Re: APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:27:21 + (/etc/localtime), Alberto Maurizi wrote: > I'm getting more and more confused reading all the > documentation (HOWTO etc ...) about cables, signals, > and so on. So do I. Even worse: NONE of the ups daemons seem to work. We u

APC UPS (Back-UPS Pro 650)

1999-12-21 Thread Alberto Maurizi
Does anybody out there use this UPS to protect Linux boxes from power failure? I'm trying to figure out what is the best among all the available packages (apcd, pacupsd, genpower, ...), to manage such a kind of UPS. I'm getting mor

apcupsd now shuts down Linux box, but not UPS?!

1999-12-15 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
Hi there, we finally got apcupsd shut down our server (by recompiling it with the non- multithreaded C library,) BUT it doesn't shut down our UPS if the battery level drops under the specified minimum level. Any idea how to get this running?! TIA, Ralf -- Sign the EU petition against

Re: Tripp Lite UPS

1999-09-28 Thread W. Paul Mills
Back when I first started using a UPS ( mine is a APC ) support for APC was nonexistent. The standard init package came with powerd at that time. I do not consider myself a programmer, but more or less taught myself C some years ago. I hacked my own cable and rewrote powerd to first give

Re: Tripp Lite UPS

1999-09-27 Thread Peter S Galbraith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Tripp Lite Internet Office 500 UPS and I want to set up a power > monitoring daemon. Tripp Lite has an rpm package (no source) [cut] > In partucular, I'd like to know if anyone has tried their software Sor

Tripp Lite UPS

1999-09-27 Thread markzimm
Greetings: I have a Tripp Lite Internet Office 500 UPS and I want to set up a power monitoring daemon. Tripp Lite has an rpm package (no source) for this but it requires a tweak to the kernel to get it working. Before I do this, I wanted to find out if anyone has tried setting up power monitoring

Powstatd package available: Configurable UPS monitoring daemon

1999-09-21 Thread Peter S Galbraith
i386 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1) Conflicts: ups-monitor Provides: ups-monitor Installed-Size: 61 Maintainer: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: Configurable UPS monitoring daemon Assuming you have a relay-based "dumb" UPS that corresponds with your machine via

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-19 Thread Peter S Galbraith
download, which supports both `basic' and `advanced' > > programs for dumb and smart UPS. > > > > - bpowerd Debian pacakge does not currently support the INT-0051 cable > > packaged by Best Power for all OSes > > > > Just to throw my t

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-19 Thread Ryan Kirkpatrick
V3.23Copyright (c)1985-99 by Best > Power, All Rights Reserved. They'll need to clarify this). > Both the dumb and smart models listed below use the same > software download, which supports both `basic' and `advanced' > programs for dumb and smart UPS

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-18 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
? I presume more info about the > > >state of the UPS and the line condition gets to the user > > >software. But can the Linux software display it? > > > > If you get the APC Back-UPS pro and use apcupsd in smart mode it > > can. The main advantage is t

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-18 Thread John Pearson
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 11:34:35AM -0600, Gary L. Hennigan wrote > Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] > > Unresolved questions: > > > > - What do we get for smart mode? I presume more info about the > >state of the UPS and

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone? - batteries

1999-08-17 Thread Alvin Oga
ch safer to use > gel-cells. yes...except gelcell batteries are just as expensive as a whole new UPS... and those things are only good for 10-20 minutes or there abouts... the experiment was: "How long is a car battery good for" - now the problem is how to keep the b

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-17 Thread Michael Merten
On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 01:57:01PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > I have a few dead UPS... ( bad battery ) > > I changed the powersupply to be +24v-DC input instead of 110v-ac > > I use 2 car batteries...and pulled the 110vac... it stayed > up for about 15

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-17 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya I have a few dead UPS... ( bad battery ) I changed the powersupply to be +24v-DC input instead of 110v-ac I use 2 car batteries...and pulled the 110vac... it stayed up for about 15 hrs.. - with 1 IDE disk...-- just sitting there and running cron every 10 minutes to log how long it

Re: [Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-17 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > Unresolved questions: > > - What do we get for smart mode? I presume more info about the > state of the UPS and the line condition gets to the user >software. But can the Linux software display it? If you get

[Summary] UPS anyone?

