Description: This screenlet shows load of HDD and I/O of device/partition. Good thing for watch your HDD bottleneck
Led Bar Gauge : Dark LED bar means real device I/O, while Bright LEDs means partition I/O
Background Gauge Style : Red thick bar shows device while green one shows partition I/O.
Please vote if you like the tool!Last changelog:
Initial Release! Version 0.2 Added -p flag to iostat to forcing partition map visible. Version 0.3 21/11/2009 Added internal Kernel disk IO reader.Moved DiskIOSpace options to another tab.Removed threading and systat/iostat dependency. Version 0.4 23/11/2009 Fixed nautilus clicking bug that freezes statisticsFixed some bugsImplemented alternative way to deteck kernel timer frequencyCompatible with ubuntu and all other distros AFAIK Version 0.5 19/12/2009 Added auto mount /mediaAdded mount all drives option for easy startFixed freze on new mount.Bug Fixes Version 0.6 16/01/2010 Fixed IO loads if intervals bigger than 1 secondTried to fix Clicks Enabled bug. Version 0.7 16/04/2010 Added MD RAID support. Version 0.8 07/01/2012 BugFix.
Hi,
e.g. on Ubuntu 11.10 this screenlet refuses to start.
You can get it working by removing ", Option" from line 38 so it reads:
from screenlets.options import BoolOption, ColorOption, IntOption, ListOption
-- Sven
Hi,
I like this screenlet, but as of Ubuntu 11.04, I see it consuming 14-15% CPU on a core i7 system, which I think is rather much.
Any ideas?
Best regards,
F
I think there is some problem.
I remember that it happens to me one time. If I remember correctly, responsible is the icon set that, since applet draws themes HDD icon... It might be same situation at your computer.
Its also related with how much HDD are shown at program.
On my OpenSUSE 11.4, Phenom 2 x4 core (2.6Ghz), it consumes %0. on 4 drive mounted and %04 if 6 drive mounted.
So it consumes CPU much. But not much as your scenario. I believe It's also possible decease CPU consumption via small hacks.
click on drive icon does not work.
when i restart the screenlet it only works one time
without the click on drive feature this screenlet is pretty useless.
Don't know what is problem on your computer. Because it's simply works on my computer. You can self debug what's happening, code is open and easy to read. Might be you needed to change nautilus starting command from script. Please search "nautilus" on script and change whatever you want...
And I don't join your thoughts. Without "drive clicking" you can see Disk I/O via tool which is unique feature and thats why I make this tool.
Hi,
on my system the text is larger than the background box making the last few characters barely legible.
I don't know whether this is due to a font missing on my computer or due to large partition sizes (3 digits).
In the text
"269G free of 366G - 27%"
the signs "7%" would be outside the background box and "2" would be very close to it.
I use vertical stacking, but with horizontal stacking the problem is the same for the last drive.
Could you increase the width sligthly?
Thanks,
Stephan
Himm. If I make things larger statically, than there is free space at the end if user have smaller text or users that has 2 digit free space.
I think I needed to adjust size dynamically depending the text size.
Or I could place a option for define that width manually.
THanks.
Hello,
the automagically works great, thank you, it is a very major feature.
Just a little thing: when I installed your screenlet, it appered in a very little size because it shows no drive in default configuration. Perrhaps you should add root or home driver in the default configuration.
an idea: if I click on a drive, it opens it in nautilus? What do you think about? It could be useful?
Very good work, thank you.
LGDN
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Does not work on Ubuntu 16.04.5. on ubuntu 16.04.4 working. Update please!!!
I added your screenlet to indiv-screenlets (see http://screenlets.org/index.php/Documentation#Why_should_I_add_my_Screenlet_to_individual_Screenlets_project for details). It should be available in PPA soon.
I don't aware from that. Probably due I am rpm (suse) user and that is just for deb world? :) Thanks anyway. :)
Hi, e.g. on Ubuntu 11.10 this screenlet refuses to start. You can get it working by removing ", Option" from line 38 so it reads: from screenlets.options import BoolOption, ColorOption, IntOption, ListOption -- Sven
Thanks for indicating and sorry for late response. Here I upload new v0.08 version. Thanks.
Hi, I like this screenlet, but as of Ubuntu 11.04, I see it consuming 14-15% CPU on a core i7 system, which I think is rather much. Any ideas? Best regards, F
I think there is some problem. I remember that it happens to me one time. If I remember correctly, responsible is the icon set that, since applet draws themes HDD icon... It might be same situation at your computer. Its also related with how much HDD are shown at program. On my OpenSUSE 11.4, Phenom 2 x4 core (2.6Ghz), it consumes %0. on 4 drive mounted and %04 if 6 drive mounted. So it consumes CPU much. But not much as your scenario. I believe It's also possible decease CPU consumption via small hacks.
I'm getting excessive memory usage with this version - currently 1.6Gb Could you please please look into this?
Thats because of your gnome theme. Some themes makes it. Others don't. Can't identify why this happens.
I mean gnome Icon Theme. not gtk theme.
Strange - I'm using the standard Ambiance theme in Ubuntu Lucid thanks for the info though
click on drive icon does not work. when i restart the screenlet it only works one time without the click on drive feature this screenlet is pretty useless.
Don't know what is problem on your computer. Because it's simply works on my computer. You can self debug what's happening, code is open and easy to read. Might be you needed to change nautilus starting command from script. Please search "nautilus" on script and change whatever you want... And I don't join your thoughts. Without "drive clicking" you can see Disk I/O via tool which is unique feature and thats why I make this tool.
the main reason using it is of corse to monitor the disc in/output and it looks beautiful compared to gkrellm which i normally use, so i will keep it.
I can not put put it on top of all windows by default
Bug? You can add just via right click -> keep above. It's working here.
yes i know but when the restart my pc the screenlet back behind the windows again but it's nothing to worry about the rest works fine :D
How can I change the font? With the current setting it looks ugly and garbled.
You can edit the script. Font name is located at line 354 current setting is p_fdesc.set_family("Free Sans")
Thanks, worked perfectly!
Hi, on my system the text is larger than the background box making the last few characters barely legible. I don't know whether this is due to a font missing on my computer or due to large partition sizes (3 digits). In the text "269G free of 366G - 27%" the signs "7%" would be outside the background box and "2" would be very close to it. I use vertical stacking, but with horizontal stacking the problem is the same for the last drive. Could you increase the width sligthly? Thanks, Stephan
Himm. If I make things larger statically, than there is free space at the end if user have smaller text or users that has 2 digit free space. I think I needed to adjust size dynamically depending the text size. Or I could place a option for define that width manually. THanks.
Hello, the automagically works great, thank you, it is a very major feature. Just a little thing: when I installed your screenlet, it appered in a very little size because it shows no drive in default configuration. Perrhaps you should add root or home driver in the default configuration. an idea: if I click on a drive, it opens it in nautilus? What do you think about? It could be useful? Very good work, thank you. LGDN
Ok, I enabled "clicks enabled" option and I could open drive in nautilus with a click, great!!! LGDN
Just amazing!!! I have no words :O