Tool of the Day: GKrellM
GKrellM (GNU Krell Monitors) is a computer program based on
the GTK+ toolkit that creates a single process stack of system
monitors. It can be used to monitor the status ofCPUs, main
memory, hard disks, network interfaces, local and remote mailboxes,
and many other things. Plugins are available for a multitude of tasks, e.g.
controlling theXMMS media player or a SETI at home client from within
the stacked monitor.
features:
- Hostname/system name display.
- Clock/calendar.
- SMP CPU monitor that can chart individual CPUs and/or a composite CPU.
- Each sensor monitor has a configurable alarm and warning.
- Process monitor with a chart for load and forks and a display of
number of current processes and users.
- Disk monitor that can chart individual disks or a composite disk.
- Internet monitor (http, ftp, ...) that displays current tcp port
connections and charts historical port hits for over two days.
- Net interface monitors with charts for all routed net interfaces. Data
rx/tx LEDs and a timer button that can be linked to a ppp or isdn net
interface and displays on line time.
- Memory and swap space usage meters, and a swap page in/out chart.
- File system meters which show capacity/free space and can mount/umount.
- A mailbox monitor which can launch a mail reader, a mail fetch/check
program, and a sound notify command. Builtin new mail message checking for
mbox, maildir, MH, POP3, and IMAP mailboxes.
- APM laptop battery meter with a configurable alarm and warning for low
battery time left.
- Uptime display.
- Multiple monitors managed by a single process to reduce system load.
- Charts have auto scaling or fixed scaling modes.
- Commands can be configured to run when monitor labels are clicked.
- gkrellm can run in client mode and collect data from a gkrellmd server
running on a remote machine.
- Both gkrellm and the gkrellmd server are plugin capable so special
interest monitors can be coded.
Home page: http://www.gkrellm.net/
for Binary source and other details: http://pkgs.org/search/?keyword=gkrellm
regards,
dhanasekar
