Running on Debian Etch I had to upgrade the NUT package but this
worked very simply by bringing in the one from Lenny (in testing)
added to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ [1] lenny main contrib non-free
then ran
apt-get build-dep nut
as normal user
apt-get source nut
cd to nut dir
dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b
then as root installed the .deb created
After that it was just a case of reading the docs and configuring.
I’m using the UPS for my desktop and monitor - it’s drawing 25% load
with a predicted battery runtime of about 45minutes (which I don’t
quite believe)