1999-08-17 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Here's another update about what I have so far concerning this confusing UPS issue (prices in Canadian dollars). Thanks to all who contributed. Please email again if you have more info to add. Peter --- `Best Power' general comments (http://www.bes

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-08-14 Thread ferret
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Just purchased an APC Smart-UPS 620 (APC model SU620NET) I'm running Debian slink, pretty generic system. My specific setup has the APC-supplied cable on /dev/ttyS2 and uses the apcd package. I did set the port's IRQ to 0 with setserial; my system bo

Re: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-13 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Pollywog wrote: > > On 12-Aug-99 Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > >> > >> On 11-Aug-99 Jim wrote: > >> > Hi. As the subject suggests, I get strange freeze-ups on my machine. > >> > Yes, > >> > it's defini

Re: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-12 Thread Jim
I've had lock-ups on the stock 2.0.36 kernel, a 2.0.36. which I compiled myself, and my current 2.0.37 which I also compiled myself. On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > > > > On 11-Aug-99 Jim wrote: > > > Hi. As the subject sugge

Re: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-12 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
On 12-Aug-99 John Hasler wrote: > Wim Kerkhoff writes: >> I am using 2.2.10, with the latest potato versions of everything, >> including diald. > > Can you make a connection to your ISP? I'm having trouble with pppd > sending empty LCP packets when I try to use it with 2.2.10. You bet I can conn

Re: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-12 Thread John Hasler
Wim Kerkhoff writes: > I am using 2.2.10, with the latest potato versions of everything, > including diald. Can you make a connection to your ISP? I'm having trouble with pppd sending empty LCP packets when I try to use it with 2.2.10. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Hors

Re: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-12 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
On 12-Aug-99 Pollywog wrote: > > On 12-Aug-99 Keith G. Murphy wrote: >> Wim Kerkhoff wrote: >>> >>> On 11-Aug-99 Jim wrote: >>> > Hi. As the subject suggests, I get strange freeze-ups on my machine. >>> > Yes, >>> >

Re: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-12 Thread Pollywog
On 12-Aug-99 Keith G. Murphy wrote: > Wim Kerkhoff wrote: >> >> On 11-Aug-99 Jim wrote: >> > Hi. As the subject suggests, I get strange freeze-ups on my machine. >> > Yes, >> > it's definitely frozen... I can't ping it from my lan, and not

Re: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-12 Thread Keith G. Murphy
Wim Kerkhoff wrote: > > On 11-Aug-99 Jim wrote: > > Hi. As the subject suggests, I get strange freeze-ups on my machine. Yes, > > it's definitely frozen... I can't ping it from my lan, and nothing > > responds... no keybd, no mouse, no nothing. > > Wh

RE: Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-11 Thread Wim Kerkhoff
On 11-Aug-99 Jim wrote: > Hi. As the subject suggests, I get strange freeze-ups on my machine. Yes, > it's definitely frozen... I can't ping it from my lan, and nothing > responds... no keybd, no mouse, no nothing. > > This occurs once every couple of weeks. So far I ha

Wtf? puzzling lock-ups

1999-08-11 Thread Jim
Hi. As the subject suggests, I get strange freeze-ups on my machine. Yes, it's definitely frozen... I can't ping it from my lan, and nothing responds... no keybd, no mouse, no nothing. This occurs once every couple of weeks. So far I have not been able to get more than 21 days of upt

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-06-18 Thread Kenneth Scharf
> > - Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says the > debian upsd package > works quite well with their ups's in dumb mode. > However he uses an > older Back-ups 400 (not sold anymore) and I > think he made his own > cable (?). Do we have to ma

