Hello Alec, From your email below I created the file as you described. Is anynyting else required to link it in?
Thanks for your help! Best Regards, Cees Op 17-1-2017 om 04:51 schreef Alek_A: > Thanks for the idea, Charl! `/sbin/apcupsd --killpower` indeed kills the > power when called not in shutdown sequence. Note that `/sbin/shutdown -H > now` and `exit 99` is not necessary here as apccontrol does shutdown > anyway. > > Your workaround works for me as well! Though I made some additions to > proposed /etc/apcupsd/doshutdown script: > > #!/bin/bash > # > > # Duplicate stdout and stderr to log so we can check it later > exec > >(tee -a /var/log/killpower.log) > exec 2>&1 > > # create a timestamp > date > > # stop apcupsd to prevent simultaneous access to serial port (THIS IS > IMPORTANT!) > echo Stopping apcupsd > /bin/systemctl stop apcupsd > # just to be sure > pkill apcupsd > > # stop important services to make sure they stopped before power is killed > echo Stopping important services > /bin/systemctl stop pacemaker > > echo Killing power > /sbin/apcupsd --killpower > > echo Done. > echo > > > One can modify this script to his/her needs by replacing line `/bin/systemctl > stop pacemaker` with what is appropriate for his/her system. > > Also make sure that at the point `/sbin/apcupsd --killpower` is executed > you have enough time to shut down rest of the system. By default the > power will be actually killed in 20 seconds after the call. You can > check what timeout is set in your UPS with command > > apcaccess|grep DSHUTD > DSHUTD : 120 Seconds > > As you see my UPS will kill the power in 120 seconds after > `/sbin/apcupsd --killpower` called. > > To change this value you should execute `systemctl stop apcupsd`, run > `apctest`, then choose '5) Program EEPROM', choose '8) Change shutdown > delay', execute `systemctl start apcupsd`. > In manual it is stated that you can also set this value in variable SLEEP in > /etc/apcupsd/apcupsd.conf, and then in apctest choose '14) Set EEPROM with > conf file values' - but that DON'T work for me, probably it is a bug of > apcupsd. > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1634572 Title: APCUPSD does not send killpower command to UPS (only happens on Ubuntu 16.04) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apcupsd/+bug/1634572/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
