[SWLUG] UPS recommendations?

[Mark Summerfield]

On 2008-01-12, Jonathan Wright wrote:
> Mark Summerfield wrote:
> > It came with a CD for Windows (which I don't use) and a cable
> > connecting it to a USB port. I've connected it to the USB but I
> > don't know if there is any point in doing so---does anyone know if
> > Linux can communicate with a UPS?
>
> IIRC, you need to enable HID Devices, with USB HID and Force feedback
> support (not sure about the raw HID stuff either).

Uh, I'm a programmer, I have no idea what that sentence means!

> Depending on your distro, you may need to probe a few modules to get it
> to spring into life. Then, just installed apcupsd to monitor the UPS and
> it will run commands on certain events (such as switch on/off of mains
> and battery levels).

I have Fedora 8. Can't I just install the right packages and leave
Fedora to figure it out?


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Mark Summerfield, Qtrac Ltd., www.qtrac.eu