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 8BD1813840D for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:59:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA02821C017; Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:59:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f42.google.com (mail-pa0-f42.google.com [209.85.220.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72EEB21C009 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:57:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id rl6so1304725pac.29 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:57:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SnjK1rjNQN9wQLQ/JQSjYg9O9Husua2lF130fO5NC1o=; b=yBeN+ws1+xZDULhYsGrsTIZZ+PlgDoHHwUCJlRxWb7XpEztVWEgBguynOL2WjTDpfv vqu33bHZoJOG00JQAC4+20wDMr6qe9SSIbFPAVBL4NZZLF6NDCkeCP2DBIvsKXfENzYu 5J2v0zHU07M+8k9cZ0cyz3oVUnH6kEfIDLX/8v6UFj9RbaZ7WbSZHFRlPcEaiB6OGDRX VK1O9IPLoUXmCxWzsG/lBMpV1fsQFF+l+44i0UALZm0p143rFl4au8xMQ0WWBCfLpXcD ZQD91jBHxukef+QUyBpzy3A7uIhPWuxBmbMr5rSDmEMKUQvdK2TFtcQORNboDpFPynn6 6TlQ== X-Received: by 10.68.253.230 with SMTP id ad6mr235819744pbd.84.1357952269319; Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:57:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.247.60] (76-10-184-252.dsl.teksavvy.com. [76.10.184.252]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bg6sm1949048pab.33.2013.01.11.16.57.46 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:57:47 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50F0B4EB.7090706@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:57:15 -0800 From: Daniel Frey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.10) Gecko/20121118 Thunderbird/10.0.10 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Redux: Any UPS recommendations? References: <20130108130147.GA26744@waltdnes.org> <20130111002133.GA23217@waltdnes.org> In-Reply-To: <20130111002133.GA23217@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d1fa7964-9a07-4ebf-a22b-c08bf5c80d8f X-Archives-Hash: 9e5bda57e8d049999a91e331bb86b660 On 01/10/2013 04:21 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 08:01:47AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote > > 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? > I've never used hibernate. I would imagine that that apcupsd would have a hook. I googled quickly and found an ArchWiki article that discusses it. Apparently you can create a symlink and apcupsd will use it rather than the usual shutdown process. Disclaimer: I have not tried it myself. Dan