&applet; displays system load information in graphical format in a panel. 2005 Davyd Madeley 2004 Sun Microsystems 2003 2004 Chee Bin HOH MATE Documentation Project &legal; Angela Boyle

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Version 2.10 March 2005 Davyd Madeley Version 2.8 August 2004 Angela Boyle MATE Documentation Project System Monitor Applet Manual V2.1 February 2004 Sun MATE Documentation Team MATE Documentation Project System Monitor Applet Manual V2.0 July 2003 Chee Bin HOH cbhoh@mimos.my MATE 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 MATE Feedback Page. &applet; Applet &applet;

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

The &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 Disk load To add &applet; to a panel, right-click on the panel, then choose Add to Panel. Select &applet; in the Add to the panel dialog, then click OK. The layout of the &applet; varies depending on the size and type of panel in which the applet resides. To configure the &applet; applet, right-click on the applet, then choose Preferences. Under Monitored Resources you can choose which graphics you want to display: 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. Harddisk Select this option to display the graph for disk usage. 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 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.

Preferences Dialog

In the right-click menu, go to Preferences. Under Options, use the System monitor width spin box to specify the width of each &applet; graph in pixels. In the right-click menu, go to Preferences. Under Options, use the System monitor update interval spin box to specify the interval at which you want to update the graphs in milliseconds. 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 Colors 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. The tabbed section for each resource provides color selection buttons that you can use to change the color of the parameters for each resource. 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 low-priority processes IOWait Processor time used waiting for I/O 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: Parameter Description Used Swap space being used by the system Free Swap space that is free to be used Load Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters: Parameter Description Average System Load Background that is, no load Harddisk Select this tab to display the color buttons for the following parameters: Parameter Description Read Disk read rate Write Disk write rate Background Idle disk time