Re: combo client/server gkrellm

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 10:10:14PM -0500, Bill Wilson wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:04:22 -0500
> "Glen W. Mabey" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I have the need to monitor the CPU load of many different computers
> > simultaneously.  However, there are too many to realistically have a
> > separate gkrellm running for each one.
> > 
> > So, I envisioned a plugin that would read stats from multiple gkrellmd
> > instances, and just display the desired statistics.  It seems like most
> > of the components to realize such a plugin are already existing: the
> > client interface, the CPU chart, etc.
> > 
> > The idea is that if the user wants to see more detail on a specific
> > node, he could just click on the CPU chart for it, and a full gkrellm
> > instance would start up in --server mode.
> > 
> > But my first question is, Is this possible given the current
> > client/server model?  (without having to write a custom client)
> 
> The client code is written assuming there will be a connection
> to just one server, so, yes, I think it would take a custom client.

Hello Bill and thank you for your reply.

It's very helpful to know that the approach I was hoping to take would
not be straightforward.

I've decided to instead implement a client in python that would read the
datastream from the gkrellmd's and plot them using a completely separate
plotting package (matplotlib).

That way I have complete control over the format, and I can easily add
buttons that will pop up a full-blown gkrellm instance to that node.

Anyway, do you have any suggestions for where to find out how to
interpret the data coming from the gkrellmd?

Thank you!
Glen Mabey
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