Possible bug in 10.4.9 update (Intel Mac Mini 1.66ghz, 2gb ram)

[Charles Dyer]

On 15 Mar 2007, at 02:46:33, Hex Star wrote:

> After upgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.9, the Belkin 1100VA UPS which is  
> connected via USB and usually always seen after login (causing the  
> usual UPS power level icon in the top right to appear) is no longer  
> seen after logging in. Instead every time you do something that  
> requires you to login again (such as shutting down or rebooting)  
> the UPS is forgotten about after logging in again (the usual UPS  
> power icon in the top right does not appear) until the USB  
> connection to the UPS is removed and reinserted which always causes  
> Mac OS X to see the UPS again until one must login again. The  
> normal behavior occurs in 10.4.8 and below. Anyone else  
> experiencing this issue? :-(
>
> This issue has been reported to Apple and is at this time still  
> open...

I'm running 10.4.9, on an iMac G5, with an APC UPS attached via its  
USB cable. The little battery charge icon is visible on my menubar. I  
have it configured to show the percentage of power as a number as  
well as the icon. Don't know if this makes a difference.