Network Monitor is Not Animating

[gerowen]

The default network monitor that sits in the system tray, started by the "Network Manager" item in the sessions menu, does not animate when traffic is being sent. I formed a habit way back in Windows 95 to watch those little computer windows that came up when I was connected, because they actually accurately depict the flow of traffic, and would show me at a glance whether or not I was receiving a response from a given destination. The ones in Linux work the same way, I can add the network monitor applet to the toolbar and it animates, but I want the default one that is a service in my system tray to animate. Not a life or death issue, I'm just curious. The command ran by the item in the "Sessions" menu to start it is:


nm-applet --sm-disable


BTW I'm running Ubuntu 8.10, Gnome Desktop.

[Izek]

Yeah, it would be nice to know what traffic is going where. I'm on Ethernet card of course.

[jeremy]

I have exactly the same happening here.
Ubuntu 8.10, gnome, wired connection to router.