Re: Suppress Automatic Grid Scaling?

On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, you wrote:
> Thanks.  
> 
> Is there any way to turn off the automatic scaling on the CPU graphs? 
> There's a reference to an "auto number of grids mode" in the Proc
> options info, but I can't find any setting.
> 
> I love this program and am using it on Windows desktop mainly to track
> CPU usage on a quad core system.  With the automatic scaling, in order
> to figure out the processor load it's necessary to look at the number
> of grid lines and think about it.  I'd like the option to just glance
> and see how much color is there.
> 

there are several ways to do this. i dont even bother with the number of grids i look at 
the numbers... here is how:


right click on the graph. to turn auto off change the number of grids option from 0 to 
some positive number. i typically use 1.

then right click on the frame to get the configuration window.  open up builtins
select cpu. go to setup, erase what is in there for the format string for chart labels and 
put this string in:

\fu \.$u\n\fs \.$s\n\fn \.$n

this will give you on the left side of the graph the cpu usage for 

user
system
nice


select the proc option in builtins, go to setup and change the format string to this one:

\f$l Load\r\w88\b\p\a$p\f procs\n\e$u\f users

this will give you:

system load
procs
users


if you have a sensors option open temp and if it opens select cpu 0 and then the others in 
the quad core. then select the cpu location for each temp and the temp will be to the 
right of the cpuX label in the chart.

alltogether a very nice setup.

you will need a minimum chart height of 40 for the above labels to work properly. if some 
are hidden below the chart increase the height until you see them all.

attached is a capture of my gkrellm.

the theme i use is SteelX

the temps section are
plate = cpu thermal plate temp
sys = my motherboard ambient temp
v1 amb is my first video card ambient temp
v285 is my first vid card gpu temp
v295a and b are my 2nd vid card gpu temps
then cpu fan speed and a few voltages.




> Thanks for any help.
> 
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 20:05:17 -0500, Rio <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> >On Tuesday, January 04, 2011, you wrote:
> >> Apologies in advance if this is inappropriate for this list.
> >> 
> >> As a new user, is there a forum for asking a feature question?
> >> 
> >
> >i believe that would be appropriate here. i have not had much time to pay attention to 
the 
> >list recently but i have seen many feature questions before so...
> >
> >have at it :)
> >
> >
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> 
> >> Walt Bilofsky
> >> 
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Rio