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[SOLVED] How to view Download Speed and Upload Speed on Panel instead of conky? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[SOLVED] This seemed to have not worked before but on a closer look xfce package xfce4-netload-plugin 1.4.0 works well. This was pre-installed into MX Linux and does the job. None of you seem to be using xfce, any reasons?

MX x86_64 Xfce 4.18 Xfwm4 with panel xfce4-panel & mx-conky

What I want file of the conky on pastebin or is what I am after, I don't have a plugin for xfce that works.

I have the config file for this particular file and I have uploaded it in pastebin, I can make it appear on panel if I get the command, but I don't know what command conky is using. I am pretty sure one can get that if they have access to this particular conky file. Unfortunately, I am not THE ONE.

Are you THE ONE? If you are, then help me please :')

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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 7 points 1 year ago

There's a plugin for that: https://github.com/ccrisan/xfce4-netspeed-plugin

For a command, it's kind of complicated because you only have totals, there's no built-in instantanous network speed. The network speed in an single instant is always either zero or full bore: either data is being transmitted/received or it isn't. You need to average over time with multiple samples. So if you want bits per second, such a command would need to at least take a sample, wait a second, take another sample, substract the two, then return the result. Ideally you want to sample over a few seconds otherwise it'll still be pretty much all over the place. So the panel plugin is a better idea for that, as it'll do the math and averaging for you.

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

this doesn't work for me. There is no config file in the folder. But there are some configure.ac configure.ac.in when I try to run them I get this error

(base) bob@bob:~
$ sh '/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac' 
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 1: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 2: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 3: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 4: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 6: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 7: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 8: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 9: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 11: dnl: not found
/home/bob/Downloads/xfce4-netspeed-plugin-master/configure.ac: 12: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

frankly this is not worth the time

[-] igorlogius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

eh ... that plugin is likely easiest to install via your distros package manager ... you dont have to compile it from source

edit: i was actually thinking about a different plugin: https://docs.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-netload-plugin/start

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

it's fine. it was actuall installed by default, I though it didn't work which is why I tried to hunt for other packages, but now since it does, no probs. Thank you for all your help

[-] Synthead@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You need to compile it first. configure.ac is not a shell script.

[-] Synthead@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

What's your distro? What WM or DM?

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

sorry, forgot to mention

MX x86_64 Xfce 4.18 Xfwm4 with panel xfce4-panel and mx-conky

[-] Synthead@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Perhaps this is what you're after?

https://www.xfce-look.org/p/998895/

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

that is exactly what I am after, but since I am using xfce and not kde I wasn't able to install it

[-] Johanno@feddit.de -4 points 1 year ago

Then use kde plasma. Problem solved!

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Seriously though, I can't use KDE Plasma, just because I want a widget

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Well you still can compile it yourself for your DE.

In theory at least

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

ig you can do that, but now I don't need to. Thank you for your help anyways

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