Ping Indicator Plus Plus

A GNOME Shell extension that displays ping latency in the top bar.

Fork of the original ping_indicator, rewritten for GNOME 45+ with:

• Persistent ping subprocess (no spawning per refresh)
• Automatic retry on connection loss
• Optional top bar color change when the network is down
• Modern Adwaita preferences UI

Installation

From source

make install

This builds the extension and runs gnome-extensions install --force for you.

Log out and back in, then enable:

gnome-extensions enable ping_indicator_plusplus@info.sig9.ch

If you prefer to run the steps manually:

make
gnome-extensions install --force ping_indicator_plusplus@info.sig9.ch.zip

Manual

cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
wget https://github.com/sig9sec/ping_indicator_plusplus/releases/download/v1/ping_indicator_plusplus@info.sig9.ch.zip
unzip ping_indicator_plusplus@info.sig9.ch.zip -d ping_indicator_plusplus@info.sig9.ch
rm ping_indicator_plusplus@info.sig9.ch.zip

Log out and back in, then enable with gnome-extensions enable ping_indicator_plusplus@info.sig9.ch.

Building the schema

The schemas/gschemas.compiled file is generated from the .gschema.xml:

glib-compile-schemas schemas/

This is done automatically by make.

Troubleshooting

1. Check for GNOME Shell errors: journalctl --user -f | grep -i ping
2. Inspect via Looking Glass: Alt+F2 → type lg → Extensions
3. Verify the extension is listed: gnome-extensions list
4. Run gnome-tweaks and make sure the extension is enabled