[ale] help mint13 / mate ups not recognized usb cable

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE)
><atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>> I am aware of the apcupsd daemon and have not installed it.  The
>Gnome power manager or Mate power manager should be able to see the
>battery and manage the power without this daemon.
>
>Why should it be able to do so? That's the point of the daemon.

Actually, I did try installing apcupsd while running the Mint live DVD.  It didn't seem to have any affect on the mate power manager subsystem.  I was under the impression that using the built in power manager or the apcupsd were two different ways to do the same thing.

Sincerely,

Ron



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