XOSVIEW(1.8.3) XOSVIEW(1.8.3)
NAMExosview - X based system monitor
SYNOPSISxosview [options]
DESCRIPTIONxosview is a monitor which displays the status of several system based
parameters. These include CPU usage, load average, memory usage, swap
space usage, network usage, interrupts, and serial port status. Each
of these is displayed as a horizontal bar which is separated into color
coded regions. Each region represents a percentage of the resource
which is being put to a particular use. Typing a 'q' in the window
will terminate xosview.
At the moment xosview runs on seven platforms (Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
OpenBSD, some Solaris systems, IRIX 6.5 and HPUX). Not all of the
meters described below are supported on all platforms. Some of the
meters may appear different depending upon the platform xosview is run‐
ning on. Note that *BSD is used as an abbreviation for all three of
the free BSD operating systems (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD).
Load
all platforms : load
CPU Usage
Linux : user | nice | system | idle
*BSD : user | nice | system | interrupt | idle
IRIX : user | system | interrupt | wait | idle
HPUX : user | nice | system | interrupt | idle
Memory Usage
Linux : used | shared | buffers | free
NetBSD : active | inactive | wired | free
FreeBSD: active | inactive | wired | buffer | free
OpenBSD: active | inactive | wired | free
IRIX : kernel | fs | user | free
HPUX : text | used | other | free
Swap Usage
all platforms except IRIX: used | free
Disk Usage (bytes/sec)
Linux : in | out | idle
*BSD : transferred | idle
HPUX : < Not Supported >
Page Swapping from/to disk
all platforms except IRIX : in | out | idle
NET Usage
bytes/sec
Linux : in | out | idle
*BSD : in | out | idle
HPUX : < Not Supported >
GFX Usage
swapbuffers/sec
IRIX : number of swapbuffers
Interrupts
"leds" which blink when an interrupt occurs.
Linux : IRQs 0 - 15
*BSD : IRQs 0 - 15 (or fewer, depending on architecture)
HPUX : < Not Supported >
Interrupt rate
interrupts per second
Linux : < Not Supported >
*BSD : interrupts | free
HPUX : < Not Supported >
Serial Port Status
"leds" which show the serial port parameters.
Linux : Both the Line Status Register
(LSR) and Modem Status Register
(MSR) are displayed.
*BSD : < Not Supported >
HPUX : < Not Supported >
Battery Level
Shows the current condition of the
battery (for laptops).
Linux : %left | %used
NetBSD : %left | %used
FreeBSD: < Not Supported >
OpenBSD: %left | %used
HPUX : < Not Supported >
RAID status
Shows the state of disks contained in your (software)
RAID1/4/5 array(s) and the rebuild state of the
array(s).
Linux : Disk0 Disk1 Disk2 .. DiskN | Rebuild Progress
OPTIONS
Most of these command line options are just a convenient way to set one
or more of xosview's resources. Please see the RESOURCES section for
more details on what the resource is for.
-v
Displays the version number.
-name name
Sets the Resource name xosview will use (same as the -name
option for typical X applications like xterm). When performing
resource lookups, xosview will look under name, and then under
``xosview''. For an example, perform the following (as docu‐
mented in README.netbsd):
xrdb -merge Xdefaults.stipple
xosview-name xosvstipple &
xosview-name xosvstipplebw &
-display display
Sets the X display to display. This option overrides the
xosview*display resource.
-font font
Specifies the font xosview will use for labels. This option
overrides the xosview*font resource.
-title title
This option sets the name xosview will tell the window manager
to use for the X window and icon. This option overrides the
xosview*title resource.
-geometry geometry_string
Sets the X geometry to geometry_string. This option overrides
the xosview*geometry resource.
-captions
This option overrides the xosview*captions resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*captions to "False".
+captions
This option overrides the xosview*captions resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*captions to "True".
-labels
This option overrides the xosview*labels resource. It is equiv‐
alent to setting xosview*labels to "False".
+labels
This option overrides the xosview*labels resource. It is equiv‐
alent to setting xosview*labels to "True".
-usedlabels
This option overrides the xosview*usedlabels resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*usedlabels to "False".
+usedlabels
This option overrides the xosview*usedlabels resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*usedlabels to "True".
-cpu
This option overrides the xosview*cpu resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*cpu to "False".
+cpu
This option overrides the xosview*cpu resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*cpu to "True".
