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Clueless. My PC does what it likes. |
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Interested. I run ps and top from time to time. |
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Online. I can usually see at least one system monitor. |
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Alert. I can always see net/cpu/memory graphs, and investigate if something odd happens. |
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Wired. If someone touches my network cable, if a daemon is unhappy, if a bit is out of place, I'll know about it. |
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Tsonn Guru
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 550
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:27 am Post subject: How in tune with your PC are you? |
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I love being able to see processor/net/memory usage at all times. It struck me to wonder whether this is normal, so... over to you _________________ If your question was answered, please edit the first post and add [SOLVED] to the title. Thanks! |
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geniux Veteran
Joined: 19 Feb 2004 Posts: 1400 Location: /home
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: |
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I'm wired
Curse those who dare to move any of my cables _________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+ AM2
MSI K9N SLI Platinum, Enermax Liberty 500W
1GB RAM Crucial DDR2 667MHz, MSI nVidia 7600GS 256MB
400GB + 250GB Samsung SATAII HDD
Gentoo - BeyondSources 2.6.19-20 |
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miqorz Veteran
Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 1170 Location: Pissing into the wind.
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 3:12 am Post subject: |
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I run many many system monitors... |
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 5142 Location: Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 3:16 am Post subject: |
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Almost a third of my XFce 4's Panel consists of HDD/network/Swap/CPU/RAM monitors, and I usually have top running in vt 6.. _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
Who am I? :: EFF & FSF |
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Ari Rahikkala Guru
Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 370 Location: Finland
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:05 am Post subject: |
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I only run one instance of top in a secluded vt, and that's the only system monitoring app I need. For the rest of stuff that's happening, I use a different method: I'm running a kernel with very few desktop performance patches using the anticipatory I/O scheduler. /proc/sys/vm/swappiness is 100.
This means that whenever something's taking up a lot of resources that I feel I have a need for at the moment, I notice it. If something takes hogs the hard disk, I can either just hear the sound the disk itself makes or hear a couple of jumps in the music if I'm listening to any. I know I could use a more desktop-oriented I/O scheduler, but I really don't mind jumpiness myself and I like being "in tune". If something takes all of my bandwidth, irssi will report higher ping times or pages will load slower in Firefox. If something wants all of the CPU cycles to itself... well, that I don't really notice without using top, thanks to the miracles of preemptive multitasking. Perhaps the subtlest effect comes from when something takes all of the X server's time... it makes everything ever so slightly laggy. Full words appear at once when I'm typing, the mouse cursor's movement isn't quite silken, etc... _________________ <laurentius> gentoo linux?
<ari> Yesh.
<laurentius> they look horny |
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Doomwookie Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 143 Location: Dayton, Oh
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 4:09 am Post subject: |
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Don't need system montors no more. They eat up CPU cycles anyway. I just use the force to feel the disturbance in the logs... _________________ Doomwookie
Toshiba Satellite P25-S607
Gentoo/Windows MCE Dualboot |
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Athas Guru
Joined: 04 Sep 2003 Posts: 394 Location: Brøndby, Denmark
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:15 am Post subject: |
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No, I am so much in tune with my machine that I don't need monitors - it's very easy to feel fluctuations in available processing power on old hardware.
Besides, monitors take up valuable screen real estate, I prefer to use it actively for applications. _________________ Emacs-optimized danish console keymap - My .emacs
Climacs - next generation Emacs. |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54028 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:47 am Post subject: |
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l know whats on my system and how it behaves.
It doesn't need any monitoring beyond a look at sensors from time to time to make sure the moving parts are still moving. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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Raoul_Duke l33t
Joined: 15 Dec 2002 Posts: 694 Location: Caerdydd, Wales
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:01 am Post subject: |
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Gkrellm is normally enough for me......will open 'top' on a terminal if i'm not sure about some activity. _________________ www.iamthepenguin.com |
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miqorz Veteran
Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 1170 Location: Pissing into the wind.
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:07 am Post subject: |
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Raoul_Duke wrote: | Gkrellm is normally enough for me......will open 'top' on a terminal if i'm not sure about some activity. |
There is a plugin for gkrellm which adds the top three processes to your gkrellm. |
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Raoul_Duke l33t
Joined: 15 Dec 2002 Posts: 694 Location: Caerdydd, Wales
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Excellent, i'll be off to find it then
Thank you _________________ www.iamthepenguin.com |
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placeholder Advocate
Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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I run GKrellM but I consider myself "Online" because I do not always watch the krells like a hawk. |
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Jefklak l33t
Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Posts: 818 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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Online - I watch the CPU Temprature & Laptop battery, that's all... _________________ {Linux User #333296}
Kernel 2.6.9-nitro4! << hurrah |
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hewbert n00b
Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Posts: 63 Location: Rapid City, SD
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm, lots of monitoring. I tail -f the vital logs on each computer on my network (security, messages, auth, httpd-access, etc), usually have an instance of top running and visible. gkrellm for each *nix box on the network. weekly email reports about each system. I guess I consider myself "wired". _________________ Public theme/config/doc resource: www.hewphoria.com |
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asiobob Veteran
Joined: 29 Oct 2003 Posts: 1375 Location: Bamboo Creek
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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I voted for the last option cause of something that happened today.
I woke up, went for a run, did the usual waking up stuff, then noticed a slight difference in the noise my computer was mkaing. I do mean SLIGHT, so much so that most wouldn't realise it, and if they did they'd accept it.
Not me, I turned opened the box and listened, elimiated the front and rear fans, the cpu fan it wasnt either, not the powersupply. evently I pulled out my videocard and it stops! the fricken videocard fan was doing a mild (and I do mean mild) grinding sound. Some WD-40 all is well.
Sad, but true |
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20048
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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If the system is running properly, I have no need to use monitors. _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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ed0n l33t
Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 638 Location: Prishtine/Kosove
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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I just use gnome-applets for monitoring cpu, mem, and net.
I don't need any more. |
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tollwilly125 n00b
Joined: 31 Aug 2003 Posts: 73 Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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I monitor my CPU using a gnome-applet. i use free -m to check my memory and df to check disk usage from time to time. i dont need to know the real-time status of everything. _________________ Click, Click, bloody Click PANCAKES!!!! |
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lamaistres Apprentice
Joined: 17 Dec 2002 Posts: 268 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in tune with my system, no need for monitors.
I use a monitor when I take a screenshot. Its for show. |
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virtual Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 132 Location: Bergen
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:33 am Post subject: |
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I only have a P4 3.2 GHz wiith HT, I don't have the resources to spare, idle time is only between 99.7 and 100% when it's idle 101% or above I might consider running top or another monitor needlessly _________________ The roots of education are bitter but it's fruit is sweet. |
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chunderbunny Veteran
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 1281 Location: 51°24'27" N, 0°57'15" W
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Heh, if my +12v line starts to fluctuate then I notice. Gotta keep an eye on those fan speeds as well... |
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torf n00b
Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 65 Location: Constance/Germany
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 1:32 am Post subject: |
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My prompt shows me CPU usage, MEM usage and disc usage of the device on which my pwd is on. And of course top from time to time if I need some more detailed info.
Never cared about network stats - I do not need an app to tell me if I lag |
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