> Thanks for your exhaustive replies. I've decided to go > for the APC ES-350 for seventy bucks at the local Staples.
been following this page: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_APCUPSD Kernel seems to have all the right stuff... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ emerge -pv apcupsd These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-power/apcupsd-3.12.4 USE="ncurses usb -cgi -doc -nls -snmp -threads -vhosts" 0 kB #rc-update add apcupsd default. So far so good. $cat /proc/bus/usb/devices <...> T: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=1.5 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=051d ProdID=0002 Rev= 1.06 S: Manufacturer=APC S: Product=Back-UPS ES 350 FW:823.B1.D USB FW:B1 S: SerialNumber=3B0742X02836 C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr= 0mA I:* If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 6 Ivl=10ms <...> But when I try dialup I get this: Device ttyS0 is blocked by PID 3981 which turns out is apcupsd. So I have to kill it before I can dial out. Sure enough, in the conf file there is this: DEVICE /dev/ttyS0. Which makes me wonder why it needs /dev/ttyS0? I'm using an external USR modem which uses ttyS0. If I don't need to protect a fax-machine why do I need that phone line connector in the back of the UPS device anyway? When the power goes I don't care if the modem dies. Can I just tell it to use one of these other /dev/ttyS*? If I comment out that DEVICE line will the thing still protect my PC? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ls /dev/ttyS* /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS1 /dev/ttyS2 /dev/ttyS3 Maxim -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
