I did but only for power, not on the serial port to monitor the UPS. I
have the UPS hooked up via serial to only one linux
box.<BR>Thanks<BR>Justin<BR><BR>Richard Hubbard said:<BR>> You didn't
happen to have an nt or win2k machine<BR>> plugged into the same ups
did you? I know when they<BR>> do a mouse probe on start up it sends
the same signal<BR>> down com1 as some ups's use to be told to
turn<BR>> themselves off.<BR>> <BR>> --- Daniel Snyder
<DSNYDER@ECWA.ORG>wrote:<BR>>> I had a power supply go bad on a
server and it did<BR>>> that for about 2 days,<BR>>> then it
was dead.<BR>>> -----Original Message-----<BR>>> From:
owner-nflug@nflug.org<BR>>> [mailto:owner-nflug@nflug.org]On Behalf
Of<BR>>> Justin Bennett<BR>>> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003
2:39 PM<BR>>> To: nflug<BR>>> Subject: Server
Crash?<BR>>> <BR>>> <BR>>> Just had a wierd thing
happen. I had a server<BR>>> (linux redhat 7.2) go down,<BR>>>
it's strange though the server was completly off.<BR>>> I've seen
linux crash<BR>>> before, where you get a memory dump on the
screen,<BR>>> but never where the<BR>>> system powers it's
self off. The system is attached<BR>>> to a large UPS so
even<BR>>> though we've had some lights flickering due to
near<BR>>> by construction I don't<BR>>> believe this is the
issue. I see nothing in<BR>>> /var/log/messages. Just a
4<BR>>> minute gap. Any ideas where I could look for
more<BR>>> information?<BR>>> <BR>>> Justin<BR>>>
--<BR>>> -------------------------------------------<BR>>>
Justin Bennett<BR>>> Red Hat (Linux) Certified Engineer<BR>>>
Network Administrator<BR>>> Dynabrade Inc.<BR>>> 8989 Sheridan
Dr<BR>>> Clarence, NY 14031<BR>>> 716-631-0100 ext
215<BR>>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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