I have installed gkrellm-2.2.9_1 A GTK based system monitor gkrellmwireless-2.0.2_5 GKrellM wireless plugin When enabling the wireless plugin in gkrellm2, it only shows stats for the builtin wi0 interface, which is physically switched off. It does not show, or even have a tab for, the plugged-in atheros based wireless PCMCIA card I'm using. After adding ath0 manually to ~/.gkrellm2/user_config and restarting gkrellm, the config entries for ath0 are now available, but gkrellm itself still shows only wi0 stats (wi0 and ath0 are enabled in the configuration). It looks like gkrellm2 fails to recognise the card as wireless - it shows up under Builtins/Net just fine. This works fine under Gentoo Linux on the same laptop (minor revs of the software involved are different, e.g. 2.0.3 vs 2.0.2). Fix: No known workaround. How-To-Repeat: Install gkrellm2 and gkrellmwireless2. Enable wireless plugin. Insert Atheros based wireless card into PCMCIA slot. Watch how gkrellm2 does not show wireless stats for ath0.
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hi lars, afaik, gkrellmwireless2, even with 2.0.3 doesn't support wireless devices other than wi. however, hajimu umemoto-san made a patch some time ago to include support for newer wireless cards under freebsd. please try the patch below and see if it works for you. http://www.imasy.or.jp/~ume/FreeBSD/gkrellmwireless2-scan.diff -- kit
Hi Kit, KT Sin writes: > hi lars, > > afaik, gkrellmwireless2, even with 2.0.3 doesn't support wireless > devices other than wi. That is interesting, because it works on Gentoo (gkrellm 2.2.5, gkrellmwireless2 2.0.3) with ath0, and seemingly without patches. It must depend on some more fundamental differences beetween the OSes. I actually tried 2.0.3 on FreeBSD, but the problem is the same. > however, hajimu umemoto-san made a patch some time ago to include > support for newer wireless cards under freebsd. > > please try the patch below and see if it works for you. It does, and thank you very much! :) -l
Hi, >>>>> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 20:31:51 +0100 (IST) >>>>> Lars Hecking <lhecking@users.sourceforge.net> said: > afaik, gkrellmwireless2, even with 2.0.3 doesn't support wireless > devices other than wi. lhecking> That is interesting, because it works on Gentoo (gkrellm 2.2.5, lhecking> gkrellmwireless2 2.0.3) with ath0, and seemingly without patches. lhecking> It must depend on some more fundamental differences beetween the lhecking> OSes. The FreeBSD's API around here is quite different from Linux one. lhecking> I actually tried 2.0.3 on FreeBSD, but the problem is the same. > however, hajimu umemoto-san made a patch some time ago to include > support for newer wireless cards under freebsd. > > please try the patch below and see if it works for you. lhecking> It does, and thank you very much! :) It should be applied cleanly to 2.0.3 as well. I sent the author of gkrellmwireless2 it once before, but I got no response from him. I'll resend it later. It might better to include it in gkrellmwireless2 port. Sincerely, -- Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan ume@mahoroba.org ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org http://www.imasy.org/~ume/
Dear maintainer, do you want me to include the ume's patch in the port? -- Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> It's now using GIFs instead of JPEGs. This is similar to replacing triangular wheels with round ones.
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Good idea! I have no objection. kit :) On Sat, Oct 07, 2006 at 04:50:52PM +0200, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > Dear maintainer, do you want me to include the ume's patch in the port? > > -- > Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> > <pav@FreeBSD.org> > > It's now using GIFs instead of JPEGs. This is similar to replacing > triangular wheels with round ones.
pav 2006-10-08 13:09:49 UTC FreeBSD ports repository Modified files: net/gkrellmwireless2 Makefile Added files: net/gkrellmwireless2/files patch-ume-scan.diff Log: - Add patch by Hajimu UMEMOTO to support all wireless cards under FreeBSD, not just wi0 PR: ports/104062 Approved by: KT Sin <ktsin@acm.org> (maintainer) Obtained from: http://www.imasy.or.jp/~ume/FreeBSD/gkrellmwireless2-scan.diff Revision Changes Path 1.7 +1 -1 ports/net/gkrellmwireless2/Makefile 1.1 +137 -0 ports/net/gkrellmwireless2/files/patch-ume-scan.diff (new) _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "cvs-all-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 02:36:30PM +0100, Lars Hecking wrote: >=20 > When enabling the wireless plugin in gkrellm2, it only shows stats for the > builtin wi0 interface, which is physically switched off. It does not show, > or even have a tab for, the plugged-in atheros based wireless PCMCIA card > I'm using. After adding ath0 manually to ~/.gkrellm2/user_config and rest= arting > gkrellm, the config entries for ath0 are now available, but gkrellm itself > still shows only wi0 stats (wi0 and ath0 are enabled in the configuration= ). >=20 > It looks like gkrellm2 fails to recognise the card as wireless - it > shows up under Builtins/Net just fine. >=20 > This works fine under Gentoo Linux on the same laptop (minor revs of the > software involved are different, e.g. 2.0.3 vs 2.0.2). >=20 Unfortunately, gkrellmwireless[2] does not support ath(4) cards under FreeBSD. --=20 Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson