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| author | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2026-02-14 22:22:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2026-02-14 22:22:57 +0200 |
| commit | d0bed33cf41ac4917a9427c98e63351367d71298 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a49a06516aa20dc78a42fa873d6f77a0e411488 /README.md | |
| parent | 2265b31a6eeaae8d6aac52e1fa32a33863733192 (diff) | |
Aggregate all net interfaces, remove n hotkey, fix net bar decay bugv0.9.0
Sum RX/TX across all non-lo interfaces instead of picking a single one.
Remove the n hotkey (cycle interface), netint config field, and --netint
flag since they are no longer needed. Fix pre-existing bug where net bars
decayed to zero between collector updates (~19 of 20 frames had target=0,
making bars invisible even during heavy downloads).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -109,10 +109,9 @@ Press these keys while loadbars is running (see also `h` for a short list on std |-----|--------| | **1** | Toggle CPU cores (one bar per core vs one aggregate bar per host) | | **2** | Toggle memory bars (RAM left, Swap right per host) | -| **3** | Toggle network bars (RX/TX per host); stdout shows which interface is used | +| **3** | Toggle network bars (RX/TX summed across all non-lo interfaces per host) | | **e** | Toggle extended display (1px peak line on CPU bars: max system+user over last samples) | | **h** | Print hotkey list to stdout | -| **n** | Cycle to next network interface (per host); only when net bars are shown | | **q** | Quit | | **w** | Write current settings to ~/.loadbarsrc | | **a** | Increase CPU average samples (affects extended peak history length) | @@ -148,13 +147,9 @@ Press these keys while loadbars is running (see also `h` for a short list on std - `Rxb` = Incoming (received) traffic in %, Color: Light green, normal green if >100% while using low netlink reference. Bar comes from top and is half width. - `Txb` = Outgoing (transmitted) traffic in %, Color: Light green, normal green if >100% while using low netlink reference. Bar comes from bottom and is half width. -When network bar is red: The interface does not exist on the specific remote host. +When network bar is red: No non-loopback interface exists on the specific remote host. -**Choosing the network interface:** By default loadbars uses the first non-loopback interface (e.g. `eth0`, `enp0s3`). If stats never change, you may be watching the wrong interface (e.g. `docker0` with little traffic). Set the interface explicitly: - -- In **~/.loadbarsrc**: `netint=eth0` (use the name from `/proc/net/dev` or `ip link`) -- On the command line: `loadbars --netint eth0 --hosts localhost` -- In-app: press **3** to show net bars (stdout will print which interface is used), then **n** to cycle to the next interface. +**Aggregated interfaces:** Loadbars sums RX/TX across all non-loopback interfaces (e.g. `eth0`, `wlan0`, `enp0s3`) and shows the combined total. Loopback (`lo`) is always excluded. **Link speed** (`netlink`): Used to compute utilization %. Default is `gbit`. Set e.g. `netlink=100mbit` or `netlink=10gbit` in ~/.loadbarsrc or `--netlink 100mbit`. @@ -164,7 +159,6 @@ Loadbars tries to read ~/.loadbarsrc and it's possible to configure any option y ``` showcores=1 # Always show cores on startup -netint=eth0 # Interface for network bars (optional) netlink=gbit # Link speed for utilization % (optional) ``` |