PROCMETER V3.4
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The ProcMeter program itself is a framework on which a number of modules
(plugins) are loaded. More modules can be written as required to perform more
monitoring and informational functions.
The statistics that are displayed are grouped by module, with a menu allowing
selection of module and a sub-menu for each output available for that module.
APM
Advanced Power Management information. These outputs are only available
if you have configured the kernel to have the APM feature.
Biff
Monitors the e-mail inbox (in /var/spool/mail/<username> or
/var/mail/<username>) and indicates the number of e-mails that are
waiting and the size.
Date_Time
The current date and time and the amount of time since the system was
last booted.
DiskUsage
Shows the percentage of the disk that is used and the amount of free
space for each of the local disks that it finds are mounted or can be
mounted when the program starts.
LogFile
Monitors the size and number of lines and the rate of increase of these
in a set of log files.
Memory
The amount of memory that is used for programs, buffers, cache and the
amount that is free.
Network
The network devices and the amount of traffic on each of them. It will
automatically pick up available devices when it starts.
Processes
The load average and the number of processes running and starting.
ProcMeter
Information about the procmeter program itself.
Sensors
Hardware sensors for temperature and fan speed. (Requires lm78 hardware
and kernel patch from http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/).
Statistics
Low level system statistics. For example CPU usage, disk usage,
swapping and paging.
VM_Statistics
Low level system statistics about virtual memory (swaping and paging)
for kernel version 2.5 where the information has moved from the Statistics
section.
Stat-CPU
Statistics about individual CPU usage including support for SMP
machines.
Stat-Disk
Statistics about individual disk usage including support for up to 4
disks.
Stat-Intr
Statistics about individual interrupts including support for up to 32
interrupts.
Uname
The system information from the uname program, hostname and Linux kernel
version.
Wireless
Information about wireless network devices. It will automatically pick
up available devices when it starts.
Longrun
For systems with the Transmeta Crueso processor, information about
longrun. Will not work unless the kernel is compiled with CPUID
support, and /dev/cpu/0/cpuid must be readable by procmeter.
ACPI
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface information. These outputs
are only available if you have enabled ACPI in the Linux kernel and you
have the appropriate hardware. ACPI can report various information
about a system's battery, and may also have thermal outputs available.
Changes
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Since version 3.3b:
New output format:
Using the LCD driver daemon from http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net.
New or changed modules:
The length of the module names and output names has been increased.
Virtual Memory statistics (for kernel V2.5, swap and page only).
Added new DateTime outputs that show the time without the timezone.
Changed the DateTime outputs to display the weekday in the current locale.
Longer names allow to show DiskUsage outputs for mountpoints with long names.
Fix the parsing of /proc/apm where the version number contains letters.
Documentation changes:
Added a new manual page for the modules (shared among all programs).
Bug fixes:
Doesn't crash if the --rc=... file doesn't exist.
Use snprintf() in more places to avoid buffer overflow.
*IMPORTANT* You should read the NEWS file for some other important changes to
the program that will require changes to the procmeterrc file.
Availability
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FTP server: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/unix/linux/X11/xutils/procmeter3-3.4.tgz
FTP server: ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/status/xstatus/procmeter3-3.4.tgz
Web page: http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/procmeter3/
Author & Copyright
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This program is copyright Andrew M. Bishop 1996,1997,98,99,2000,01,02
(amb _at_ gedanken.demon.co.uk) and distributed under GPL.
email: amb _at_ gedanken.demon.co.uk
[Please put procmeter in the subject line]
--
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop amb _at_ gedanken.demon.co.uk
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
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