How to add a 'RAM usage' icon on the panel in LXDE

Question

I have a CPU usage icon on my panel in LXDE in Ubuntu but I also want to monitor my RAM usage as my RAM is only 512 MB

How can I add an icon to the panel for this purpose?

Solution 1

I don't know if this is god enough for what you want, but here you go. Right click on the LxPanel, and choose Add / Remove Panel Items

Click on Add

Choose Resources Monitor, and then click Add

While Resources Monitor is still highlighted, click on Edit

Choose either or both monitors, and click Close

And this is what you get (sorry the image is not that clear)

Hope that this answers your question.

Solution 2

Do you have lxpanel installed? If you do, look for an applet called "Resource Monitors". That one lets you monitor both %CPU usage as well as RAM.

Comments

[Wilf]

LxTask shows the RAM usage, but I don't think there is a way to put it on the panel...

[Admin]

your one was also good but mitch showed all the methods beautifully

[Mitch]

No not really, its stock LXDE on 13.04.

[Michael]

Is there any way to update the refresh rate or have it show the % all the time? I want to use this to try to anticipate out of memory conditions which freeze my computer...