netmon_wce - network tray monitor

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01micko · #31 Post by **01micko** » Sat 18 Jul 2015, 10:40

New version is out, pets included. See main post

New features as described in the past couple of posts are added (not multiple interfaces - too much trouble). I didn't go with dhcpcd directly however, the patch is updated and that does deal with dhcpcd directly.

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@mikeb

Here is one line for your slax installs, and may even install with installpkg, even though it doesn't produce a legit slackware package -

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sh patch_me.sh yes please && make && sh package non-pup

See the 'package' script for more details.

See the extras dir for hints on getting the tx and rx stats saving at shutdown. That is basically what is in puppy's rc.shutdown script and has been for several years (circa 2010).

mikeb · #32 Post by **mikeb** » Sat 18 Jul 2015, 20:58

Well much appreciated...

its not just a slax thing as me pups and related stuff tend to have less puppyisms to make them more generic anyway.

Plus puppyisms vary somewhat as you well know so I aim for the 'work for anything' approach when possible.

Well will be testing out if I can drag myself away from this rather nice escape we are at up a river where the world cannot find us though the mosquitoes seem to find us regardless...

mike

01micko · #33 Post by **01micko** » Sat 18 Jul 2015, 21:48

mikeb wrote:its not just a slax thing as me pups and related stuff tend to have less puppyisms to make them more generic anyway.

Sure. I don't like puppyisms myself, especially hard coding to /root

BTW, I think I forgot to switch dhcpcd -k (from --release). You should be able to edit the patch ok - but no guarantees.

Thanks for your testing and suggestions - been a valuable contrib.

mikeb · #34 Post by **mikeb** » Sat 25 Jul 2015, 19:05

Been adrift for a while....

after the -k fix built cleanly and working happily... seems like a winner

cheers

mike

01micko · #35 Post by **01micko** » Sat 25 Jul 2015, 21:39

mikeb wrote:Been adrift for a while....

Good for you

mikeb wrote:after the -k fix built cleanly and working happily... seems like a winner

cheers

mike

Good. I'll probably edit the source at some point and bring out a more or less 'final' version, pending any bug reports. I'm pretty happy with it. Been running on my lappy ever since the last mention and ram/cpu is consistent so no evidence of any leakage.

Moat · #36 Post by **Moat** » Sun 26 Jul 2015, 09:19

Kicks butt, Mick! Noobish me fussing around lately, I've discovered the default network_tray in many/most (all?) Pups is one of the - if not *THE* - primary cause of Puppy's tendency towards somewhat high idle CPU use. That's always kinda' bugged me.

Quick test of your netmon_wce on this old Pentium D Optiplex GX620 running Tahrpup 6.0.2 clearly shows idle CPU use dropping from %4-6 to %1-2... flippin' great!! Finally, that issue seems fixed (here, at least). Polling enabled, too. Love the signal strength meter also.

Fantastic update!

Bob

01micko · #37 Post by **01micko** » Sun 26 Jul 2015, 12:12

Good to hear Bob

Now if we can snag a few more reports I'll ensure it becomes the default in future woof-CE based puppies.

01micko · #38 Post by **01micko** » Sun 26 Jul 2015, 23:32

Minor update to version 2.6

See main post

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20150727 netmon_wce-2.6
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bugfix - gettext - remove '\n' char from translations for clarity
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 -@line 258
 -@line 313
 -@line 330
bugfix - fix compile warning -Wformat @line 139 (seen in tahrpup)
add .pot file to 'package'
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NOTE: a .pot file is included in the pet.

Smithy · #39 Post by **Smithy** » Sun 13 Sep 2015, 07:27

The old behaviour of Barry's network monitor is to also show network input and output.
I might be barking up the wrong tree here, but should there also be:
internet_connect_input.svg and internet_connect_output.svg in addition to internet_connect_both.svg?

01micko · #40 Post by **01micko** » Sun 13 Sep 2015, 08:36

Smithy wrote:The old behaviour of Barry's network monitor is to also show network input and output.
I might be barking up the wrong tree here, but should there also be:
internet_connect_input.svg and internet_connect_output.svg in addition to internet_connect_both.svg?

TBH, I didn't want the icon to be too "loud" so that's why it's a bit toned down. BK's original had 5 icons, this one has 4.

01micko · #41 Post by **01micko** » Sun 13 Sep 2015, 08:36

Well that was a weird forum glitch. Definitely only clicked 'submit' once. Ignore this post.

rg66 · #42 Post by **rg66** » Wed 16 Sep 2015, 09:01

Works great in both X-slacko and X-tahr. Dropped CPU usage at idle by 2%, thanks for this.

april · #43 Post by **april** » Wed 16 Sep 2015, 10:44

01micko; OK continuing on from the other thread .here

I find that your finding is very strange. The design is that as soon as your connection drops the IP address the disconnected icon should appear. This has been tested several times.

What happens in precise 5.7.1 is that If I connect to my modem by WiFi and then I go and turn the Modem off netmon_wce shows that the connection is still good and in my case with full bars.

Perhaps its different with eth0 or others but that is the result I get with wlan0 using a Realtech adaptor running module 8192cu which is the proprietary driver compiled for kernel 3.9.

When the modem is switched off the computer does not drop the connection and probing shows an IP and a RF connection so maybe its to do with the adaptor and driver?

Give me a little time on this and I will go back over things to be sure I have it right.

01micko · #44 Post by **01micko** » Wed 16 Sep 2015, 10:49

No worries rg66

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Thanks april for the report. I don't have that adapter but I do have a few. I won't go to the length of installing precise just yet but if a reasonable outcome isn't achieved I will do that if nothing else works.

What connection manager are you using? (SNS, Frisbee, or other)

april · #45 Post by **april** » Wed 16 Sep 2015, 11:11

SNS and I just reran it to confirm .Attached screenshot is with the modem switched off as explained above.

01micko · #46 Post by **01micko** » Wed 16 Sep 2015, 11:20

Hi april,

I am assuming you clicked the icon to bring up 'ipinfo' after you killed the modem (it's showing the IP address). If so this is almost certainly a bug with the driver.

Can you try one test for me please to confirm this?

While the modem is off and the icon is still showing, open a terminal and run this command please:

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ifconfig wlan0

If the IP address appears on the second line then there is not much I can do to fix the icon behaviour for you. If not then we proceed.

'ifconfig' is a mature program, part of the 'wireless-tools' suite of programs.

Thanks.

april · #47 Post by **april** » Wed 16 Sep 2015, 11:35

# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:9E:95:9C:4D:1F
inet addr:192.168.0.4 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3197 errors:0 dropped:23 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3075 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:10192465 (9.7 MiB) TX bytes:3084772 (2.9 MiB)

So I take it the driver is not disconnecting from the modem when it is switched off .At least then it tells me when I am properly connected.

01micko · #48 Post by **01micko** » Wed 16 Sep 2015, 11:40

It appears that way. Leave it at that for now and I'll do some investigating.

Thanks for testing.

april · #49 Post by **april** » Fri 18 Sep 2015, 09:09

I would like to have a look through the source code for netmon_wce and network_tray.
How would I get those ? The package manager does not find them

01micko · #50 Post by **01micko** » Fri 18 Sep 2015, 09:20

hi april

Source for netmon_wce is in the first post of this thread..

Attached is the source (minus icons and cruft, just the C code) for network_tray, as at version 2.5 where I forked.

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