Public bug reported: I upgraded to 17.04 tonight, and when the install finished I started getting reports that apcupsd could no longer communicate with my UPS. The problem turned out to be that /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf was silently overwritten by the installer. It changed the UPSCABLE and UPSTYPE variables. Here are the changes I needed to make to get it working again:
% diff apcupsd.conf.bad apcupsd.conf 32c32 < UPSCABLE usb --- > UPSCABLE smart 89c89 < UPSTYPE usb --- > UPSTYPE apcsmart ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: apcupsd 3.14.14-0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Thu Apr 13 22:20:45 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-27 (107 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1) SourcePackage: apcupsd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-14 (0 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.apcupsd: # Defaults for apcupsd initscript # Apcupsd-devel internal configuration # APCACCESS=/sbin/apcaccess ISCONFIGURED=yes mtime.conffile..etc.apcupsd.apcupsd.conf: 2017-04-13T22:02:30.799643 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apcupsd: 2017-04-13T21:55:02.693712 ** Affects: apcupsd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug zesty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1682696 Title: apcupsd installer silently overwrites apcupsd.conf To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apcupsd/+bug/1682696/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs