X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fconfig%2Fsonar.xml;h=f1ca76993a3b354a8d024b53274cf36087ad6aa5;hb=c8c6deae79b408cffbc88043c766b3bc12cf0f13;hp=7b5069b50cacda85736fea735f8b5f32d474a151;hpb=8eb2873d7054e705c4e83f22d18c40946a9e2529;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/hacks/config/sonar.xml b/hacks/config/sonar.xml index 7b5069b5..f1ca7699 100644 --- a/hacks/config/sonar.xml +++ b/hacks/config/sonar.xml @@ -4,7 +4,17 @@ - +
+ + + - - - - - - - <_description> -This program draws a simulation of a sonar screen. Written by -default, it displays a random assortment of ``bogies'' on the screen, -but if compiled properly, it can ping (pun intended) your local -network, and actually plot the proximity of the other hosts on your -network to you. It would be easy to make it monitor other sources of -data, too. (Processes? Active network connections? CPU usage per -user?) Written by Stephen Martin. +This program draws a sonar screen that pings (get it?) the hosts on +your local network, and plots their distance (response time) from you. +The three rings represent ping times of approximately 2.5, 70 and 2,000 +milliseconds respectively. + +Alternately, it can run a simulation that doesn't involve hosts. + +(If pinging doesn't work, you may need to make the executable be setuid.) + +Written by Stephen Martin and Jamie Zawinski; 1998.