NAME¶
gprocmeter3, procmeter3-gtk1 or procmeter3-gtk2 - A user friendly system
monitoring program.
SYNOPSIS¶
gprocmeter3|procmeter3-gtk1|procmeter3-gtk2 [-h|--help] [-w
<hint1>[,<hint2>]] [--rc=<filename>] [--...]
[...] [GTK program options]
DESCRIPTION¶
ProcMeter Displays one or more pieces of information about the operating
system and other resources. Most of the information that is displayed comes
from the /proc filesystem. The program is modular and very configurable.
OPTIONS¶
The command line options are described below.
- -h
- Provides a help message listing the available outputs. This
will be different for different computers depending on the Linux kernel
version that is being used and the hardware/software that is
configured.
- -w
- Gives Extended Window Manager hints (EWMH) to change the
way that the Window Manager treats the ProcMeter3 window. Implemented
hints are: above, below, skip_pager, skip_taskbar, sticky.
You can give more than one hint separated by commas (e. g. -w
above,skip_taskbar,sticky), or use -w multiple times (e. g. -w above -w
sticky).
- --rc=<filename>
- Load the specified .procmeterrc file in stead of the
searching in the usual places.
- --...
- A list of configuration file options that will override the
values in the .procmeterrc file. The format of these options is
(for example) --resources.background=grey50 which is equivalent to
the entry in the .procmeterrc file of
[resources]
background = grey50
All spaces around the equal sign must be removed and if spaces are required
in the value on the right hand side then quotes must be used around the
entire command line option.
- ...
- A list of names of outputs that are to be displayed. This
can include any of the outputs that are available (see the -h option). For
the CPU usage is in a module named Statistics with an output named
CPU and there are graph (-g), text (-t) and bar (-b) options. To
display the CPU usage graph you would use the command line option
Statistics.CPU-g
- GTK program options
- The standard set of GTK program options. These include
--display to set the display to use.
- X window options
- The only standard X Windows program option that is accepted
is -geometry to set the size of the window.
USAGE¶
When started the program will display all of the requested information in a set
of output panels (vertically aligned by default). Each output can be either a
graph, text or bar, and can have a label indicating what it represents. The
outputs that are displayed are those from the command line and those from the
.procmeterrc configuration file.
The left mouse button will produce a menu of options that are specific to the
output that is selected. The
Properties option on this menu will give
more detailed information about the origin and meaning of the information that
is displayed. When the properties information window is displayed, clicking on
another output will change the displayed information. The
Move to Above
and
Move to Below options allow the output to be moved around in the
window. Selecting one of these options will change the mouse cursor to a hand,
use this to select another output. The output that was selected first will be
moved to above or below the output that was selected second. The
Run
option on the menu (which may not be available on all outputs) will run the
specified command. This may be to display a list of running processes, show
the amount of free memory or disk space for example. This menu option is
configurable in the
.procmeterrc file.
The right mouse button will produce a set of menus that list the modules that
are available and for each of them the available set of outputs. There are
three types of output, text and two graphical outputs, these are indicated in
the sub-menus by icons. Selecting one of the outputs from a sub-menu will
cause that output to be displayed if it is not already visible. If it is
currently displayed then it will be disabled. Those that are currently
displayed are indicated by a marker to the left in the sub-menu. When the
output is added to the window it will be placed at the bottom, use the left
mouse button to move it if required.
The middle mouse button will display the sub-menu that is associated with the
module for the output that is selected. This is one of sub-menus that are
found with the right mouse button.
MODULES¶
The modules that are available for gprocmeter3, procmeter3-gtk1 and
procmeter3-gtk2 are described in the
procmeter3_modules(1) manual page.
SEE ALSO¶
procmeterrc(5) procmeter3_modules(1)
AUTHOR¶
Andrew M. Bishop 1998-2008