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6 lcdproc - system status information client
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10 lcdproc [-hfv] [-c config] [-s host] [-p port] [-e delay] [screen ...]
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14 lcdproc is the client in the LCDproc suite that displays information
15 about the local system's status on an LCD that is connected to an LCDd
16 server daemon.
17 Due to the client-server architecture it does not matter whether the
19 LCDd daemon runs on the local machine or on a remote system.
20 Most settings of lcdproc are configured through its configuration file
22 /etc/sysconfig/lcdproc/lcdproc.conf, some of them can be overriden
23 using command line options.
24 Before running lcdproc you should carefully read through that file and
26 modify the settings therein according to your needs.
27 When compiled appropriately, some aspects of lcdproc can even config‐
29 ured at run time using a menu on the LCD.
30 Currently, only Linux, the BSD variants FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and
32 Darwin as well as Solaris are supported, but not all features may be
33 available on all platforms.
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37 lcdproc understands these command line options:
38 -c config
40 Use a configuration file other than /etc/sysconfig/lcd‐
41 proc/LCDd.conf
42 -s host
44 Connect to the LCDd server on host, instead to the one listed in
45 te Server parameter in the config file's [lcdproc] section. If
46 not given here and not specified in the config file or if the
47 default config file does not exist, it defaults to 'localhost.
48 -p port
50 Use port port when connecting to the LCDd server on host. This
51 option overrides the Port parameter in the config file's [lcd‐
52 proc] section. Without a default config file or when not set in
53 the config file, it defaults to the LCDproc port 13666.
54 -f Run in the foreground, overriding the Foreground parameter in
56 the config file's [lcdproc] section. The default, if not in the
57 config file or without a config file, is to daemonize lcdproc as
58 it is intended to display the system information in the back‐
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60 -e delay
62 Sleep delay in 100ths of seconds between updating screens in an
63 update cycle. This option overrides the Delay parameter in the
64 config file's [lcdproc] section. When not given and not in the
65 config file, it defaults to 0.
66 -h Show help screen.
68 -v Print the version of lcdproc and exit.
70 screen can be one of the following:
72 C CPU show detailed CPU usage
74 P SMP-CPU CPU usage overview: one line per CPU, especially
76 useful on SMP systems.
77 G CPUGraph CPU histogram
79 L Load Load histogram
81 M Memory memory & swap usage
83 S ProcSize memory usage of 5 biggest processes
85 D Disk filling level of the mounted file systems
87 I Iface network interface usage
89 B Battery battery status
91 T TimeDate time & date information
93 O OldTime old time screen
95 U Uptime uptime screen
97 K BigClock big clock
99 N MiniClock minimal clock
101 A About credits page
103 On the command line you may either use the short or the long
105 screen name. In the config file, the long names are used as
106 section labels to configure the screens further.
107 You may also prefix the screen names with an exclamation mark
109 '!' to disable a screen that was activated in the config file
110 instead of activating a disabled one.
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114 lcdproc C M D '!L'
115 With the command line specified above, lcdproc loads the default con‐
117 figuration file, connects to the LCDd server specified therein and then
118 displays the following screens in addition to those activated in the
119 configuration file on the LCD:
120 * detailed CPU Usage
122 * Memory & swap usage
124 * filling level of the mounted file systems
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128 * Load histogram
130 screen is disabled and therefore not shown in the display. (The quotes
132 are not part of lcdproc's command line syntax; they are required to
133 disable special interpretation of the exclamation mark by the shell).
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138 /etc/sysconfig/lcdproc/lcdproc.conf, lcdproc's default configuration
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143 LCDd(8), lcdproc-config(5)
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147 LCDproc was originally written by William Ferrell (wwf@splatwerks.org)
148 andr Scott Scriven (scriven@cs.colostate.edu).
149 Since that time various people have contributed to LCDproc.
151 The newest version of LCDproc should be available from here:
153 http://www.lcdproc.org/
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158 LCDproc is released as "WorksForMe-Ware". In other words, it is free,
159 kinda neat, and we don't guarantee that it will do anything in particu‐
160 lar on any machine except the ones it was developed on.
161 It is technically released under the GNU GPL license (you should have
163 received the file, "COPYING", with LCDproc) (also, look on
164 http://www.fsf.org/ for more information), so you can distribute and
165 use it for free -- but you must make the source code freely available
166 to anyone who wants it.
167 For any sort of real legal information, read the GNU GPL (GNU General
169 Public License). It's worth reading.
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