On Tuesday 15 January 2002 13.36, Peter Sutter wrote:
Hi All,
I upgraded to SuSE v7.3 from SuSE v7.1 and since then powerd won't work properly. Apparently there is a completely new powerd. Under SuSE 7.1 there were options for powerd.conf to control the different signals (assert high/low), these seem to be gone in the new version. These commands are also not anymore in the man pages.
The problem I face is, the UPS expects a high RTS and closes a switch that connects it to CTS, so a high CTS defines a powerfail. When the UPS is without mains power, then rising DTR will shut it off.
The new powerd rises both, RTS and DTR, when it starts, so when the power goes, within 1 second, the ups shuts down. I think I dont need an UPS to keep my systems up for this one additional second.
Now, after you have laughed enough, please tell me the solution.
I'm not sure what you're saying here, but you seem to be saying that powerd tells the UPS when the power is out. I think you'll find it's the other way around. Use the powerd.conf entry "POWERFAIL CTS HIGH" to initiate a power failure action when CTS is raised. If indeed your UPS loses power after 1 second I suggest you hand it in for maintenance. regards Anders