-load
This option overrides the xosview*load resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*load to "False".
+load
This option overrides the xosview*load resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*load to "True".
-mem
This option overrides the xosview*mem resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*mem to "False".
+mem
This option overrides the xosview*mem resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*mem to "True".
-swap
This option overrides the xosview*swap resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*swap to "False".
+swap
This option overrides the xosview*swap resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*swap to "True".
-battery
This option overrides the xosview*battery resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*battery to "False".
+battery
This option overrides the xosview*battery resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*battery to "True".
-gfx
This option overrides the xosview*gfx resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*gfx to "False".
+gfx
This option overrides the xosview*gfx resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*gfx to "True".
-net
This option overrides the xosview*net resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*net to "False".
+net
This option overrides the xosview*net resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*net to "True".
-network maxbandwidth
-networkBW maxbandwidth
-networkBandwidth maxbandwidth
These options override the xosview*netBandwidth resource. They
cause xosview to display a meter that will shows network usage,
with a maximum bandwidth of maxbandwidth. Notice that setting
the bandwidth to 0 no longer disables the meter -- use the
``-net'' option instead.
-page
This option overrides the xosview*page resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*page to "False".
+page
This option overrides the xosview*page resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*page to "True".
-pagespeed val
This option overrides the xosview*pageBandWidth resource. The
resource xosview*pageBandWidth will be set to val.
-disk
This option overrides the xosview*disk resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*disk to "False".
+disk
This option overrides the xosview*disk resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*disk to "True".
-int
This option overrides the xosview*int resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*int to "False".
+int
This option overrides the xosview*int resource. It is equiva‐
lent to setting xosview*int to "True".
-ints +ints
-interrupts +interrupts
Equivalent to -int and +int.
-irqrate
This option overrides the xosview*irqrate resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*irqrate to "False".
+irqrate
This option overrides the xosview*irqrate resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*irqrate to "True".
-intrate +intrate
Equivalent to -irqrate and +irqrate.
-lmstemp
This option overrides the xosview*lmstemp resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*lmstemp to "False".
+lmstemp
This option overrides the xosview*lmstemp resource. It is
equivalent to setting xosview*lmstemp to "True".
-xrm resource_string
This switch allows any of xosview's resources to be set on the
command line. An example of how the xosview*memFreeColor could
be set using this option is shown below (Note the use of " to
prevent the shell from expanding ´*´ or from creating two sepa‐
rate arguments, ´xosview*memfreeColor:´ and ´purple´):
-xrm "xosview*memFreeColor: purple"
X RESOURCES
The following is a list of X resources supported by xosview. Each has
a default value assigned to it. These values can be found in the file
Xdefaults which can be obtained in the source distribution of xosview.
They can be overridden in the usual places (/usr/share/X11/app-
defaults/XOsview, $HOME/.Xdefaults, etc.).
It should be noted that it is OK to have a resource defined for a port
of xosview that does not support the feature the resource configures.
Xosview will simply ignore the resources that are set for it but not
supported on a given platform.
General Resources
xosview*title: name
The string that xosview will use for the X window title. Nor‐
mally xosview will use 'xosview@machine_name' for a title. This
resource overrides the default behavior.
xosview*geometry: geometry_string
This is a standard X geometry string that defines the size and
location of the X window used by xosview.
xosview*display: name
The name of the display where xosview will contact the X server
for drawing its window.
xosview*pixmapName: name
The filename of an X pixmap (xpm) file for use as a background
image.
xosview*captions: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display meter captions.
xosview*labels: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display meter labels.
xosview*meterLabelColor: color
The color to use for the meter labels.
xosview*usedlabels: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display labels that show the percent‐
age of the resource (or absolute amount, depending on the meter)
being used. This option requires that the labels option also be
set to True.
xosview*usedLabelColor: color
The color to use for "used" labels.
xosview*borderwidth: width
The width of the border for the xosview window.
xosview*font: font
This is the font that xosview will use.
xosview*background: color
This is the color that will be used for the background.
xosview*foreground: color
This is the color that will be used for the foreground.
xosview*enableStipple: (True or False)
Change to true to try stipple support. This is primarily for
users stuck with 1-bit monitors/display cards. Try setting
enableStipple true. Please give us feedback on this, if you use
it. It needs some more work, but no one has given us any feed‐
back so far.
xosview*graphNumCols: number
This defines the number of sample bars drawn when a meter is in
scrolling graph mode. This also has the side-effect of defining
the width of the graph columns. This is only used by meters
which have graph mode enabled.
