---
name: "xisdnload"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "isdnutils-xtools"
version: "1:3.25+dfsg1-10"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xisdnload/1x"
---

# xisdnload(1x)

ISDN load average display for X

## NAME

xisdnload - ISDN load average display for X

## SYNOPSIS

**xisdnload**	\[-*toolkitoption* ...\] \[-scale *integer*\] \[-update *seconds*\] \[-hl *color*\] \[-highlight *color*\] \[-online *color*\] \[-active *color*\] \[-trying *color*\] \[-activate *command*\] \[-deactivate *command*\] \[-jumpscroll *pixels*\] \[-number *regexp*\] \[-label *string*\] \[-nolabel\]

## DESCRIPTION

The  *xisdnload* program displays a periodically updating histogram of the ISDN load average.

## OPTIONS

*Xisdnload* accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options (see *X(1)*). The order of the options in unimportant.  *xisdnload also accepts the* *following additional options:*

- **-hl *color* or -highlight *color***

  *This option specifies the color of the scale lines.*

- **-online *color***

  *This option specifies the background color when one or more ISDN* *channels are online.*

- **-active *color***

  *This option specifies the background color when any route is found that is* *directed to an interface named isdn\* or ippp\*.*

- **-trying *color***

  *This option specifies the background color when at least one attempt* *to setup a cennection is pending.*

- **-jumpscroll number of pixels**

  *The number of pixels to shift the graph to the left when the graph* *reaches the right edge of the window.  The default value is 1/2 the width* *of the current window.  Smooth scrolling can be achieved by setting it to 1.*

- **-label *string***

  *The string to put into the label above the load average when being* *online. It is interpreted as a standard format string and may contain* *the dialed number (%s), the minutes (%d) and seconds (%d) being* *online, the actual cps rate (%f), the amount of kbytes transferred* *(%d) and a connection history (%s) in this sequence.*

- **-nolabel**

  *If this command line option is specified then no label will be* *displayed above the load graph.*

- **-scale *integer***

  *This option specifies the minimum number of tick marks in the histogram,* *where one division represents one load average point.  If the load goes* *above this number, xisdnload will create more divisions, but it will never* *use fewer than this number.  The default is 1.*

- **-update *seconds***

  *This option specifies the interval in seconds at which xisdnload* *updates its display.  The minimum amount of time allowed between updates* *is 1 second.  The default is 10.*

- **-activate *command***

  *This option specifies a command to be executed when*  *dial-on-demand is not active and you clicked on the xisdnload* *stripchart. A typical command might be something like* *\`sudo /etc/init.d/isdn start' to start up your connection.*

- **-deactivate *command***

  *This option specifies a command to be executed when*  *dial-on-demand is active and you clicked on the xisdnload* *stripchart. A typical command might be something like* *\`sudo /etc/init.d/isdn stop' to shut down your connection.*

- **-manual**

  *With this option the interface is assumed to be active and in manual dial* *mode.  The activate/deactive commands are selected depending on the* *connection state.  A typical activate command might be \`isdnctrl dial* *ippp0', and to deactivate \`isdnctrl hangup ippp0'.*

- **-number *regexp***

  *The supplied regular expression is used to limit the set numbers* *to be observed by xisdnload.*

## RESOURCES

*See the resource file for the available resources.*

## WIDGETS

*In order to specify resources, it is useful to know the hierarchy of* *the widgets which compose xisdnload*.  In the notation below, indentation indicates hierarchical structure.  The widget class name is given first, followed by the widget instance name.

```
XISDNLoad  xisdnload
	    Paned  paned
		    Label  label
		    StripChart  load
```

## ENVIRONMENT

- **DISPLAY**

  to get the default host and display number.

- **XENVIRONMENT**

  to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE\_MANAGER property.

## FILES

\<XRoot\>/lib/X11/app-defaults/XISDNLoad - specifies required resources.\
 /proc/net/route - kernel routing table. The proc filesystem is needed by xisdnload to detect wheather a dial-on-demand is active.\

## SEE ALSO

X(1), [xrdb(1)](/xrdb/1.md), [xload(1)](/xload/1.md), [mem(4)](/mem/4.md), Athena StripChart Widget.

## BUGS

Certainly a lot.

## COPYRIGHT

This program is based on *xload* which is Copyright (1988) X Consortium. See *X(1)* for a full statement of rights and permissions.

## AUTHORS

Besides the basic xload stuff, the ISDN parts are added by\
 Frank Strauss \<strauss@escape.de\> (escape e.V., Braunschweig, Germany). In January 1998 Michael Deindl \<olmur@dwarf.bb.bawue.de\> contributed the \`yellow' patch to make xisdnload recognize the phase of trying to connect and show this by a different background color. Markus Pilzecker \<mp@timesink.pilzecker.de\> detected a bug in the color assignment code resulting in seg faults which has been fixed in January 1998.