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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:49:04
Message-Id: 1565551.YJXxyvGCCV@dell_xps
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Alternatives to knutclient by Dale
1 On Sunday, 29 October 2017 01:56:52 GMT Dale wrote:
2 > Daniel Frey wrote:
3 > > Well, that's odd. I just built it and see nothing of the sort. I built
4 > > it with all USE flags.
5 > >
6 > > I am not using nut now, but I was trying it about a year ago. I did
7 > > have a client (it wasn't knutclient), maybe it was removed from the
8 > > tree. That's disappointing.
9 > >
10 > > How much information do your users need? I'm running KDE5 with apcupsd
11 > > and an APC UPS, and the battery monitor built in to KDE shows me that
12 > > the battery is at 100% (it doesn't really say much else, though.)
13 > >
14 > > Dan
15 >
16 > I seem to recall that one was treecleaned a good while back, few
17 > months. I can't recall the name but think it was something KDE
18 > related. I seem to recall --depclean removing it or something here.
19 > Can't recall why it was removed from the tree tho.
20 >
21 > That said, I tried Knutclient here and while it works, it doesn't say
22 > much. It seems most features don't work with the UPS I have. It does
23 > show on the command line with a upsc command. Maybe I need some
24 > different settings or something.
25 >
26 > Dale
27 >
28 > :-) :-)
29
30 On a small UPS knutclient shows the current load, to avoid stupidly plugging
31 in unsuitable devices in the UPS like printers and then blaming the UPS - it
32 has happened ... sigh ... ; it shows input voltage, output voltage and
33 runtime on battery. On a larger UPS it also shows temperature. When in a
34 power cut you're trying to save your work before a shutdown starts, running
35 upsc and reading line by line the output can take longer than glancing at the
36 GUI. Life will carry on without it, but it is nevertheless a convenient
37 gadget to have for some users.
38
39 Perhaps I should enable the cgi flag and see what web interface this offers,
40 although I can guess it will require a web browser to run on the PC acting as
41 a nut server. Anyone used this?
42
43 --
44 Regards,
45 Mick

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