KPowersave and APC UPS

Is KPowersave supposed to be able to detect a UPS connected to the
computer ? I have an APC Backup UPS XS 1500 connected to the computer
with a USB port for monitoring. I see the KPowersave program in the
panel tray. If I disconnect the UPS from the A/C power and let it run
for awhile, I do not notice that KPowersave tells me anything about it
being disconnected.

Naturally I am looking for a solution which will automatically shut me
down when the A/C power is lost and the UPS battery level gets critical,
as well as being able to notify me when the A/C power is lost, when the
UPS battery level is low etc. etc. I do not know whether KPowersave can
do this, whether I have to configure it somehow for my APC UPS, whether
it is just not capable of handling my APC UPS, or whether I have not
tested it correctly or not. Maybe someone knows how to use it and what
its capabilities are.

I do know of apcupsd, and see it in Yast as a software install, and have
installed it on another distro successfully. I also see a software
install for gnome-power-manager, which I also have working on another
distro, but I do not know whether or not that will work under KDE and
OpenSuse 10.2. Perhaps someone knows the answer to using either of these
on OpenSuse 10.2.

Edward Diener wrote:
> Is KPowersave supposed to be able to detect a UPS connected to the
> computer ? I have an APC Backup UPS XS 1500 connected to the computer
> with a USB port for monitoring. I see the KPowersave program in the
> panel tray. If I disconnect the UPS from the A/C power and let it run
> for awhile, I do not notice that KPowersave tells me anything about it
> being disconnected.
>
> Naturally I am looking for a solution which will automatically shut me
> down when the A/C power is lost and the UPS battery level gets critical,
> as well as being able to notify me when the A/C power is lost, when the
> UPS battery level is low etc. etc. I do not know whether KPowersave can
> do this, whether I have to configure it somehow for my APC UPS, whether
> it is just not capable of handling my APC UPS, or whether I have not
> tested it correctly or not. Maybe someone knows how to use it and what
> its capabilities are.
>
> I do know of apcupsd, and see it in Yast as a software install, and have
> installed it on another distro successfully. I also see a software
> install for gnome-power-manager, which I also have working on another
> distro, but I do not know whether or not that will work under KDE and
> OpenSuse 10.2. Perhaps someone knows the answer to using either of these
> on OpenSuse 10.2.

Don't use Kpowersaved use apcupsd
It works outside of kde or gnome or whatever
It just works

But download the latest and use that

http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=54413