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System Monitor Applet Manual V&manrevision; &date; Sun GNOME Documentation Team GNOME Documentation Project System Monitor Applet Manual V2.0 July 2003 Chee Bin HOH cbhoh@mimos.my GNOME Documentation Project This manual describes version &appletversion; of &applet;. To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &applet; applet or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page. &applet; Applet &applet;

Shows &applet; applet. Displays a graph for system CPU load.

The &applet; applet displays system load information in graphical format in a panel. You can configure &applet; to display the following information for your system: Usage of CPU (central processing unit) time Memory usage Network traffic Usage of swap space Average system load To add &applet; to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Add to Panel Utility &applet; . The layout of the &applet; applet varies depending on the size and type of panel in which the applet resides. For information about how to add graphs for the various monitored resources, see . To display the current usage of a system resource, position the mouse pointer over the corresponding graph in the applet. A tooltip displays the current usage as a percentage. To change the colors in a graph, perform the following steps: Right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences. Select the relevant tab in the Colours area of the System Monitor Preferences dialog. Click on the relevant color selector button in the selected tabbed section. On the Pick a Color dialog, use the color wheel or spin boxes to choose the line color for the selected parameter. Click OK. To display additional system monitor information, right-click on the applet, then choose Open System Monitor to start the System Monitor application. The System Monitor application enables you to monitor system processes and usage of system resources. You can use the System Monitor application to modify the behavior of your system. To configure the &applet; applet, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences. Monitored Resources Processor Select this option to display the graph for CPU usage. Memory Select this option to display the graph for memory usage. Network Select this option to display the graph for network traffic. Swap Space Select this option to display the graph for swap-space usage. Load Select this option to display the graph for average system load. Options System monitor width Use this spin box to specify the width of each &applet; graph. System monitor update interval Use this spin box to specify the interval at which you want to update the graphs. Colours The tabbed section for each resource provides color selection buttons that you can use to change the color of the parameters for each resource. For more information about how to use the color section buttons, see . Processor Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters: Parameter Description User Processor time used by non-kernel activities System Processor time used by kernel activities Nice Processor time used by high-priority processes Idle Unused processory capacity Memory Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters: Parameter Description User Memory used by non-kernel activities Shared Memory used by more than one application Buffers Memory used to temporarily store sent or received data Cached Memory used to store data for fast access Free Memory not currently in use Network Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters: Parameter Description SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol network connection PLIP Parallel Line Internet Protocol network connection Ethernet Ethernet network connection Other Network connection other than SLIP, PLIP, or Ethernet Background No network connection Swap Space Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters: Used swap space Free swap space Load Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters: Average load Background, that is, no load