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 3D6B61389F5 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:40:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 86514E0ABE; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:40:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qa0-f42.google.com (mail-qa0-f42.google.com [209.85.216.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E3CFE09CD for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f42.google.com with SMTP id j7so1918040qaq.15 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:40:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=p6DDuFNR8R4jvmbFxIS9fgeFByeJvQs7VuT6E5Kv9gM=; b=zmYJeqTozOmRHKk9yDups7Z9VdqG+GCRMjpYVcZ3W4UoRs0VNfBFArzb3lznGnNK/Q E3XzBvm3dwltv6GJByHdLejfIIk0s1BTVrGfKzrLifZBIl12/KAKuPPAwx8FTvO6vriC aYOXXCrKUGIdfpakunxfOfLveWjVEKRctp0B+1afQDlx0gpSVdZCtDGyVaobtl5TOS9S XFLewtAT4IVHS3RJ6ASdB7BPTEWVt/3Tu4B1X0jlpTOh6Zs4OjIxPaYwHMO25ma22UEN Zajhg5qt24Ne0wHybthY4f75Do9Y58vZUrqrDmTVWC7sYxOOAWTQiMrpTbo0W4utpcbG bp7w== 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 X-Received: by 10.140.81.36 with SMTP id e33mr19101157qgd.90.1416062439547; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:40:39 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.102.198 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:40:39 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <54675B2C.4040003@gmail.com> References: <54664F99.602@asyr.hopto.org> <201411150935.56737.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <54674C95.1050600@asyr.hopto.org> <54675B2C.4040003@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 09:40:39 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: V66_hUQkFai40EP63BQSEMFNzY0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] apcupsd to recycle power From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 29bd7e02-ba0e-4674-8848-ce16a07b3212 X-Archives-Hash: 40f6906e334a8c4a7b974b59a7cded81 On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Bruce Schultz wrote: > > If the UPS battery has not run flat before the mains power is restored, I > see no reason why a UPS should kill the output power. So the BIOS has no > real way of knowing that it should reboot again in that case. > Obviously not directly applicable, but I use nut and a cyberpower UPS and the shutdown scheme it employs is that the master (controls the UPS) commands everything else to shut down, then it begins shutdown, and just before powering off it sends a command to the UPS which causes a several second delay followed by a power off, and then it powers off the host (which is otherwise shutdown already). I need to re-read how exactly this is implemented. -- Rich