I have looked through all the files and cannot figure out where to
change the options of what is displayed on my screen. Where may I find
those?
It would also be nice if the memory and disk are shown by using the
human readable mode.
Thanks in advance.
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The infomation displayed on screen is located in the following folder
CUSTOM/FUNCTIONS/$OSFAMILY/OUT.CONF or
CUSTOM/FUNCTIONS/$OSFAMILY/ALARM.CONF
Where OSFAMILY can be one of the following:
UBUNTU
MAC (DARWIN)
WINDOWS (CYGWIN)
SUSUE
BSD
OTHEROS
Normally, memory and disk are shown by using human readable mode.
What values do you have? Which OS are you using?
Can you post some debug.log or the output of bgout.out ?
Thanks a lot.
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I am running Ubuntu 11.04 for this scenario. The memory is in kB instead of something more readable like GB.
Uptime up 56 min, 1
Hostname: browservb
Username: browser
CPU Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3440 @ 2.53GHz
CPU Number: 2
Total Memory: 2062348kB
Free Memory: 1237724kB
IP Address: 10.168.21.163
MAC Address: 08:00:27:75:94:1d
DNS Server: 10.168.21.1
Gateway: 10.168.21.1
Free Disk: /dev/sda1 14384 MB Available
OS Version: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
Help Email: helpdesk@company.com
Help Phone: 999 777 999Alarm Day: Day 7 - Today is Saturday or Sunday
Edit CUSTOM/FUNCTIONS/UBUNTU/OUT.CONF and add the following:
Total Memory: X free -m | grep -i "Mem" | awk '{print $2}'
Used Memory: X free -m | grep -i "Mem" | awk '{print $3}'
Free Memory: X free -m | grep -i "Mem" | awk '{print $4}'
Next release will use these settings as default.
Regards.
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2013-04-01
I like the options but the configuration file is dense and overly complicated.
One of the nice things about the old BGInfo is that it's simple to use and has a GUI Config.
Trying to figure out the various CONF files I need to edit and where to put image files is too time consuming at the moment.
I look forward to future releases!
Nice work so far!
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BGINFO4X doesn't have a GUI at this moment. Perhaps in the feature, but now, for only one developer, there isn't more time. If you are a developer and you are interested let me know.
In the last version, to configure BGINFO4X, you only need to edit one file (CUSTOM/CONF/BGINFO4X.CONF). No more files are necessary to configure.
The position of the image is controlled with the tunable:
BGWALLPAPER_GRAVITY="position"
The possible values are="None, Center, East, Forget, NorthEast, North, NorthWest, SouthWest, South, SouthEast, West".
The other parameters are all optional, and you can learn them with 5 minutes, at least the basics.
I will try to simplify the wiki manual, and create a fast start section.
Your comments are welcome.
Thanks a lot.
Last edit: BGINFO for X and for Windows! 2013-04-01
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Anonymous
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2013-04-02
Oh wow. I didn't realize you were doing all this alone.
You've done a great job for sure.
Sadly I'm not a developer / programmer. I would help you out for sure if I was.
If you're going to work up a Quick Start Guide I might suggest you focus on the two or three key things people care about out of the box.
The background image and the info displayed.
Perhaps make two CONF files.
One for Basic Setting and one for Advanced Configuration.
Alternatively you could reorganize the single CONF file with all the Basic Settings up top and clearly labeled.
Scrolling through a wall of code to tweak one little thing was bit much when what I wanted to do was quickly edit a few settings and go.
I manage numerous client sites and I wanted a quick and easy setup so I could roll it out to hundreds of severs in different client environments.
The current config and install isn't easily deploy-able.
Thanks for all your work though! I hope some good programmers / developers pitch in and help you with this.
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Have you read the wiki manual (sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/BGINFO4X/Documentation)? It is not finished yet but there is a good starting point. See the topic (http://sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/Documentation/#programs-overview-quick-start-guide). Thanks for the suggestions.
I have reorganized the configuration file (CUSTOM/CONF/BGINFO4X.CONF) in the last version 2.8.2: The main information is at the top, and there are sections clearly identified. Advanced settings are identified at line 156.
Yes, I know, a GUI is better, but learning how to configure the basics perhaps costs 5 minutes. TIMER and the BGWALLPAPER_GRAVITY are the most useful tunables. More practice, easier to understand the tunables.
Respect to the "easy setup", Are you using windows? I hope the next version comes with an msi file (or exe), that can be deployed with Active Directory or similar.
Why do you mean the current config isn't easily deploy-able? What are you trying to do?
Regards.
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Hi:
I have looked through all the files and cannot figure out where to
change the options of what is displayed on my screen. Where may I find
those?
