Preferéncias

To configure System Monitor, choose Edit ▸ Preferences. The Preferences dialog contains the following tabbed sections:

4.1. Processes

Behavior
  • Update interval in seconds

    Use this spin box to specify the interval at which you want to update the process list.

  • Enable smooth refresh

    Select this option to refresh smoothly.

  • Alert before ending or killing processes

    Select this option to display a confirmation alert when you end a process or terminate a process.

  • Divide CPU usage by CPU count

    Select this to divide each process' CPU% in the Processes table by the number of CPUs.

Information Fields

Use the following options to select which fields are displayed in the process list:

  • Process Name

    Select this option to display the name of the process. This column may also contain an icon to indicate the application that is associated with the process.

  • User

    Select this option to display the name of the user who owns the process.

  • Status

    Select this option to display the current status of the process: sleeping or running.

  • Virtual Memory

    Select this option to display the amount of virtual memory that is allocated to the process.

  • Resident Memory

    Select this option to display the amount of physical memory that is allocated to the process.

  • Writable Memory

    Select this option to display the amount of memory that can be written by the process.

  • Shared Memory

    Select this option to display the amount of shared memory that is allocated to the process. Shared memory is memory that can be accessed by another process.

  • X Server Memory

    Select this option to display the amount of X server memory that is used by the process.

  • % CPU

    Select this option to display the percentage of CPU time currently being used by the process.

  • CPU Time

    Select this option to display the amount of CPU time that has been used by the process.

  • Started

    Select this option to display when the process began running.

  • Nice

    Select this option to display the nice value of the process. The nice value sets the priority of the process: the lower the nice value, the higher the priority.

  • ID

    Select this option to display the process identifier, also known as the pid. The pid is a number that uniquely identifies the process. You can use the pid to manipulate the process on the command line.

  • Memory

    Select this option to display the amount of system memory that is currently being used by the process.

  • Security Context

    Select this option to display the security context in which the process is running.

  • Command Line

    Select this option to display the command line that was used to start the process, including arguments.

4.2. Resources

Graphs
  • Update interval in seconds

    Use this spin box to specify how often you want to update the System Monitor graphs.

  • Show network speed in bits

    Select this option to use bits instead of bytes for displaying network speed in the System Monitor graphs.

4.3. File Systems

Behavior
  • Update interval in seconds

    Use this spin box to specify how often you want to update the File Systems table.

  • Show all file systems

    Select this option to show all file systems, including temporary and system ones.