--- name: "xosview" section: "1x" platform: "linux" package: "xosview" version: "1.7.3-1" release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/xosview/1x" --- # xosview(1x) X based system monitor ## NAME xosview - X based system monitor ## SYNOPSIS xosview \[options\] ## DESCRIPTION *xosview* is a monitor which displays the status of several system based parameters. These include CPU usage, load average, memory usage, swap space usage, network usage, interrupts, and serial port status. Each of these is displayed as a horizontal bar which is separated into color coded regions. Each region represents a percentage of the resource which is being put to a particular use. Typing a 'q' in the window will terminate xosview. At the moment *xosview* runs on six platforms (Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, some Solaris systems, and HPUX). Not all of the meters described below are supported on all platforms. Some of the meters may appear different depending upon the platform *xosview* is running on. Note that \*BSD is used as an abbreviation for all three of the free BSD operating systems (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD). **Load**\ all platforms : load **CPU Usage**\ Linux : user \| nice \| system \| idle\ \*BSD : user \| nice \| system \| idle\ HPUX : user \| nice \| system \| interrupt \| idle **Memory Usage**\ Linux : used \| shared \| buffers \| free\ NetBSD : active \| inactive \| wired \| free\ FreeBSD: active \| inactive \| wired \| buffer \| free\ OpenBSD: active \| inactive \| wired \| free\ HPUX : text \| used \| other \| free **Swap Usage**\ all platforms: used \| free **Disk Usage (bytes/sec)**\ Linux : in \| out \| idle\ \*BSD : transferred \| idle\ HPUX : \< Not Supported \> **Page Swapping from/to disk**\ all platforms : in \| out \| idle **NET Usage**\ bytes/sec\ Linux : in \| out \| idle\ \*BSD : in \| out \| idle\ HPUX : \< Not Supported \> **Interrupts**\ "leds" which blink when an interrupt occurs.\ Linux : IRQs 0 - 15\ \*BSD : IRQs 0 - 15 (or fewer, depending on architecture)\ HPUX : \< Not Supported \> **Interrupt rate**\ interrupts per second\ Linux : \< Not Supported \>\ \*BSD : interrupts \| free\ HPUX : \< Not Supported \> **Serial Port Status**\ "leds" which show the serial port parameters.\ Linux : Both the Line Status Register\ (LSR) and Modem Status Register \ (MSR) are displayed.\ \*BSD : \< Not Supported \>\ HPUX : \< Not Supported \> **Battery Level**\ Shows the current condition of the \ battery (for laptops).\ Linux : %left \| %used\ NetBSD : %left \| %used\ FreeBSD: \< Not Supported \>\ OpenBSD: \< Not Supported \>\ HPUX : \< Not Supported \> ## OPTIONS Most of these command line options are just a convenient way to set one or more of xosview's resources. Please see the **RESOURCES** section for more details on what the resource is for. - \-v Displays the version number. - \-name *name* Sets the Resource name xosview will use (same as the -name option for typical X applications like xterm). When performing resource lookups, xosview will look under *name*, and then under \`\`xosview''. For an example, perform the following (as documented in README.netbsd): xrdb -merge Xdefaults.stipple\ xosview -name xosvstipple &\ xosview -name xosvstipplebw & - \-display *display* Sets the X display to *display*. This option overrides the xosview\*display resource. - \-font *font* Specifies the font xosview will use for labels. This option overrides the xosview\*font resource. - \-title *title* This option sets the name xosview will tell the window manager to use for the X window and icon. This option overrides the xosview\*title resource. - \-geometry *geometry\_string* Sets the X geometry to *geometry\_string*. This option overrides the xosview\*geometry resource. - \-captions This option overrides the xosview\*captions resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*captions to "False". \+captions This option overrides the xosview\*captions resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*captions to "True". - \-labels This option overrides the xosview\*labels resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*labels to "False". \+labels This option overrides the xosview\*labels resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*labels to "True". - \-usedlabels This option overrides the xosview\*usedlabels resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*usedlabels to "False". \+usedlabels This option overrides the xosview\*usedlabels resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*usedlabels to "True". - \-cpu This option overrides the xosview\*cpu resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*cpu to "False". \+cpu This option overrides the xosview\*cpu resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*cpu to "True". - \-load This option overrides the xosview\*load resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*load to "False". \+load This option overrides the xosview\*load resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*load to "True". - \-mem This option overrides the xosview\*mem resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*mem to "False". \+mem This option overrides the xosview\*mem resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*mem to "True". - \-swap This option overrides the xosview\*swap resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*swap to "False". \+swap This option overrides the xosview\*swap resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*swap to "True". - \-battery This option overrides the xosview\*battery resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*battery to "False". \+battery This option overrides the xosview\*battery resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*battery to "True". - \-net This option overrides the xosview\*net resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*net to "False". \+net This option overrides the xosview\*net resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*net to "True". \-network *maxbandwidth* \-networkBW *maxbandwidth* - \-networkBandWidth *maxbandwidth* These options override the