From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 16:44:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B40C516AA21 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:44:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [204.107.90.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F57943D5A for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 16:44:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (c-69-249-95-97.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [69.249.95.97]) (authenticated bits=128) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k4PGifpm021326; Thu, 25 May 2006 12:44:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (localhost.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [127.0.0.1]) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.3/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k4PGidx8004493; Thu, 25 May 2006 12:44:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id k4PGid54004492; Thu, 25 May 2006 12:44:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tbohml) From: Scott "Tuc" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H Message-Id: <200605251644.k4PGid54004492@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: mikhailg@webanoide.org (Mikhail Goriachev) Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 12:44:39 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <4475D34A.3050204@webanoide.org> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Anyone using sysutils/nut ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:44:56 -0000 > > Mikhail Goriachev wrote: > > Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote: > >>> Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote: > >>>> The issue isn't with the upsmon or SHUTDOWNCMD... Its with the > >>>> fact that /etc/killpower gets set, and somewhere you need to put > >>>> "upsdrvctl shutdown". Its during the "shutdown -p now" that at some point > >>>> needs to be run, and if its run in /etc/rc.shutdown then the shutdown isn't > >>>> finished and shutting it off at that point the filesystems are dirty. > >>> Oh, I see the dilemma now. In my case my box powers off but the UPS > >>> stays on till it drastically dies (if power is still unavailable). > >>> You're trying to shutdown both the system and the UPS, aren't you? > >>> > >> Exactly, yes. > >>> So > >>> then they can automatically come back up again when power returns. > >>> > >> That what I want to do, yea. > >> > >> I think I'm finding that the UPS I bought (MGE Ellipse Pulsar) > >> isn't really a UPS, but a toy. Now to decide if I give the next step up > >> (Evolution) a try or is it just wasting more money. > > > > > > I got an MGE Pulsar EXtreme C 3200. In current setup it lasts for hours. > > When deployed, my main objective was to shutdown the box, hence saving > > it from disasters. I never considered doing the same with the UPS. I > > guess it is time for me to finish the job. > > > How unlucky. I can't get my UPS to power off: > > $/usr/local/libexec/nut/upsdrvctl shutdown > Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3 > Network UPS Tools - MGE UPS SYSTEMS/SHUT driver 0.65 (2.0.3) > Unable to get Report Descriptor > Driver failed to start (exit status=1) > Only another reason I regret MGE. Tuc/TBOH