I normally run my laptop on AC power. I also have it plugged into a UPS. Today the power went out. The power applet on the mate desktop reported I had 7298 hours of laptop run time and 5 minutes of UPS. The laptop then powered itself off. Can someone tell me what I might have have misconfigured?
Paolo
On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM Paolo Galtieri pgaltieri@gmail.com wrote:
I normally run my laptop on AC power. I also have it plugged into a UPS. Today the power went
out. The power applet on the mate desktop reported I had 7298 hours of
laptop run time and 5
minutes of UPS. The laptop then powered itself off. Can someone tell me
what I might have have
misconfigured?
UPS software is normally configured to send a "shutdown" message to attached systems when remaining runtime is low/ The management software requires a data connection (serial cable, USB, or network), shutdown messages are sent to other systems using the network, so you need a UPS for network switches.
5 minutes of UPS runtime could be a worn-out battery, and would probably trigger a shutdown command on the laptop if you did not explicitly configure it to ignore a shutdown command from the UPS management software.
On Fri, 2024-08-23 at 12:18 -0700, Paolo Galtieri wrote:
I normally run my laptop on AC power. I also have it plugged into a UPS. Today the power went out. The power applet on the mate desktop reported I had 7298 hours of laptop run time and 5 minutes of UPS. The laptop then powered itself off. Can someone tell me what I might have have misconfigured?
To be honest, I wouldn't run a laptop with a good battery on a UPS.
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