Package: gkrellm
Version: 2.2.10-2
Severity: normal
'Builtins>Sensors>Options>MBmon_Daemon_Port' help text:
Daemon command must be: mbmon -r -P port
where 'port' must match the port number entered here.
__________________________________________ [OK]
...first I tried typing "mbmon -r -P 411", and clicked "OK". Later
the field was blank. Tried again, clicked "OK". Later blank.
Finally I deduced it required a port number only.
Observations:
1) The box for the port number looks about 50 chars long.
5 chars long is enough. The 50 chars visually implies
a long string, e.g. a command.
2) Users can type non-numeric chars in it.
3) After a user types text and clicks "OK" there's no error message,
from which the user infers his input was formatted correctly.
4) Showing how to manually invoke the daemon is not the right
way in Debian, since the 'mbmon' package has an '/etc/init.d'
script that does everything when enabled in '/etc/default/mbmon'.
While researching this bug, I found a thread where a user was advised
to write an 'init.d' script from scratch, clearly none of his helpers
knew one already existed:
http://www.justlinux.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-147622.html
Suggestions:
1) Shorten the port# input box to 5 chars.
2) If possible, don't allow anything but numbers to be typed.
3) If '2)' is unfeasible, check for bad formatting.
4) Change the text to something like:
Edit '/etc/default/mbmon' to activate the daemon.
Perhaps a default port value of '411' is appropriate, (it's what
'/etc/default/mbmon' recommends), with a notice that it's the Debian
default.
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-k7 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gkrellm depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.20.0-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.6.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.4.10-1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration library
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.4-2 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglib2.0-0 2.14.1-3 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnutls13 1.7.19-1 the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.10.13-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libice6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libpango1.0-0 1.18.2-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libsm6 2:1.0.3-1+b1 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.9-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2 X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii libxi6 2:1.1.3-1 X11 Input extension library
ii libxinerama1 1:1.0.2-1 X11 Xinerama extension library
ii libxrandr2 2:1.2.2-1 X11 RandR extension library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
gkrellm recommends no packages.
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