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-06-18 Thread Brian White
> APC general comments (http://www.apcc.com/) > > - Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has a Back-UPS Pro and it works with > the genpower Debian package and the apc-pnp cable. He doesn't think > the Back-UPS works with apcd (no smart signalling) or wi

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-06-18 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Here's what I have so far concerning this confusing UPS issue (prices in Canadian dollars). Thanks to all who contributed. Please email again if you have more info to add. Peter --- `Best Power' general comments (http://www.bestpower.com) - manufacturer has `f

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-06-16 Thread debian
And who can tell me how to get the APC Back-UPS 650 running.. APCd for smart ups's doesn't work.. what else do I need? -Original Message- From: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Users Mailing List Cc: Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thurs

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-06-16 Thread Mitch Blevins
Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > I want to put a small UPS on my work system to let it shutdown > > gracefully when there's a power outage. I'm looking at: > > > > Best Power Patriot > > Best Power Patriot Pro > > > > APC Back-UPS BK50

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-06-16 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > I want to put a small UPS on my work system to let it shutdown > gracefully when there's a power outage. I'm looking at: > > Best Power Patriot > Best Power Patriot Pro These people have historically shown much

Re: UPS anyone?

1999-06-16 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to put a small UPS on my work system to let it shutdown > gracefully when there's a power outage. I'm looking at: > > Best Power Patriot > Best Power Patriot Pro > > APC Back-UPS BK500M >

UPS anyone?

1999-06-16 Thread Peter S Galbraith
I want to put a small UPS on my work system to let it shutdown gracefully when there's a power outage. I'm looking at: Best Power Patriot Best Power Patriot Pro APC Back-UPS BK500M APC Back-UPS BK650M Anyone have any recommendations? Does any of them work `easily' with

UPS suggestion

1999-06-13 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! I need an UPS for my system (say 300 W plus 15" monitor) and I would like to spend as little time seting it up as possible. What UPS do you reccomend me in order to plug it, connect it to the serial port (the UPS should bring the cable, I don't want to use the

seemingly random lock-ups

1999-06-01 Thread Jim B
My machine (Debian 2.1 slink, stock kernel (2.0.36)) has been locking up on me unpredictably. This occurs every several (3-4 on average) days and has been happening ever since I installed Linux on this machine. (There is no other OS on there.) My hardware is an Intel 200 MMX CPU on an Asus PI-P5

re: APC BACK-UPS 600

1999-04-08 Thread debian
Anyone had problems setting up a BACK-UPS 600 on Debian? I just got a UPS unit and I will be attempting to follow the UPS-HOWTO and making a cable as stated in the howto for my particular model. Anything I should read or update. Regards, Michael

Rather Odd freeze ups (and more :)

1999-04-07 Thread Matt Kopishke
I have a not so related Linux question (with the exception that I run Linux) about some really weird, hard, lockups. Here's the deal: I had a ageing Cyrix 586/120 that started to seem *really* slow. Any how, I bought a Abit-BH6 Board, a Intel Celeron 300A, some PC-100 RAM, and used the following

Re: System lock ups

1999-01-01 Thread wax_man
On 31 Dec, To: debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote: > I'm having a rather strange problem with my system and was wondering if > anyone has an idea on what might be going on. Every so often, the load > on the system will go balistic, and basically lock the system up. If I > have top running during

System lock ups

1999-01-01 Thread wax_man
I'm having a rather strange problem with my system and was wondering if anyone has an idea on what might be going on. Every so often, the load on the system will go balistic, and basically lock the system up. If I have top running during this time, it will show loads >3; however, there is never a

Re: Using UPS.

1998-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
±è ´ë ±Ô wrote: > I like to know if there is any way of making a machine to start the shutdown > process automatically when (may be after some minutes) it gets the power from > a UPS? There are several UPS's that are supported by free software. Please take a look into the /pu

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation

1998-12-13 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Thu, 10 Dec 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I am in the market for a UPS to use with my PC that will provide power > just enough power to get a shutdown finished in case of total power > lost. I know that Best Power and Fenton UPS explicity support Linux with thei

Using UPS.

