Anyone using sysutils/nut ?

[Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H]

> 
> Mikhail Goriachev wrote:
> > Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote:
> >>> Tuc at T-B-O-H wrote:
> >>>> 	The issue isn't with the upsmon or SHUTDOWNCMD... Its with the
> >>>> fact that /etc/killpower gets set, and somewhere you need to put 
> >>>> "upsdrvctl shutdown". Its during the "shutdown -p now" that at some point
> >>>> needs to be run, and if its run in /etc/rc.shutdown then the shutdown isn't
> >>>> finished and shutting it off at that point the filesystems are dirty.
> >>> Oh, I see the dilemma now. In my case my box powers off but the UPS
> >>> stays on till it drastically dies (if power is still unavailable).
> >>> You're trying to shutdown both the system and the UPS, aren't you? 
> >>>
> >> 	Exactly, yes.
> >>> So
> >>> then they can automatically come back up again when power returns.
> >>>
> >> 	That what I want to do, yea.
> >>
> >> 	I think I'm finding that the UPS I bought (MGE Ellipse Pulsar)
> >> isn't really a UPS, but a toy.  Now to decide if I give the next step up
> >> (Evolution) a try or is it just wasting more money.
> > 
> > 
> > I got an MGE Pulsar EXtreme C 3200. In current setup it lasts for hours.
> > When deployed, my main objective was to shutdown the box, hence saving
> > it from disasters. I never considered doing the same with the UPS. I
> > guess it is time for me to finish the job.
> 
> 
> How unlucky. I can't get my UPS to power off:
> 
> $/usr/local/libexec/nut/upsdrvctl shutdown
> Network UPS Tools - UPS driver controller 2.0.3
> Network UPS Tools - MGE UPS SYSTEMS/SHUT driver 0.65 (2.0.3)
> Unable to get Report Descriptor
> Driver failed to start (exit status=1)
> 
	Only another reason I regret MGE.

			Tuc/TBOH