Re: How to fix the net graphs
Bill Wilson <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:23:48 +0100 Mathijs Krullaars <[email protected]> wrote: > I have multiple gkrellmd running on different servers, some display the net > graphs right, others do the twice the amount - 0 thing. > > I have the idea lots of users have this but no solution can be found when > googling intensively. > > Is it so that the kernel on this machines does update /proc/net only once in 2 > seconds? > What option in the kernel causes this / can fix this? > > When someone knows any solution to this problem, please reply. > I will post the info on multiple places afterwards Yes, it's that the kernel driver code for some net interface cards updates its internal counters only once per 2 seconds and there is no kernel option to fix this. You would have to edit the kernel source and compile a custom kernel to change the update rate to at least once per second. See: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gkrellm/986 http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0308.0/0329.html Bill ______________________________________________ Gkrellm mailing list [email protected] Read archives-join-leave-set RSS feed: http://archive.lists.netservicesgroup.com This service is provided by The Network Services Group: http://www.netservicesgroup.com