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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/lcdproc.conf, some of them can be overriden using command line
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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/LCDd.conf
41 -s host
43 Connect to the LCDd server on host, instead to the one listed in
44 te Server parameter in the config file's [lcdproc] section. If
45 not given here and not specified in the config file or if the
46 default config file does not exist, it defaults to 'localhost.
47 -p port
49 Use port port when connecting to the LCDd server on host. This
50 option overrides the Port parameter in the config file's [lcd‐
51 proc] section. Without a default config file or when not set in
52 the config file, it defaults to the LCDproc port 13666.
53 -f Run in the foreground, overriding the Foreground parameter in
55 the config file's [lcdproc] section. The default, if not in the
56 config file or without a config file, is to daemonize lcdproc as
57 it is intended to display the system information in the back‐
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59 -e delay
61 Sleep delay in 100ths of seconds between updating screens in an
62 update cycle. This option overrides the Delay parameter in the
63 config file's [lcdproc] section. When not given and not in the
64 config file, it defaults to 0.
65 -h Show help screen.
67 -v Print the version of lcdproc and exit.
69 screen can be one of the following:
71 C CPU show detailed CPU usage
73 P SMP-CPU CPU usage overview: one line per CPU, especially
75 useful on SMP systems.
76 G CPUGraph CPU histogram
78 L Load Load histogram
80 M Memory memory & swap usage
82 S ProcSize memory usage of 5 biggest processes
84 D Disk filling level of the mounted file systems
86 I Iface network interface usage
88 B Battery battery status
90 T TimeDate time & date information
92 O OldTime old time screen
94 U Uptime old uptime screen
96 K BigClock big clock
98 N MiniClock minimal clock
100 A About credits page
102 On the command line you may either use the short or the long
104 screen name. In the config file, the long names are used as
105 section labels to configure the screens further.
106 You may also prefix the screen names with an exclamation mark
108 '!' to disable a screen that was activated in the config file
109 instead of activating a disabled one.
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113 lcdproc C M D '!L'
114 With the command line specified above, lcdproc loads the default con‐
116 figuration file, connects to the LCDd server specified therein and then
117 displays the following screens in addition to those activated in the
118 configuration file on the LCD:
119 * detailed CPU Usage
121 * Memory & swap usage
123 * filling level of the mounted file systems
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127 * Load histogram
129 screen is disabled and therefore not shown in the display. (The quotes
131 are not part of lcdproc's command line syntax; they are required to
132 disable special interpretation of the question mark by the shell).
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137 /etc/lcdproc.conf, lcdproc's default configuration file
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141 LCDd(8), lcdproc-config(5)
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145 LCDproc was originally written by William Ferrell (wwf@splatwerks.org)
146 andr Scott Scriven (scriven@cs.colostate.edu).
147 Since that time various people have contributed to LCDproc.
149 The newest version of LCDproc should be available from here:
151 http://www.lcdproc.org/
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156 LCDproc is released as "WorksForMe-Ware". In other words, it is free,
157 kinda neat, and we don't guarantee that it will do anything in particu‐
158 lar on any machine except the ones it was developed on.
159 It is technically released under the GNU GPL license (you should have
161 received the file, "COPYING", with LCDproc) (also, look on
162 http://www.fsf.org/ for more information), so you can distribute and
163 use it for free -- but you must make the source code freely available
164 to anyone who wants it.
165 For any sort of real legal information, read the GNU GPL (GNU General
167 Public License). It's worth reading.
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