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Re: Some ideas

by HagbardCeline on: May 31 2004

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I already had the same ideas. The additional meu entries for starting and stopping an interface will come in a later version. For ppp connections one could even use these entries to start and stop KPPP with no need for root permissions. And as you mentioned, KDESU should do the trick for ethernet connections.

The "second click removes the status dialog" is also something I already missed.

So there is a good chance that these 2 features will make it in a future version.

Thank you for the feedback! :-)

ifconfig issue ?

by Maillequeule on: May 31 2004

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Maillequeule

Hi,

There is one issue du to the use of ifconfig.

On many cases, the ifconfig and iwconfig output are translated to the user native language.

It means that your parsing function is not able to find any of the pattern you look for (packets, or bytes for example).

Perhaps it's more interesting to use the output of "/proc/net/dev" instead ...

What's more, this file has no "translation issue", and gives you a more structured data source.

My two cents ... :)

Michael

Re: ifconfig issue ?

by HagbardCeline on: May 31 2004

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Hi Michael,

I will wait and see if there are more problems with localized 'ifconfig' and 'iwconfig'. I already had to work around some localisation problems and now it should work with german versions of both programs. I try to parse the output in such a generic way that it shouldn't depend on the language.

I will wait and see if more problems with localisation come up and then I'll try to overcome my laziness and port it to /proc/net/dev and /proc/net/arp.

Thanks for your suggestions!

Comiled ok, but....

by ebertin81 on: Jun 2 2004

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ebertin81
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Hi,

I downloaded, compiled and install OK. Knemo shows in the services menu, and shows as running, but I get nothing in the system tray.

Also when it ran for the first time I got a message stating that a dialog would pop up, but got nothing.

Installed on Mandrake 10, kernel 2.6.3-9 and KDE 3.2

I am not sure what I have got wrong...

Eddie
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Re: Comiled ok, but....

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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Hi,

it seems that your control center module wasn't installed correctly.

I think I read somewhere that Mandrake 10 changed the directories for control center modules, but lets see...

In order to work correctly you should find the desktop file for the kc-module in $KDEDIR/share/applnk/Settings/Network/kcm_knemo.desktop.
If the file isn't there, take a look at the output of 'make install' where it gets installed and tell me the location.

If KDE finds the desktop-file you should have an entry 'Network Monitor' in your KDE Control Center/Internet & Network. Configure KNemo with this dialog. Unless KNemo isn't configured there won't be an icon in the system tray.

Hope this helps.

Re: Re: Comiled ok,

by ebertin81 on: Jun 2 2004

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I found the kcm file in the /usr/share/applnk/Settings directory. No sign of it in the control centre.

Here is the section from make install:
/bin/sh ../admin/mkinstalldirs /usr/share/applnk/Settings/Network
/usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 kcm_knemo.desktop /usr/share/applnk/Settings/Netw
ork/kcm_knemo.desktop

Thanks.

Eddie
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Re: Re: Re: Comiled ok,

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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Just some thoughts, no real solution:

Do you have any other folders containing desktop files? For example on my Gentoo box I have something like

/usr/kde/3.2/share/applnk/Settings/Network/

Try 'kde-config --prefix' on the command line. If there is another directory, copy the desktop file to this folder.

You could also try a 'kcmshell knemod' to bring up the configuration dialog.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Comi

by ebertin81 on: Jun 3 2004

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ebertin81
Futurenet Pty Ltd

Hi again,

Tried the kcmshell command and got the following error:

Library files for "libkcm_knemod.la" not found in paths

And it was right, I could not find it either. I did however find libkcm_knemo.la, I am wondering if I have done something wrong....:-(

Eddie
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Comi

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 3 2004

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Hi again!

Normally a 'make install' will do the trick. So there's nothing you can do wrong.

But I said something wrong, the command to start the control center module is

kcmshell kcm_knemo

So please try this one! :-)

A suggestion

by MDonoughe on: Jun 2 2004

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This program is esentialy the same as KNetworkLED. I actualy use KNetworkLED because the icons in KNemo are too hard to tell the difference between. I would actualy like it if the icons on KNetworkLED had a little mor contrast between states, but when I look at KNemo I think that there is data being transmitted unless I watch it until data is being transmitted.

Re: A suggestion

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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Yup, I noticed KNetworkLED. It was released just some hours after I released KNemo. Now, Open Source is all about choice...

About the icons, they are stored in $KDEDIR/share/apps/knemo/pics and you could simply replace them with the ones from KNetworkLED. But I guess you have to change the names of them.

On the other side, these icons are the work of 15 minutes, copying and pasting existing icons with KIconEdit. Maybe you would like to edit them yourself or even create new ones.

Hmm... there would be room for another settings dialog where one can change icons. Themeable KNemo... oh well. Maybe I'll do this some day. :-)

Re: Re: A suggestion

by MDonoughe on: Jun 2 2004

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I have created a new set of icons by modifying the ones supplied. I significantly darkened the dark screens. You notice when there is a data transmit now(maybe too much contrast). Anyway, you can get my icon set from http://bot24.no-ip.com/files/knemoicons.tar.bz2 .

