2final stuff but I simply haven't > had a chance to work with it yet -- and unfortunately won't > until later this month. > > The key questions are: > (1) does 2.2final have hiddev support out of the box? > (2) if not, does the kernel source rpm(s) have what is > needed to re-compile a kernel with hiddev support. > > If the answer to either is yes, both NUT and apcupsd should > build in a straightforward way and work with minimal changes. > > Igor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises > looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest > innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and > enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. > Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get > _______________________________________________ > Efw-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Network-UPS-Tools-%28NUT%29-on-EFW-2.2-tp23799684p23863676.html Sent from the efw-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Efw-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/efw-user
