I was cruissing thru answers yesterday and seen the "htop" command and tryed it out, but how should I use it to keep a squiggly page from happening?(it only happens about twice a day or so)

htop --help

What do you mean by "a page gets squiggly"?

Well both of us cannot be baffled at the same time :) so that leaves only me. I just don't understand everything I know(as the old saying goes) about what I am seeing here. Yes theres a help file here but unless I missed something there(more than likely) it didn't let me in on how to fix it :-). CPU right now flucuates from about 33% down to 2 or so while in firefox and thats where I am when experiencing a less than stable homepage. It may not have anything to do with htop other than showing CPU usage but as I say ...what kind of animal do I have here ? :-))===

thanks,
f

Ahhh

I sometimes use conky because it just looks cool now i've change the colours and it looks like its part of my wallpaper but monitors both cores and shows Ram usage and network traffic. It doesn't have the kill process though and it is nearly 3times as large. Sadly i'm on a dual boot at the mo and can't afford the space for either.

Happy hunting and
Regards from
Tom :)

would you be kind enough to explain the "kill" process and how it works,
before I really mess things up(as I usually wind up doing :)

f
PS conky sounds neat as wallpaper but how "heavy" is it(heavy as in running
a fractal?)? I started out using "wubi" to just get the hang of things
before eliminating vista(almost can't wait) and am waiting on the Ubuntu
disk before doing major stuff here. running a Toshiba Satellite with 512 ram
can get boring while trying to run vista :-)

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Tom <email address hidden>wrote:

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> Tom posted a new comment:
> Ahhh
>
> I sometimes use conky because it just looks cool now i've change the
> colours and it looks like its part of my wallpaper but monitors both
> cores and shows Ram usage and network traffic. It doesn't have the kill
> process though and it is nearly 3times as large. Sadly i'm on a dual
> boot at the mo and can't afford the space for either.
>
> Happy hunting and
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
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I have no problems Tom, just praise. I got my bonified Ubuntu disk yesterday and listened to windows slowly drain out of the back of the machine. I gave Ubuntu the whole drive and never looked back and it feels gooooooooooooooooood! Thanks for all the help(I know this won't be the last :) and patience you gave this newbie.

freddie

p.s. if you would happen to know any "sealey's across the pond, would you give them a ring for me? Thanks!