Re: hard crash despite UPS

I use the powstatd package with my APC BackUPS 500. The real advantage that it offers is that you can run "powstatd -t" and see what signals the UPS sends. It's also a good idea when testing the UPS to *not* plug the computer into the UPS. Instead, just plug in a lamp into the UPS. Another adva

anacron/run-parts failing with defunct processes

Recently, anacron has been hanging on one of my systems. It first happened over a month ago and I didn't notice until 'locate' warned me the database was over 7 days old and I saw 'run-parts /etc/cron.daily' was hung. I killed anacron and ran reran by hand with no problems. The next day, anacron h