xosview\*networkBandwidth resource. They cause xosview to display a meter that will shows network usage, with a maximum bandwidth of **maxbandwidth**. Notice that setting the bandwidth to 0 no longer disables the meter -- use the \`\`-net'' option instead. - \-page This option overrides the xosview\*page resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*page to "False". \+page This option overrides the xosview\*page resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*page to "True". - \-pagespeed *val* This option overrides the xosview\*pageBandWidth resource. The resource xosview\*pageBandWidth will be set to *val*. - \-disk This option overrides the xosview\*disk resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*disk to "False". \+disk This option overrides the xosview\*disk resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*disk to "True". - \-int This option overrides the xosview\*int resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*int to "False". \+int This option overrides the xosview\*int resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*int to "True". \-ints +ints - \-interrupts +interrupts Equivalent to -int and +int. - \-irqrate This option overrides the xosview\*irqrate resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*irqrate to "False". \+irqrate This option overrides the xosview\*irqrate resource. It is equivalent to setting xosview\*irqrate to "True". - \-intrate +intrate Equivalent to -irqrate and +irqrate. - \-xrm *resource\_string* This switch allows any of xosview's resources to be set on the command line. An example of how the xosview\*memFreeColor could be set using this option is shown below (Note the use of " to prevent the shell from expanding ´\*´ or from creating two separate arguments, ´xosview\*memfreeColor:´ and ´purple´): \-xrm "xosview\*memFreeColor: purple" ## X RESOURCES The following is a list of X resources supported by *xosview*. Each has a default value assigned to it. These values can be found in the file Xdefaults which can be obtained in the source distribution of xosview. They can be overridden in the usual places (/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XOsview, $HOME/.Xdefaults, etc.). It should be noted that it is OK to have a resource defined for a port of xosview that does not support the feature the resource configures. Xosview will simply ignore the resources that are set for it but not supported on a given platform. **General Resources** xosview\*title: *name* The string that xosview will use for the X window title. Normally xosview will use 'xosview@machine\_name' for a title. This resource overrides the default behavior. xosview\*geometry: *geometry\_string* This is a standard X geometry string that defines the size and location of the X window used by xosview. xosview\*display: *name* The name of the display where xosview will contact the X server for drawing its window. xosview\*pixmapName: *name* The filename of an X pixmap (xpm) file for use as a background image. xosview\*captions: (True or False) If True then xosview will display meter captions. xosview\*labels: (True or False) If True then xosview will display meter labels. xosview\*meterLabelColor: *color* The color to use for the meter labels. xosview\*usedlabels: (True or False) If True then xosview will display labels that show the percentage of the resource (or absolute amount, depending on the meter) being used. This option requires that the labels option also be set to True. xosview\*usedLabelColor: *color* The color to use for "used" labels. xosview\*borderwidth: *width* The width of the border for the xosview window. xosview\*font: *font* This is the font that xosview will use. xosview\*background: *color* This is the color that will be used for the background. xosview\*foreground: *color* This is the color that will be used for the foreground. xosview\*enableStipple: (True or False) Change to true to try stipple support. This is primarily for users stuck with 1-bit monitors/display cards. Try setting enableStipple true. Please give us feedback on this, if you use it. It needs some more work, but no one has given us any feedback so far. xosview\*graphNumCols: *number* This defines the number of sample bars drawn when a meter is in scrolling graph mode. This also has the side-effect of defining the width of the graph columns. This is only used by meters which have graph mode enabled. **Load Meter Resources** xosview\*load: (True or False) If True then xosview will display a load meter. xosview\*loadWarnColor: *color* This is the color that the load meter will use once the load average is greater than 1. xosview\*loadProcColor: *color* This is the color that the load meter will use to display the load average when it is less than or equal to 1. xosview\*loadIdleColor: *color* The load meter will use this color to display the idle field. xosview\*loadPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the load meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*loadAlarmThreshold: *int* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the value at which the loadmeter changes its status and color from "normal" to "alarm". The default value is 2. xosview\*loadDecay: (True or False) You should probably leave this at the default value (False). The load is already a time-averaged value! xosview\*loadGraph: (True or False) If this is set to True then the load meter will be drawn as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses time. xosview\*loadUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. **CPU Meter Resources** xosview\*cpu: (True or False) If True then xosview will display a cpu meter. On linux SMP machines this will cause a seperate meter to be displayed for each cpu if Jerome Forissier's kernel patch has been applied. See the 'README.linux' file for more details. xosview\*cpuUserColor: *color* The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu user time field. xosview\*cpuNiceColor: *color* The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu nice time field. xosview\*cpuSystemColor: *color* The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu system time field. xosview\*cpuInterruptColor: *color* The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu interrupt time field. xosview\*cpuFreeColor: *color* The cpu meter will use this color to display the cpu idle time field. xosview\*cpuPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the cpu meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*cpuDecay: (True or False) If True then the cpu meter will be split vertically in two. The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom half will display a decaying average of the state. xosview\*cpuGraph: (True or False) If this is set to True then the cpu meter will be drawn as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses time. xosview\*cpuUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. **Memory Meter Resources** xosview\*mem: (True or False) If True then xosview will display a mem meter. xosview\*memUsedColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the used memory field. xosview\*memSharedColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the shared memory field. xosview\*memBufferColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the buffer memory field. xosview\*memCacheColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the cache memory field. xosview\*memFreeColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the free memory field. xosview\*memSharedColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the shared memory field. xosview\*memTextColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the HP text memory field. xosview\*memOtherColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the HP \`\`other'' memory field. xosview\*memActiveColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the NetBSD active memory field. xosview\*memInactiveColor: *color* The mem meter will use this color to display the NetBSD inactive memory field. xosview\*memPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the mem meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*memDecay: (True or False) If True then the mem meter will be split vertically in two. The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom half will display a decaying average of the state. xosview\*memGraph: (True or False) If this is set to True then the mem meter will be drawn as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses time. xosview\*memUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. **Swap Meter Resources** xosview\*swap: (True or False) If True then xosview will display a swap meter. xosview\*swapUsedColor: *color* The swap meter will use this color to display the used swap field. xosview\*swapFreeColor: *color* The swap meter will use this color to display the free swap field. xosview\*swapPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the swap meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*swapDecay: (True or False) If True then the swap meter will be split vertically in two. The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom half will display a decaying average of the state. xosview\*swapGraph: (True or False) If this is set to True then the swap meter will be drawn as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses time. xosview\*swapUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. **Page Swapping Meter Resources** xosview\*page: (True or False) If True then xosview will display a page meter. xosview\*pageBandWidth: *maxEvents* This number is used to specify the expected maximum bandwidth (in events / sec) for the page meter. When the expected maximum bandwidth (*maxEvents*) is exceeded then the page meter will display the relative percentage of page swapping (25% in, 75% out). xosview\*pageInColor: *color* The page meter will use this color to display the page-in field. xosview\*pageOutColor: *color* The page meter will use this color to display the page-out field. xosview\*pageIdleColor: *color* The page meter will use this color to display the idle field. xosview\*pagePriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the page meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*pageDecay: (True or False) If True then the page meter will be split vertically in two. The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom half will display a decaying average of the state. xosview\*pageGraph: (True or False) If this is set to True then the page meter will be drawn as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses time. xosview\*pageUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. **Network Meter Resources** xosview\*net: (True or False) If True xosview will display the NetMeter. Linux users will have to configure their kernels and setup some ip accounting rules to make this work. See the file README.linux which comes with the xosview distribution for details. xosview\*netBandwidth: *maxBytes* This number is used to specify the expected maximum bandwidth (in bytes / sec) for the meter. When the expected maximum bandwidth (*maxBytes*) is exceeded then the network meter will display the relative percentage of network usage (25% incomming, 75% outgoing). xosview\*netInColor: *color* The net meter will use this color to display the incoming field. xosview\*netOutColor: *color* The net meter will use this color to display the outgoing field. xosview\*netBackground: *color* This is the color that the network meter will use for the "idle" field. xosview\*netPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the net meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*netDecay: (True or False) If True then the net meter will be split vertically in two. The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom half will display a decaying average of the state. xosview\*netGraph: (True or False) If this is set to True then the net meter will be drawn as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses time. xosview\*netUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. **Serial Meter Resources** xosview\*serial(0-9): (True, False, or portBase) If True then xosview will display a serial meter for ttySx. The portbase will be autodetected. Because autodetection can fail, (if the port is locked by ppp/slip for example) you can specify the portbase instead of "True". If a portBase is used then xosview will use it instead of trying to autodetect. For this to work on Linux xosview needs to be suid root in order to have access to the ports. See the file README.linux which comes with the xosview distribution for more details. xosview\*serialOnColor: *color* This is the color the serial meter will use for bits that are set. xosview\*serialOffColor: *color* This is the color the serial meter will use for bits that are not set. xosview\*serialPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the serial meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. **Interrupt Meter Resources** xosview\*interrupts: (True or False) If True then xosview will display an interrupt meter. xosview\*intOnColor: *color* This is the color that will be used to show "active" interrupts. xosview\*intOffColor: *color* This is the color that will be used to show "inactive" interrupts. xosview\*intPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the int meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. **Battery Meter Resources** xosview\*battery: (True or False) If True then xosview will display a battery meter. Linux users will need to have APM support in their kernels for this to work. See the file README.linux which comes with the xosview distribution for more details. xosview\*batteryLeftColor: *color* This is the color that will be used to show the amount of battery power left. xosview\*batteryUsedColor: *color* This is the color that will be used to show the amount of battery power used. xosview\*batteryPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the battery meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*batteryUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. **Disk Meter Resources** xosview\*disk: (True or False) If True then xosview will display a disk meter. xosview\*diskUsedColor: *color* The disk meter will use this color to display the bytes transferred (in or out) field. xosview\*diskIdleColor: *color* The disk meter will use this color to display the idle field. xosview\*diskBandwidth: *bandwidth* This number is used to specify the expected maximum bandwidth in bytes per second for the disk meter. xosview\*diskWriteColor: *color* This color will be used for the linux meter to show writes. xosview\*diskReadColor: *color* This color will be used for the linux meter to show reads. xosview\*diskPriority: *priority* This number (which must be an integer \>= 1) sets the number of tenths of a second that the disk meter waits between updates. A value of 1 has xosview update the meter 10 times per second (the fastest). A value of 600 would cause xosview to update the meter once a minute. xosview\*diskDecay: (True or False) If True then the disk meter will be split vertically in two. The top half will show the instantaneous state, while the bottom half will display a decaying average of the state. xosview\*diskGraph: (True or False) If this is set to True then the disk meter will be drawn as a horizontally scrolling bargraph showing the state value verses time. xosview\*diskUsedFormat: (float, percent or autoscale) This resource tells xosview how to display "used" labels. The formats work as follows: **float**: Display the value as a floating point number. **percent**: Display the value as a percentage of the total. **autoscale**: Display the absolute value and automatically print the units (K, M, or G) as appropriate. ## BUGS Here is a list of known bugs in xosview-1.6.2.a. Reports of unknown bugs are appreciated and should be directed to: Mike Romberg (romberg@fsl.noaa.gov) General xosview bugs and bugs related to the Linux and HPUX ports. Brian Grayson (bgrayson@pine.ece.utexas.edu) Bugs related to the NetBSD port. I am also a catch-all for bug reports for the other \*BSDs and SunOS. Occasionally (and unrepeatably?), the NetBSD xosview will clobber the NET text in the netmeter with horizontal black bars and the used-label numbers. I'm guessing this has something to do with the net numbers reaching some unusual number (like 0 or maximum), but have not been able to pinpoint it further. BCG ## OBTAINING The most current version of xosview can be found at the following sites: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/status/xstatus http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~bgrayson/xosview.html For \*BSD users with the ports/package system, the sysutils/xosview tree ought to also have a version that is just as up-to-date. ## MAN PAGE REVISION $Id: xosview.1,v 1.42 1999/11/17 07:01:16 bgrayson Exp $ ## AUTHORS Mike Romberg (romberg@fsl.noaa.gov) Original author, Linux and HPUX ports. Brian Grayson (bgrayson@ece.utexas.edu) NetBSD port and most of the nice enhancements for version 1.4, initial work on FreeBSD port. Scott McNab (jedi@tartarus.uwa.edu.au) Added the scrolling graph mode. Tom Pavel (pavel@slac.stanford.edu) Most of the FreeBSD support, more resource-handling improvements. Greg Onufer (exodus@cheers.bungi.com) SunOS port. Sheldon Hearn (axl@iafrica.com) FreeBSD libdevstat-based diskmeter support. David W. Talmage (talmage@jefferson.cmf.nrl.navy.mil) Added battery-meter support to NetBSD. Oleg Safiullin (form@vs.itam.nsc.ru) OpenBSD interrupt-meter support. Werner Fink (werner@suse.de) Originator of the loadmeter. Massimiliano Ghilardi ( ghilardi@cibs.sns.it ) Linux pagemeter. Carsten Schabacker (cschaba@spock.central.de) Made extensions to the serial-meter. Paal Beyer \ Ported the linux memstat kernel module to linux-2.1 Jerome Forissier \ Maintains the linux SMP kernel patch which xosview uses to display meters for each cpu. This patch can be found at the following URL: http://www-isia.cma.fr/~forissie/smp\_kernel\_patch/ Tomer Klainer \ Initial port to BSDI. Arno Augustin (Arno.Augustin@3SOFT.de) Solaris disk and network meters. Alberto BARSELLA \ Fixes for linux diskmeter + ip\_chains support Thomas Waldmann (ThomasWaldmann@gmx.de) Linux raid meter, bitfieldmeter. Many cosmetic fixes. And many others who have sent in small fixes and improvements.