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Bug 157442 - Disk I/O applet
Disk I/O applet
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-applets
Classification: Other
Component: multiload
git master
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-applets Maintainers
gnome-applets Maintainers
Depends on: 160441
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-11-05 13:26 UTC by Marius Gedminas
Modified: 2005-01-11 11:08 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Marius Gedminas 2004-11-05 13:26:44 UTC 
I would like to see the disk I/O (writes and reads in kb/s for the last N seconds)
as an applet next to my CPU usage applet.  When the system is busy, it is either
I/O bound or CPU bound.  Having I/O and CPU applets next to each other would let
me see at a glance if the system is busy or not.

Gkrellm and gDesklets both have Disk I/O sensors -- but those are not applets.

The data is available in /proc/stat (Linux 2.4) or /proc/diskstats (Linux 2.6).
Comment 1 Danielle Madeley 2004-11-05 15:27:11 UTC 
I agree, this feature in multiload could be useful.

The first thing that needs to happen is for there to be support for this
information in libgtop. File another bug with libgtop and set it to block this
bug. Then perhaps you can assist the libgtop maintainers in adding this feature,
once that's done it will be easy enough to add a monitor to the panel.
Comment 2 Benoît Dejean 2004-12-13 11:56:30 UTC 
I think libgtop already provides what you need

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160441
Comment 3 Danielle Madeley 2005-01-09 19:47:01 UTC 
There is now a bit of stuff in CVS to do this. Needs finishing off and to have a
UI put in front of it.
Comment 4 Danielle Madeley 2005-01-10 07:29:51 UTC 
Ok, we have UI code. Should pick some better colours. Also get the actual
backend working. Benoît?
Comment 5 Danielle Madeley 2005-01-11 11:08:13 UTC 
This will be in G-A 2.9.4.