Closing this issue, as there is a preference available to set the network speed units, so this issue has been fixed. Compliance with the Ubuntu Units Policy[1] is another issue, and should be treated separately, if required.
[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnitsPolicy ** Changed in: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366235 Title: system monitor uses incorrect network speed (throughput) units Status in The GNOME System Monitor: Fix Released Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor Network monitor uses incorrect units for showing network throughput. It uses MiB/sec, KiB/sec and so on. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html Examples and comparisons with SI prefixes one kibibit 1 Kibit = 2^10 bit = 1024 bit one kilobit 1 kbit = 10^3 bit = 1000 bit one mebibyte 1 MiB = 2^20 B = 1 048 576 B one megabyte 1 MB = 10^6 B = 1 000 000 B one gibibyte 1 GiB = 2^30 B = 1 073 741 824 B one gigabyte 1 GB = 10^9 B = 1 000 000 000 B Specifying network throughput in some units of bytes/sec is incorrect. The network throughput should always specified in some units of bits/sec (kbits,mbits per second). The speed of downloading a file may be specified in KiB/sec. is's OK, but not for netowrk device throughput. Please fix. At least add option into preferences... mmarkk@mmarkk-ubuntu:~$ LANG=C lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 ProcEnviron: LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/366235/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
