The problem is that the "system load indicator" widgt has a fixed width in the indicator plugin (in the Xfce panel). Thus, increasing the number of resources or increasing the "System monitor width" config parameter leads to reducing the height of the graphs (instead of extending the width).
Xubuntu version: 13.10 64 bits multiload) version: 0.3
Plugin version: 0.5.0-2ubuntu2
"System Load Indicator" (aka indicator-
The problem is that the "system load indicator" widgt has a fixed width in the indicator plugin (in the Xfce panel). Thus, increasing the number of resources or increasing the "System monitor width" config parameter leads to reducing the height of the graphs (instead of extending the width).