[Solved] - Network monitoring tool

[TruckerJohn]

Hello

IN another distro there is Gnome-nettools which gives a window with ping, traceroute, whois, portscan and a couple of other tabs.  This is a useful tool but I can't find an equivalent on PCLinuxOS 2012 KDE option, is there such a thing?

Thanks

[Just17]

You can use gnome-nettool from the repository even though you are running KDE.

Probably the quickest solution for you 

[TruckerJohn]

Well I have installed Gnome-nettool, via Synaptic but I can't find it in any of the start menus, how do I get it to run?

Thanks

[Just17]

As root navigate to

/usr/share/applications

and open the file

gnome-nettool.desktop

in your preferred text editor such as Kwrite.

Navigate to the "Categories" entry near the end of the file and edit the line changing

X-MandrivaLinux-Internet-Other;

to

X-MandrivaLinux-Internet-System;


Save the file.

You may need to open the menu twice to get the new entry there .....   it will now appear under "System"


Prior to that - if you wish - you can launch it from a terminal by entering

gnome-nettool    <Enter>


HTH.

[TruckerJohn]

Excellent - now working.  Thanks.

[Just17]

Glad it all worked out for you 

Have fun!