Well, it does work. I unplugged the ups, drained the battery using a electric
heater and sure enough, the power manager shut the machine down. It cut it
rather close. Right after the machine shut down the ups warning beeps turned
into a continuous beep indicating its batteries were drained. I'm wondering if
anyone knows how to reconfigure the manager so it shuts the machine down
earlier.
Thanks!
Ken Teh wrote:
I was startled to see the power manager icon on a 5.2 system that I had
just installed and plugged into a tripplite ups. I did connect the
computer to the ups via the usb cable provided. The system seems to
know all about the UPS system; it's make and model and has some
information on the battery charge. I need some advice on how to proceed
here. I was going to use the manufacturer's software but first, I'd
like to find out more about how the gnome power manager works vis-a-vis
the ups, whether it's preferable to use the tripplite software, etc. I
would appreciate any help or guidance you might have.
Thanks!
Ken
