Another GPL release

[elija]

As part of my desktop theme, I use several Screenlets, however, none of the monitoring screenlets do exactly what I want! So I fired up my trusty editor and took my first steps into Python by writing my own one! It is still in a very early stage of development but it has the sensors in place.

If you have any interest in Simply A Monitoring Screenlet, you can download it here.

[devils casper]

Downloaded.
It looks really good. I am using windows box right now. I will test it in Ubuntu and report back !

[oz]

Nice work, elija... sometimes, simplicity is the very best!

[elija]

Thanks guys, that's really encouraging. The things still to be done are:

• Show network traffic for the current month
• Allow for options to choose colours (Background and text)
• Allow change of header text
• Allow all sensors to be optional
• And if I get carried away, some graphs!
• An SVG icon that isn't the default fish

[Lakshmipathi]

Elija,
While trying to use it I got following message:

[laks@space Sams]$ chmod +x SamsScreenlet.py
[laks@space Sams]$ ./SamsScreenlet.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./SamsScreenlet.py", line 24, in <module>
import screenlets
ImportError: No module named screenlets
[laks@space Sams]$ python SamsScreenlet.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "SamsScreenlet.py", line 24, in <module>
import screenlets
ImportError: No module named screenlets

Do I need to install anything?

[elija]

Do I need to install anything?

It's a screenlet so you will need to install the main screenlets package. In Ubuntu it is simply called Screenlets.

You can find out more here

[Lakshmipathi]

Does screenlets install in Fedora ? I tried it from src - but it gave an error.
Just two days back, I deleted my ubuntu vm

[Freston]

Aw, it's not working on openSolaris' gdesklets, it complains about a missing .display file.

...I'm not keeping this install (back to Slack sooner than later), but it would have been good if it worked. I miss my System Monitor.

[elija]

It has taken me a while getting round to it, but I have completed my screenlet SAMS. It is going to be released via screenlets.org.

Would someone with the talent be prepared to produce an icon for SAMS? Full credit will be given of course

Currently SAMS is available here

[Lakshmipathi]

Still no luck with Fedora -- I have installed Screenlets and got following error message

./SamsScreenlet.py
CachingBackend: Loading instances from cache
No Daemon, Launching Daemon
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./SamsScreenlet.py", line 332, in <module>
screenlets.session.create_session(SamsScreenlet)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 471, in create_session
session = ScreenletSession(classobj, backend_type=backend)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 105, in __init__
self.connect_daemon()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/screenlets/session.py", line 110, in connect_daemon
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 219, in __new__
mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 108, in __new__
bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 125, in __new__
bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
[root@space Sams]# no daemon yet
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/screenlets-manager/screenlets-daemon.py", line 285, in <module>
daemon = ScreenletsDaemon()
File "/usr/share/screenlets-manager/screenlets-daemon.py", line 65, in __init__
session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 219, in __new__
mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/_dbus.py", line 108, in __new__
bus = BusConnection.__new__(subclass, bus_type, mainloop=mainloop)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 125, in __new__
bus = cls._new_for_bus(address_or_type, mainloop=mainloop)
dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

Any thoughts on how to fix this issue?