Network bandwidth monitor tool

[dean]

dean wrote:
> dean wrote:
>> jiten jha wrote:
>>> Dear friends,
>>>                    Is there any tool for monitor network bandwidth 
>>> time by time and store information about how much data to be 
>>> transfer or receive in a particular pc.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Regards
>>> Jitendra Jha
>>> Jr. Linux System Administrator
>>> Hotwax Media Inc., Indore
>>> +91-9893325765
>>> www.hotwaxmedia.com <http://www.hotwaxmedia.com>
>> You could use something like webmin or even setup conky to display 
>> network activity.
>>
>> /Dean\
>>
> How do you install BandwidthD on a 64bit system considering there is 
> only a 386 DEB.  Whats the DPKG command to override architecture?
>
> /Dean\
>
Also when I try to install the one in the repositories I get this error.

Preparing to replace bandwidthd 2.0.1 (using 
.../bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20071208-3_i386.deb) ...
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing 
/var/cache/apt/archives/bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20071208-3_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/bandwidthd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20071208-3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Best Regards,
Dean