From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 9 20:07:16 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 801E816A420 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:07:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james_mapson@umpquanet.com) Received: from ns.museum.rain.com (gw-ipinc.museum.rain.com [65.75.192.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F382B43D48 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:07:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from james_mapson@umpquanet.com) Received: from ns.museum.rain.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.museum.rain.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k29K79C7015272 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 12:07:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james@umpquanet.com) Received: (from james@localhost) by ns.museum.rain.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k29K79WQ015271 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 12:07:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from james) Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 12:07:08 -0800 From: James Long To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060309200708.GA15255@ns.museum.rain.com> References: <20060309174609.GA14114@ns.museum.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on ns.museum.rain.com X-Greylist: Sender is SPF-compliant, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (ns.museum.rain.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:07:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: coming back up after power failure (UPS) 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, 09 Mar 2006 20:07:16 -0000 > Pre Y2K PC's had mechanical power on button which stayed in the "on > position" no matter what was happening with the line power. Those > pcs are what UPS units were first designed for, so after the UPS > does normal shutdown at power loss, pc will reboot when power comes > back on. > > Newer PC's now have motherboard power control which goes to the > power off position on losing line power. Some of these pc's have > bios setting to deactivate this function so after line power loss > the pc will reboot on power return. This is common on motherboards > marketed for servers. > > Motherboards marketed for home desktop pcs may not have this bios > option. You could open the box and cut the 2 wires leading from the > power on button and connect then together so the motherboard always > thinks the power on button is depressed. (do this at your own risk) You missed the point. If the system does NOT power itself down, but instead sits at the "press any key to reboot" prompt, then playing with the NUT configuration isn't going to improve anything in cases where power returns before batteries are drained. The OP would have to troubleshoot his inability to get the machine to power off upon a line outage, which it appears he has done.