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1.5 KiB
HTML
36 lines
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<TITLE>TkGoodStuff Load</TITLE>
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</HEAD><BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="blue" vlink="purple" alink="red">
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<H1>TkGoodStuff Load</H1>
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<H2> Description </H2>
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<P> The Load client is a system load indicator, which displays a graph of
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the current and recent system load and/or a digital display of the
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current load.
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<P> The graphical display is a histogram drawn to an automatically
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adjusting scale. A "Scale" preference parameter (by default 1) sets
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the initial and <b> smallest </b> maximum of the graph. If the load
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exceeds the current maximum, the scale automatically doubles, and a
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red "tick" line is drawn to mark the old maximum. Thus, by default
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the tick lines represent loads of 1, 2, 4, 8, and so on (this is less
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cluttered than evenly spaced tick lines). When possible, the graph is
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scaled back up.
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<P> Clicking mouse button 1 on the Load button (by default) launches
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an xterm running "top" (so you can see what's causing the load).
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<P>The system load information is obtained from the /proc filesystem
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if possible, and otherwise from the "uptime" command. Load will work
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only if the output of the uptime command includes the current system
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load as the third from last field on the line (as is standard). (If
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you would prefer to obtain the load some other way, you need to change
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the procedure "GetLoad" in the file Load.tcl.)
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<H2>Invocation</H2>
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All parameters are adjustable in the preferences manager.
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