You will probably more often run lcdproc from the command line than you will run LCDd.
Running lcdproc -h gives you an overview of the currently available command line options.
Example 6.2. lcdproc -h
lcdproc - LCDproc system status information viewer
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Scott Scriven, William Ferrell, and misc. contributors.
This program is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Usage: lcdproc [<options>] [<screens> ...]
where <options> are
-s <host> connect to LCDd daemon on <host>
-p <port> connect to LCDd daemon using <port>
-f run in foreground
-e <delay> slow down initial announcement of screens (in 1/100s)
-c <config> use a configuration file other than /etc/lcdproc/lcdproc.conf
-h show this help screen
-v display program version
and <screens> are
C CPU detailed CPU usage
P SMP-CPU CPU usage overview (one line per CPU)
G CPUGraph CPU usage histogram
L Load load histogram
M Memory memory & swap usage
S ProcSize biggest processes size
D Disk filling level of mounted file systems
I Iface network interface usage
B Battery battery status
T TimeDate time & date information
O OldTime old time screen
U Uptime uptime screen
K BigClock big clock
N MiniClock minimal clock
A About credits page
Example:
lcdproc -s my.lcdproc.server.com -p 13666 C M X
You will not be able to connect to a remote server, unless it listens to
the correct interface and port! See
LCDd.conf: The [server] Section
for details on the server setup.