[K12OSN] is there a UPS known to work with K12LTSP?

[Doug Simpson]

Yeah, that was it!

apcupsd. . .


Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Tux for President!

On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Calvin Dodge wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 08:32:15AM -0800, David Whitmer wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > There are some UPS (uninterruptible power supply)
> > units available that, when connected to a Windows PC
> > (whether via USB or serial port), can instruct that PC
> > to shutdown when there is a power outage.
> > 
> > Does anyone know of a UPS that can do this with a
> > computer running K12LTSP 4.2?  Any help would be
> > greatly appreciated.
> 
> Most any APC unit should be able to do this - especially
> the Smart-UPS units.
> 
> K12LTSP/Fedora has an application (nut) that's supposed to
> do this, but I've had better luck with "apcupsd"
> (http://www2.apcupsd.com). You can get Fedora-compatible
> RPMS, so no compiling is required.
> 
> Calvin
> 
> -- 
> Calvin Dodge
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