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WMCPULoad - A dockapp to monitor CPU usage
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General Information
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WMCPULoad is a program to monitor CPU usage. It is a dockapp that is supported
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by X window managers such as Window Maker, AfterStep, BlackBox, and
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Enlightenment.
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It displays the current usage, expressed as a percentile and a chart, and has an
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LCD look-alike user interface. The back-light may be turned on/off by clicking
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the mouse button over the application. If the CPU usage hits a certain
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threshold, an alarm-mode will alert you by turning back-light on.
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It runs on GNU/Linux / FreeBSD / OpenBSD / NetBSD / BSDi / Solaris / Cygwin /
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IRIX / Darwin .
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Installation
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============
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See the file 'INSTALL' for instructions.
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Copyright
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=========
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- GPL applies all portions of the code I wrote. Please see COPYING file.
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Usage
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$ wmcpuload [OPTIONS]
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-d, --display <string> display to use
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-t, --title <string> application title name
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-bl, --backlight turn on back-light
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-lc, --light-color <color> back-light color (rgb:6E/C6/3B is default)
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-i, --interval <number> number of secs between updates (1 is default)
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-c, --cpu <number> which CPU is monitored (0, 1, ...)
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-n, --ignore-nice ignore a nice value
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-p, --ignore-proc <name><...> ignore all processes specified by command name
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-h, --help show this help text and exit
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-v, --version show program version and exit
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-w, --windowed run the application in windowed mode
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-wp, --windowed-withpanel run the application in windowed mode
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with background panel
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-bw, --broken-wm activate broken window manager fix
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-a, --alarm <percentage> activate alarm mode. <percentage> is threshold
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of percentage from 0 to 100 (90 is default)
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NOTES:
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- '-n, --ignore-nice' option is activated under GNU/Linux / {Free,Open,Net}BSD.
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- '-p, --ignore-proc' option is activated under GNU/Linux.
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- '-c, --cpu' option is activated under GNU/Linux / IRIX.
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For AfterStep users
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Add this line to your ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/wharf:
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*Wharf wmcpuload - Swallow "wmcpuload" wmcpuload -w &
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For GNOME users
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===============
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If you want to run wmcpuload as swallowed application inside the GNOME panel,
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open 'Create swallow Applet' dialog and enter the values as below.
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1. Title application to swallow: <title name> - specified with '-t' option
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2. Command (optional): wmcpuload -w -t <title name>
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3. width: 62
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4. height: 62
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NOTE: GNOME2 does not support the swallowed application.
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For Enlightenment users
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Use '-bw, --broken-wm' option.
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For Golem users
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Add following entry to your ~/.golem/plugins/pier/rc
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param "item" "dock" {
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param "cmd" "exec wmcpuload";
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param "class" "wmcpuload.DockApp";
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}
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Q) Which window managers do support dockapps?
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A) - Window Maker http://www.windowmaker.org/
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- AfterStep http://www.afterstep.org/
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- Blackbox http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/
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- Enlightenment http://www.enlightenment.org/
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- Fluxbox http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/
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- Waimea http://waimea.sourceforge.net/
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- PWM http://www.students.tut.fi/~tuomov/pwm/
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- Golem http://golem.sourceforge.net/
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Q) Can I set the initial size?
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A) No. As far as I know, there is no dockapp which can be set the size.
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Q) (How) Does WMCPULoad support SMP system?
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A) WMCPULoad will probably work fine on an SMP system. However, it only displays
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the usage statistics for the all CPUs. I may add the new command line option
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(e.g. '--cpu <number>') to specify the CPU number. but this feature is the
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bottom of my TODO list, since I do not have an SMP system.
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NOTE: WMCPULoad has '-c, --cpu' option since version 0.8.0. but it only works
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on GNU/Linux. (Thanks to Laurent Raufaste for beta test)
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Q) Why is kamp-idled spending many CPU time on my GNU/Linux box?
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A) kapm-idled executes HLT instructions to save power.
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Stephen Rothwell (GNU/Linux APM maintainer) said:
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"kapm-idled may do quite a lot more than just execute HLT instructions
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depending on how smart the BIOS is about saving power. Unfortunately, some
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BIOSs are pretty dumb and in some cases more power is consumed by having
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CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE defined in your kernel build than by not."
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-- from debian-devel mailing lists
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'-p, --ignore-proc' option will help you. (e.g., wmcpuload -p kapm-idled)
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Bug reports
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Please send e-mail to wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com.
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URL
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http://dockapps.net/wmcpuload
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