osdsh (1)

osdsh [options]

osdsh is a a little program that overlays system information using the XOSD library. OSDsh was originally based on osdd but got some features added, like:

  * It is able to display a clock.
  * Shows the volume levels of the soundcard whenever they change.
  * Tells you if you are on- or off-line, and the time you were connected.
  * Shows the battery status and
  * shows any message you want it to.

osdsh forks to the background when started and should be started in the user's session scripts (like ~/.xsession)

-h

Show summary of options.

-m mixer

Set mixer device. (Default: /dev/mixer)

-f font

Set font (Default: -*-lucidatypewriter-bold-*-*-*-*-240-*-*-*-*-*-*)

-c color

Set color (Default: green)

-d int

Set OSD delay (Default: 5)

-o int

Set shadow offset (Default: 1)

-p <0|1>

Position of the osd: 0 for top, 1 for bottom. (Default: 1 (bottom))

-a <0|1|2>

align of the osd: left, center or right

-n number

set the nice number so osdsh won't eat your cpu

osdctl(1), osdshconfig(1).

This manual page was written by Joachim Breitner <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).