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+ <!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml">

+ <!ENTITY appletversion "2.10">

+ <!ENTITY manrevision "2.10">

+ <!ENTITY date "March 2005">

+ <!ENTITY applet "System Monitor">

+]>

+<!--

+ (Do not remove this comment block.)

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+-->

+

+<!-- =============Document Header ============================= -->

+<article id="index" lang="en">

+<!-- please do not change the id; for translations, change lang to -->

+<!-- appropriate code -->

+ <articleinfo>

+ <title>&applet; Manual</title>

+ <abstract role="description">

+ <para>&applet; displays system load information in graphical

+ format in a panel.</para>

+ </abstract>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2005</year>

+ <holder>Davyd Madeley</holder>

+ </copyright>

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2004</year>

+ <holder>Sun Microsystems</holder>

+ </copyright>

+

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2003</year>

+ <year>2004</year>

+ <holder>Chee Bin HOH</holder>

+ </copyright>

+

+<!-- translators: uncomment this:

+ <copyright>

+ <year>2002</year>

+ <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder>

+ </copyright>

+-->

+

+ <publisher role="maintainer">

+ <publishername> MATE Documentation Project </publishername>

+ </publisher>

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+<!-- This file contains link to license for the documentation (GNU FDL), and

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+ <author>

+ <firstname>Angela</firstname>

+ <surname>Boyle</surname>

+ <affiliation><address>

+ <email>[email protected]</email>

+ </address></affiliation>

+ </author>

+

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Chee Bin</firstname>

+ <surname>HOH</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <orgname>MATE Documentation Project</orgname>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

+ </affiliation>

+ </author>

+

+ <author>

+ <firstname>Davyd</firstname><surname>Madeley</surname>

+ <affiliation>

+ <orgname>MATE Project</orgname>

+ <address><email>[email protected]</email></address>

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+-->

+ </authorgroup>

+

+ <releaseinfo revision="2.26" role="review"/>

+

+ <revhistory>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Version 2.10</revnumber>

+ <date>March 2005</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Davyd Madeley</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Version 2.8</revnumber>

+ <date>August 2004</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Angela Boyle</para>

+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>System Monitor Applet Manual V2.1</revnumber>

+ <date>February 2004</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Sun MATE Documentation Team</para>

+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>System Monitor Applet Manual V2.0</revnumber>

+ <date>July 2003</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Chee Bin HOH

+ <email>[email protected]</email>

+ </para>

+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+

+ </revhistory>

+

+ <releaseinfo> This manual describes version &appletversion; of &applet;.

+ </releaseinfo>

+ <legalnotice>

+ <title>Feedback</title>

+ <para> To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &applet; applet or this

+ manual, follow the directions in the

+ <ulink url="ghelp:mate-feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>.

+ </para>

+ </legalnotice>

+ </articleinfo>

+

+ <indexterm zone="index">

+ <primary>&applet; Applet</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+ <indexterm zone="index">

+ <primary>&applet;</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->

+<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->

+ <sect1 id="multiload-introduction">

+ <title>Introduction</title>

+

+ <!-- ==== Figure ============================================= -->

+ <figure id="system-monitor-applet-fig">

+ <title>&applet;</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/system-monitor-applet_window.png"

+ format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Shows &applet;. Displays a graph for system CPU load.

+ </phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <!-- ==== End of Figure ======================================= -->

+

+ <para>

+ The <application>&applet;</application> displays

+ system load information in graphical format in a panel.

+ You can configure <application>&applet;</application> to display

+ the following information for your system:

+ </para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Usage of CPU (central processing unit) time

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Memory usage

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Network traffic

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Usage of swap space

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Average system load

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Disk load</para></listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+

+ <sect2 id="multiload-introduction-add">

+ <title>To Add &applet; to a Panel</title>

+ <para>To add <application>&applet;</application> to a panel,

+ right-click on the panel, then choose <guimenuitem>Add to

+ Panel</guimenuitem>. Select <application>&applet;</application>

+ in the <application>Add to the panel</application> dialog, then

+ click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>

+ <para>

+ The layout of the <application>&applet;</application> varies

+ depending on the size and type of panel in which the applet resides.

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ </sect1>

+

+<!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->

+<!-- Use this section to describe how to use the applet to perform the tasks for

+ which the applet is designed. -->

+ <sect1 id="multiload-usage">

+ <title>Viewing Graphs</title>

+ <!-- ================ displaying addistional graphics======================== -->

+ <sect2 id="multiload-usage-graphs">

+ <title>Displaying Additional Graphs</title>

+ <para>To configure the <application>&applet;</application> applet, right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. Under <guilabel>Monitored Resources</guilabel> you can choose which graphics you want to display:</para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Processor</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this option to display the graph for CPU usage.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Memory</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this option to display the graph for memory usage.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Network</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this option to display the graph for network traffic.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Swap Space</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this option to display the graph for swap-space usage.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Load</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this option to display the graph for average system load.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>Harddisk</guilabel></para>

+ <para>

+ Select this option to display the graph for disk usage.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ <!-- ================ displaying current usage of system resources================== -->

+ <sect2 id="multiload-usage-current">

+ <title>To Display the Current Usage of a System Resource</title>

+ <para>

+ 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.

