Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:41:25 -0600 From: Kris Kirby <kris@ninbox.dyn.ml.org> To: Bryce Newall <data@dreamhaven.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APC UPS Message-ID: <34F66015.E4FEE1B6@ninbox.dyn.ml.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.980226213831.19247B-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>
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Bryce Newall wrote: > I have an APC BackUPS 600 that my FreeBSD box is attached to. Back in the > dark days when I ran Linux, I had a program called genpowerd, which, along > with a custom-made cable, would initiate an automatic shutdown of my > system in the event of a power failure. This has saved me on more than > one occasion. Unfortunately, as I suspected, said program does not > compile under FreeBSD. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a similar daemon > for FreeBSD that will work with this UPS. The cable isn't a problem -- I > can easily obtain either the "smart" or "simple" signaling cable for this > particular UPS model, or I can custom-make a different cable. Have you tried making a COMPAT_LINUX kernel and installing a Linux-emulation library? -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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