>I tried "yum install winpower" and the >response was "no package winpower available" (rpmforge is one of the >yum repositories I use, so it's not there, with that name). It's not, but that search method could be expanded: # yum list \*winpower\* # yum list \*win\* # yum list \*win\* |grep -i <you get the picture...> etc etc Try Apcupsd, it is a very complete enterprisable package that just runs well. jlc