[Lubuntu] XFCE Power Manager conflicts with Apcupsd?

[John Hupp]

Exploring this some more, I find that XFCE Power Manager just has 0.0 
for all the properties it monitors for an APC Back-UPS ES 350.  And this 
is the case whether apcupsd is installed or not.

So XPM is perhaps not communicating properly with whatever backend it 
uses to get information about the UPS, or the backend is not monitoring 
the UPS effectively.

Does anyone know what XPM uses for its UPS backend?  Can it be 
configured to use apcupsd as its backend?  I seems that apcupsd is 
generating correct values for the various UPS properties.

I'll look next at putting these questions to someone at xfce.org, but 
does anyone here know enough to make further progress on resolving these 
problems?

On 9/27/2012 6:36 PM, John Hupp wrote:
> I have some initial success getting apcupsd installed to monitor and 
> manage the APC Back-UPS ES 350 I'm using with one of my test networks.
>
> Running "apcaccess status" gives me healthy-looking output.
>
> But pulling the usb cable that connects to the UPS should cause 
> apcupsd to generate an event entry in a log and also provide a 
> notification message.  It does neither as far as I can tell.
>
> I observe that XFCE Power Manager, which is installed by default on 
> Lubuntu, is also monitoring the APC and aiming to provide various 
> management features.
>
> Does anyone know if they can co-exist, or if they will conflict with 
> each other as regards the UPS?
>
> One might think of trying to use just XFCE Power Manager as an 
> alternative to apcupsd, but in the above test where I pulled the usb 
> plug, X.P.M responded by closing its indicator icon and providing no 
> notifications.
>
>
>

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