DSL Tips and Tricks :: Torsmo Sanity Check



FWIW, I offer the following modifications to .torsmorc to make the text and graphics consistent:

${color grey}File systems Usage:
/        $color${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
        ${color grey}${fs_bar 3 /}
/ramdisk $color${fs_used /home/dsl}/${fs_size /home/dsl}
        ${color grey}${fs_bar 3 /home/dsl}

yeti
I moved mine to go across the top->

# torsmo configuration

# set to yes if you want tormo to be forked in the background
background yes

# X font used, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
font fixed
# font *mintsmild.se*
# font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

# mail spool
# mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window no

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 160 5

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 2

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color red

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 12
gap_y 12

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# Possible variables to be used:
#
#      Variable         Arguments                  Description                
#  acpiacadapter                     ACPI ac adapter state.                  
#  acpifan                           ACPI fan state                          
#  acpitemp                          ACPI temperature.                        
#  battery           (num)           Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM        
#                                    battery. ACPI battery number can be      
#                                    given as argument (default is BAT0).    
#  buffers                           Amount of memory buffered                
#  cached                            Amount of memory cached                  
#  color             (color)         Change drawing color to color            
#  cpu                               CPU usage in percents                    
#  cpubar            (height)        Bar that shows CPU usage, height is      
#                                    bar's height in pixels                  
#  downspeed         net             Download speed in kilobytes              
#  downspeedf        net             Download speed in kilobytes with one    
#                                    decimal                                  
#  exec              shell command   Executes a shell command and displays    
#                                    the output in torsmo. warning: this      
#                                    takes a lot more resources than other    
#                                    variables. I'd recommend coding wanted  
#                                    behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).  
#  execi             interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval.
#                    command         Interval can't be less than              
#                                    update_interval in configuration.        
#  fs_bar            (height), (fs)  Bar that shows how much space is used on
#                                    a file system. height is the height in  
#                                    pixels. fs is any file on that file      
#                                    system.                                  
#  fs_free           (fs)            Free space on a file system available    
#                                    for users.                              
#  fs_free_perc      (fs)            Free percentage of space on a file      
#                                    system available for users.              
#  fs_size           (fs)            File system size                        
#  fs_used           (fs)            File system used space                  
#  hr                (height)        Horizontal line, height is the height in
#                                    pixels                                  
#  i2c               (dev), type, n  I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev  
#                                    may be omitted if you have only one I2C  
#                                    device. type is either in (or vol)      
#                                    meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp
#                                    meaning temperature. n is number of the  
#                                    sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on    
#                                    your local computer.                    
#  kernel                            Kernel version                          
#  loadavg           (1), (2), (3)   System load average, 1 is for past 1    
#                                    minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for  
#                                    past 15 minutes.                        
#  machine                           Machine, i686 for example                
#  mails                             Mail count in mail spool. You can use    
#                                    program like fetchmail to get mails from
#                                    some server using your favourite        
#                                    protocol. See also new_mails.            
#  mem                               Amount of memory in use                  
#  membar            (height)        Bar that shows amount of memory in use  
#  memmax                            Total amount of memory                  
#  memperc                           Percentage of memory in use              
#  new_mails                         Unread mail count in mail spool.        
#  nodename                          Hostname                                
#  outlinecolor      (color)         Change outline color                    
#  pre_exec          shell command   Executes a shell command one time before
#                                    torsmo displays anything and puts output
#                                    as text.                                
#  processes                         Total processes (sleeping and running)  
#  running_processes                 Running processes (not sleeping),        
#                                    requires Linux 2.6                      
#  shadecolor        (color)         Change shading color                    
#  stippled_hr       (space),        Stippled (dashed) horizontal line        
#                    (height)        
#  swapbar           (height)        Bar that shows amount of swap in use    
#  swap                              Amount of swap in use                    
#  swapmax                           Total amount of swap                    
#  swapperc                          Percentage of swap in use                
#  sysname                           System name, Linux for example          
#  temp1                             Temperature #1 from i2c-sensors, same as
#                                    ${i2c temp 1}                            
#  temp2                             Temperature #2 from i2c-sensors, same as
#                                    ${i2c temp 2}                            
#  time              (format)        Local time, see man strftime to get more
#                                    information about format                
#  totaldown         net             Total download, overflows at 4 GB on    
#                                    Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't
#                                    seem to be a way to know how many times  
#                                    it has already done that before torsmo  
#                                    has started.                            
#  totalup           net             Total upload, this one too, may overflow
#  updates                           Number of updates (for debugging)        
#  upspeed           net             Upload speed in kilobytes                
#  upspeedf          net             Upload speed in kilobytes with one      
#                                    decimal                                  
#  uptime                            Uptime                                  
#  uptime_short                      Uptime in a shorter format              


# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument

# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen

TEXT

${color green}(${color green}Up:${color green} ${upspeed eth0} k/s${color green} - Down:${color green} ${downspeed eth0} k/s)  (${color green}Processes:${color green} $processes)  (${color green}CPU:${color green} $cpu%)  (${color green}Swap:${color green} $swap/$swapmax = $swapperc%)  (RAM:${color green} $mem/$memmax = $memperc%)  (${color green}Root ${color green}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /})  (${color green}Home ${color green}${fs_used /home/dsl}/${fs_size /home/dsl})  (${color green}Uptime:${color green} $uptime)




pic-> http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/8315/fluxbox9rj.png
kerry

Nice work. You are much more adventurous than I.
I was merely off-put by the text and graphs not agreeing with each other.

Regarding your screen dump, what does your setup use swap for?
I have 1G set aside for swap and I've never seen it used.
I use a browser and openoffice a lot, but that's about it.

yeti
That's a old shoot from my laptop. It has 256mb shared ram which is not enough for the apps i install. I do not have a hd so my swap is a 512mb usb key. Most of the main system that does not get used is loaded in swap. The apps that i use most often are the ones kept in ram. Both my systems are always on systems i am running with no hd's. I run my desktop with out swap since i have a gig of ram.

current laptop pic-> http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/7127/desktop8ja.png

current desktop pic-> http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1856/dektop7cb.png
kerry

I guess that explains the swap mystery.
I've got 512M ram.  Never use any swap with Fedora, either.
I always heard you needed 2x ram for swap.
So I guess I've been wasting 1G all these years.
Thanks for the note.

yeti
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