NAME
procmeter3 modules - The modules that are used by the procmeter3,
procmeter3-xaw, gprocmeter3, procmeter3-gtk1, procmeter3-gtk2,
procmeter3-log and procmeter3-lcd programs.
DESCRIPTION
The ProcMeter3 programs provide a framework that allows displaying of
information in various formats. The collection of the data to be
displayed is performed by a set of loadable modules.
MODULES
The modules that are provided with the program are the following:
APM Advanced Power Management information. These outputs are only
available if you have configured the Linux kernel to have the
APM feature and you have the appropriate hardware. The outputs
can tell you the amount of time remaining and the state of
charge of the battery.
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 of the inbox. The options parameter in
the .procmeterrc file can be used to specify an alternate
filename to use for the inbox.
Date_Time
The current date and time and the amount of time since the
system was last booted. Different outputs are available that
allow the format of the date and time information to be changed.
For the time outputs the options parameter in the .procmeterrc
file can be set to 12 to indicate that a 12 hour format with
AM/PM is to be used.
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. Extra disks can be
passed as options using the options parameter in the
.procmeterrc file to contain a space separated list of mount
points.
LogFile
Monitors the size and number of lines and the rate of increase
of the size or number of lines in a set of log files. The
options parameter in the .procmeterrc file contains a space
separated list of log file names.
Memory The amount of memory that is used for programs, buffers, cache
and the amount that is free. This is the same information that
is available from the free program, but is available here as a
graph, bar or as text.
Network
The network devices and the amount of traffic on each of them.
It will automatically pick up available devices when it starts.
To specify others use the options parameter in the .procmeterrc
configuration file which is a space separated list of device
names.
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
kernel patch from http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/ or version 2.6
kernel or later).
Statistics
Low level system statistics. For example CPU usage, context
switches, interrupts, disk usage (before kernel 2.6), swapping
and paging (before kernel 2.6).
Stat-CPU
More detailed statistics about individual CPU usage including
individual CPU usage for SMP machines.
Stat-Disk
More detailed statistics about individual disk usage read and
write. For older Linux kernels (before version 2.4) there is
only support for up to 4 disks (this limit is set by the kernel
and not by ProcMeter). For version 2.4 or later kernels the
limit is removed and the disk names are picked up when the
program starts. For version 2.6 or later kernels individual
partitions are available. To force other disks to be listed use
the options parameter in the .procmeterrc configuration file
which is a space separated list of device names (e.g. /dev/fd0).
Stat-Intr
More detailed statistics about individual interrupts including
support for up to 32 interrupts (more interrupts may be
available from the kernel but not displayed).
Uname The system information, hostname and Linux kernel version, the
same as the output of the uname program.
Wireless
Information about wireless network devices. It will
automatically pick up available devices when it starts. To
specify others use the options parameter in the .procmeterrc
configuration file which is a space separated list of device
names.
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. (Allow regular users to access the cpuid device at
your own risk!)
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.
VM_Statistics
Low level system statistics about virtual memory (swapping and
paging) for kernel version 2.6 where the information has moved
from the Statistics section.
CPUInfo
Information about the CPUs in the system, currently only the CPU
speed in MHz.
SEE ALSO
procmeter3(1), procmeter3-xaw(1), gprocmeter3(1), procmeter3-gtk1(1),
procmeter3-gtk2(1), procmeter3-log(1), procmeter3-lcd(1),
procmeterrc(5).
biff(1) free(1) uname(1)
AUTHOR
Andrew M. Bishop 1998-2007
December 15, 2007