From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 27 19:55:41 2004 Return-Path: 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 CBA6116A4CE for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:55:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pythagoras.zen.co.uk (pythagoras.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D8B43D4C for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:55:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from [82.68.31.180] (helo=Demon.vickiandstacey.com) by pythagoras.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BpY32-00056R-82; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:55:40 +0000 Received: from crom.vickiandstacey.com (crom [192.168.1.10]) i6RJtjiI005730; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:55:45 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from stacey@vickiandstacey.com) Received: from crom.vickiandstacey.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i6RJtR4Q070271; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:55:33 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from stacey@crom.vickiandstacey.com) Received: (from stacey@localhost) by crom.vickiandstacey.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6RJtHDj070270; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:55:17 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from stacey) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 20:55:17 +0100 From: Stacey Roberts To: Peter Risdon Message-ID: <20040727195517.GF495@crom.vickiandstacey.com> References: <20040727181557.GE495@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <4106A91C.70500@circlesquared.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Ublo+h3cBgJ33ahC" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4106A91C.70500@circlesquared.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Originating-Pythagoras-IP: [82.68.31.180] cc: Lars.Koeller@Uni-Bielefeld.de cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Stacey Roberts Subject: Re: apcupsd vs FreeBSD-5.2.x X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:55:41 -0000 --Ublo+h3cBgJ33ahC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Peter, Thanks for the reply. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Risdon " To: To Stacey Roberts Date: Tue, 27 Jul, 2004 20:12 BST Subject: Re: apcupsd vs FreeBSD-5.2.x > Stacey Roberts wrote: > > > >[snip] > >The other problem I've got is that with the instruction to create a soft= =20 > >link=20 > >for /dev/usv, on reboot, that soft link is of course disappears, so I=20 > have to > >manually recreate that soft link again, before (again) manually starting= =20 > >apcupsd from cmdline. >=20 > You need to make an appropriate entry in devfs.conf for any=20 > customisation of /dev to persist beyond a reboot with FreeBSD 5. -=20 > something like: >=20 > link target name Ah.., yes.., Do you mind checking my syntax, please? According to your sugg= estion, I'd be adding: link /dev/cuaa1 /dev/usv to /etc/devfs.conf, and that should be it? Whislt I'm keen to try this out, could I then ask the obvious question, is = there some reason why in apcupsd.conf I am not allowed to simply use /dev/c= uaa1? Thanks again for taking the time. Regards, Stacey >=20 > > > >Is there something that I've missed out somewhere that is causing apcups= d=20 > >not to start automatically on reboot? > > >=20 > I imagine this is the same problem. >=20 > Peter. >=20 >=20 > > > >If there is any more information I should post that would of use to anyo= ne=20 > >wanting to assist, please let me know. > > > >Thanks for the time. > > > >Regards, > > > >Stacey --Ublo+h3cBgJ33ahC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUBQQazIudvY+8mWFvRAQEbYwf/TdVnxnwOPWBcdC4/v15uYVlj+R4B9SEr /h0GFSKgFrUZ22kwDZ/a2wKaHOL54xHtXEyvfiiMNp7b2pBAS6Ym6zbfnxJPFUsC e6rWQe3hRsGW6FAqbq0AkWTYkzBsVxmzfvTl8raoZMG5UszKHRucMs694/8KWswU j/TGA0mHEOEfJ7q6zoG/9Jhzb7ry+DzlzIm8+HTYcjDntTPSC/cv97gWa2Etnhz2 3v7Fq9NMwedjhhd7sbwU+tl0PeZZTUsc+agModlE94visIWGv17x/zV4fzGdrR9I DJY8TEKUwWZW0OAp0CRJ3gZMOU4pcbxkfCiQm4KwVzNwmvkfB4Fh+Q== =5dWH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Ublo+h3cBgJ33ahC--