I will suppose that you do use USB for the connection of the UPS.
The package you need is apcupsd. Open CLI type: sudo zypper in apcupsd. You will find that immediately the monitor applet works but tells you it does not see the ups. Easy, go as superuser into the configfile that should be in /etc/apcupsd.conf (or similar, it is time that I did set it up at a friends). You read through the description: Set not to automatic but to USB connection. Choose if applicable the correct model and settings. Save. It should now bee seen by the app and it should show you some nice graphs. You have to set the apcups app to be started in automatic with kde (you do that in systemsettings - startup). If you use gnome, somebody else will tell you. But it should be similar.
Ah, if you use serial or other to connect, set it accordingly.
That is all, it is quite easy once you know why it does not work out of box :-)
I double this. I use it for several years. My desktop is Debian GNOME but I'm sure it does not depends of a distribution or DE. It is easy to configure, has quite a nice GUI interface, and is very reliable. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org