Conky

[ChipDoc]

The discussion here has been immensely helpful as I set up my own Conky this evening - thanks, guys!

alignment top_rightbackground noborder_width 1cpu_avg_samples 2default_color yellowdefault_outline_color whitedefault_shade_color whitedraw_borders nodraw_graph_borders yesdraw_outline nodraw_shades nouse_xft yesxftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=8gap_x 5gap_y 60minimum_size 5 5net_avg_samples 2no_buffers noout_to_console noout_to_stderr noextra_newline noown_window yesown_window_transparent yesown_window_class Conkyown_window_type desktopstippled_borders 0update_interval 1.0uppercase nouse_spacer noneshow_graph_scale noshow_graph_range nodouble_buffer yestemperature_unit fahrenheitTEXT${goto 85}${execi 1000 cal}${goto 50}SYSTEM${goto 50}Host: ${nodename} ${goto 50}Kernel: $kernel $machine${goto 50}Uptime: $uptime_short${goto 50}DATE & TIME${goto 50}Date${goto 75}:${goto 85}${time %A, %d %b %Y}${goto 50}Time${goto 75}:${goto 85}${time %H:%M %p}${voffset 6}${goto 50}PROCCESSOR${goto 50}CPU 1: ${cpubar cpu0 5,65}  ${cpu cpu0}% @ ${freq_g cpu0} Ghz${goto 50}CPU 2: ${cpubar cpu1 5,65}  ${cpu cpu1}% @ ${freq_g cpu1} Ghz${goto 50}Temp: ${hwmon temp 1}°C${goto 50}MEMORY${goto 50}RAM:   ${membar 5,65}  $memperc%${goto 50}Swap: ${swapbar 5,65}  $swapperc%${goto 50}Processes: $processes${goto 50}Running: $running_processes${goto 50}PROCESSES $alignc ${goto 185} ${alignc}MEM   ${alignc}CPU${goto 50}CPU TIME $stippled_hr${goto 50}${top name 1} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 1} $alignc${top cpu 1}${goto 50}${top name 2} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 2} $alignc${top cpu 2}${goto 50}${top name 3} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 3} $alignc${top cpu 3}${goto 50}${top name 4} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 4} $alignc${top cpu 4}${goto 50}TOTAL MEM $stippled_hr${goto 50}${top_mem name 1} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 1} $alignc${top_mem mem 1}${goto 50}${top_mem name 2} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 2} $alignc${top_mem mem 2}${goto 50}${top_mem name 3} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 3} $alignc${top_mem mem 3}${goto 50}${top_mem name 4} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 4} $alignc${top_mem mem 4}${goto 50}HDD${goto 50}Root: ${fs_bar 4,55 /}  ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}${goto 50}Home: ${fs_bar 4,55 /media/sda1}  ${fs_used /media/sda1} / ${fs_size /media/sda1}

[ichase]

Nice Conky Chip. I like the calendar :thumbsup:Unless you like celcius for your temp, you can change the C to an F to get your temp to show in Farenheit.Ian

Edited March 30, 2011 by ichase

[ChipDoc]

Nice Conky Chip. I like the calendar :thumbsup:Unless you like celcius for your temp, you can change the C to an F to get your temp to show in Fahrenheit.

LOL! I had actually already changed the temp to Fahrenheit, I just forgot to change the C to an F Edited March 30, 2011 by ChipDoc

[securitybreach]

LOL! I had actually already changed the temp to Fahrenheit, I just forgot to change the C to an F

I was going to say, I hope your temp is not 276F

[ichase]

Pretty safe to say this guy knows a thing or two about conky. This is SERIOUS Conky!Makes mine seem so......so......blah I really want to figure out this conkyforcast thing so that I can have weather displayed. Run this sript, run that script. Python, Lua etc etc ;)Ian

Edited March 30, 2011 by ichase

[ChipDoc]

I like his Bandwidth Summary myself. Going to have to check that one out myself. I also like his nom de plume, 11-1 Grouchy Gaijin!But though I admire his skill, I've really got to wonder sometime. Perhaps it's just a generational thing, but why the heck would anyone wish to turn their desktop into an oversized cellphone screen?

[ChipDoc]

I was going to say, I hope your temp is not 276F

That would certainly be one smokin' machine!

[ichase]

I like his Bandwidth Summary myself. Going to have to check that one out myself. I also like his nom de plume, 11-1 Grouchy Gaijin!But though I admire his skill, I've really got to wonder sometime. Perhaps it's just a generational thing, but why the heck would anyone wish to turn their desktop into an oversized cellphone screen?

