resource/sensor monitor
Hi guys,
I'm not sure where to start this thread! I may sound dumb, but what to do I can't exactly remember which app it was. I'm looking for an application that shows lm sensors values and cpu, ram, uptime etc resources in a small colourful window. Not something heavy like KDE System Guard. Something light and small so that I can keep it running all the time without occupying the whole workspace. I took a quick look through all the packages with FC3 couldn't find or guess one. I see apps like this every now and then on screenshots people post, have no clue. Plzzz suggest me a good one. |
gkrellm
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Gkrellm is one. Superkaramba also has several very nice system monitor themes.
http://www.superkaramba.com/... [ kde-look.org superkaramba themes ] http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...m/gkrellm.html |
Thanks guys!
gkrellm was what I couldn't remember. |
I know this had been answered, but check out the Finnish torsmo:
http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/ I found it way better then gkrellm and way less resource intensive. The good thing about torsmo is that it runs on the root window (more or less like a background). It's very customizable as well and very sexy :). Regards! |
Thanks Megaman,
BTW, I want all of the aboves to run on KDE. I hope they do. |
You are most welcome ;). I got torsmo to run on KDE and SuSE 9.1 a while ago. Some users have been reporting problems with torsmo and Gnome because of nautilus, which covers the root window in order to display desktop icons. I think it's worthy a shot, and that little thing runs great :)
If you like the idea of monitoring things on your root window, check out also root-tail: http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/root-tail.html works similar to torsmo, but instead of the system, it monitors your log files (usually at /var/log) so you get full control/monitoring of everything happening in your system without opening applications or switching to them (with alt+tab, for example). Good luck! ;) |
hey MegaMan,
couldn't get root-tail running, compiled and installed fine but vouldn't get the log window. I think I passed all the window log file parameters, gave no error but windows doesn't pop-up. Pretends its working though! Any clue? And a few examples as well :D Maybe I should RTFM.:study: BTW, I'm on FC3, KDE. |
Hi again evil_empire! :)
I'm not sure if I understood your question. Sorry. But if you mean that root-tail is running fine (on the root window) but not displaying your logs correctly (or not at all) that might be because only root can see the logs on your system. You could modify the permissions with chmod so users can read your logs, but don't let them write into it ;) Regards! |
Hi mega, I sorted out root-tail. Actually no output was produced, I had to give all the fonts and window geometry parameters correctly and then it worked.
But torsmo is giving a tiny problem, it displays everything well, but wouldn't display lm sensor values. Looks like its looking at the wrong place in the /proc. Theres no default configuration file that I can modify to correct it. And I have no idea how to write a config file for it from the scratch. I just know it uses ~/.torsmorc. Plzz shed some light if you have time. And, BTW theres no problem with i2c & lm sensors, gkrellm & sensors both give the correct values. |
Hi again :). Well, you were pretty close ;). When you've downloaded torsmo, you actually got a sample rc file called "torsmorc.sample". You could simple copy to your home directory and rename it to .torsmorc and make the modifications necessary. I'm posting the config file here anyways ;)
Code:
# torsmo configuration http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/readme.php I'm not sure how sensors actually work though. The box I run torsmo has no temp control at all :(. I wish you luck my friend! |
Thanks a lot Megaman.
Luv ya! |
You are welcome ;)
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