program to view internet usage ?

dEnDrOn · 08-18-2011, 12:24 AM

i need to monitor my home pc internet usage running linux....
i earlier had windows running at that pc and i used to use "DU meter" for the same !
I just need to see what is the amount of MBs downloaded or uploaded during a certain period of time...
Please suggest some good GUI programs except iptraf,rrdtool or gkrellm !

frankbell · 08-18-2011, 08:42 PM

Conky? http://conky.sourceforge.net/

This article has some suggestions:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/bandwidth-...for-linux.html

Edit: Conky link corrected.

dEnDrOn · 08-18-2011, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

Conky? http://conky.sourceforge.net/

This article has some suggestions:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/bandwidth-...for-linux.html

Edit: Conky link corrected.

how to install conky ?

Konphine · 08-18-2011, 10:50 PM

Well you need both the 'tar.gz' and 'tar.bz2' files, then extract the 'tar.gz' file and in there should be a "README" or "INSTALL" file which has instructions to install Conky from source. Generally it's just './configure' 'make' and 'make install'.

dEnDrOn · 08-19-2011, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Konphine

Well you need both the 'tar.gz' and 'tar.bz2' files, then extract the 'tar.gz' file and in there should be a "README" or "INSTALL" file which has instructions to install Conky from source. Generally it's just './configure' 'make' and 'make install'.

i think conky package is already installed because there is man page available for it but i can't figure out how to compile and run it !!!

Juako · 10-18-2011, 09:24 AM

I use vnstat and conky, and additionally "vnstat php frontend" for extra stats. Check my post in the Conkyness thread.