On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Joseph L. Casale <JCasale at activenetwerx.com> wrote: >>When I try to >>start the ups daemon, I get the below error: >> >>ups failed. The error was: Starting UPS driver controller: [FAILED] >>Starting upsd: [FAILED] >>Starting UPS monitor (master): [FAILED] > > I have never used NUT before, I just knew it existed. Apcupsd has > always done what I need but I would check the logs, I have no doubt > they would show what is wrong. Have made any initial config? Joe: Thank you for replying again! This is a learning experience for me. I just finished getting at the WinPower Linux stuff. Not at all what I expected! Everything seems to be JRE. I didn't see any Linux source files, etc., so now I assume that it is not open source and this is not the software for me to learn how to "roll my own" RPM with. With some other software, another day, I will begin to learn about packaging. I just installed WinPower, the Software specified by the UPS manufacturer, the old fashioned (non RPM way) which is highly not recommended. After I send this email, I will try to configure it and see if it works properly. If not, back to apcupsd and nut..... I'm going to cut out the rest of your reply. I read part of a book on rpm.org so now I have the beginnings of understanding how to package something. Your help is much appreciated! Lanny <snip>