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On 01/10/2013 04:21 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 08:01:47AM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote |
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> I got an APC Back-UPS BX1300G-CN from the local Staples. No worry |
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> whatsoever about overloading this baby. I'm currently running a |
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> "torture test" with the monitor, the modem, and both PC's running. |
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> They're both doing an update. I set things up so that both are building |
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> gcc at the same time. Even so, the load indicator is only lighting up 2 |
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> of 5 bars, indicating approximately 40% of max load. It might've been a |
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> different story years ago back in the days of the Pentium 4 or AMD "space |
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> heaters", plus add-on video cards. |
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> Being the geek that I am, I did RTFM the docs that came with the UPS. |
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> It has an option to decide how much to allow voltage to vary before |
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> switching over to battery power. I selected the narrowest range, i.e. |
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> the "sensitive electronics" setting. |
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> One question about the configuration of apcupsd; what do I have to do |
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> get it to execute "/usr/sbin/hibernate" when hydro is out, and the |
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> battery is running low? |
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I've never used hibernate. I would imagine that that apcupsd would have |
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a hook. I googled quickly and found an ArchWiki article that discusses |
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it. Apparently you can create a symlink and apcupsd will use it rather |
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than the usual shutdown process. |
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Disclaimer: I have not tried it myself. |
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Dan |
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