apcupsd vs FreeBSD-5.2.x

[Peter Risdon]

Stacey Roberts wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> The other problem I've got is that with the instruction to create a soft link 
 >for /dev/usv, on reboot, that soft link is of course disappears, so I 
have to
>manually recreate that soft link again, before (again) manually starting apcupsd from cmdline.

You need to make an appropriate entry in devfs.conf for any 
customisation of /dev to persist beyond a reboot with FreeBSD 5. - 
something like:

link target name

> 
> Is there something that I've missed out somewhere that is causing apcupsd not to start automatically on reboot?
> 

I imagine this is the same problem.

Peter.


> 
> If there is any more information I should post that would of use to anyone wanting to assist, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks for the time.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Stacey