1998-12-12 Thread ±è ´ë ±Ô
I like to know if there is any way of making a machine to start the shutdown process automatically when (may be after some minutes) it gets the power from a UPS? Daegyu -- Daegyu Kim Design Technology Team, Ship & Marine R & D Office, Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. Ajou-dong, Koje-si,

Re: APC Smart-UPS 1000 and Debian

1998-12-11 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998 11:17:07 GMT, David Stern wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not having any success with debian packaged software for my new APC > Smart-UPS 1000 (listed as Linux compatible). I tried (individually) > apcd, genpower, upsd. I keep getting the error message "ca

APC Smart-UPS 1000 and Debian

1998-12-11 Thread David Stern
Hi, I'm not having any success with debian packaged software for my new APC Smart-UPS 1000 (listed as Linux compatible). I tried (individually) apcd, genpower, upsd. I keep getting the error message "can't connect to ups" or "can't talk to UPS", even th

re UPS recommendation

1998-12-11 Thread Kenneth Scharf
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I am in the market for a UPS to use with my PC that will provide power just enough power to get a shutdown finished in case of total power lost. I have looked at the Hardware Compatibility HOWTO and the UPS HOWTO but I wanted to first hand experience

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]

1998-12-11 Thread Mitch Blevins
l when bpowerd detected that the power was restored. > > That's the thing that I want to avoid "Oh my god... everybody, the > power is GONE! You all have to log off in 15 minutes because that's as > long as the UPS... uhhh hang on a sec oh, nevermind. Go back > to what you were doing." :) That would be a custom code. :(

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]

1998-12-11 Thread Joe Emenaker
the thing that I want to avoid "Oh my god... everybody, the power is GONE! You all have to log off in 15 minutes because that's as long as the UPS... uhhh hang on a sec oh, nevermind. Go back to what you were doing." :) - Joe

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]

1998-12-11 Thread Mitch Blevins
one thing that I altered it to do is, when it sees > the UPS reporting a powerfail, it waits until it gets 10 full seconds of > powerfail indication before it takes any action toward scheduling a > shutdown. So a brownout or momentary power glitch won't trigger the > shutdown.

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]

1998-12-11 Thread Joe Emenaker
that I altered it to do is, when it sees the UPS reporting a powerfail, it waits until it gets 10 full seconds of powerfail indication before it takes any action toward scheduling a shutdown. So a brownout or momentary power glitch won't trigger the shutdown. Also, if the power comes back on bef

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation]

1998-12-11 Thread Mitch Blevins
Brandon Mitchell wrote: > On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > Debian has a bpowerd package which will monitor the UPS and shutdown > > when the battery get's low. The part number of the cable to order > > is in the bpowerd package. The schematics for the c

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation

1998-12-11 Thread Brandon Mitchell
out and got my own. > Debian has a bpowerd package which will monitor the UPS and shutdown > when the battery get's low. The part number of the cable to order > is in the bpowerd package. The schematics for the cable are also there > in case you are a glutton for punishment a

Re: (off topic) UPS recommendation

1998-12-11 Thread Mitch Blevins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > I am in the market for a UPS to use with my PC that will provide power > just enough power to get a shutdown finished in case of total power > lost. I have looked at the Hardware Compatibility HOWTO and the UPS > HOWTO but I wanted to fir

(off topic) UPS recommendation

1998-12-10 Thread servis
Hi all, I am in the market for a UPS to use with my PC that will provide power just enough power to get a shutdown finished in case of total power lost. I have looked at the Hardware Compatibility HOWTO and the UPS HOWTO but I wanted to first hand experience from members of this list. My

Re: UPS systems and Debian/Linux?

1998-11-03 Thread stick
Mitch Blevins said > Chris R. Martin wrote: > > I am looking to get a couple UPS units to protect my (2) Debian 2.0/Linux > > boxes. I don't need a lot of running time; I just want to be able to > > shutdown in case of a short power outage. I need a unit with uses a seri

Re: UPS systems and Debian/Linux?