I guess to answer that question would be 1.) Because they can and 2.) They obviously have A LOT more time on their hands then some. I think if anything that screen demonstrates the power and usefulness of that small program.There is a few different things I would like my conky to display but I just do not have time to research and perform the trial and error.Ian

[ChipDoc]

There is a few different things I would like my conky to display but I just do not have time to research and perform the trial and error.

Sometimes the most valuable diagnostic tool is a fresh set of eyes. Let me know what you want and I'll keep an eye out for it as I browse around for the next few days.

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Pretty safe to say this guy knows a thing or two about conky. This is SERIOUS Conky!Makes mine seem so......so......blah I really want to figure out this conkyforcast thing so that I can have weather displayed. Run this sript, run that script. Python, Lua etc etc ;)Ian

Actually that is nothing, you should read through the Arch conky configs thread to see some amazing stuff. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=833816#p833816

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Perhaps it's just a generational thing, but why the heck would anyone wish to turn their desktop into an oversized cellphone screen?

Yeah it is a little too cluttered for my taste.

[ichase]

Sometimes the most valuable diagnostic tool is a fresh set of eyes. Let me know what you want and I'll keep an eye out for it as I browse around for the next few days.

Well one of the things I would like displayed is the weather just like in the example below. I have read that you need conkyforcast though I do not know if that is a seperate download or a created script or what, then you need to have other files installed so that "clouds" are displayed etc etc. But this is more or less something that I think is cool but certainly nothing I "NEED" as I can go and look at the weather forcast on line or watch the evening news. :)Ian

[securitybreach]

ConkyForecast is in the AUR repos, although you will still need to configure it:

╔═ comhack@Cerberus 01:18 PM ╚═══ ~-> yaourt -Ss conkyforecastaur/conkyforecast 2.15-1 [installed] (70)	Provides weather forecast information to be displayed in conky.aur/conkyforecast-bzr 63-1 (103)	Provides weather forecast info sourced from the weather.com XOAP service, 	for use in Conky.

[ChipDoc]

Lots of good Forecast variations here too:http://conky-pitstop.wikidot.com/kaivalagi#toc7

[ichase]

It's amazing what you can do but there is a lot to it and when I get the time to really sit down and read how all of these files come together, then I shall have weather. ;)Like I said, Conky is great but I have a lot more important things to learn first about Linux before I learn about configuring .conkyrc and running scripts to get clouds to show.

[ChipDoc]

Like I said, Conky is great but I have a lot more important things to learn first about Linux before I learn about configuring .conkyrc and running scripts to get clouds to show.

Here's one I haven't managed to figure out yet - how do I get my Conky to appear on the desktop at bootup and/or without that bloody window bar?

[ichase]

Here's one I haven't managed to figure out yet - how do I get my Conky to appear on the desktop at bootup and/or without that bloody window bar?

In E17 when I was running it in Arch I created a script and added it to the applications as such:1) Create a startup script in your home directory. Give a name to it with .sh extension. Such as conky_start.sh This is the script.

#!/bin/shsleep 20 &&  #this will have conky starting up 20 seconds after your screen renders.  You could change it to 10 which should be fine too.conky -c ~/.conkyrc &

2) Go to Settings>Settings Panel>Apps>New Application3) In the New Application panel, navigate to the startup script in your home directory you have just created. Click apply. (if memory serves me correctly, this will make it executable as if you chmod the script)4) Go to Startup Applications in the same panel; the new conky application will show up on the list.5) Highlight it and click Add6) This adds conky to the startup applications7) Log out – login and conky should show up on the desktop. It worked in Arch for me.All the best,Ian

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Well Ian, actually none of that is even needed but nice tip anyway. Just add the entry to your ~/.xinitrc file:

#!/bin/sh## ~/.xinitrc## Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)gnome-settings-daemon &xscreensaver -no-splash &numlockx & nitrogen --restore &sleep 10 && conky -c ~/.conkyrc &tint2 &exec openbox-session# exec ck-launch-session xmonad

Note: You will have to use Ian's method if your distro does not use a .xinitrc file.

[ichase]

Well Ian, actually none of that is even needed but nice tip anyway. Just add the entry to your ~/.xinitrc file:Note: You will have to use Ian's method if your distro does not use a .xinitrc file.

:"> :"> :"> :">I was like....WHOO HOOOO I know this one!!!!!! FAIL!!!!! Edited April 1, 2011 by ichase

[securitybreach]

NO need to be embarrassed, your method works great as well

[ChipDoc]

Now hang on a second Josh - don't be so quick to harass Ian. HIS was the method that worked because Bodhi doesn't use a .xinitrc file! Still has that window header though

[Urmas]

I was like....WHOO HOOOO I know this one!!!!!! FAIL!!!!!

