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<sect2 id="swapload-applet">
<title>The swap load applet</title>
<para>
The <application>swapload_applet</application> is a small monitor
applet which sits in your panel and tells you how much swap space is
being used.
</para>
<para>
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.
</para>
<sect3 id="swapload-usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<para>
You don't need to do anything to this applet. It will sit and
run in your panel. Various options to alter its display are
available.
</para>
<figure id="cpuload-applet-fig">
<title>Swap Load Applet</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Swap Load Applet</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/swapload-applet"
srccredit="Eric Baudais">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="swapload-right-click">
<title>Right-Click Pop-Up Menu Items</title>
<para>
In addition to the standard menu items, the right-click pop-up menu has
the following items:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Default Properties...</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This opens the <guilabel>multiload_applet dialogue box</guilabel>
<link linkend="swapload-properties">described below</link> which allows
you to alter the default properties of this and related monitor
applets.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Properties...</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This opens the <guilabel>multiload_applet dialogue box</guilabel>
<link linkend="swapload-properties">described below</link> which
affects only the <application>swapload_applet</application>
properties.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Run gtop...</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This option will run the <command>gtop</command> which
starts up the GNOME System Monitor. <application>gtop</application>
gives a much more detailed look at your system and what's happening
on it.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="swapload-properties">
<title>Properties</title>
<figure id="cpuload-default-fig">
<title>Default Properties Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Swap Load Applet Default Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/swapload-applet-default"
srccredit="Eric Baudais">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
Like several of the monitor applets,
<application>swapload_applet</application> has two ways of setting
preferences. You can make changes that affect all of this group
(<application>cpuload_applet</application>, <application>memload_applet</application>,
<application>swapload_applet</application>, <application>netload_applet</application>
and <application>loadavg_applet</application>) in one large dialogue
box. This is useful if you run one or more of them. These are the
settings used by default. They are reached from the
<guimenuitem>Default Properties...</guimenuitem> menu item.
</para>
<figure id="swapload-greyed-fig">
<title>Greyed Out Properties Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Swap Load Applet Greyed Out Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/swapload-applet-greyed"
srccredit="Eric Baudais">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
Or you can change just the properties for
<application>swapload_applet</application>. This is useful for when
you only use <application>swapload_applet</application> or want to
try new combinations out. It is reached from the
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> menu item.
</para>
<note>
<para>
If you use the <guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> menu item
and edit the preferences for just this applet, you must uncheck
the <guibutton>Use default properties</guibutton> checkbox before
you can alter any settings.
</para>
</note>
<figure id="swapload-properties-fig">
<title>Swap Load Properties Dialog</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Swap Load Applet Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/swapload-applet-properties"
srccredit="Eric Baudais">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
The changes you can make to the properties are three:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Colours</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You can alter the colours used for used and free swap space
that are displayed by clicking on the colour boxes. This
invokes the GNOME colour wheel.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Speed</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You can alter the speed that the graph proceeds with this.
It is measured in milliseconds, and the default is 500.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Size</term>
<listitem>
<para>
You can alter the size of the applet with this. It is measured
in pixels. The default value is 40, and the range is from 1 pixel
to whatever you like. In a vertical panel, this refers to the
height. In a horizontal panel, it refers to the width.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="swapload-bugs">
<title> Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
<para>
Resizing and then altering the panel orientation can still cause
intermittent problems, although they now fix themselves after a
short period.
</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="swapload-authors">
<title>Authors</title>
<para>
This applet was writen by Martin Baulig (<email>martin@home-of-linux.org</email>).
Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug
reports to the <ulink url="http://bugs.gnome.org" type="http">GNOME
bug tracking database</ulink>. (Instructions for submitting bug
reports can be found <ulink
url="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html" type="http">
on-line</ulink>. If you are using
GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <application>Bug Report
Tool</application> (<command>bug-buddy</command>), available in the
<guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of <guimenu>Main
Menu</guimenu>, for submitting bug reports.
</para>
<para>
This manual was written by Telsa Gywnne
(<email>telsa@linuxchix.org</email>) and Eric Baudais
(<email>baudais@okstate.edu</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this manual to the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp">GNOME Documentation Project</ulink>
by sending an email to <email>docs@gnome.org</email>. You can also
submit comments online by using the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/">GNOME Documentation Status
Table</ulink>.
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