X and Fluxbox :: Turn off CPU usage & other status?



Newbie warning!  Tried searching.

I prefer an uncluttered desktop.  I've found ways to configure fluxbox to my tastes, except for being able to turn off the cpu, ram, uptime status area.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to toggle this area on & off.  What have I missed?

BTW, this newbie DSLer is very impressed with this distro.  I use Fedora and Ubuntu all the time & they are very nice.  However, I've now run DSL under Qemu (hosted on  Fedora Core 3), booted off of a pen drive, and done a floppy->pen drive chain boot.  Wow!  Running with a "toram" boot option and using a flash drive provides astounding performance on a 900 MHz Duron that most folks would throw out.
I think you're talking about an app called torsmo.

from an xshell type:
ps aux

look down the list on the right and find TORSMO then on the left of that line you'll find a PID number.  Lets say the PID number is 1045

Now on the xshell type:

kill 1045

That should get rid of it right away.

To get rid of it for good you'll have to remove it from the .xinitrc file in the /home/dsl directory.  That's a hidden file (it starts with a dot) so, if you're using emelfm you'll have to have the "H" button depressed to see it.  Edit the xinitrc file, find the line with torsmo in it and put a pound sign (#) as the first character in the line to comment out the line.  Save it and restart and you should be running without torsmo.

Good luck.
Very clear.  Your post was just what I needed.

Left it in .xinitrc, killed the process (it was gone) and did startx, which brought it back.  Sweet.

Additional config in file .torsmorc, including update_interval.  I think just slowing it down will make me fairly happy.

Thanks a bunch.
Turns out that there is an even easier way for a regular user to shut it off:

  dsl@box:~$ killall torsmo

And to turn it back on:

  dsl@box:~$ torsmo &

Hit <ENTER> again to get your prompt back.

BTW, killall is a feature of busybox  --  About busybox
You can also create exec. to do the job.
Open beaver and type > exec killall torsmo
then save(i named mine .kill_torsmo, but you can name it what ever you want). Then right click> properties and permissions, check the exec box to make executable. Then just click on it to turn torsmo off, i also have one to turn it on> exec torsmo.
Do you need to know how to create desk top icons? I have my exec. hidden so i usally just do it from the desktop icons i make. If you use rox its even easier to do. I like to mess with my .torsmorc and change the set up and on> off icons just makes it easier and faster no terminal needed. :D
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