| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision |
| projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin [2018/01/14 22:14] – [Storage Tab] omegaphil | projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin [2019/10/30 20:23] (current) – omegaphil |
|---|
| | <note warning>As of 2019, this plugin is no longer maintained - I (OmegaPhil) have unfortunately moved on to other things.</note> |
| | |
| ====== Features And Basic Details ====== | ====== Features And Basic Details ====== |
| |
| [[https://www.fnxweb.com/hardware-monitor-applet|Original GNOME 2's applet page]]: This port has had a fair number of additions ontop of the GNOME 2 original code. | [[https://www.fnxweb.com/hardware-monitor-applet|Original GNOME 2's applet page]]: This port has had a fair number of additions ontop of the GNOME 2 original code. |
| |
| [[https://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/README|README]]: Requirements for running, important issues to be aware about. | [[https://git.xfce.org/archive/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/README|README]]: Requirements for running, important issues to be aware about. |
| |
| [[https://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/ChangeLog|ChangeLog]]: Detailed changes and important notices between the versions. | [[https://git.xfce.org/archive/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/ChangeLog|ChangeLog]]: Detailed changes and important notices between the versions. |
| |
| [[https://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/?h=omegaphil/pkg|Debian archives]]: See also [[http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/README.md?h=omegaphil/pkg|the special readme]]. | [[https://git.xfce.org/archive/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/?h=omegaphil/pkg|Debian archives]]: See also [[https://git.xfce.org/archive/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/tree/README.md?h=omegaphil/pkg|the special readme]]. |
| |
| **Officially packaged in distros** (note my own Debian packages above, email me (OmegaPhil@startmail.com) if you know of more): Arch, Fedora | **Officially packaged in distros** (note my own Debian packages above, email me (OmegaPhil@startmail.com) if you know of more): Arch, Fedora |
| **3rd party packages:** | **3rd party packages:** |
| CentOS7 (courtesy of Sal Tepedino): | CentOS7 (courtesy of Sal Tepedino): |
| [[https://tepedino.org/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin-1.5.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm|v1.5.0 x86-64]], [[https://tepedino.org/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin-debuginfo-1.5.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm|debug]], spec file is included with the source in the 'centos' directory. | [[http://tepedino.org/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin-1.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm|v1.6.0 x86-64]], [[http://tepedino.org/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin-debuginfo-1.6.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm|debug]], spec file is included with the source in the 'centos' directory. |
| |
| For those interested, here are build instructions from Sal: | For those interested, here are build instructions from Sal: |
| (and of course make/make install)' | (and of course make/make install)' |
| |
| **[[https://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/|Source]]:** Browsable git repo also with archives of tagged source for downloading specific releases (although presumably you'll get this through your package manager along with XFCE4 at some point). | **[[https://git.xfce.org/archive/xfce4-hardware-monitor-plugin/|Source]]:** Browsable git repo also with archives of tagged source for downloading specific releases (although presumably you'll get this through your package manager along with XFCE4 at some point). |
| |
| <note important>__**Testers Needed!**__ | <note important>__**Testers Needed!**__ |
| For basic usage, you would specify a file which contains a single line with just a number (including the the usual newline at the end) - this is 'Number from entire contents'. | For basic usage, you would specify a file which contains a single line with just a number (including the the usual newline at the end) - this is 'Number from entire contents'. |
| |
| When the source file isn't tailored for the monitor, superfluous text will be present, so you'll need to use a regex to extract the number with a capture group ([[http://www.regular-expressions.info/|tutorial site]]) - the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions engine is used, for detailed information [[https://developer.gnome.org/glibmm/2.48/classGlib_1_1Regex.html|see 'Detailed Description' in the glibmm documentation]] (which is at version 2.48.1 at the time of writing, you may need to edit the URL for later versions). | When the source file isn't tailored for the monitor, superfluous text will be present, so you'll need to use a regex to extract the number with a capture group ([[https://www.regular-expressions.info/|tutorial site]]) - the Perl Compatible Regular Expressions engine is used, for detailed information [[https://developer.gnome.org/glibmm/2.48/classGlib_1_1Regex.html|see 'Detailed Description' in the glibmm documentation]] (which is at version 2.48.1 at the time of writing, you may need to edit the URL for later versions). |
| |
| Select the 'Number from regex' radio button, and put the regex in 'Regex to use'. | Select the 'Number from regex' radio button, and put the regex in 'Regex to use'. |
| ====== Screenshots ====== | ====== Screenshots ====== |
| |
| The following is reproduced from the [[http://www.fnxweb.com/hardware-monitor-screenshots|original applet screenshots page]]: | The following is reproduced from the [[https://www.fnxweb.com/hardware-monitor-screenshots|original applet screenshots page]]: |
| |
| A screenshot of all views monitoring CPU and network usage: | A screenshot of all views monitoring CPU and network usage: |