On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 01:14:30PM +0000, Gilbert Fernandes wrote:
> [...]
> 
> i used a "local" flag and used ttyflags -a
> too and configured it using proper type of
> ups and cable (using smart doesn't work,
> as i'm using a dumb ups model that doesn't
> report the voltage or things alike).

I don't know how the backups works, but maybe it reports the info
though one of the control signal of the serial port.
I would try without the local flag.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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