1998-11-02 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Chris R. Martin wrote: > I am looking to get a couple UPS units to protect my (2) Debian 2.0/Linux > boxes. I don't need a lot of running time; I just want to be able to > shutdown in case of a short power outage. I need a unit with uses a serial > port t

Re: UPS systems and Debian/Linux?

1998-11-02 Thread Mitch Blevins
Chris R. Martin wrote: > I am looking to get a couple UPS units to protect my (2) Debian 2.0/Linux > boxes. I don't need a lot of running time; I just want to be able to > shutdown in case of a short power outage. I need a unit with uses a serial > port to communicate its statu

Re: UPS systems and Debian/Linux?

1998-11-02 Thread Brandon Mitchell
power failure so far. Checkout www.pricewatch.com and www.pricescan.com for cheap mail order prices. On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Chris R. Martin wrote: > I am looking to get a couple UPS units to protect my (2) Debian 2.0/Linux > boxes. I don't need a lot of running time; I just want to

UPS systems and Debian/Linux?

1998-11-02 Thread Chris R. Martin
I am looking to get a couple UPS units to protect my (2) Debian 2.0/Linux boxes. I don't need a lot of running time; I just want to be able to shutdown in case of a short power outage. I need a unit with uses a serial port to communicate its status, but statistics, etc are not needed. Al

Re: watchdog & UPS

1998-09-16 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hello! On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Pere Camps wrote: > Hi! > > Anybody know a good (cheap too!) UPS that can also work as a UPS > for debian? > > I guess 400W would do it. It's only a K6 and a 15" monitor. I would like to su

watchdog & UPS

1998-09-16 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! Anybody know a good (cheap too!) UPS that can also work as a UPS for debian? I guess 400W would do it. It's only a K6 and a 15" monitor. TIA! Salutacions, Pere __oUltima Ratio Regum 2:343/108.91 - _`\<;_

UPS (want to collect past articles)

1998-03-16 Thread Ulisses Alonso Camaro
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hello I'm now interested about UPS and Linux, I'll appreciate a lot if anybody can send me the past articles about it (that were a lot) Many thanks Ulisses - - &quo

APC UPS

1998-02-25 Thread adavis
I have a small APC BackUPS Pro working with debian linux. The genpower debian package is really easy to get working for that unit. Alan Davis -- "Our loyalties are to the species and the Alan E. Davis planet. We speak for Earth. Our[EMAIL PROTECTED] obligation

Re: UPS again

1998-02-11 Thread Carey Evans
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William R. Ward) (William R. Ward) (William R. Ward) (William R. Ward) (William R. Ward) writes: > They sell controller software for SCO Unix; is Debian > binary-compatible enough to run SCO binaries? I seem to recall > hearing it is. Barring that, I'll have to see if I can't

Re: UPS again

1998-02-11 Thread William R. Ward
OTECTED]> >> writes: >> > On 5 Feb 1998, William R Ward wrote: >> >> Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd >> >> supports it (I don't think it does). But before taking it back (I >> >> believe I have a wee

Re: UPS again

1998-02-11 Thread William R. Ward
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd >> supports it (I don't think it does). But before taking it back (I >> believe I have a week to do so and it's

Re: UPS again

1998-02-11 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Ralph Winslow wrote: > William R. Ward wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, " Raymond A. Ingles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > writes: > > > The UPS-HOWTO has a lot of info about using a UPS under Linux. I'd check > &

Re: UPS again

1998-02-07 Thread Ralph Winslow
William R. Ward wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, " Raymond A. Ingles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > On 5 Feb 1998, William R Ward wrote: > >> Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd > >> supports it

Re: UPS again

1998-02-07 Thread William R. Ward
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, " Raymond A. Ingles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 5 Feb 1998, William R Ward wrote: >> Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd >> supports it (I don't think it does). But before taking it

