Charlie Hall wrote:
What I'd like is one of those little displays (that could fit on my panel) that winks and blinks as data are being transferred.I don't have enough time to walk you through this step by step, but it isn't very hard to do and these instructions should suffice in at least getting you started.
I'd appreciate someone instructing me as to how to add such a gadget -- I'm not that experienced in Linux yet, so please be verbose.
1. Add an Applet to your panel. The procedure is covered here:
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/getting-started-guide/s1-desktop-panel.html#S2-DESKTOP-ICONS-APPLETS
The applet you are looking for is called "Modem lights". It'd be as easy as that if the applet shipped in RH8.0 didn't have a few bugs. :( To workaround those bugs, read on:
2. Find out what your modem device is in the Network Device Control window you are already using. Right click on the modem lights applet, select properties, and replace /dev/modem with the device name you just looked up.
3. (This step may/may not have to be done). Change the commands inteh modem lights properties panels from "ifup" and "ifdown" to "/sbin/ifup" and "/sbin/ifdown."
This bug report covers most of this stuff:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69971
The final entry from martin@math.ucf.edu says his graphs/lights don't work, but mine are fine with the changes from above.
Hope this helps.
Tom
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