Load Meter Resources
xosview*load: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a load meter.
xosview*loadWarnColor: color
This is the color that the load meter will use once the load
average is greater than 1.
xosview*loadProcColor: color
This is the color that the load meter will use to display the
load average when it is less than or equal to 1.
xosview*loadIdleColor: color
The load meter will use this color to display the idle field.
xosview*loadPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the number of
tenths of a second that the load meter waits between updates. A
value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the
fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the
meter once a minute.
xosview*loadWarnThreshold: int
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the value at
which the loadmeter changes its status and color from "normal"
to "alarm". The default value is 2.
xosview*loadDecay: (True or False)
You should probably leave this at the default value (False).
The load is already a time-averaged value!
xosview*loadGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the load meter will be drawn as a
horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses
time.
xosview*loadUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The
formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print the
units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
xosview*loadCpuSpeed: (True or False)
Display the current CPU speed in the load meter.
CPU Meter Resources
xosview*cpu: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a cpu meter. On linux SMP
machines this will cause a seperate meter to be displayed for
each cpu if Jerome Forissier's kernel patch has been applied.
See the 'README.linux' file for more details. On IRIX 6.5, the
resource cpuFormat decides which meters are created for multiple
CPUs.
xosview*cpuUserColor: color
The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu user time
field.
xosview*cpuNiceColor: color
The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu nice time
field.
xosview*cpuSystemColor: color
The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu system time
field.
xosview*cpuInterruptColor: color
The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu interrupt
time field.
xosview*cpuFreeColor: color
The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu idle time
field.
xosview*cpuPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the number of
tenths of a second that the cpu meter waits between updates. A
value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the
fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the
meter once a minute.
xosview*cpuDecay: (True or False)
If True then the cpu meter will be split vertically in two. The
top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom
half will display a decaying average of the state.
xosview*cpuGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the cpu meter will be drawn as a
horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses
time.
xosview*cpuUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The
formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print the
units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
xosview*cpuFormat: (single, all, both or auto)
IRIX only.
If single, only a cumulative meter for all CPU is created. All
creates a meter for each CPU, but no cumulative meter. Both cre‐
ates one cumulative meter and one per cpu. auto behaves like
single on uniprocessor system, and like both on multiprocessor
systems.
Memory Meter Resources
xosview*mem: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a mem meter.
xosview*memUsedColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the used memory
field.
xosview*memSharedColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the shared memory
field.
xosview*memBufferColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the buffer memory
field.
xosview*memCacheColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the cache memory
field.
xosview*memFreeColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the free memory
field.
xosview*memSharedColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the shared memory
field.
xosview*memTextColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the HP text memory
field.
xosview*memOtherColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the HP ``other''
memory field.
xosview*memActiveColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the NetBSD active
memory field.
xosview*memInactiveColor: color
The mem meter will use this color to display the NetBSD inactive
memory field.
xosview*memPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the number of
tenths of a second that the mem meter waits between updates. A
value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the
fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the
meter once a minute.
xosview*memDecay: (True or False)
If True then the mem meter will be split vertically in two. The
top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom
half will display a decaying average of the state.
xosview*memGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the mem meter will be drawn as a
horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses
time.
xosview*memUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The
formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print the
units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
Swap Meter Resources
xosview*swap: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a swap meter.
xosview*swapUsedColor: color
The swap meter will use this color to display the used swap
field.
xosview*swapFreeColor: color
The swap meter will use this color to display the free swap
field.
xosview*swapPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the number of
tenths of a second that the swap meter waits between updates. A
value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the
fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the
meter once a minute.
xosview*swapDecay: (True or False)
If True then the swap meter will be split vertically in two.