Re: UPS again

1998-02-06 Thread Raymond A. Ingles
On 5 Feb 1998, William R Ward wrote: > Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd > supports it (I don't think it does). But before taking it back (I > believe I have a week to do so and it's real stormy now, so I'm glad > to have it anyway)

Re: UPS again

1998-02-06 Thread Brian White
> Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd > supports it (I don't think it does). But before taking it back (I > believe I have a week to do so and it's real stormy now, so I'm glad > to have it anyway), I wanted to ask if anyone knew if I

UPS again

1998-02-06 Thread William R Ward
Like a dummy, I bought a UPS without bothering to check if genpowerd supports it (I don't think it does). But before taking it back (I believe I have a week to do so and it's real stormy now, so I'm glad to have it anyway), I wanted to ask if anyone knew if I could do anything wit

Re: Tape Back-ups Was: Ftape

1998-01-20 Thread Bob Nielsen
Rob, I still haven't got ftape reinstalled here, so I don't have any new suggestions other than that you might want to ask for help on the 'linux-tape@vger.rutgers.edu' list. Claus-Justice Heine, the ftape author, is quite active on that list. I understand that he has just released a kernel pat

Tape Back-ups Was: Ftape

1998-01-19 Thread Pure Energy
Lets start this with a few *sighs* :/ I have now recompiled kernel 2.0.32 fine. The compile went fine and with no errors at all. I made sure that ftape *was not* included. After editing the MCONFIG file and compiling ftape yet again it still doesn't work.. i get errors as such: ftmt: com

Re: UPS

1998-01-05 Thread John Lines
> > While the UPS-HOWTO is very informative, I was also looking for a > Linux oriented consumer review of UPS models and features, some Linux > user's web pages with a little more up to date info than the Aug 1994 > date shown in one part of the HOWTO, as well as a

Re: UPS

1998-01-02 Thread grin
> > > I recommend Best Power's products (I use their "intelligent" Fortress > > > model [...] > > Yes, I strongly recommend AGAINST APC. I own one, it works but they keep > > the interface secret, and they have minus one support. Of course if you

Re: UPS

1998-01-02 Thread David Stern
On Fri, 02 Jan 1998 01:03:44 +0100, grin wrote: > On Fri, 26 Dec 1997, Michael Stutz wrote: > > > > I recommend Best Power's products (I use their "intelligent" Fortress model > > on my single-user sytem), see a recent copy of the UPS HOWTO. They are a >

Re: UPS

1998-01-01 Thread grin
On Fri, 26 Dec 1997, Michael Stutz wrote: > > Is a UPS good protection or is it "fluff"? > > It's well worth it. My UPS has saved my system at least four times in the > past year. Good stuff. I know no worse feeling than a powered-off-in-10ms Linux server. >

Re: UPS

1997-12-27 Thread Jameson Burt
door, no one had a clue. The firemen just saw another fire, my neighboring computer users just saw entertainment, but my Best UPS was beeping madly, and after 70 minutes I didn't even wait for the Best software to send my computer a shutdown command. My best computer showed an incoming

Re: UPS

1997-12-26 Thread Michael Stutz
On Thu, 25 Dec 1997, David Stern wrote: > Is a UPS good protection or is it "fluff"? It's well worth it. My UPS has saved my system at least four times in the past year. > Are there any Linux UPS resources out there other than the HOWTO ? I'd > like to find out w

Re: UPS

1997-12-26 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi, > Thanks, I was unfamiliar with Exide/Deltec and LanSafe. I got a lot of > good hits with a search and I see they're rated very highly. We have a Deltec PowerRite 1500VA UPS here and it is a really nice product. I haven't try the LanSafe III Linux version but the NetWare

Re: UPS

1997-12-26 Thread David Stern
On 26 Dec 1997 03:41:08 GMT, "Eloy A. Paris" wrote: > > Uhhmmm, the UPS-HOWTO is an excellent document, but if you want an > "out of the box" solution instead of a "do it yourself" one Exide > Electronics (same as Deltec Power) sells UPS's that come

Re: UPS

1997-12-26 Thread Eloy A. Paris
David Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : Are there any Linux UPS resources out there other than the HOWTO ? I'd : like to find out which models have "intelligent" UPS features working : with Linux, and which models ship with prefabricated RS-232 cables for : Linux. Uhhmmm

UPS

1997-12-26 Thread David Stern
problem initially struck, I reinstalled my window manager and copied back my configuration file, and the problem appears to be fixed. Is a UPS good protection or is it "fluff"? I mostly get a lot of surges, a number of outages, and some lightning. Currently I have a heavy

Re: Opti-UPS anyone?

