I am using SuSE 8.1, patched up until 2 weeks ago with YOU. When apcupsd is used with simple signalling with an APC BackUps, and the windows standard cable 940-0020B, it has to keep DTR in the serial port asserted low, because DTR high signals the UPS to switch off when it is on batteries. When the computer is booted, (via KT266 MSI board) the serial port is set with DTR low. When apcupsd is started by the init process it is held low. When hwscan is run by init, DTR (on this computer at least is set high. Therefore, the moment the UPS goes on battery in a power failure, the UPS switched off. This is a Bad Thing. Can anyone confirm this with another chipset, or otherwise elucidate? A workaround, of course, is to run apcupsd after hwscan, but I don't know what to edit to prevent YAST2 run level editor "correcting" this arrangement. Does it matter not running hwscan, another solution? -- Roger Hayter