Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 12:44:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott "Tuc" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> To: mikhailg@webanoide.org (Mikhail Goriachev) Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone using sysutils/nut ? Message-ID: <200605251644.k4PGid54004492@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> In-Reply-To: <4475D34A.3050204@webanoide.org>
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> > 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
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