The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom
half will display a decaying average of the state.
xosview*swapGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the swap meter will be drawn as a
horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses
time.
xosview*swapUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The
formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print the
units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
Page Swapping Meter Resources
xosview*page: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a page meter.
xosview*pageBandWidth: maxEvents
This number is used to specify the expected maximum bandwidth
(in events / sec) for the page meter. When the expected maximum
bandwidth (maxEvents) is exceeded then the page meter will dis‐
play the relative percentage of page swapping (25% in, 75% out).
xosview*pageInColor: color
The page meter will use this color to display the page-in field.
xosview*pageOutColor: color
The page meter will use this color to display the page-out
field.
xosview*pageIdleColor: color
The page meter will use this color to display the idle field.
xosview*pagePriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the number of
tenths of a second that the page meter waits between updates. A
value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the
fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the
meter once a minute.
xosview*pageDecay: (True or False)
If True then the page meter will be split vertically in two.
The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom
half will display a decaying average of the state.
xosview*pageGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the page meter will be drawn as a
horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses
time.
xosview*pageUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The
formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print the
units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
Gfx Meter Resources
xosview*gfx: (True or False)
If True xosview will display the GfxMeter. The value is sampled
once per second, due to the usage of sadc to sample data.
xosview*gfxWarnColor: color
This is the color that the gfx meter will use once the warn
state is reached.
xosview*gfxAlarmColor: color
This is the color that the gfx meter will use once the alarm
state is reached.
xosview*gfxSwapColor: color
This is the color that the gfx meter will use in normal state
xosview*gfxIdleColor: color
The gfx meter will use this color to display the idle field.
xosview*gfxPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the number of
tenths of a second that the gfx meter waits between updates. A
value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the
fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the
meter once a minute.
xosview*gfxWarnThreshold: int
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) of swapbuffers per
second and pipe at which the gfxmeter changes its status and
color from "normal" to "warn". The default value is 60.
xosview*gfxAlarmThreshold: int
This number (which must be an integer >= gfxWarnThreshold) of
swapbuffers per second and pipe at which the gfxmeter changes
its status and color from "warn" to "alarm". The default value
is 120.
xosview*gfxDecay: (True or False)
You should probably leave this at the default value (False).
The gfx does not work in decay mode.
xosview*gfxGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the gfx meter will be drawn as a
horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses
time.
xosview*gfxUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The
formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print the
units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
Network Meter Resources
xosview*net: (True or False)
If True xosview will display the NetMeter. Linux users will
have to configure their kernels and setup some ip accounting
rules to make this work. See the file README.linux which comes
with the xosview distribution for details.
xosview*netBandwidth: maxBytes
This number is used to specify the expected maximum bandwidth
(in bytes / sec) for the meter. When the expected maximum band‐
width (maxBytes) is exceeded then the network meter will display
the relative percentage of network usage (25% incomming, 75%
outgoing).
xosview*netIface: interface
If False, xosview will display the data received/transmitted by
any of the network interfaces. Otherwise, xosview will only dis‐
play the data received/transmitted by the specified network
interface.
xosview*netInColor: color
The net meter will use this color to display the incoming
field.
xosview*netOutColor: color
The net meter will use this color to display the outgoing
field.
xosview*netBackground: color
This is the color that the network meter will use for the
"idle" field.
xosview*netPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the num‐
ber of tenths of a second that the net meter waits
between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the
meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600
would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute.
xosview*netDecay: (True or False)
If True then the net meter will be split vertically in
two. The top half will show the instantaneous state,
while the bottom half will display a decaying average of
the state.
xosview*netGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the net meter will be drawn
as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state
value verses time.
xosview*netUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels.
The formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print
the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
NFSStats (Client) Resources
xosview*NFSStats: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a meter to monitor NFS
client stats.
xosview*NFSStatReTransColor: color
The color to be used for retransmit stats.
xosview*NFSStatAuthRefrshColor: color
The color to be used for auth refresh stats.
xosview*NFSStatCallsColor: color
The color to be used for call stats.
xosview*NFSStatIdleColor: color
The color to be used for idle stats.
NFSDStats (Server) Resources
xosview*NFSDStats: (True or False)
If True xosview will display a meter for NFS server/dae‐
mon stats.
xosview*NFSDStatCallsColor: color
The color to be used for call stats.
xosview*NFSDStatBadCallsColor: color
The color to be used for bad stats.
xosview*NFSDStatUDPColor: color
The color to be used for UDP stats.
xosview*NFSDStatTCPColor: color
The color to be used for TCP stats.
xosview*NFSDStatIdleColor: color
The color to be used for idle stats.
