topic title: Network monitor applet is not working [SOLVED]
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#1
Hi friends,

I did a new installation of Antix 13.2 in a new partition.

In the oldest everything works fine but in this one the Network Monitor doesn't show anything.

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Any advice?

Thanks.
Last edited by Aleph on 14 Apr 2014, 16:38, edited 1 time in total.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
My first thought is that the network monitor is pointed at the wrong adapter.
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#3
Hi dolphin_oracle,

And how can I chage the settings?
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#4
Other clue...

If I click at the monitor shows this message:

Error parsing command line options: Unknown option -name

And after the terminal shows this:

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unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     5020     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     9724     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     9504     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     6916     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     17048    
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     5390     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     5575     
unix  3      [ ]         DGRAM                    2025     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     5484     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     5379     /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     5424     /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     7357     
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     7032     @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     7061     @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECTED     6829     @/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
unix  3      [ ]         STREAM     CONNECT
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#5
look in ~/.icewm/preferences for this line

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TaskBarShowNetStatus=1
NetStatusCommand="x-terminal-emulator -name netstat -title 'Network Status' -e netstat -c"
NetworkStatusDevice="ppp0 eth0"
and change eth0 to whatever your network requires.

the -name option is because roxterm, the default terminal emulator, does not receive the -name from the command that launches when you click o the monitor. Its safe to ignore, or you can remove the"-name netstat -title 'Network Status'" from the commandline in the text I quoted above and the error will go away.
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Aleph
Joined: 09 Aug 2013
#6
Hi dolphin_oracle,

Thanks!!!!

I did and now I can see green bars and some info.

(But I was expecting the wicd icon like in my other installation, it's estrange... ) __{{emoticon}}__
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#7
just change the command from the x-terminal-emulator one to

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"wicd-client -n"
and clicking should give you the wicd gui.

if you go ito the ~./icewm/startup file you will see a commented line for the wicd-client tray app. Uncomment, and at start you'll have the little wicd tray icon.