I had something similar happen to me. It was my first real released program. It was also my first ever program written in C++(or C). ObjectDock docklets are actually simple because of the SDK. I made this: http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=29&SkinID=1808 . Soon after I made mine, this: http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=29&SkinID=1865 came along and bumped me off of the top ten downloads list. You shouldn't try to use my docklet unless the program changed again: the next release of ObjectDock went into an infinate loop upon contact with my Docklet. Actually looking at it now, it apears that mine was a little better with WA5(Managed to find 5superprealphleetness). Oh well, I can controll XMMS with my phone instead now.

Re: Re: Re: A suggestion

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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Thanks for the icons!

I stored them locally for the time when I added support for different icons. Then I would package them with KNemo.

Negative uptime

by 2sheds on: Jun 2 2004

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I opened status dialog of KNemo monitoring my eth0 connection and - surprise-surprise! - it shows negative uptime value! What's more, it is even counting up to zero, hehe.

Re: Negative uptime

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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Oh, nice feature! :-)

How long was the interface up until you noticed this bug?

So I know how long to wait until I can reproduce it.

Re: Re: Negative uptime

by 2sheds on: Jun 2 2004

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Well, interface' uptime is the same as my system - currently it is 13 hours, and back then - ten hours, so it seems. Negative value was about 640 minutes - it roughly equals my estimation.

Re: Re: Negative uptime

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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Looking at the code this seems clear. QTime is no good choice when measuring longer periods of time. After midnight the current QTime will be smaller than the one stored when starting KNemo so you get negative times.

Will change this to QDateTime displaying days, hours, minutes and seconds.

Thanks for the report!

Re: Re: Re: Negative

by MDonoughe on: Jun 2 2004

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No, mine is still positive and going up(It's 2:38AM). See my other comment about int sizes.
It works like this.
0x7ffffffd +2147483645
0x7ffffffe +2147483646
0x7fffffff +2147483647
0x80000000 -2147483647
0x80000001 -2147483646
0x80000002 -2147483645

Re: Re: Negative upt

by MDonoughe on: Jun 2 2004

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I had alot of stuff typed in here, but KDE-Apps and KDE-Look have lots of little glitches, and this time it didn't remember my login.
The reason for it counting backwards is that you have an signed int for your counter. His computer might only have two byte(16 bit) int's, so after about nine hours of uptime the sign bit(first bit from the left) will be set and the integer will turn negative. Your program thinks that it should be negative because it recieves a negative number from secsTo, and then it remains negative when you divide. You should make it an unsigned long at least. Then it would take around 4 years. If you make it an unsigned long long(16-bits) it could be up for 584.9 billion years. I must be doing something wrong because that can't be right.

My mouse cursor turns black(No, it isn't supposed to be black) when I move it over KNemo. Is that just something that I set up wrong?

Re: Re: Re: Negative

by MDonoughe on: Jun 2 2004

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Oh yes, I left this out. Depending on your computer's int size you may need to wait nine years before you can reproduce the problem. At least I think that's it.

Re: Re: Re: Negative upt

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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This is only one half of the solution. My point is also valid. I tested with:

QTime t1(23,55);
QTime t2(00,05);

kdDebug() << "secsTo: " << t1.secsTo( t2 ) << endl;

and the result is:

secsTo: -85800

So starting KNemo 5 minutes before midnight will give you an uptime of -85800 after 10 minutes.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Nega

by MDonoughe on: Jun 2 2004

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Would it work to use QDate if such a thing exists? I need to go to school and can't check now.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Nega

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 2 2004

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Indeed there is something like QDate.

And on my harddisk is already v0.1.6 of KNemo using QDateTime, a combination of QDate and QTime so now the uptime even can display days! :-)

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

by MDonoughe on: Jun 3 2004

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The difference between just before midnight and just after should be negative. Once it is associated with a date it will be fine.

Some suggestions

by bart on: Jun 5 2004

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hey, the program is really cool but I have a suggestion to improve it, for example I have 2 ethernet (eth0 and eth1) and they are always up but the cable is rarely connected to eth1, only when I plug in my laptop, the problem is that knemo always shows the two icons as connected but the dmesg output says:

eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000
eth1: link down

It would be nice to have the second icon showing as not connected like in winblows :P

Thanks a lot for this nice piece of code :)

Re: Some suggestions

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 5 2004

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Hi!

I am not really sure if I understood this right. Is there an IP-address assigned to eth1? If yes, then KNemo identifies the interface as being up and displays an icon. If no IP is assigned then KNemo only displays an icon if the option 'Hide icon when not available' is deselected.

Please make sure this option is activated to hide the icon when there is no IP assigned to the interface.

Re: Re: Some suggest

by bart on: Jun 5 2004

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Hi, yes, the both connections are up, also they have an IP, the link status (if cable is connected or not to the ethernet card) doesn't really determine if the connection is up or down. If I unplug/plug the cable from eth0 I got:

eth0: link down
eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000

but the connection is always up, I have no idea if there is any tool there to easily detect the link status without checking the dmesg output, sure.

Thanks a lot & regards :)

Re: Re: Re: Some sug

by HagbardCeline on: Jun 6 2004

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Hi,

may I suggest the usage of tools like 'ifplugd' or 'laptop-net' to shutdown the interface when no cable is plugged in and to start the interface on reconnecting the cable?

I use 'ifplugd' myself on my laptop and it does a good job in starting and stopping the interface. Then I have the desired effect of the icon popping up on plugging the cable and removing the icon on disconnect.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Some

by bart on: Jun 6 2004

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Hey, thanks, ifplugd did the job :)