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dxkerneltuner - Manages the attributes of loadable kernel subsystems
/usr/bin/X11/dxkerneltuner
The dxkerneltuner command accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command-line options, which are documented in the OPTIONS section of the X(1X) reference page.
The following list documents selected X Toolkit options.
Specifies the color to use for the window background.
Specifies the display screen on which
dxkerneltuner
displays its window. If the display option is not specified,
dxkerneltuner
uses the display screen specified by your
DISPLAY
environment variable. The display
option has the format
hostname:number. The default is :0. For more information, see the
X(1X)
reference page.
Performs the same function as the
-d
option.
Specifies the color to use for the window foreground.
The Kernel Tuner application, dxkerneltuner, is used to maintain and manage the attributes of loadable kernel subsystems. It enables you to update the current and boot time values of updatable kernel subsystem attributes.
Use Kernel Tuner to do the following: Display kernel subsystems Display boot time and current values of kernel subsystem attributes Modify boot time values of kernel subsystem attributes Modify current values of updatable kernel subsystem attributes Read values for kernel subsystem attributes from a file Write values for kernel subsystem attributes to a file
You must be root to run Kernel Tuner.
To start Kernel Tuner from the CDE desktop, do the following:
Click on the Application Manager icon on the CDE front panel.
Double click on the System_Admin application group icon.
Double click on the Monitoring Tuning application group icon.
Double click on the Kernel Tuner application icon.
For additional information about the graphical user interface, see the online help volume. To open the online help volume from within Kernel Tuner, run the application and choose Overview from the Help menu in the main window.
You can click on the topics in the outline area to move through the online help. You can also click on hyperlinks, which are displayed using underlined text. In each dialog box within the application, you can click on the Help button to get reference information on that dialog box.
You can get help for a specified component in the application. To do so, choose On Item from the Help menu in the application. The cursor changes to a question mark. When you click with the question mark, reference information is displayed about the part of the application that you clicked on.
The online help does not document individual kernel subsystem attributes.
For information on tuning particular attributes, see the
System Configuration and Tuning
guide.
To start Kernel Tuner from the command line, enter dxkerneltuner
You can view the Kernel Tuner online help volume without running the application. To open the Kernel Tuner help volume from the command line, enter the following command: /usr/dt/bin/dthelpview -helpVolume \ /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/Dxkerneltuner.sdl
Contains the Kernel Tuner application
Contains the Kernel Tuner help volume
Contains the default values for the application's X resources
Commands: sysman_intro(8X), dxpower(8), sysconfig(8), X(1X)
Files: sysconfigtab(4)
System Configuration and Tuning