2010/1/21 Mehul Ved <[email protected]> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Bhargav Prasanna > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Conky has been transferring 1 to 1.5 kbps (up and down) over my internet > (my > > router's internet LED blinks) connection though it isn't supposed to do > so. > > This is shown in its own upspeed and downspeed graphs and in GNOME system > > monitor. > > > > When i kill conky, this doesn't happen. System Monitor validates this > too. > > Since I have a 1.5 GB monthly limit and since I leave my connection on > for > > long periods of time, this is not really good for me. > > > > My .conkyrc file: http://pastebin.com/m63194053 > > > > Why is this happening? > > Is there a workaround/patch? > > Not sure about the exact cause but you can try replacing rhost with > rip. Probably conky is doing host name check up for remote hosts. It > might be causing the bandwidth usage. Though it shouldn't be really > doing it if there are no remote connections. > > You could also run tcpdump/wireshark to capture packets and find out > what is causing the network usage. > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >
Replacing rhost with rip solved the issue. Thanks. -- Bhargav Prasanna http://muftmukt.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
