From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81CEC1383DD for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1EECE21C01C; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:23:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5085C21C001 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:22:00 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq4NAG6Zu09FpaGa/2dsb2JhbABEgXuwewOBGIEIghYBBTocMywTEg8FJSQTiA66CYsNFUCEAGIDiEKEfIdchV+IOoFYgwc X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.75,637,1330923600"; d="scan'208";a="212266674" Received: from 69-165-161-154.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.161.154]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 10 Jan 2013 19:21:58 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:21:33 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:21:33 -0500 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] Redux: Any UPS recommendations? Message-ID: <20130111002133.GA23217@waltdnes.org> References: <20130108130147.GA26744@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130108130147.GA26744@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 249dd769-70c4-44e5-a05d-0cc42daf68fc X-Archives-Hash: b8ed9992b8acd36d8e7c6283253a0f95 On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 08:01:47AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so > there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is > * 1 LCD monitor 24" > * 1 (sometimes 2) "desktop" PCs connected to the monitor > * 1 ADSL router/modem I got an APC Back-UPS BX1300G-CN from the local Staples. No worry whatsoever about overloading this baby. I'm currently running a "torture test" with the monitor, the modem, and both PC's running. They're both doing an update. I set things up so that both are building gcc at the same time. Even so, the load indicator is only lighting up 2 of 5 bars, indicating approximately 40% of max load. It might've been a different story years ago back in the days of the Pentium 4 or AMD "space heaters", plus add-on video cards. Being the geek that I am, I did RTFM the docs that came with the UPS. It has an option to decide how much to allow voltage to vary before switching over to battery power. I selected the narrowest range, i.e. the "sensitive electronics" setting. One question about the configuration of apcupsd; what do I have to do get it to execute "/usr/sbin/hibernate" when hydro is out, and the battery is running low? -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications