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Usage
Usage
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To see your memory usage in qps look at the bar that says :guilabel:`MEM`. The bar for :guilabel:`CPU` usage shows CPU usage with a bar graph with usage with a bar graph for CPU usage. The third column :guilabel:`SWAP` shows how much swap is used or if you don't have a swap space view it will say :guilabel:`NOSWAP`. The :guilabel:`Uptime` in the top bar shows how long your computer has been running. A blue bar showing file input output shows graph in blue. Above this there is a green graph that shows your CPU usage as a graph. To find more info on your CPU usage Memory or Swap usage simply mouseover that display and more info will show. To show when a program was started with the :guilabel:`START` column. To have a view of process ID of each process use the :guilabel:`PID` column. The column :guilabel:`COMMAND LINE` shows what command line starts the process. To show which user the process is running on is in the :guilabel:`USER` column.
To see your memory usage in qps look at the bar that says :guilabel:`MEM`. The bar for :guilabel:`CPU` usage shows CPU usage with a bar graph with usage with a bar graph for CPU usage. The third column :guilabel:`SWAP` shows how much swap is used or if you don't have a swap space view it will say :guilabel:`NOSWAP`. The :guilabel:`Uptime` in the top bar shows how long your computer has been running. A blue bar showing file input output shows graph in blue. Above this there is a green graph that shows your CPU usage as a graph. To see your load average view the load average in the top right corner. To show when a program was started with the :guilabel:`START` column. To have a view of process ID of each process use the :guilabel:`PID` column. The column :guilabel:`COMMAND LINE` shows what command line starts the process. To show which user the process is running on is in the :guilabel:`USER` column.
On the top bar of qps you can get a lot more detailed information if mouseover a field. To get a detailed view on system vs user CPU usage mouseover the :guilabel:`CPU` field. To see detailed info on how much of your ram is used to cache and buffers and by programs mouseover the :guilabel:`MEM` field.
On the top bar of qps you can get a lot more detailed information if mouseover a field. To get a detailed view on system vs user CPU usage mouseover the :guilabel:`CPU` field. To see detailed info on how much of your ram is used to cache and buffers and by programs mouseover the :guilabel:`MEM` field. To view nuermically how much swap is used mouseover the :guilabel:`Swap` field. To view info on how long each measurement is taken for a load average mouseover the load average in the top right hand corner.
To search for a particular process type in the :guilabel:`Filter` field.
To search for a particular process type in the :guilabel:`Filter` field.
