NUT Server not Starting

[david walcroft]

Chris Spencer wrote:
> After I installed the nut package (Network UPS Tools) I noticed that 
> upsd isn't properly managed by system-config-services. Checking it won't 
> start the daemon at boot time, and it's incapable of starting the 
> deamon. Is this the appropriate behavior or is my configuration 
> corrupted in some way?
> 
> Also, I'm not sure if this is relevant, but when starting upsd manually, 
> you have to first start all the drivers by running "upsdrvctl start". 
> Without first running that, upsd won't be able to talk to any machines 
> and will essentially be useless.
> 
> Chris
> 
I sympathize with your problem as I had the same with nut[s],I solved 
mine by taking my ups back to the retailer got my money back (software 
not suitable for OS) bought an APC ups,installed 'apcupsd -rpm' ran 
first test, have not had any trouble since.(mini rant Sorry)


   david