I guess this can be a configuration problem, but I could not find where, have tried all of them. I'm using a APC ES600, and although some numerical values given by "powerflute" are odd, the logical commands and answers and battery level value are OK. There is a workaround: not using the init.d script at all and starting the service in "local" or whatever, or still removing the "stop" part of the init.d script. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. configure /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd with either a TIMEOUT, MINUTES or BATTERYLEVEL 2. restart the daemon issuing a /etc/init.d/apcupsd restart 3. unplug the UPS mains Actual Results: When I unplug the UPS, the system waits to the configured remaining battery level and then it goes to a halt state (does not power down the computer power supply as a normal shutdown would), but the UPS does not switch off the mains, no matter how much I left the system on - it only switches off when the battery completelly runs out of charge. Expected Results: UPS power switched off if I start the service manually as root issuing a /usr/sbin/apcupsd -p it does the job, i.e., it shuts down the system and after a while it switches off the UPS power. I could see that when a power fail condition occurs, there's no "powerfail" file in /etc/apcupsd/ as expected reading the documentation. I guess there should be another init.d scrip for the final shutdown command: apccontroll --killpower Follows "emerge info" details: Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.2.3-r6, 2.3.5-r2, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -mcpu=pentium3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe -mmmx -msse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/splash /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium3 -mcpu=pentium3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe -mmmx -msse -fvisibility-inlines-hidden" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg distcc distlocks fixpackages nodoc notitles sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/" LANG="pt_BR" LC_ALL="pt_BR" LINGUAS="pt_BR" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 X alsa apm audiofile avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bootsplash bzip2 cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl directfb dvb dvd dvdread eds emboss encode exif expat fam flash foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm ggi gif glut gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile idn imagemagick imlib java jbig jpeg jpeg2k lcms ldap libg++ libwww lzw-tiff mad mhash mikmod ming mmx mmx2 mng motif mozilla mp3 mpeg nas ncurses nls nptl nptlonly odbc ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pcre pdflib perl png python quicktime readline real recode samba sdl snmp spell sse ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tga threads tif tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode vorbis wmf xml xml2 xmms xprint xv xvid zlib linguas_pt_BR userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
There is another case related to this: When shutting down my system the halt.sh-script doesn't power off the UPS. I think line 172 in halt.sh (baselayout 1.11.13-r1) should check for /etc/apcupsd/apccontrol instead of /etc/apcupsd/powerfail. I use a APC Back-UPS BF350, Keyword is "x86"
Seems to be related to bug 65211
Taking over. Michael you let this package rot so much, since I need it, I'm going to take it over and take care. Please don't say I didn't give you enough notice, last year I already asked you this much and now I'm simply tired.
Can you please test to see if this is still a problem with current systems? I think it should power off completely by now.
This is still happening on 3.14.7 and 3.14.8. I have set up apcupsd in a masater/slave fashion, and all 4 of my gentoo boxes get to the point of a system halt but do not power down. I have an endian firewall that I installed apcupsd on and it powers down completely when instructed to by the master. All 4 of the gentoo boxes shutdown properly when using the shutdown -h now command, as well as when I just press the power button.(In reply to comment #4) > Can you please test to see if this is still a problem with current systems? I > think it should power off completely by now. >
I was able to get my machine to power off by changing the following in /etc/init.d/halt.sh seems like a dirty hack but it works: I changed this: if [[ -x ${UPS_CTL} ]] ; then ewarn "Signalling ups driver(s) to kill the load!" ${UPS_POWERDOWN} ewarn "Halt system and wait for the UPS to kill our power" /sbin/halt -id while [ 1 ]; do sleep 60; done fi To this: if [[ -x ${UPS_CTL} ]] ; then ewarn "Signalling ups driver(s) to kill the load!" ${UPS_POWERDOWN} ewarn "Halt system and wait for the UPS to kill our power" #/sbin/halt -id #while [ 1 ]; do sleep 60; done /sbin/shutdown -h now fi