It would also be nice if the memory and disk are shown by using the
human readable mode.
Thanks in advance.
Hello,
The infomation displayed on screen is located in the following folder
CUSTOM/FUNCTIONS/$OSFAMILY/OUT.CONF or
CUSTOM/FUNCTIONS/$OSFAMILY/ALARM.CONF
Where OSFAMILY can be one of the following:
Normally, memory and disk are shown by using human readable mode.
What values do you have? Which OS are you using?
Can you post some debug.log or the output of bgout.out ?
Thanks a lot.
Hi:
I am running Ubuntu 11.04 for this scenario. The memory is in kB instead of something more readable like GB.
Uptime up 56 min, 1
Hostname: browservb
Username: browser
CPU Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3440 @ 2.53GHz
CPU Number: 2
Total Memory: 2062348kB
Free Memory: 1237724kB
IP Address: 10.168.21.163
MAC Address: 08:00:27:75:94:1d
DNS Server: 10.168.21.1
Gateway: 10.168.21.1
Free Disk: /dev/sda1 14384 MB Available
OS Version: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
Help Email: helpdesk@company.com
Help Phone: 999 777 999Alarm Day: Day 7 - Today is Saturday or Sunday
Hello,
Easy to do it with the free command.
Edit CUSTOM/FUNCTIONS/UBUNTU/OUT.CONF and add the following:
Total Memory: X free -m | grep -i "Mem" | awk '{print $2}'
Used Memory: X free -m | grep -i "Mem" | awk '{print $3}'
Free Memory: X free -m | grep -i "Mem" | awk '{print $4}'
Next release will use these settings as default.
Regards.
I like the options but the configuration file is dense and overly complicated.
One of the nice things about the old BGInfo is that it's simple to use and has a GUI Config.
Trying to figure out the various CONF files I need to edit and where to put image files is too time consuming at the moment.
I look forward to future releases!
Nice work so far!
Hello,
BGINFO4X doesn't have a GUI at this moment. Perhaps in the feature, but now, for only one developer, there isn't more time. If you are a developer and you are interested let me know.
In the last version, to configure BGINFO4X, you only need to edit one file (CUSTOM/CONF/BGINFO4X.CONF). No more files are necessary to configure.
The position of the image is controlled with the tunable:
BGWALLPAPER_GRAVITY="position"
The possible values are="None, Center, East, Forget, NorthEast, North, NorthWest, SouthWest, South, SouthEast, West".
The other parameters are all optional, and you can learn them with 5 minutes, at least the basics.
I will try to simplify the wiki manual, and create a fast start section.
Your comments are welcome.
Thanks a lot.
Last edit: BGINFO for X and for Windows! 2013-04-01
Oh wow. I didn't realize you were doing all this alone.
You've done a great job for sure.
Sadly I'm not a developer / programmer. I would help you out for sure if I was.
If you're going to work up a Quick Start Guide I might suggest you focus on the two or three key things people care about out of the box.
The background image and the info displayed.
Perhaps make two CONF files.
One for Basic Setting and one for Advanced Configuration.
Alternatively you could reorganize the single CONF file with all the Basic Settings up top and clearly labeled.
Scrolling through a wall of code to tweak one little thing was bit much when what I wanted to do was quickly edit a few settings and go.
I manage numerous client sites and I wanted a quick and easy setup so I could roll it out to hundreds of severs in different client environments.
The current config and install isn't easily deploy-able.
Thanks for all your work though! I hope some good programmers / developers pitch in and help you with this.
Hello,
Have you read the wiki manual (sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/BGINFO4X/Documentation)? It is not finished yet but there is a good starting point. See the topic (http://sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/Documentation/#programs-overview-quick-start-guide). Thanks for the suggestions.
I have reorganized the configuration file (CUSTOM/CONF/BGINFO4X.CONF) in the last version 2.8.2: The main information is at the top, and there are sections clearly identified. Advanced settings are identified at line 156.
Yes, I know, a GUI is better, but learning how to configure the basics perhaps costs 5 minutes. TIMER and the BGWALLPAPER_GRAVITY are the most useful tunables. More practice, easier to understand the tunables.
Respect to the "easy setup", Are you using windows? I hope the next version comes with an msi file (or exe), that can be deployed with Active Directory or similar.
Why do you mean the current config isn't easily deploy-able? What are you trying to do?
Regards.
Please, take a look at the Quick Start Guide:
http://sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/Documentation/#quick-start-guide
Regards.
how about install instructions for SLES11 SP3
Is is done here:
http://sourceforge.net/p/bginfo4x/wiki/Documentation/#installing-bginfo4x-on-suse