Comment 4 for bug 335507

I've uploaded a test debug package to my PPA for you to gather more information. To capture the debug information you need to use a 'trick' which I'll detail here.

1. Install the package

2. Kill (don't remove) the running version but *don't* press any button the resulting "reload applet" button!

killall netspeed_applet2

3. Start a xterminal and start the applet manually:

/usr/lib/netspeed/netspeed_applet2

This is where the debug output will be seen

4. Now press the "Reload" button so the applet goes into the panel.

The applet will write information to STDERR about the data returned from glibtop_get_netload(). E.g.

/usr/lib/netspeed/netspeed_applet2
get_device_info() calling glibtop_get_netload(&netload, eth0)
  up 1, running 1, bytes_out 7426924648, bytes_in 300543358
get_device_info() calling glibtop_get_netload(&netload, eth0)
  up 1, running 1, bytes_out 7426924648, bytes_in 300543358
get_device_info() calling glibtop_get_netload(&netload, eth0)
  up 1, running 1, bytes_out 7426926470, bytes_in 300545617

To stop the applet use the interrupt (Ctrl+C).