Comments on: Monitor Your Linux Desktop with Gkrellm

By: Computer System Monitor GKrellM

Computer System Monitor GKrellM — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:22:55 +0000

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By: jnC

jnC — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:28:25 +0000

gkrellmd service runs in the background and use a lot of performance.

i found the process while coping a 2GB file from my external hd to a internal, gkrellmd used about 10% CPU, even i doenst started gkrell!!

By: Planeta jakilinux.org » Instalacja Gkrellm - lekkie monitorowanie systemu

Planeta jakilinux.org » Instalacja Gkrellm - lekkie monitorowanie systemu — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:46:26 +0000

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By: Jojo

Jojo — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:11:55 +0000

@Jack – Thanks but I have 5 physical drives, not 3. One of the SCSI drives is my primary drive.

Unplugging drives would also require me to make BIOS changes, which I don’t want to do at this stage.

And I don’t really want to install Ubuntu. I just wanted to run it off the CD.

I guess this is one of those examples that helps keep Linux at the low market share it enjoys. I’ve never had a problem with any Windows version recognizing my SCSI drives.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:38:37 +0000

Hey Jack a completly different topic. What do jou think about Avira AntiVir Rescue System?
Any good.

By: jack

jack — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:26:42 +0000

Jojo: Of the three drives you have in the machine, is one a primary drive? If so try this: Unplug two of the three, install on that one drive, and after the install is complete plug the other two drives in. When you plug the other drives in Linux will recognize the drives. If you want to format them after the fact, you can do that.

By: Jojo

Jojo — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:11:23 +0000

@Jack:

Cooler Master 690 case
4 120mm case fans, 1 80mm fan on back of CPU
Abit IP35 Pro mobo, BIOS 14
Intel Duo-Core E6750
Enzotech Ultra-X CPU cooler w/120MM 3 pin fan
2 GB Corsair HDX 6400 RAM
BFG 7950 GT OC 256/256MB graphic card
Pioneer 18x SATA CD/DVD DL
Corsair HX 620 watt PSU
LSI Logic SCSI I/O board
2 IBM/Hitachi 36GB U320 SCSI 10k RPM drives
1 300MB Maxtor SATA1 drive
1 320GB Seagate SATA2 drive
1 Hitachi 75GB PATA drive

By: jack

jack — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:01:12 +0000

Alexander Dombroff: My favorite desktop, and it has been so for years, is Enlightenment. Now I am a purist and prefer E16 over E17. But E17 will appeal to a lot of people.

Jojo: What is your system setup?

By: Jojo

Jojo — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:48:36 +0000

Off topic: I downloaded Ubuntu 8.10 and dropped it to a CD since it said I could boot and play with it without doing anything else.

But when I tried to boot it, I got an error that seemed to reference my SCSI card or drives. Seems that the default build of Ubuntu may not have the drivers to support SCSI.

What to do?

By: Alexander Dombroff

Alexander Dombroff — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:42:41 +0000

You said you’re a fan of different desktops, which is your favorite?

By: Genisis

Genisis — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:29:01 +0000

Excellent!! Now THIS is what I love about Ghacks! New stuff, great articles. Thanks for this one.

By: RogueSpear

RogueSpear — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:06:19 +0000

Useless trivia – I actually discovered this utility a couple of months ago when I performed a search for “Dell” in Synaptic Package Manager. Someone made a gkrellm plugin for monitoring hardware on Dell laptops (didn’t seem to work on my particular model however).

While I really like what this utility is capable of, I really wish the look and feel were a bit more customizable.