| colin.stephane |
2012-12-06 22:57 |
[ANNOUNCE] nload (latest) ...
Hi all,
Here is my first attempt to package the latest version of nload :
nload :
nload monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage.
Overview :
nload is a console application which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It visualizes the in- and outgoing traffic using two graphs and provides additional info like total amount of transfered data and min/max network usage.
Homepage :
http://www.roland-riegel.de/nload/
Download packages from extra-devel :
Activate all repositories following this tutorial : Repositories Activation
Then, as usual, as root, install with :
Code:
-bash-2.05b# apt-get install nload && nload --help
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
nload
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
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After this operation, 213kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://repository.maemo.org fremantle/free nload 0.7.4-1maemo0 [73,2kB]
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Selecting previously deselected package nload.
(Reading database ... 47572 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nload (from .../nload_0.7.4-1maemo0_armel.deb) ...
Setting up nload (0.7.4-1maemo0) ...
nload version 0.7.4
Copyright (C) 2001 - 2012 by Roland Riegel <feedback@roland-riegel.de>
nload comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. For more details see the
GNU General Public License Version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).
Command line syntax:
nload [options] [devices]
nload --help|-h
Options:
-a period Sets the length in seconds of the time window for average
calculation.
Default is 300.
-i max_scaling Specifies the 100% mark in kBit/s of the graph indicating the
incoming bandwidth usage. Ignored if max_scaling is 0 or the
switch -m is given.
Default is 10240.
-m Show multiple devices at a time; no traffic graphs.
-o max_scaling Same as -i but for the graph indicating the outgoing bandwidth
usage.
Default is 10240.
-t interval Determines the refresh interval of the display in milliseconds.
Default is 500.
-u h|b|k|m|g Sets the type of unit used for the display of traffic numbers.
H|B|K|M|G h: auto, b: Bit/s, k: kBit/s, m: MBit/s etc.
H: auto, B: Byte/s, K: kByte/s, M: MByte/s etc.
Default is h.
-U h|b|k|m|g Same as -u, but for a total amount of data (without "/s").
H|B|K|M|G Default is H.
devices Network devices to use.
Default is to use all auto-detected devices.
--help
-h Print this help.
example: nload -t 200 -i 1024 -o 128 -U M
The options above can also be changed at run time by pressing the 'F2' key.
-bash-2.05b#
After successful installation, just use it !!!
Hope you like it :) ...
A++
EDIT : Unusable, segfault when used on the device terminal & even on the device from ssh ... |