Serial Meter Resources
xosview*serial(0-9): (True, False, or portBase)
If True then xosview will display a serial meter for
ttySx. The portbase will be autodetected. Because
autodetection can fail, (if the port is locked by
ppp/slip for example) you can specify the portbase
instead of "True". If a portBase is used then xosview
will use it instead of trying to autodetect.
For this to work on Linux xosview needs to be suid root
in order to have access to the ports. See the file
README.linux which comes with the xosview distribution
for more details.
xosview*serialOnColor: color
This is the color the serial meter will use for bits that
are set.
xosview*serialOffColor: color
This is the color the serial meter will use for bits that
are not set.
xosview*serialPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the num‐
ber of tenths of a second that the serial meter waits
between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the
meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600
would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute.
Interrupt Meter Resources
xosview*interrupts: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display an interrupt meter.
xosview*intOnColor: color
This is the color that will be used to show "active"
interrupts.
xosview*intOffColor: color
This is the color that will be used to show "inactive"
interrupts.
xosview*intPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the num‐
ber of tenths of a second that the int meter waits
between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the
meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600
would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute.
Lm Sensors Temperature Resources
xosview*lmstemp: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a lmstemp meter.
xosview*lmstempHighest: 100
Highest temp value displayed, default 100.
xosview*lmstempActColor: color
Color of actual temperature.
xosview*lmstempHighColor: color
Color above alarm temperature, also used to indicate
alarm.
xosview*lmstempIdleColor: color
Color between actual and alarm temperatures.
xosview*lmstempN: filename
Name of temperature file from /proc/sys/dev/sensors/*/*,
N=1..
Note if more files with same name exists, only the first
is found. There is currently no possiblity to configure
equal named files on different busses (which would be
rarely necessary, I hope).
eg.
xosview*lmstemp1: temp xosview*lmstemp2: remote_temp
xosview*lmstempLabelN: Labelstring
N-th label for above temperatures, default is TMP.
xosview*lmstempPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the num‐
ber of tenths of a second that the lmstemp meter waits
between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the
meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600
would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute.
xosview*lmstempUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels.
The formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print
the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
Battery Meter Resources
xosview*battery: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a battery meter. Linux
users will need to have APM or ACPI support in their ker‐
nels for this to work. For both, APM and ACPI xosview
shows the status/sum of all batteries. Additionally -
the legend text gets changed/adjusted to reflect the cur‐
rent state (charging/low/critical/etc.) of the bat‐
tery/batteries.
xosview*batteryLeftColor: color
This is the color that will be used to show the amount of
battery power left.
xosview*batteryUsedColor: color
This is the color that will be used to show the amount of
battery power used.
xosview*batteryChargeColor: color
This is the color that will be used as 'left' - if the
batteries get charged.
xosview*batteryFullColor: color
This is the color that will be used as 'left' - if the
batteries are fully charged. APM and ACPI does provide
this info, but not all machines actually do so.
xosview*batteryLowColor: color
APM only - the 'left' color that will indicate a low bat‐
tery. Depends on the machine - e.g. below 25% remaining
capacity.
xosview*batteryCritColor: color
APM case: the 'left' color if APM indicates 'critical'
state. (less than 5%)
ACPI case: the 'left' color if the remaining capacity is
below the alarm value. (which can be set by the user in
/proc/acpi/battery/BAT[01]/alarm )
xosview*batteryNoneColor: color
If no battery is present - or all batteries get removed
(while on AC).
xosview*batteryPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the num‐
ber of tenths of a second that the battery meter waits
between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the
meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600
would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute.
xosview*batteryUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels.
The formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print
the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
Disk Meter Resources
xosview*disk: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a disk meter.
xosview*diskUsedColor: color
The disk meter will use this color to display the bytes
transferred (in or out) field.
xosview*diskIdleColor: color
The disk meter will use this color to display the idle
field.
xosview*diskBandwidth: bandwidth
This number is used to specify the expected maximum band‐
width in bytes per second for the disk meter.
xosview*diskWriteColor: color
This color will be used for the linux meter to show
writes.
xosview*diskReadColor: color
This color will be used for the linux meter to show
reads.
xosview*diskPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the num‐
ber of tenths of a second that the disk meter waits
between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the
meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600
would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute.
xosview*diskDecay: (True or False)
If True then the disk meter will be split vertically in
two. The top half will show the instantaneous state,
while the bottom half will display a decaying average of
the state.
xosview*diskGraph: (True or False)
If this is set to True then the disk meter will be drawn
as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state
value verses time.
xosview*diskUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels.
The formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print
the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
RAID Meter Resources
xosview*RAID: (True or False)
If True then xosview will display a RAID meter.
xosview*RAIDdevicecount: int
Please enter your RAID device count (n) here or 0 if you
don't have any supported RAID devices. xosview then will
display n RAID state displays.
xosview*RAIDdiskOnlineColor: color
xosview*RAIDdiskFailureColor: color
These colors will be used for indicating working/online
or failed/offline disks. The order (from left to right)
is the same as in /proc/mdstat.
xosview*RAIDresyncdoneColor: color
xosview*RAIDresynctodoColor: color
xosview*RAIDresynccompleteColor: color
If a resync/rebuild of the RAID array is in progress, the
"done" and "todo" colors will be used. If no
rebuild/resync is running, then the "complete" color will
be shown.
xosview*RAIDPriority: priority
This number (which must be an integer >= 1) sets the num‐
ber of tenths of a second that the RAID meter waits
between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the
meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600
would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute.
xosview*RAIDUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale)
This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels.
The formats work as follows:
float:
Display the value as a floating point number.
percent:
Display the value as a percentage of the total.
autoscale:
Display the absolute value and automatically print
the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate.
BUGS
Here is a list of known bugs. Reports of unknown bugs are appreciated
and should be directed to:
Mike Romberg (mike.romberg@noaa.gov)
General xosview bugs and bugs related to the Linux and
HPUX ports.
Brian Grayson (bgrayson@netbsd.org)
Bugs related to the NetBSD port. I am also a catch-all
for bug reports for the other *BSDs and SunOS.
Stefan Eilemann (eile@sgi.com)
Bugs related to the IRIX port.
OBTAINING
The most current version of xosview can be found at the following
sites:
http://xosview.sourceforge.net
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/xstatus
For *BSD users with the ports/package system, the sysutils/xosview tree
ought to also have a version that is just as up-to-date.
AUTHORS
Mike Romberg (mike.romberg@noaa.gov)
Original author, Linux and HPUX ports.
Brian Grayson (bgrayson@netbsd.org)
NetBSD port and most of the nice enhancements for version 1.4,
initial work on FreeBSD port.
Scott McNab (jedi@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Added the scrolling graph mode.
Tom Pavel (pavel@slac.stanford.edu)
Most of the FreeBSD support, more resource-handling improve‐
ments.
Greg Onufer (exodus@cheers.bungi.com)
SunOS port.
Stefan Eilemann (eile@sgi.com)
IRIX 6.5 port.
Sheldon Hearn (axl@iafrica.com)
FreeBSD libdevstat-based diskmeter support.
David W. Talmage (talmage@jefferson.cmf.nrl.navy.mil)
Added battery-meter support to NetBSD.
Oleg Safiullin (form@openbsd.org)
OpenBSD interrupt-meter support.
Werner Fink (werner@suse.de)
Originator of the loadmeter.
Massimiliano Ghilardi ( ghilardi@cibs.sns.it )
Linux pagemeter.
Carsten Schabacker (cschaba@spock.central.de)
Made extensions to the serial-meter.
Paal Beyer <pbeyer@online.no>
Ported the linux memstat kernel module to linux-2.1
Jerome Forissier <forissier@isia.cma.fr>
Maintains the linux SMP kernel patch which xosview uses to dis‐
play meters for each cpu. This patch can be found at the fol‐
lowing URL:
http://www-isia.cma.fr/~forissie/smp_kernel_patch/
Tomer Klainer <mandor@cs.huji.ac.il>
Initial port to BSDI.
Arno Augustin (Arno.Augustin@3SOFT.de)
Solaris disk and network meters.
Alberto BARSELLA <ishark@lsh01.univ-lille1.fr>
Fixes for linux diskmeter + ip_chains support
Thomas Waldmann (ThomasWaldmann@gmx.de)
Linux raid meter, bitfieldmeter. Many cosmetic fixes.
Leopold Toetsch <lt@toetsch.at>
Linux lms temp meter.
David O'Brien (obrien@nuxi.com)
FreeBSD 4.* updates, and a few other suggestions.
Christos Zoulas (christos@netbsd.org)
C++ standard compliance and other NetBSD fixes.
And many others who have sent in small fixes and improvements.
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