<quote who=""> > I managed to get this running under Mandrake by using the Redhat > rpm, but under potato I get the following error: > > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version > of RPM error: PowerChutePlus-4.5.3-1_RedHat.i386.rpm cannot be > installed > > I'm used to Powerchute and quite like it. Is there anyway of > installing it on potato? I tried compiling the Redhat sources but > it complained of binary incompatibility. I looked briefly at the > apcupsd package, but it doesn't seem to have a GUI.
install the .tar.gz edition of powerchute. i run it on several debian potato machines currently with no problems .. its available from the APC website .. nate