Public bug reported: The apcupsd daemon sends an email alert "Communications with UPS lost" on every boot followed almost immediately by "Communications with UPS restored". The machine in question is connecting to a remote instance of apcupsd running on another machine. There is no actual problem with the remote UPS or remote apcupsd.
It could be the same problem identified in this Red Hat bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789191 In that case, the problem occurs because the network interface is not up when apcupsd is started. How reproducible: Every boot. Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot 2. 3. Actual results: Email alert "Communications with UPS lost" followed almost immediately by "Communications with UPS restored". Expected results: No alert unless remote apcupsd server is actually down. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apcupsd 3.14.10-2build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-85.129-generic 3.13.11-ckt36 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-85-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Apr 30 10:55:22 2016 SourcePackage: apcupsd UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-05-23 (342 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.apcupsd: # Apcupsd-devel internal configuration APCACCESS=/sbin/apcaccess ISCONFIGURED=yes mtime.conffile..etc.apcupsd.apcupsd.conf: 2016-04-30T10:51:07.953331 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apcupsd: 2007-04-23T21:09:38 ** Affects: apcupsd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1576957 Title: apcupsd alerts on every boot: Communications with UPS lost To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apcupsd/+bug/1576957/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
