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DJArch

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Registered: 2021-06-23

Posts: 19

Display RAM usage with i3status in GB instead of GiB

I am using i3status to generate a status line for i3bar. Currently my memory usage is displayed in GiB or MiB; I would want to change this to GB and MB. How can I do this?

I was able to changed it for the available disk with

 prefix_type = custom 

But it doesn't work for memory. and I get "Error: status_command process exited unexpectedly (exit 1)". I have read the man page of i3status, but there is no mention about how to do this, and I haven't been able to find any question about this online.

This is how my current configuration file looks like:

# i3status configuration file.
# see "man i3status" for documentation.

# It is important that this file is edited as UTF-8.
# The following line should contain a sharp s:
# ß
# If the above line is not correctly displayed, fix your editor first!

general {
        colors = true
        interval = 5
}

order += "wireless _first_"
order += "ethernet _first_"
order += "battery all"
order += "disk /"
order += "memory"
order += "cpu_temperature 0"
order += "tztime local"

wireless _first_ {
        format_up = "W: %quality at %essid"
        format_down = "W: down"
}

ethernet _first_ {
        format_up = "E: %speed"
        format_down = "E: down"
}

battery all {
        format = "%status %percentage"
}

disk "/" {
        format = "SSD: %avail"
        prefix_type = custom
}

memory {
        format = "RAM: %used"
}

cpu_temperature 0 {
        format = "T: %degrees °C"
}

tztime local {
        format = "%a %d %b  %H:%M"
}