NAME

       xload - system load average display for X

SYNOPSIS

       xload     [-toolkitoption  ...]  [-scale  integer]  [-update  seconds]  [-hl  color]  [-highlight  color]
       [-remote host]
               [-jumpscroll pixels] [-label string] [-nolabel] [-lights]

DESCRIPTION

       The xload program displays a periodically updating histogram of the system load average.

OPTIONS

       Xload accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options (see X(7)).  The order of the options is
       unimportant.  xload also accepts the following additional options:

       -hl color or -highlight color
               This option specifies the color of the scale lines.

       -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.

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

       -lights When specified, this option causes xload to  display  the  current  load  average  by  using  the
               keyboard  leds;  for  a  load  average of n, xload lights the first n keyboard leds.  This option
               turns off the usual screen display.

       -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, xload 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 xload updates its  display.   The  minimum
               amount of time allowed between updates is 1 second.  The default is 10.

       -remote host
               This  option  tells  xload  to  display  the  load  of  host instead of localhost. Xload gets the
               information from the rwhod database and consequently requires  rwhod  to  be  executing  both  on
               localhost and host.

RESOURCES

       In addition to the resources available to each of the widgets used by xload there is one resource defined
       by the application itself.

       showLabel (class Boolean)
               If False then no label will be displayed.

WIDGETS

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

       XLoad  xload
               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

       /etc/X11/app-defaults/XLoad
              specifies required resources

SEE ALSO

       X(7), xrdb(1), mem(4), Athena StripChart Widget.

BUGS

       On  older  platforms,  this  program  may  require  the  ability to open and read the special system file
       /dev/kmem.  Sites that do not allow general access to this file may need to make xload belong to the same
       group as /dev/kmem and turn on the set group id permission flag.

       Reading the load average is inherently non-portable.  Therefore, the routine used to read it (get_load.c)
       must be ported to each new operating system.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © X Consortium
       See X(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHORS

       K. Shane Hartman (MIT-LCS) and Stuart A. Malone (MIT-LCS);
       with features added by Jim Gettys (MIT-Athena), Bob Scheifler (MIT-LCS), Tony  Della  Fera  (MIT-Athena),
       and Chris Peterson (MIT-LCS).

X Version 11                                       xload 1.1.3                                          XLOAD(1)