Re: wmmon in potato?
On Thu, 08 Feb 2001, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> on Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 10:09:03PM +1100, Damon Muller
> (dm-debian-user@empire.net.au) wrote:
>> Quoth kmself@ix.netcom.com,
>> > ...I'm jus' lookin' for a good wmmon....
>> >
>> > Anyone know what the status of wmmon under potato is? It
>> > currently depends on a couple of libs (xpm4g and another) which
>> > conflict with xlibs. Rats. I can build from source, probably
>> > will.
>>
>> I have to admit that I can't remember exactly what wmmon
>> monitors. and you're probably using wmaker, for which something
>> like that is most appropriate...
>>
>> But you might want to consider looking at gkrellm. Sort of like all
>> of the monitor-type programs (mail, cpu, disk, network, mem, and
>> more) on steroids. Also very themeable.
>>
>> The version in potato is a little old. I believe there might be a
>> more recent one on unstable.
>>
>> Sorry, it didn't answer your question, but if you check it out you
>> might like it :)
>
> Looks as if development of wmmon has stopped. The link to the
> development page from the Dock Applications Warehouse page and
> Freshmeat indicates the developer is AWOL.
FWIW, I tried to contact the author with a patch a few months ago and
got no reply. If it can be verified that he has actually dropped off
the face of the 'net, then I might take over development of some of
his projects. I've already taken over wmfsm, which uses the same
convenience routines. In any case, wmmon is basically a complete app
and doesn't need much more development.
> Basically, it gave CPU, memory + swap, and disk I/O as three
> separate displays. Mem/swap also provided uptime. I've settled on
> wmSMPmon, designed for SMP support, for the time being as a
> replacement. Looks the part and does most of the job.
$ apt-get source wmmon
$ cd wmmon-1.0b2-3
$ fakeroot debian/rules binary
$ dpkg -i ../wmmon_1.0b2-3.deb
substitute the correct versions in there, but it's quite easy to
rebuild debian packages from source.
Cheers,
Chris
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