Hey Ian,The ONLY way to fail is to stop having fun. :"> Besides... [Tom Lehrer, 1965]:From the three you then use oneTo make ten ones...(And you know why four plus minus onePlus ten is fourteen minus one?'Cause addition is commutative, right.)And so you have thirteen tens,And you take away seven,And that leaves five...Well, six actually.But the idea is the important thing. :">

[Urmas]

Still has that window header though

Um... maybe:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1154948

[ChipDoc]

Um... maybe:http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1154948

Oh I can do it in Gnome; doing it in Enlightenment is another thing altogether...Thanks though

[securitybreach]

Window header? If you mean that it is a window instead of embedded on the desktop, then you need to change this in your .conkyrc:

own_window_type window

to

own_window_type desktop

[Urmas]

D'oh... um.A brief search leads me... nowhere, really.

[ChipDoc]

First things first - I don't have a .conkyrc file. Mine is called /etc/conky/conky.conf and changing it changes my conky.And I already have that setting. Here's the code:

alignment top_rightbackground noborder_width 1cpu_avg_samples 2default_color yellowdefault_outline_color whitedefault_shade_color whitedraw_borders nodraw_graph_borders yesdraw_outline nodraw_shades nouse_xft yesxftfont DejaVu Sans Mono:size=8gap_x 5gap_y 60minimum_size 5 5net_avg_samples 2no_buffers noout_to_console noout_to_stderr noextra_newline noown_window yesown_window_transparent yesown_window_class Conkyown_window_type desktopstippled_borders 0update_interval 1.0uppercase nouse_spacer noneshow_graph_scale noshow_graph_range nodouble_buffer yestemperature_unit fahrenheitTEXT${goto 85}${execi 1000 cal}${goto 50}SYSTEM${goto 50}Host: ${nodename} ${goto 50}Kernel: $kernel $machine${goto 50}Uptime: $uptime_short${goto 50}DATE & TIME${goto 50}Date${goto 75}:${goto 85}${time %A, %d %b %Y}${goto 50}Time${goto 75}:${goto 85}${time %H:%M %p}${voffset 6}${goto 50}PROCCESSOR${goto 50}CPU 1: ${cpubar cpu0 5,65}  ${cpu cpu0}% @ ${freq_g cpu0} Ghz${goto 50}CPU 2: ${cpubar cpu1 5,65}  ${cpu cpu1}% @ ${freq_g cpu1} Ghz${goto 50}Temp: ${hwmon temp 1}°F${goto 50}MEMORY${goto 50}RAM:   ${membar 5,65}  $memperc%${goto 50}Swap: ${swapbar 5,65}  $swapperc%${goto 50}Processes: $processes${goto 50}Running: $running_processes${goto 50}PROCESSES $alignc ${goto 185} ${alignc}MEM   ${alignc}CPU${goto 50}CPU TIME $stippled_hr${goto 50}${top name 1} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 1} $alignc${top cpu 1}${goto 50}${top name 2} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 2} $alignc${top cpu 2}${goto 50}${top name 3} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 3} $alignc${top cpu 3}${goto 50}${top name 4} ${goto 175}$alignc${top mem 4} $alignc${top cpu 4}${goto 50}TOTAL MEM $stippled_hr${goto 50}${top_mem name 1} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 1} $alignc${top_mem mem 1}${goto 50}${top_mem name 2} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 2} $alignc${top_mem mem 2}${goto 50}${top_mem name 3} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 3} $alignc${top_mem mem 3}${goto 50}${top_mem name 4} ${goto 175}$alignc${top_mem cpu 4} $alignc${top_mem mem 4}${goto 50}HDD${goto 50}Root: ${fs_bar 4,55 /}  ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}${goto 50}Home: ${fs_bar 4,55 /media/sda1}  ${fs_used /media/sda1} / ${fs_size /media/sda1}

[ichase]

The conky.config file is the generic conky file loaded with the program. You can use that as a base to set up your conky or just vi or joe or nano ~/.conkyrc which will bring up a blank screen and cut and paste either one you find online that you like or what you currently have in your conky.config file. Once you have a .conkyrc file, conky will look at that.All the best,Ian{attempting to redeem himself. }

[ChipDoc]

The conky.config file is the generic conky file loaded with the program. You can use that as a base to set up your conky or just vi or joe or nano ~/.conkyrc which will bring up a blank screen and cut and paste either one you find online that you like or what you currently have in your conky.config file. Once you have a .conkyrc file, conky will look at that.

Thanks Ian! I'm guessing that I should put it into /home/chip? I'll play with it when I get home from work.

[ichase]

You are correct. Put your .conkyrc in your home folder.