Network History: Y axis doesn't indicate full scale value

[Trouilliez vincent]

Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor

The Y axis has 0-100% scale/marks on the left/Y axis.
However, since the full scale value isn't indicated anywhere, having % marks doesn't actually provide any useful information.
To remedy this and make the scale useful, either remove the % marks and replace them with actual speeds in Kilobytes per seconds, or keep the percentage value, but indicate the full scale value somewhere (and update it dynamically of course, since it changes frequently) just like it is done for the swap and RAM graphs for example.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Mar 14 03:48:44 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor
Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.18.0-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: gnome-system-monitor
ProcCwd: /home/vincent
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
Uname: Linux Lotus-Esprit 2.6.20-10-generic #2 SMP Mon Mar 12 00:02:49 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Trouilliez vincent (vincent-trouilliez-modulonet)]

Hmm, since the outgoing BW is typically much smaller than the incoming BW, it's probably more practical to stick with the 0-100% marks on a single axis (if just for consistency with the other graphs), and maintain/update two distinct full scale values for each stream.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418181

[Jared Moore (cornflake-pirate)]

Fixed in upstream (still just in 1 graph though). In Hardy now :)

[Steve Watson (ssw0213)]

I agree with Trouillez vincent that updated fullscale values would help. My issue is with my apartment complex providing me a "high speed internet" connection that is choked down on an instantaneous basis from DSL speed to 56K modem speed to intervals of zero speed lasting up to several seconds. This makes Skype audio and news videos choppy. Just now, infospeed.verizon.net reads 245 and 135 Kbits/sec on sequential tests, downloading a 500KB file. But NetMeter (www.metal-machine.de/readerror/) for Windows shows an instantaneous readout with option to use a fixed or variable Y-axis. I find that with a fixed 768Kb scale I can see how much or little service I'm getting. That enables me to feel indignant in a more accurate way. Our service is provided through cable modems in each apartment that looked really good on the tour, but I didn't discover the real problem until after I'd signed a yearlong lease and moved in. The office staff shrugs uncomprehendingly, and I can't get out of the lease or get an outside ISP. With your help, though, I might consider a class action lawsuit -- but then, maybe I shouldn't say that; you probably don't want to get involved. Anyway, my point is that user choice is nice so we can tailor to our specific needs.

[launcspad (weblev-deactivatedaccount)]

In Hardy 8.04.1: see attached picture.