Ignore this bug report. I found the problem. Reading the actually message output revealed that I had to shutdown the apcupsd daemon *before* I run the apctest application. Sorry for the noize.
** Changed in: apcupsd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apcupsd/+question/160699 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794575 Title: apctest gives a FATAL ERROR in device.c at line 71 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs