Description: Displays a simple CPU usage meter on your desktop. Supports All-cores Last changelog:
v0.4 - Added color options, removed themes (for now) - Fixed resizing bug when scale was not 100% (using 100% cpu!) - Fixed graph accuracy v0.3 - Added option to start CPU naming from 1 instead of 0 - Added theming ability - Added some themes, feel free to send your own for inclusion in the next version - Added text color and shadow options
hi, i 'm interested in writing a program which calculate the cpu usage..
i found you code very usefull.
Could you better explain to me how to parse the "stat" file in order to get the usage?
cat /proc/stat
cpu 177509 581 54473 632399 53387 539 234 0 0
cpu0 177509 581 54473 632399 53387 539 234 0 0
if i understood the code, you are making a sum with 177509 and 54473; why that?
Tnx in advance
M@
Which CPU do you have and what settings are you using in the screenlet?
I run a Dual-Core 4400+ on here and CPU usage is <1% as reported by top (less than a second per hour)
Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
for me, it brings my Xorg process to around 8% (core 2 duo 2.5 GHz), and about 15% if text shadows are on. I'm running this on the compiz fusion widget layer (or was until I noticed this usage)
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hi, i 'm interested in writing a program which calculate the cpu usage.. i found you code very usefull. Could you better explain to me how to parse the "stat" file in order to get the usage? cat /proc/stat cpu 177509 581 54473 632399 53387 539 234 0 0 cpu0 177509 581 54473 632399 53387 539 234 0 0 if i understood the code, you are making a sum with 177509 and 54473; why that? Tnx in advance M@
That one's driving my CPU frequency from 0 to 100! WTH is that thing doing?!?
Only problem seems to be that the CPU monitor is eating up all my CPU :)
Which CPU do you have and what settings are you using in the screenlet? I run a Dual-Core 4400+ on here and CPU usage is <1% as reported by top (less than a second per hour) Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
for me, it brings my Xorg process to around 8% (core 2 duo 2.5 GHz), and about 15% if text shadows are on. I'm running this on the compiz fusion widget layer (or was until I noticed this usage)
Finally a dual core monitor. Any chance of adding additional themes?
I think, u should rename to CPU1, CPU2 :D
I'll add an option for that in the next version, thanks for the feedback.