Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Daniel Frey
On 01/08/2013 11:24 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: Thanks to you, and others, for all the info. And thanks for the apcupsd ebuild. BTW, what does mailx do in the ebuild? Send an email about an outage? Yes, it sends email notifications. I currently have ssmtp set up to send mail to my gmail

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is * 1 LCD monitor 24 * 1 (sometimes 2) desktop PCs connected to the monitor * 1 ADSL router/modem What brand and VA rating would

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 07:47:13AM -0800, Daniel Frey wrote On 01/08/2013 11:24 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: Thanks to you, and others, for all the info. And thanks for the apcupsd ebuild. BTW, what does mailx do in the ebuild? Send an email about an outage? Yes, it sends email

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-09 Thread Thanasis
on 01/09/2013 09:15 PM Walter Dnes wrote the following: apcupsd pulls in virtual/mailx ... virtual/mailx is needed as a program to send mail via shell scripts. ssmtp (like postfix) is used as an MTA to get mail off the system to a Mailhub.

[gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Walter Dnes
I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is * 1 LCD monitor 24 * 1 (sometimes 2) desktop PCs connected to the monitor * 1 ADSL router/modem What brand and VA rating would people recommend. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Dienstag, 8. Januar 2013, 08:01:47 schrieb Walter Dnes: I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is * 1 LCD monitor 24 * 1 (sometimes 2) desktop PCs connected to the monitor * 1 ADSL

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is * 1 LCD monitor 24 * 1 (sometimes 2) desktop PCs connected to the monitor *

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Paul Hartman
On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Daniel Frey
On 01/08/2013 09:32 AM, Paul Hartman wrote: On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so there may be new tech

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Steven Lembark
On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 08:01:47 -0500 Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: I think my UPS is dying. Time to get a new one. It's been years, so there may be new tech out there I don't know about. My normal usage is * 1 LCD monitor 24 * 1 (sometimes 2) desktop PCs connected to the monitor

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Randy Barlow
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'd actually like to hop on this thread and submit a related question, that by some small chance might be relevant to the OP as well. I have a power factor correcting power supply, and I have read a lot of conflicting information about whether or not

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Matthew Marlowe
I'd recommend sticking with APCI've explored other UPS vendors/brand in the past, and most of them work fine especially optiupsbut I've also had some cases of cheaper ups's becoming fire hazards, having short useful lifetimes, or not producing a good enough sine wave. When power is

Re: [gentoo-user] Any UPS recommendations?

2013-01-08 Thread Walter Dnes
Thanks to you, and others, for all the info. And thanks for the apcupsd ebuild. BTW, what does mailx do in the ebuild? Send an email about an outage? -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org I don't run desktop environments; I run useful applications