I have a couple of oddities that I hope someone here can clarify for me. OS = CentOS-5.2 all updates applied to date. 1. On the gnome desktop in the top panel (or menu bar) I have an icon for "System Monitor" which runs the application "gnome-system-monitor". On my other desktop CentOS-5.2 system I have the same thing. However, one one system the icon gives me a real time (ok 5 sec intervals) display of cpu load as cyan and white bar graphs . On the other system the same application gives me a static, sickly green and yellow, display of an oscilloscope. How do I get the dynamic version of the icon? I have checked and both systems are running the same version of the applicvation from the same location. /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor --version = 2.16.0 2. On the same two systems, the first (the one with the dynamic display) has entries on the system dropdown menufor locking the display, logging out and shutting down. On the second all I have is logout and suspend. Going to the Gnome Menu manager does not give me any option to add the missing items. Can somebody tell me how to get these minor, but for me very desirable, changes made to the second system? The only difference between the two systems that I can recall is that one (the first) was upgraded from 4.6 while the second (the more limited unit) was a clean install. Sincerely, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3
James B. Byrne wrote:> I have a couple of oddities that I hope someone here can clarify for me. > > OS = CentOS-5.2 all updates applied to date. > > 1. On the gnome desktop in the top panel (or menu bar) I have an icon for > "System Monitor" which runs the application "gnome-system-monitor". On my > other desktop CentOS-5.2 system I have the same thing. However, one one > system the icon gives me a real time (ok 5 sec intervals) display of cpu > load as cyan and white bar graphs . On the other system the same > application gives me a static, sickly green and yellow, display of an > oscilloscope. How do I get the dynamic version of the icon? I have > checked and both systems are running the same version of the applicvation > from the same location. /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor --version = 2.16.0 > > 2. On the same two systems, the first (the one with the dynamic display) > has entries on the system dropdown menufor locking the display, logging > out and shutting down. On the second all I have is logout and suspend. > Going to the Gnome Menu manager does not give me any option to add the > missing items. > > Can somebody tell me how to get these minor, but for me very desirable, > changes made to the second system? The only difference between the two > systems that I can recall is that one (the first) was upgraded from 4.6 > while the second (the more limited unit) was a clean install.As I recall, it was not recommended by our Upstream, or our developers, to upgrade from 4.x to 5.x? Possibly there is some issue, causing the strange differences you are seeing. I'm also a GNOME user, but I don't have a solution for you. Hoping someone else will know how to cure it.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 8:41 AM, James B. Byrne <byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca> wrote:> I have a couple of oddities that I hope someone here can clarify for me. > > OS = CentOS-5.2 all updates applied to date. > > 1. On the gnome desktop in the top panel (or menu bar) I have an icon for > "System Monitor" which runs the application "gnome-system-monitor".First, how did you get it to do that? I don't see the system monitor on any of the menus, and when I run it from the command line, I get the whole app, not just a dynamic icon. If I can duplicate your problem, I'd have a better chance of finding it.... Thanks. mhr
On Sep 5, 2008, at 11:41, James B. Byrne wrote:> Can somebody tell me how to get these minor, but for me very > desirable, > changes made to the second system? The only difference between the > two > systems that I can recall is that one (the first) was upgraded from > 4.6 > while the second (the more limited unit) was a clean install.Does this happen for all users? Do the two accounts that exhibit the different behaviors have separate home directories? If so, rename (or delete) all the Gnome configuration directories (e.g., ~/.g*) in the user's home directory and try again. Or log in as a newly created user that doesn't have any Gnome configuration directories and see if the behavior changes. Alfred
On Fri, September 5, 2008 11:41, James B. Byrne wrote:> I have a couple of oddities that I hope someone here can clarify for me. > > OS = CentOS-5.2 all updates applied to date.I have discovered that the dynamic system process monitor is a Gnome Panel Applet which is installed by right clicking on the top panel menu bar, selecting "Add to Panel" and then selecting the "System Monitor Applet". I must have done this on the first machine and then forgotten having done it. The other items are alos Panel Applets and these may be added to the appropriate drop down menus by first adding them to the panel bar and then dragging them to the desired menu. This too, I must have known about and performed on the first machine and then forgotten. I hope that this minor administrative detail proves of some use to those who offered suggestions. Many thanks. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3