Swap Load Applet


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The swap load applet

The swap load applet

The swapload_applet is a small monitor applet which sits in your panel and tells you how much swap space is being used.

The swap space is a part of the hard drive which is not part of the filesystem. When the kernel decides a program in memory is not being used a lot but might be required soon, it takes parts of the program out of memory and puts those into the swap space, where it can easily retrieve it. Moving data between memory and swap can be slow, so if you are using a lot of your swap space, you may find the machine's reaction slows.

Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items

In addition to the standard menu items, the right-click pop-up menu has the following items:

Default Properties...

This opens the multiload_applet dialogue box described below which allows you to alter the default properties of this and related monitor applets.

Properties...

This opens the multiload_applet dialogue box described below which affects only the swapload_applet properties.

Run gtop...

This option will run the gtop which starts up the GNOME System Monitor. gtop gives a much more detailed look at your system and what's happening on it.

Authors

This applet was writen by Martin Baulig (). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line. If you are using GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use Bug Report Tool (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.

This manual was written by Telsa Gywnne () and Eric Baudais (). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to . You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.