Bug 477517

Summary:	"Log Files" not listed in sensor browser
Product:	[Applications] plasma-systemmonitor	Reporter:	Steve Vialle <steve_v>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KSysGuard Developers <ksysguard-bugs>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	ahiemstra, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.27.9
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Steve Vialle 2023-11-25 19:35:58 UTC

SUMMARY
Ability to add a log file monitor to a sensor page (as available in ksysguard) appears to be missing from plasma-systemmonitor.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Look for "Log Files" in sensor selection.
2. Look for any other way to add a log file monitor.
2. Get frustrated with horrible sensor browser, give up.

OBSERVED RESULT
Functionality appears to be completely absent.

EXPECTED RESULT
New application has feature-parity with that which it is intended to replace.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Gentoo Linux 2.14
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.9
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.112.0
Qt Version: 5.15.11

Comment 1 Arjen Hiemstra 2023-12-21 11:17:47 UTC

What's the use case? What does this do?

Comment 2 Steve Vialle 2023-12-22 01:09:42 UTC

(In reply to Arjen Hiemstra from comment #1)
> What does this do?
Exactly what it sounds like, allows adding a panel with a live tail of a log file to a sensor sheet.
> What's the use case?
For one, adding a "why" to the "what" displayed by a CPU utilisation chart or the like.
e.g. Here's a periodic spike in system load, there's the cron job that's causing it, all on the same sheet.

I'm sure I could think of some more, but frankly I'm a bit confused at the apparent need to justify removing existing functionality, or what is to be gained in deprecating perfectly functional software in favour of something with an obviously inferior feature set.

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