Question about panel applet not working

[Bret Busby]

On 01/01/2023 23:22, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I am running Linux Mint Mate 21.1 on a computer that has a USB WiFi 
> dongle thingy. I believe that this problem is a problem involving Ubuntu 
> or Ubuntu Mate utilities.
> 
> Control Center -> System Reports -> System Information shows the network 
> device to be
> 
> "
> Device-2: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: rtl8821cu bus-ID: 
> 3-14:6 chip-ID: 0bda:c811
>    IF: wlx90de8039844b state: up mac: <filter>
> "
> 
> 
> Now, the problem is this; the network interface works okay, but, in the 
> panel, in the Mate Netspeed applet, whilst the information of the device 
> can be displayed by doing a mouseover of the applet, or, right clicking 
> (using the non-dominant mouse button) on the applet, the applet displays 
> receive and transmission rates of zero, whatever rate is occurring, even 
> when it is in the MB/s. The applet had worked okay, when USB tethering 
> was used, showing the connection as an Ethernet connection, but, using 
> the USB WiFi dongle, it will not show data transmission speeds.
> 
> The System Monitor (GUI thing) shows receiving and transmission speeds, 
> for the USB WiFi dongle, but, the Netspeed applet does not.
> 
> Is it possible for a simple person like me, to get the Netspeed applet 
> working for the USB WiFi dongle, and, if so, how (stepwise, for 
> simplicity), or, is this a systemic problem that needs the developers to 
> resolve it (if they would be inclined)?
> 
> Thank you in anticipation.
> 

Oh, and, the About information for the applet, shows

"
MATE Netspeed
1.26.0
A little applet that displays some information on the traffic on the 
specified network device
"

(but, it does not display any "information on the traffic on the 
specified network device" :( )

and the Website link therein, simply leads to https://mate-desktop.org/ 
which does not help.

-- 
..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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