1997-11-10 Thread liiwi
ems to have the name brand recognition, but they are not >> Linux-friendly (though there has been a lot of reverse-engineering). >> >> BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They >> are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. >> >

Re: Opti-UPS anyone?

1997-11-09 Thread Frank Sergeant
Re: UPSs > APC seems to have the name brand recognition, but they are not > Linux-friendly (though there has been a lot of reverse-engineering). > BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They > are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. >

Re: Opti-UPS anyone?

1997-11-09 Thread Behan Webster
Dan Hugo wrote: > > Opti-UPS gets great reviews in the general press, but no connection > (that I have found, HOWTO's or otherwise) between any Linux users and > that brand of UPS. > > Does anyone know anything about the Opti-UPS's? I sent mail to their > te

Re: Opti-UPS anyone?

1997-11-09 Thread Ben Pfaff
Dan Hugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They > are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. Go with a Best Power, IMHO. The one sitting on top of my computer is great. It's compact, light (for a UPS), no-

Opti-UPS anyone?

1997-11-09 Thread Dan Hugo
x-friendly (though there has been a lot of reverse-engineering). BEST and TrippLite get nice marks, but not too common in stores. They are mentioned in HOWTO I read, but only very briefly. Opti-UPS gets great reviews in the general press, but no connection (that I have found, HOWTO's or otherwi

Module problem ... ups !

1997-08-30 Thread Michael Legart
Hi again ! Ups ... it was not "undefined symbols" but "unresolved symbols"! Like "unresolved symbol pci_bios ... device... something" Any ideas, how I can fix this ? Regards badpixel of bad sector michael legart -- [EMAIL PRO

Re: UPS questions

1997-02-24 Thread Pete Templin
On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Giuseppe Vacanti wrote: > Is anybody using a UPS with debian who would care to email how they > are faring? > > Is APC a good UPS to buy? Do I need a special cable? And how should I > go about sizing the UPS (I mean, do I need a 200W UPS if the power > s

Re: UPS questions

1997-02-22 Thread Daniel Robbins
On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Giuseppe Vacanti wrote: > > Is anybody using a UPS with debian who would care to email how they > are faring? > > Is APC a good UPS to buy? Do I need a special cable? And how should I > go about sizing the UPS (I mean, do I need a 200W UPS if the power >

UPS questions

1997-02-22 Thread Giuseppe Vacanti
Is anybody using a UPS with debian who would care to email how they are faring? Is APC a good UPS to buy? Do I need a special cable? And how should I go about sizing the UPS (I mean, do I need a 200W UPS if the power supply of my box is 200W)? Thanks, Giuseppe -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS

Re: UPS Support

1997-01-09 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
Matthew Tebbens wrote: > > Is there any Linux / Debian support for the APC UPS PRO series ?? > If so, what package/program should I be looking for ? > > Thanks. Yes, most likely. Read the UPS-HOWTO from the following URL: http://amelia.experiment.db.erau.edu/ldp/HOWTO/UP

Re: UPS Support

1997-01-09 Thread Brian C. White
> Is there any Linux / Debian support for the APC UPS PRO series ?? > If so, what package/program should I be looking for ? I just uploaded "genpower" into unstable in December. I've been using it on my APC Backups-Pro 420 for several months. It works great! Incl

UPS Support

1997-01-09 Thread Matthew Tebbens
Is there any Linux / Debian support for the APC UPS PRO series ?? If so, what package/program should I be looking for ? Thanks. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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