Show CPU Name in plasma-systemmonitor

Hi all!
Just working on personalizing my first Linux environment and I would love to show my CPU Name in System Monitor (e.g. like the GPU is shown as “Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060”). Is this somehow possible?

Thank you :slight_smile:

:+1: Welcome to Manjaro! :+1:

  1. Please read this:
    How to provide good information
    and post some more information so we can see what’s really going on. Now we know the symptom of the disease, but we need some more probing to know where the origin lies… :grin:
  2. An inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width would be the minimum required information for us to be able to help you. (Personally Identifiable Information like serial numbers and MAC addresses will be filtered out by the above command)
    Also, please copy-paste that output in-between 3 backticks ``` at the beginning and end of the code/text.
  3. This is a screenshot of the standard KDE System Monitor (ksysguard):

    Could you describe in more detail what you’re trying to accomplish?

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Hi, thank you for your help!

below is my output

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.49-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=a69ef131-f555-42d2-be96-305d87f71d4e rw quiet apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1205 date: 11/17/2020 
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present? 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.3 GiB used: 2.89 GiB (9.2%) 
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required. 
CPU:
  Info: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 
  family: 19 (25) model-id: 21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: A201009 cache: 
  L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 88670 
  Speed: 2109 MHz min/max: 2200/3700 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 2109 2: 2031 3: 2049 4: 1918 5: 1917 6: 2631 7: 1883 8: 2040 9: 2034 
  10: 1995 11: 2031 12: 2741 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1 
  bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy 
  constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc 
  cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic extd_apicid f16c 
  flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs 
  invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor 
  movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke osvw 
  overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core 
  perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse pse36 rdpid rdpru 
  rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni skinit smap smca smep ssbd 
  sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce 
  topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall 
  vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, 
  STIBP: always-on, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] vendor: ZOTAC 
  driver: nvidia v: 470.42.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 06:00.0 
  chip-ID: 10de:1f08 class-ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: 
  loaded: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3839x1080 s-dpi: 91 s-size: 1069x301mm (42.1x11.9") 
  s-diag: 1111mm (43.7") 
  Monitor-1: DP-3 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 531x299mm (20.9x11.8") 
  diag: 609mm (24") 
  Monitor-2: DP-4 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") 
  diag: 686mm (27") 
  OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060/PCIe/SSE2 
  v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.42.01 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f9 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Device-3: Razer USA Kraken Tournament Edition type: USB 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-1:2 chip-ID: 1532:0520 
  class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.49-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.31 running: yes 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igc v: kernel 
  port: N/A bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found. 
Logical:
  Permissions: Unable to run lvs. Root privileges required. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.87 TiB used: 294.28 GiB (7.4%) 
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 500GB 
  size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1500DL003-9VT16L 
  size: 1.36 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: 5900 rpm serial: <filter> rev: CC32 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 250GB 
  size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 2TB 
  size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.75 GiB size: 457.37 GiB (98.20%) 
  used: 294.25 GiB (64.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A 
  uuid: a69ef131-f555-42d2-be96-305d87f71d4e 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) 
  used: 25.2 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33 label: N/A 
  uuid: 745E-D2B9 
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found. 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 1.36 TiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: HDD uuid: 90307E7D307E69DC 
  ID-3: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 449 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: EA3E0B513E0B15EB 
  ID-4: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-5: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 size: 232.27 GiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: B65C629C5C6256E1 
  ID-6: /dev/sdc4 maj-min: 8:36 size: 515 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: A08CFCC68CFC984C 
  ID-7: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-8: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50 size: 1.82 TiB fs: <superuser required> 
  label: SSD uuid: CEE2DB6EE2DB58F3 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Razer USA Kraken Tournament Edition type: Audio,HID 
  driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 6 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:0520 class-ID: 0300 
  serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-3:3 
  info: SHARKOON 2.4GHz Wireless rechargeable vertical mouse [More&Better] 
  type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 1ea7:0064 class-ID: 0301 
  Device-3: 1-6:4 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 16mA 
  chip-ID: 0b05:1939 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter> 
  Hub-2: 1-7:5 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s 
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
  Hub-6: 5-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Razer USA Basilisk type: Mouse,Keyboard 
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s 
  power: 500mA chip-ID: 1532:0064 class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: 5-4:3 info: Corsair CORSAIR K55 RGB PRO Gaming Keyboard 
  type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1 
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 1b1c:1ba4 class-ID: 0300 
  serial: <filter> 
  Hub-7: 6-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 54.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 44 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 33% 
Info:
  Processes: 277 Uptime: 34m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl 
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1429 pacman: 1420 lib: 419 flatpak: 0 
  snap: 9 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.05 

and my “problem” is, that I can show the GPU name with text only sensors but I cannot show the CPU Name. When I choose CPU, i can further choose individual cores, the group of all cores or “all”. When i go to all, I can choose name, but it will only show “name” and not - as I would like - e.g. AMD Ryzen 5 5600X… etc.

Here I would like to have the CPU Name instead of the word all:

Hope it helps and it is now clearer, what I want to achieve :slight_smile:

That looks like an application I don’t have, so I can’t help you any further I’m afraid…

For monitoring I use Conky and was under the impression you used standard ksysguard

@Fabby “We gradually improve the applications which ship with Plasma too, and have transitioned to Plasma System Monitor from the older KSysguard as the default system monitoring app.”

Do you have an executable name because:

2021-07-17_14-00

and I can’t find it…

:sob:

The package is called plasma-systemmonitor and has a menu entry when it’s installed.

@Synfoxic I don’t think CPU name is supported (yet), since it would have an entry like “GPU Name” has if it was.

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Very nice. That is the first I have seen of the new system monitor. I don’t use those things very much, but that is a nice looking application.

thank you for the reply :slight_smile:
I already assumed, that it just isn’t available yet. Hope it will be in the future :slight_smile: (so I can flex to myself haha)
Just hoped, there may be a trick for that :stuck_out_tongue:

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yeah, I love it as you can customize so much and make your very own “Task-Manager” with graphs, text, pie charts and other charts!
Can totally recommend, although I have not used the older version :slight_smile:

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