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+ <!-- ================ displaying additional info================== -->

+ <sect2 id="multiload-usage-extra">

+ <title>To Display Additional System Monitor Information</title>

+ <para>

+ To display additional system monitor information, right-click on the applet,

+ then choose <guimenuitem>Open System Monitor</guimenuitem> to start the

+ <application>System Monitor</application> application.

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ The <application>System Monitor</application> application

+ enables you to monitor system processes and usage of system resources.

+ You can use the <application>System Monitor</application> application

+ to modify the behavior of your system.

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ </sect1>

+

+<!-- ============= Preferences =========================== -->

+ <sect1 id="multiload-prefs">

+ <title>Customizing Appearance</title>

+ <figure id="system-monitor-prefs-fig">

+ <title>Preferences Dialog</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/multiload-preferences.png"

+ format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Preferences Dialog

+ </phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <sect2 id="multiload-size">

+ <title>To Change the Width</title>

+ <para>In the right-click menu, go to <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. Under <guilabel>Options</guilabel>, use the <guilabel>System monitor width</guilabel> spin box to specify the width of each <application>&applet;</application> graph in pixels.</para>

+ </sect2>

+ <sect2 id="multiload-update">

+ <title>To Update at Regular Intervals</title>

+ <para>In the right-click menu, go to <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. Under <guilabel>Options</guilabel>, use the <guilabel>System monitor update interval</guilabel> spin box to specify the interval at which you want to update the graphs in milliseconds.

+ </para>

+ </sect2>

+ <!-- ================ changing graph colors======================== -->

+ <sect2 id="multiload-usage-colors">

+ <title>Changing the Colors in a Graph</title>

+ <para>

+ To change the colors in a graph, perform the following steps:

+ </para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Select the relevant tab in the <guilabel>Colors</guilabel> area of

+ the <guilabel>System Monitor Preferences</guilabel> dialog.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Click on the relevant color selector button in the selected tabbed section.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ On the <guilabel>Pick a Color</guilabel> dialog,

+ use the color wheel or spin boxes to choose the line color

+ for the selected parameter.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ <para>

+ The tabbed section for each resource provides color selection buttons

+ that you can use to change the color of the parameters for each resource.

+ </para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Processor</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters:

+ </para>

+ <informaltable frame="all">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC0">

+ <para>Parameter</para></entry>

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC1">

+ <para>Description</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>User</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Processor time used by non-kernel activities</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>System</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Processor time used by kernel activities</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Nice</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Processor time used by low-priority processes</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>IOWait</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Processor time used waiting for I/O</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Idle</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Unused processory capacity</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Memory</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters:

+ </para>

+ <informaltable frame="all">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC0">

+ <para>Parameter</para></entry>

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC1">

+ <para>Description</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>User</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Memory used by non-kernel activities</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Shared</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Memory used by more than one application</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Buffers</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Memory used to temporarily store sent or received data</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Cached</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Memory used to store data for fast access</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Free</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Memory not currently in use</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Network</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters:

+ </para>

+ <informaltable frame="all">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC0">

+ <para>Parameter</para></entry>

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC1">

+ <para>Description</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>SLIP</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Serial Line Internet Protocol network connection</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>PLIP</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Parallel Line Internet Protocol network connection</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Ethernet</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Ethernet network connection</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Other</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Network connection other than SLIP, PLIP, or Ethernet</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Background</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>No network connection</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Swap Space</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters:

+ </para>

+ <informaltable frame="all">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC0">

+ <para>Parameter</para></entry>

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC1">

+ <para>Description</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Used</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Swap space being used by the system</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Free</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry>

+ <para>Swap space that is free to be used</para>

+ </entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Load</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters:

+ </para>

+ <informaltable frame="all">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC0">

+ <para>Parameter</para></entry>

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC1">

+ <para>Description</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Average</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>System Load</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Background</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>that is, no load</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>

+ <guilabel>Harddisk</guilabel>

+ </para>

+ <para>

+ Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters:

+ </para>

+ <informaltable frame="all">

+ <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="50*"/>

+ <thead>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC0">

+ <para>Parameter</para></entry>

+ <entry colname="COLSPEC1">

+ <para>Description</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </thead>

+ <tbody>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Read</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Disk read rate</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Write</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Disk write rate</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ <row valign="top">

+ <entry><para><guilabel>Background</guilabel></para></entry>

+ <entry><para>Idle disk time</para></entry>

+ </row>

+ </tbody>

+ </tgroup>

+ </informaltable>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+ </sect2>

+ </sect1>

+</article>