Run in terminal,
gnome-system-monitor
This would open system monitor.
Answer from sourav c. on askubuntu.comRun in terminal,
gnome-system-monitor
This would open system monitor.
GNOME System Monitor
Run the system monitor from Terminal by typing: gnome-system-monitor
Alternatively, run this command by pressing ALT+F2 (or Super, also known as "Windows key") and typing gnome-system-monitor
Keyboard shortcut
You can add a custom keyboard command using the following steps:
- Go to System Settings
- Click Keyboard
- Open the Shortcuts tab
- Click the "+" symbol near the bottom of the window
- Give your command a title. E.g. System Monitor
- In the Command field, enter
gnome-system-monitor - Click Apply
- Click Disabled on your newly created shortcut
- Enter the key combination you want for your shortcut. E.g. Ctrl+Alt+M
Note: on Ubuntu 14.10, Ctrl+Alt+Del is already in use, but can be overridden.
I know this answer is slow but I had the same problem and solved it this way:
Open system monitor using whatever method (
gnome-system-monitor).Open the next instance with
sudo(sudo gnome-system-monitor).
This only gives you two instances but for me that is enough. I automated it with a script like this:
#!/bin/bash
gnome-system-monitor &
printf '<PASSWORD>\n' | sudo -S gnome-system-monitor
It isn't ideal that the password is in the file but at least you can make sure that no other users on the system can read the file.
Minor tweak to the already existing answer, so that it's one command and without hanging + with themes (find in gnome-tweaks or in /usr/share/themes as by default it's white)
#!/bin/sh
nohup sudo -H 'GTK_THEME=Yaru-dark' gnome-system-monitor &
GTK_THEME=Yaru-dark nohup gnome-system-monitor &