Enhance System Monitoring with a TUI

[LAITH343]

Summary

This PR introduces a Terminal User Interface (TUI) using urwid to improve the visualization of system information, monitoring, and live statistics.

Changes

• Added a system info module to retrieve all necessary system details.
• Implemented a system monitor module to manage the TUI using urwid.
• Fixed an issue with set_autofreq() where avg_all_core_temp was undefined when running in a separate thread.

Showcase

Visual-Rework-Showcase.mp4

[AdnanHodzic]

While I'll miss the "old cli look" due to nostalgic reasons :)

This looks great, gives a better overview and is just a great improvement overall with updates to the "metrics".

However, when I try to use sudo auto-cpufreq --stats command after auto-cpufreq is installed using a snap package I get following error:

sudo auto-cpufreq --stats            

Using settings defined in /etc/auto-cpufreq.conf file

----------------------------------- Warning -----------------------------------

Due to Snap package confinement limitations please consider installing auto-cpufreq using
auto-cpufreq-installer: https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq#auto-cpufreq-installer

Unable to detect state of GNOME Power Profiles daemon service!
This daemon might interfere with auto-cpufreq and should be disabled!

Steps to perform this action using auto-cpufreq: power_helper script:
git clone https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq.git
cd auto-cpufreq/auto_cpufreq
python3 power_helper.py --gnome_power_disable

Reference: https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq#configuring-auto-cpufreq

----------------------------------- Warning -----------------------------------

Unable to detect if you are using a TLP service!
This daemon might interfere with auto-cpufreq which can lead to unexpected results.
We strongly encourage you not to use TLP unless you really know what you are doing.
press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to exit...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/bin/auto-cpufreq", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1161, in __call__
    return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1082, in main
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1443, in invoke
    return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/click/core.py", line 788, in invoke
    return __callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/auto_cpufreq/bin/auto_cpufreq.py", line 233, in main
    monitor.run()
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/auto_cpufreq/modules/system_monitor.py", line 292, in run
    self.loop.run()
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urwid/event_loop/main_loop.py", line 337, in run
    self._run()
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urwid/event_loop/main_loop.py", line 439, in _run
    self.event_loop.run()
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urwid/event_loop/select_loop.py", line 182, in run
    self._loop()
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urwid/event_loop/select_loop.py", line 224, in _loop
    alarm_callback()
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urwid/event_loop/main_loop.py", line 218, in cb
    callback(self, user_data)
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/auto_cpufreq/modules/system_monitor.py", line 98, in update
    report: SystemReport = system_info.generate_system_report()
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/auto_cpufreq/modules/system_info.py", line 278, in generate_system_report
    battery_info=self.battery_info(),
  File "/snap/auto-cpufreq/155/lib/python3.10/site-packages/auto_cpufreq/modules/system_info.py", line 190, in battery_info
    output = getoutput(
TypeError: getoutput() got an unexpected keyword argument 'encoding'

It would be great to fix this before changes are merged.

Another thing I noticed during testing is that auto-cpufreq GUI is inconsistent with CLI output and is missing i.e "System Statistics" header. Would be ideal if they both had same layout.

[LAITH343]

However, when I try to use sudo auto-cpufreq --stats command after auto-cpufreq is installed using a snap package I get following error:

the error is now fixed but i didn't build a snap package to verify it. try it and tell me if there's any errors

Another thing I noticed during testing is that auto-cpufreq GUI is inconsistent with CLI output and is missing i.e "System Statistics" header. Would be ideal if they both had same layout.

i don't know how the GUI built so maybe the GUI author can help with this, but for the TUI i can change the design if you want

[AdnanHodzic]

However, when I try to use sudo auto-cpufreq --stats command after auto-cpufreq is installed using a snap package I get following error:

the error is now fixed but i didn't build a snap package to verify it. try it and tell me if there's any errors

Thanks! I just pulled the latest changes, built the snap package and it all seems to work as expected!

Another thing I noticed during testing is that auto-cpufreq GUI is inconsistent with CLI output and is missing i.e "System Statistics" header. Would be ideal if they both had same layout.

i don't know how the GUI built so maybe the GUI author can help with this

@shadeyg56 as the original implementer of GUI, any comments or suggestions regarding this?

but for the TUI i can change the design if you want

Out of curiosity, what are the design or color options?

[LAITH343]

Thanks! I just pulled the latest changes, built the snap package and it all seems to work as expected!

Nice :)

Out of curiosity, what are the design or color options?

most of the colors are supported check urwid Display Attributes docs and you can apply the color in auto_cpufreq/modules/system_monitor.py line 65 to see how to looks

for the layout options check urwid widget layout docs