[opensuse] TaskManager Equivalent?
I'm still getting my feet wet with Linux, and looking for equivalents to familiar tools in the Windows environment. Does there exist an approximate equivalent to the Windows TaskManager (taskman.exe)? I'm looking for a way to assure myself that there really IS something happening when there's no apparent activity in the UI. (And if something is indeed happening, just what that something is.) I can't imagine that Linux doesn't have an equivalent, but I haven't found it on my own yet. Thanks, Jerry in Bothell, WA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Jerry Houston wrote:
I'm still getting my feet wet with Linux, and looking for equivalents to familiar tools in the Windows environment. Does there exist an approximate equivalent to the Windows TaskManager (taskman.exe)?
I'm looking for a way to assure myself that there really IS something happening when there's no apparent activity in the UI. (And if something is indeed happening, just what that something is.)
I can't imagine that Linux doesn't have an equivalent, but I haven't found it on my own yet.
Linux has much better tools for finding out what processes are running. Which graphical ones you have installed depend on choices you made at installation time (such as which window manager), but you're certain to have the two most frequently used. Open a console window and type in "ps ax | less"; then try typing in "top". -- Bob Kline http://www.rksystems.com mailto:bkline@rksystems.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Linux has much better tools for finding out what processes are running. Which graphical ones you have installed depend on choices you made at installation time (such as which window manager), but you're certain to have the two most frequently used. Open a console window and type in "ps ax | less"; then try typing in "top".
I assume you're running KDE (seen that from other posts)... and it's a desktop computer, not a production server etc. If so and you want to explore some cool features and things you can do with KDE and Linux in general at the same time as checking out top, ps and KSysGuard... start up SuperKaramba (it's on your openSUSE DVD if it's not already installed, or can get it from the openSUSE repositories). You can add a plugin to SuperKaramba that puts a small floating window/widget on your desktop that displays the output of top all the time... so you can see what is happening just by looking at the SuperKaramba widget. There are hundreds of plugins for SuperKaramba... most for system monitoring. Just another way to show what processes are running... C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
In KDE, Applications -> System -> Monitor -> Performance Monitor (KSysGaurd)
If its not installed, you can find it in YaST software management as
kdebase3-ksysgaurdd
Razi
On 7/3/07, Jerry Houston
I'm still getting my feet wet with Linux, and looking for equivalents to familiar tools in the Windows environment. Does there exist an approximate equivalent to the Windows TaskManager (taskman.exe)?
I'm looking for a way to assure myself that there really IS something happening when there's no apparent activity in the UI. (And if something is indeed happening, just what that something is.)
I can't imagine that Linux doesn't have an equivalent, but I haven't found it on my own yet.
Thanks,
Jerry in Bothell, WA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 02 July 2007 21:17, Razi Khaja wrote:
In KDE, Applications -> System -> Monitor -> Performance Monitor (KSysGaurd) If its not installed, you can find it in YaST software management as kdebase3-ksysgaurdd Razi
If you're running KDE with stock keyboard assignments, then CTRL-ESC will launch KSysGuard. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 02 July 2007 21:17, Razi Khaja wrote:
In KDE, Applications -> System -> Monitor -> Performance Monitor (KSysGaurd) If its not installed, you can find it in YaST software management as kdebase3-ksysgaurdd Razi
If you're running KDE with stock keyboard assignments, then CTRL-ESC will launch KSysGuard.
Cool! Yes, I am. And yes, it does. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, July 2, 2007 11:14 pm, Jerry Houston wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 02 July 2007 21:17, Razi Khaja wrote:
In KDE, Applications -> System -> Monitor -> Performance Monitor (KSysGaurd) If its not installed, you can find it in YaST software management as kdebase3-ksysgaurdd Razi
If you're running KDE with stock keyboard assignments, then CTRL-ESC will launch KSysGuard.
Cool! Yes, I am. And yes, it does.
...and if for some reason you're ever without a GUI - such in a command line on a server, you can simply type the top command. It will show stuff as well. -- kp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 03 July 2007, Kai Ponte wrote:
On Mon, July 2, 2007 11:14 pm, Jerry Houston wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 02 July 2007 21:17, Razi Khaja wrote:
In KDE, Applications -> System -> Monitor -> Performance Monitor (KSysGaurd) If its not installed, you can find it in YaST software management as kdebase3-ksysgaurdd Razi
If you're running KDE with stock keyboard assignments, then CTRL-ESC will launch KSysGuard.
Cool! Yes, I am. And yes, it does.
...and if for some reason you're ever without a GUI - such in a command line on a server, you can simply type the top command. It will show stuff as well.
-- kp
============ Or "htop" a much improved version of "top"! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Jerry Houston wrote:
I'm still getting my feet wet with Linux, and looking for equivalents to familiar tools in the Windows environment. Does there exist an approximate equivalent to the Windows TaskManager (taskman.exe)?
I'm looking for a way to assure myself that there really IS something happening when there's no apparent activity in the UI. (And if something is indeed happening, just what that something is.)
I can't imagine that Linux doesn't have an equivalent, but I haven't found it on my own yet.
There are a few, depending on what you're looking for. However, the basic way is to run top, which lists all processes. BTW, you'll find Linux doesn't get "stuck" the way Windows often does. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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