If we want to monitor any additional resource, we can add that through the Add button. Right pane contains five control buttons Add, Remove, Edit, Up and Down.īy default this application only monitors CPU, Memory, Network (bandwidth), Swap, Load and disk (read/write speed). Left pane shows a list of resources which are being currently monitored by this application. This window is also divided in two panes.
Menu itemsĬlicking this button also brings a child window that allows us to customize the menu which appears when we click the notification panel. If you are monitoring resources for troubleshooting purpose, I highly recommend you to use the text format instead of the graph format. To monitor a resource in graph format, select it from left pane and in right pane toggle the visible button to ON in Graph section.īy default this option is enabled for all resources. Right pane displays the options that can be customized for selected resource in left pane. Left pane contains a list of all resources which can be monitored by this application. AdvancedĬlicking this button will bring a child window which allows us to customize the graph indicators.Ĭhild window is divided in two panes. Let’s understand each of them individually. In the bottom of the main window, there are three buttons. This section has two options built-in schemes and color palette.īuilt-in schemes: - This option allows us to select the color scheme for notification panel from some pre-customized color schemes.Ĭolor palette: - If require, this option allows us to change the color of a single indicator or all indicators individually in selected color scheme. System monitor update interval: - This option allows us to adjust the time interval between two continuous updates. System monitor width: - This option allows us to adjust the width of the notification panel in top bar. This section contains three options auto start, system monitor width and system monitor update interval.Īuto start: - If we turn on this option, application will be started automatically when Ubuntu starts. If we want to monitor other resources as well, we have to select those resources here. This section allows us to select the resources which we want to monitor. In main window, options are divided in three sections. This will bring up the main window of the application. To customize it, click Preferences from right click menu.
To view the detailed information in text format, right click the graph from notification panel. From search results, click the system load indicator application.īy default this application shows information in graph format. To start it, click Dash (Application launcher) and search " system load indicator" in search box. If system is connected with the Internet, this command not only downloads the necessary installation package from the official Ubuntu repository but also installs the downloaded package in appropriate location.
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