WMnet or KNemo [solved]

trapper · 2018-02-08 14:08

Hallo forum,

Thanks for the support in my other posts.
Now I am looking for a network monitor for the system tray, which can show the network traffic.
In synaptic I can find WMnet and KNemo, and I installed both without error message.
But now the same as with caribou (other post)
I can not find it anywhere.
"Execute command" (Befehl ausführen) also does not work.
How i can fix it?

Thanks in advance

Last edited by trapper (2018-02-11 22:08)

jackdanielsesq · 2018-02-08 15:49

Hi ..

Why not try to 're-install' the program - cant hurt

Regards

Jack

PS - I have missed it when using gdebi ....

Dai_trying · 2018-02-08 17:03

I usually use conky for monitoring my network speeds as it will remain on my desktop at all times, but if you want/need a system tray solution it's probably better to see what advise others have.

I will post this minimal conky in case you wanted to try it.You will need to edit it to your own network interface ID

conky.config = {
    update_interval = 1,
    total_run_times = 0,
    net_avg_samples = 1,
    cpu_avg_samples = 1,
    imlib_cache_size = 0,
    double_buffer = true,
    no_buffers = true,
    use_xft = true,
    font = "DejaVu:size=9",
    text_buffer_size = 2048,
    own_window = true,
    own_window_transparent = true,
    own_window_type = "normal",
    own_window_hints = "undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager",
    own_window_argb_visual = true,
    own_window_argb_value = 0,
    alignment = "top_right",
    gap_x = 10,
    gap_y = 15,
    minimum_width = 254,
    minimum_height = 250,
    maximum_width = 254,
    draw_shades = false,
    default_color = "efefef",
    default_shade_color = "1d1d1d",
    short_units = true,
    draw_graph_borders = false
}

conky.text = [[
${voffset 4}NETWORK
Down speed${goto 79} : ${font DejaVu:bold:size=9}${downspeed eth0}${font} ${alignr 15}Total: ${font DejaVu:bold:size=9}${totaldown eth0}${font}
Up speed${goto 79} : ${font DejaVu:bold:size=9}${upspeed eth0}${font} ${alignr 15}Total: ${font DejaVu:bold:size=9}${totalup eth0}${font}
${if_gw}WAN Address ${alignr 15}${font DejaVu:bold:size=9}${execi 300 dig +short myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com}${font}${else}No Wan Connection Available${endif}
${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}LAN Address${alignr 15}${font DejaVu:bold:size=9}${addrs eth0}${font}${voffset -4}${endif}
]]

You can simply copy/paste this into a file save it as ~/.conkyrc and then after installing conky (sudo apt install conky-all) you can run this with the command conky. it will look similar to this which should be located in the top right corner of your screen.

An easy way to replace the network interface ID is the following command

sed -i -- 's/eth0/<your network interface ID>/g' .conkyrc

simply replace <your network interface ID> with your own ID (i.e. wlp1s0) and it will change it automatically for you.

Last edited by Dai_trying (2018-02-08 17:17)

crosscourt · 2018-02-08 23:38

Look thru these as some may meet your needs, www.linuxandubuntu.com/home/best-network-monitoring-tools-for-linux

trapper · 2018-02-09 21:55

Many thanks for the various tips.

I got on with KNemo.
When I open TDE Control Panel / Internet & Network / Networkmonitor, there is a tick to select: Use KNemo ...
Unfortunately it is not what I expected.
The graphical data plotter is only placed on the desktop, not in the system tray.

So I have followed the advice and WMnet installed again.
But this time I got following error message:

W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/root/.synaptic/tmp//tmp_sh' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Keine Berechtigung)

Thanks for more tips.

Dai_trying · 2018-02-09 22:02

Not sure what you want to see in the taskbar, is it just a graph showing the last 5 mins or so scrolling in realtime? or a numeric display of current up/download speed/totals?
Have you used or seen something that you want it to be like?

trapper · 2018-02-09 23:47

Yes, a graph showing the last mins scrolling in realtime, like Networkmonitor in KDE4. (This is the only one feature which I like in KDE4)

Dai_trying · 2018-02-10 00:14

knetstats-trinity is what you need, just install and then run from commandline to get it started (first time only) and then right click icon to configure.

Have fun

crosscourt · 2018-02-10 04:30

I didnt look to see if its available but it should be, vnstat also called system monitor is a very nice app.

trapper · 2018-02-11 22:09

Thanks Dai, knetstats is exactly what I was looking for. Works fine (without start from commandline)

Dai_trying · 2018-02-11 22:12

That's great, I only added the start line as it didn't run immediately on my system and I didn't want to log-out/in or reboot

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