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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic" style="task"
id="process-update-speed">
<info>
<revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-26" status="review"/>
<link type="guide" xref="index#processes-tasks" group="processes-tasks" />
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
<years>2011</years>
</credit>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
<years>2011, 2014</years>
</credit>
<desc>Refresh the information shown in the System Monitor with a longer or
shorter interval.</desc>
</info>
<title>Make the information update faster or slower</title>
<comment>
<cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull@gmail.com">Phil Bull</cite>
<p>Explain how to make the info update faster (see Preferences dialog).
Explain that faster updates mean that the System Monitor will use more
CPU.</p>
</comment>
<p>To change the information refresh speed:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Click
<guiseq><gui>System Monitor</gui><gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item><p>Click the desired tab (<gui>Processes</gui>, <gui>Resources</gui>
or <gui>File Systems</gui>).</p>
</item>
<item><p>Enter a value for <gui>Update interval in seconds</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style = "warning"><p>Setting the <gui>Update interval</gui> to a
lower value will cause <gui>System Monitor</gui> itself to use more of the
CPU.</p>
</note>
</page>
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