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Bug 506036 - Refresh process list
Refresh process list
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: system-monitor
Classification: Core
Component: process list
git master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: System-monitor maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-12-28 10:44 UTC by Michael Monreal
Modified: 2011-11-11 10:03 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22


Description Michael Monreal 2007-12-28 10:44:34 UTC 
Currently it seems to be the only way to switch tabs to quickly force a refresh of the process list. There should also be a "Refresh" entry in the view menu and a refresh button next to "end process".
Comment 1 Benoît Dejean 2007-12-28 12:04:05 UTC 
You actually need to manually refresh the list ? Can't you just wait the next update ? What refresh rate do you use ?
Comment 2 Michael Monreal 2007-12-28 15:15:27 UTC 
Well, I set it down to 10sec. When I really want to monitor some memory usage, I find myself switching tabs quite often though... how does the update interval affect system performance? I guess there is the chance of some bigger performance hit, else the default interval would not be 100 sec?
Comment 3 Benoît Dejean 2008-01-03 20:47:12 UTC 
Patch is ready, but i'm still not really convinced.
Sure, refresh interval impacts performance, but not that much. And a manual refresh isn't cheaper that a timeout refresh.
Comment 4 Michael Monreal 2008-01-03 21:16:16 UTC 
The point is, I would be able to run g-s-m with a sane update interval (like the default interval) and still be able to quickly manually refresh the list
Comment 5 Benoît Dejean 2008-01-03 23:40:42 UTC 
OK, let's do it.

This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.
Comment 6 Michael Monreal 2008-01-04 09:17:13 UTC 
Nice, but ctrl-r is already used for changing process priority. Wouldn't it make more sense to use ctrl-n(nice) for this?
Comment 7 Benoît Dejean 2008-01-04 12:07:58 UTC 
Huhu, good catch.