mate-system-monitor no data for network

[raveit65]

fedora bugzilla:

 John Cox 2013-12-11 10:27:10 EST

Description of problem:

Mate-system-monitor network doesn't display any data for interface em1

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.6.1

How reproducible:
Try to use the program to monitor the network connection

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open mate-system-monitor network tab
2.
3.

Actual results: no network traffic

Expected results: indicate network traffic

Additional info:
I don't know how to check which interface system monitor is looking at.
Works with my laptop and a wireless connection.

 John Cox 2013-12-14 17:30:08 EST

more info:
the wireless connection works. Only em1 is a problem.
Also, mate-netspeed and gkrellm have the same problem. Only wireless works, no LAN. 

So, is this really a network-manager or driver issue?

 John Cox 2013-12-14 17:32:43 EST

Might be the same as ubuntu launchpad bug:
Bug #1241894

[infirit]

What does gmome/xfce's system monitor show?

[infirit]

And also look for a command line util like iptraf or iftop to see if that shows traffic.

[pkands]

iftop does show traffic ifconfig shows all 0s for em1

I am using the alx driver.

[pkands]

iptraf also shows traffic

[infirit]

This is a problem the alx drive, it does not have stats support apparently. When this is added mate-system-monitor will show traffic properly. Some links for your reference.

http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg245544.html http://superuser.com/questions/634317/ifconfig-isnt-showing-stats-for-an-alx-gigabit-card https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166555

@stefano-k please close.

[raveit65]

@pkands Are you the reporter from https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1040539 ?

[pkands]

yes.