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OSDSH(1) General Commands Manual OSDSH(1)

NAME

osdsh - Overlays your screen with various system informations

SYNOPSIS

osdsh [options]

DESCRIPTION

osdsh is a a little program that overlays system information using the XOSD library. OSDsh was originally based on osdd but got some features added, like:
* It is able to display a clock.
* Shows the volume levels of the soundcard whenever they change.
* Tells you if you are on- or off-line, and the time you were connected.
* Shows the battery status and
* shows any message you want it to.
osdsh forks to the background when started and should be started in the user's session scripts (like ~/.xsession)

OPTIONS

Show summary of options.
Set mixer device. (Default: /dev/mixer)
Set font (Default: -*-lucidatypewriter-bold-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*)
Set color (Default: green)
Set OSD delay (Default: 5)
Set shadow offset (Default: 1)
Position of the osd: 0 for top, 1 for bottom. (Default: 1 (bottom))
align of the osd: left, center or right
set the nice number so osdsh won't eat your cpu

SEE ALSO

osdctl(1), osdshconfig(1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

August 31, 2003